Dezeenwire: Hong Kong-based British designer Michael Young has been appointed Creative Director of 100% Design Shanghai/IHDD, which takes place at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre from 4-6 November this year. More details on this story. Read all our stories about Michael Young in our special category.
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Dezeenwire: retailers SCP, social enterprise [re]design and designer Nick Fraser are among eleven winners of this year's Hidden Art Awards, announced at a ceremony in London yesterday. See press release below. More about Hidden Art Award winners announced
Dezeenwire: British textile designer Lucienne Day died on January 30th, aged 93. Read her obituary in The Guardian.
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Dezeenwire: Belgian design biennale Interieur 2010 have announced Architecten De Vylder Vinck Tailleu as designers of this year's exhibition. See press release below. More about Architecten De Vylder Vinck Tailleu to design Interieur 2010 exhibition
Dezeenwire: Design Academy Eindhoven have announced that they will exhibit in the Lambrate district of Milan this April, rather than Zona Tortona. See press release below. More about Design Academy Eindhoven to exhibit at Lambrate in Milan
Dezeenwire: Guardian architecture critic Jonathan Glancey writes about newly knighted architect Sir David Chipperfield to coincide with the opening of the his extension to Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany. The Guardian
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Dezeenwire: The British Council have announced that Muf architecture of London will curate the British Pavilion at this year’s Venice architecture biennale - The Architects' Journal
Dezeenwire: design.nl publishes a translation of an open letter from Li Edelkoort announcing her reasons for resigning as art director of the Designhuis design gallery in Eindhoven. design.nl
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Dezeenwire: Architectural Record reports that Yamasaki, the Troy, Michigan architectural firm that designed the World Trade Center in New York, has closed for business. Via http://archrecord.construction.com
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The Venice architecture biennale has announced 'People meet in architecture' as the theme of this year's show, which is curated by Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima of SANAA. More about Venice architecture biennale theme announced
Dezeenwire: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will interview designers Benjamin Hubert, Kai Linke and Reinhard Dienes live on stage from 12.30 in the D3 Lounge in Hall 3.1 at imm cologne today, as part of our Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents series.
The interviews will be broadcast on Dezeen at a later date. More info plus the full schedule in our earlier story.
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Dezeenwire: architect Frank Gehry has withdrawn from a project designing a Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem - New York Times
Dezeenwire: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will interview designers Marco Dessi, Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi of Gam Fratesi
and gallerist Gabrielle Ammann live on stage from 12.30 in the D3 Lounge in Hall 3.1 at imm cologne today, as part of our Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents series.
The interviews will be broadcast on Dezeen at a later date. More info plus the full schedule in our earlier story.
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Dezeenwire: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will interview designers Philippe Malouin, Eric Degenhardt and the [D3] Design Talents winners live on stage from 12.30 in the D3 Lounge in Hall 3.1 at imm cologne today, as part of our Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents series.
The interviews will be broadcast on Dezeen at a later date. More info plus the full schedule in our earlier story.
Dezeenwire: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will interview designers James Irvine, Tomás Alonso and Tomoko Azumi live on stage from 12.30 in the D3 Lounge in Hall 3.1 at imm cologne today, as part of our Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents series.
The interviews will be broadcast on Dezeen at a later date. More info plus the full schedule in our earlier story.
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Dezeenwire: nonprofit design services firm architecture for humanity has launched an appeal to raise money for long-term reconstruction in earthquake-hit Haiti. For updates visit the architecture for humanity website or for updates on Twitter follow @archforhumanity or architecture for humanity CEO Cameron Sinclair @casinclair.
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Dezeenwire: we've now announced the schedule for Dezeentalks in Cologne next week. See the schedule and find out more about the talks here.
Dezeenwire: Lady Gaga has beed named creative director of camera company Polaroid - Lady Gaga
Dezeenwire: IDEO founder Bill Moggridge has been named director of the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York - New York Times
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