Dezeenwire: Sears Tower in Chicago is to undergo a $350 million green refit to "reduce the tower's electricity use by 80% and save 24 million gallons of water a year". The Guardian
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Dezeenwire: The Guardian has published a slideshow of images showing an exhibition of IKEA furniture from the 1950s to today, which has opened at the Liljevalchs Konsthall museum in Stockholm. The Guardian
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Dezeenwire: the New Acropolis Museum designed by Bernard Tschumi Architects has opened in Athens, with the Greek president Karolos Papoulias calling on Britain to return sculptures from the Parthenon held at the British Museum. BBC News Related: New Acropolis Museum by Bernard Tschumi (Dezeen)
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Dezeenwire: Gijs Bakker, the co-founder of Droog Design, has resigned following a dispute over the company's direction. More about Droog Design founder Gijs Bakker resigns
Dezeenwire: the Royal College of Art has confirmed the appointment of Dutch Designer Tord Boontje as head of the Design Products course, replacing Ron Arad. More about Tord Boontje appointed Professor and Head of Design Products at the Royal College of Art
Dezeenwire: the Financial Times' website features an interview with London-based designer Martino Gamper by Nicole Swengley. ft.com
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Dezeenwire: architect Richard Rogers has attacked Prince Charles' role in the scrapping of his design for Chelsea barracks in London as "an abuse of power" and called for an inquiry. The Guardian Related: Elite Architects attack Prince Charles
Dezeenwire: the winners of the D&AD Awards 2009 were announced last night. awards.dandad.org/2009/
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Dezeenwire: The Art Newspaper reports strong sales from some galleries at Design Miami/Basel this week, with Brad Pitt and Roman Abramovich among buyers. The Art Newspaper
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Dezeen events: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs moderates the Design Talks at Design Miami/Basel today and tomorrow with designers Nacho Carbonell, Tomáš Gabzdil Libertiny, Peter Marigold, Shay Alkalay and Yael Mer (Raw-Edges) and Maarten Baas. More about Design Talks at Design Miami/Basel
Dezeenwire: the Guggenheim Museum and Google Sketchup have launched Design It: Shelter Competition, "a global, online initiative that invites the public to use Google Earth and Google SketchUp to create and submit designs for virtual 3-D shelters for a location of their choice anywhere on Earth." Details here
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Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn reports from the Venice Biennale on artists turning their hands to interior design. New York Times
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Dezeenwire: The Guardian presents a gallery showing how everyday designs including Cornflake packs and flight attendant uniforms have changed over the years. The Guardian
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Dezeenwire: Dutch designer Maarten Baas has put movies of his Real Time exhibition held in Milan this year on YouTube. Sweepers Clock movie. Analog Clock movie. Grandfather Clock movie.
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Dezeenwire: Associated Press interviewed architect Peter Zumthor on the eve of his receiving the Pritzker Prize in Buenos Aires this weekend. Associated Press Related: Peter Zumthor wins Pritzker Prize / Key projects by Peter Zumthor
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Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn on how digital technology is signalling the demise of design's most-quoted mantra. New York Times
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Dezeenwire: British designer Thomas Heatherwick talks to Steve Rose of The Guardian about recent projects, including the Creative Units at Aberystwyth Arts Centre featured in our previous story. The Guardian
Dezeenwire: Helen Kirwan-Taylor reports on the predominance of utilitarian design and craft in Milan last month. Wall Street Journal
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Dezeenwire: UK architects Foster + Partners with Swedish firm Berg Arkitektkontor have won the high-profile competition to masterplan the redevelopment of the Slussen waterfront in Stockholm, Sweden. Foster + Partners
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Dezeenwire: in an interview with Tom Dykhoff of The Times, architect Zaha Hadid refutes the idea that the credit crunch is killing off statement architecture. “People say it’s the end of the icon project,” she says. “Psssht.” TimesOnline See also: Dezeen stories about Zaha Hadid.