Dezeen Mail #176
Dezeen Mail issue 176 includes a phone made from modular Lego-like parts and all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Design
I Have a Lifestyle model-kit window installation by Fabio Novembre for Tommy Hilfiger
Our second story today featuring products presented like model kits is Italian designer Fabio Novembre's window installation for Tommy Hilfiger at La Rinascente department stores. More about I Have a Lifestyle model-kit window installation by Fabio Novembre for Tommy Hilfiger
Design
1:1 scaled-up dolls' house furniture by Silva Lovasová
This furniture collection by designer Silva Lovasová is based on tiny toy products that have been 3D-scanned and enlarged to full scale. More about 1:1 scaled-up dolls' house furniture by Silva Lovasová
Design
Dyson Hard two-in-one vacuum cleaner by Dyson
Industrial design firm Dyson has unveiled a cordless vacuum cleaner for hard floors that sucks up dirt and wipes the surface at the same time. More about Dyson Hard two-in-one vacuum cleaner by Dyson
Design
Naar Inkt Vissen book printed with squid ink by Today Designers
Utrecht studio Today Designers has created a book of nautical tales that smells like the sea because it's printed with squid ink. More about Naar Inkt Vissen book printed with squid ink by Today Designers
Architecture
Brains Unlimited neuroscience facility by Wiegerinck
Brains Unlimited is the name of this recently completed trio of buildings, which provides a neuroscience research facility for Maastricht University in the Netherlands (+ slideshow). More about Brains Unlimited neuroscience facility by Wiegerinck
Design
Special Spoons by Ineke Hans come like a model kit
These spoons shaped for eating specific snacks by Dutch designer Ineke Hans have to be popped out of a plastic frame before use. More about Special Spoons by Ineke Hans come like a model kit
Promotion
COTTO unveils 2014 tile collection
Dezeen promotion: Thai tile brand COTTO has launched its latest range of faux marble and straited tiles first unveiled at the Cersaie ceramics show in Bologna, Italy, in September. More about COTTO unveils 2014 tile collection
Architecture
Moving school by Amadeo Bennetta and Dan LaRossa for Building Trust
These flat-packed schools have been designed for assembly in Southeast Asia by Californian architects Amadeo Bennetta and Dan LaRossa (+ slideshow). More about Moving school by Amadeo Bennetta and Dan LaRossa for Building Trust
Architecture
Steven Holl to design four museums for new complex in China
News: New York architect Steven Holl has won a competition to design four museums in Qingdao, China, with a concept for a series of "art islands" linked by a looping route of galleries and pathways (+ movie). More about Steven Holl to design four museums for new complex in China
Technology
"With Phonebloks you only throw away components that are broken"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our second movie from Eindhoven, Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Dave Hakkens explains his concept for a modular mobile phone made of detachable blocks, an idea that looks set to become a reality now he has teamed up with Motorola. More about "With Phonebloks you only throw away components that are broken"
Design
"We need to place ideas, not gender, front and centre"
Opinion: journalist and critic Mimi Zeiger argues that trying to rewrite design history with all-female shows like MoMA's Designing Modern Women does nothing to "shake up the dominant masculine ethos" that still plagues the industry. More about "We need to place ideas, not gender, front and centre"
News
Bauhaus opens its dorms to paying guests
News: visitors to the museum at the Dessau campus of the Bauhaus can now spend the night in the dormitories of the former German Modernist design school (+ slideshow). More about Bauhaus opens its dorms to paying guests
Design
Coleoptera plastic made of beetles by Aagje Hoekstra
Dutch Design Week 2013: design graduate Aagje Hoekstra has developed a plastic made of pressed insect shells. More about Coleoptera plastic made of beetles by Aagje Hoekstra
Design
"There is a little bit of playfulness in Orolog watches" - Jaime Hayón
Movie: in this exclusive interview Spanish artist and designer Jaime Hayón discusses the design of his first watch collection. More about "There is a little bit of playfulness in Orolog watches" - Jaime Hayón
Architecture
8 Chifley by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Lippmann Partnership
Architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Lippmann Partnership have completed a 34-storey office tower in Sydney with criss-crossing red braces on its sides and an elevated terrace cutting through its middle. More about 8 Chifley by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Lippmann Partnership
Interiors
SKVÍS by Siggi Eggertsson at Spark Design Space
Images of fantasy goddesses are hidden in brightly-coloured graphics on the walls, floor and ceiling of this exhibition space in Reykjavík, Iceland (+ slideshow). More about SKVÍS by Siggi Eggertsson at Spark Design Space
Interiors
Frame House by Jonathan Tuckey Design
British studio Jonathan Tuckey Design has added skeletal partitions and skylights to bring more light into this renovated west London mews house. More about Frame House by Jonathan Tuckey Design
Design
REK Bookcase Junior by Reinier de Jong
Product news: Dutch designer Reinier de Jong has scaled down his extendable REK Bookcase so it can be used by children to store books and toys. More about REK Bookcase Junior by Reinier de Jong
Promotion
USM Haller System at Luminaire Lab
Dezeen promotion: configurations of a flexible modular shelving system designed in the 1960s by Swiss architect Fritz Haller are currently on display at design brand Luminaire's exhibition space in Miami. More about USM Haller System at Luminaire Lab