Dezeen Guide update: March 2014
Dezeen Guide: design events taking place in March include festivals in Iceland (pictured), Mexico and Costa Rica, plus thirteen more in our update this month. More about Dezeen Guide update: March 2014
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This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
This week Zaha Hadid denied responsibility for migrants working on her stadium in Qatar, while her aquatics centre for the London 2012 Olympics (pictured) is set to open to the public. More architecture and design from the past seven days follows, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
Design
Gareth Pugh dresses models like abominable snowmen and wind-up toys
Giant sheepskins, crumpled metallic leather and plastic sheets adorned models at fashion designer Gareth Pugh's Autumn Winter 2014 show during Paris Fashion Week. More about Gareth Pugh dresses models like abominable snowmen and wind-up toys
Architecture
Dominique Perrault's DC Tower 1 now Austria's tallest building
French firm Dominique Perrault Architecture has completed a 220-metre skyscraper with a folded glass facade in Vienna, which has now become Austria's tallest building. More about Dominique Perrault's DC Tower 1 now Austria's tallest building
Design
The Oscars gets a new visual identity
News: the Oscars has been given a new logo and visual identity ahead of this Sunday's awards ceremony in Los Angeles. More about The Oscars gets a new visual identity
Job of the week: assistant furniture designer at Paul Smith
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for an assistant furniture designer at Paul Smith, whose furnishings for Maggie's Centre in Nottingham are pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Design
Monochrome graphics create optical illusions at Tobias Rehberger's solo exhibition
Artist Tobias Rehberger has taken over a gallery in his home city of Frankfurt with black and white graphics that play tricks on the eye (+ slideshow). More about Monochrome graphics create optical illusions at Tobias Rehberger's solo exhibition
Architecture
J Mayer H designs gridded pavilion for Karlsruhe's 300-year anniversary
Berlin studio J Mayer H has designed a temporary pavilion comprising a wonky grid of criss-crossing timber beams to celebrate the 300th year of German city Karlsruhe (+ slideshow). More about J Mayer H designs gridded pavilion for Karlsruhe's 300-year anniversary
Competition: tickets for Sir John Soane's Museum talks programme to be won
Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to attend panel discussions, organised by London's Sir John Soane's Museum in conjunction with an exhibition of 3D-printed versions of prints by Italian artist Piranesi. More about Competition: tickets for Sir John Soane's Museum talks programme to be won
Design
BRCK portable internet router by Ushahidi "designed to work anywhere"
A portable router designed to bring constant internet connectivity to tough locations in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond was presented at the Design Indaba conference in Cape Town this week. More about BRCK portable internet router by Ushahidi "designed to work anywhere"
Design
Nendo bases furniture for Walt Disney Japan on Winnie-the-Pooh characters
Japanese studio Nendo has dressed up these wooden tables for Walt Disney Japan to look like characters from children's story books Winnie-the-Pooh. More about Nendo bases furniture for Walt Disney Japan on Winnie-the-Pooh characters
Architecture
Family courtyard fronts Fairfield Hacienda house by MRTN Architects
Concrete block walls with window-like apertures surround a courtyard at the front of this Melbourne house by local practice MRTN Architects, which also features an angular wooden roof (+slideshow). More about Family courtyard fronts Fairfield Hacienda house by MRTN Architects
Design
Samuel Wilkinson designs Grace collection of aluminium furniture
Milan 2014: British designer Samuel Wilkinson has created a range of lightweight aluminium furniture (+ slideshow). More about Samuel Wilkinson designs Grace collection of aluminium furniture
Architecture
Emerson College campus by Morphosis places curvy classrooms within a hollow frame
Thom Mayne's Los Angeles firm Morphosis has completed a new Hollywood campus for arts school Emerson College where a rectangular frame surrounds a curvaceous cluster of classrooms (+ slideshow). More about Emerson College campus by Morphosis places curvy classrooms within a hollow frame
Technology
NASA's latest robot is designed to bounce and roll across rough terrain
News: NASA is developing robots made from a tensile system of interlocking rods and cables that can transform from flat components into a ball shape then tense and flex to roll around the surface of planets. More about NASA's latest robot is designed to bounce and roll across rough terrain
Design
Headphones by Renaud Defrancesco transmit music through clear plastic band
ECAL student Renaud Defrancesco has designed a transparent acrylic glass headband that passes music vibrations across its surface to the ears. More about Headphones by Renaud Defrancesco transmit music through clear plastic band
Architecture
School building clad in chestnut shingles by Dauphins
A skin of chestnut shingles covers the facade of this multipurpose building at a school in the French town of Hostens by Dauphins (+ slideshow). More about School building clad in chestnut shingles by Dauphins
Design
Designs proposed for union jack flag without Scotland
News: alternatives to the current United Kingdom flag presented by a national flag charity have provoked a debate about whether a new design should be commissioned if Scotland chooses independence in its upcoming referendum. More about Designs proposed for union jack flag without Scotland
Dezeen Mail #191
The shortlist of architects to resurrect Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace exhibition hall leads this week's Dezeen Mail newsletter, which also includes the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Architecture
Grimshaw completes St Petersburg airport with folded golden ceilings
Shimmering golden panels clad the monumental folded ceilings of this new airport terminal in St Petersburg designed by London studio Grimshaw (+ slideshow). More about Grimshaw completes St Petersburg airport with folded golden ceilings