Design
"Sorry green design, it's over"
Opinion: in a special Valentine's column, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs explains why designers have dumped dowdy green design in favour of glamorous robots. More about "Sorry green design, it's over"
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Dezeen Mail #139
Dezeen Mail issue 139 features the Messe Basel extension by Herzog & de Meuron (above) and Sou Fujimoto's design for this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, plus all the latests news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Architecture
Sou Fujimoto designs Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013
News: Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has been named as the designer of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which will be a cloud-like structure made from a lattice of steel poles. More about Sou Fujimoto designs Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013
Architecture
House and Atelier for Lara Rios by F451 Arquitectura
Spanish practice F451 Arquitectura has completed a faceted house and studio for an artist that folds out from a hillside in Gijón, Spain (+ slideshow). More about House and Atelier for Lara Rios by F451 Arquitectura
Promotion
A' Design Awards and Competition 2013 last call for submissions
Dezeen promotion: the deadline for submitting architecture and design projects to this year's A' Design Awards and Competition is the end of this month. More about A' Design Awards and Competition 2013 last call for submissions
Architecture
Black Maria by Richard Wentworth and GRUPPE
British artist Richard Wentworth has collaborated with Swiss architects GRUPPE to build a pop-up wooden auditorium in the atrium of Central Saint Martins art and design college in London (+ slideshow). More about Black Maria by Richard Wentworth and GRUPPE
Design
ADD System Furniture by Werner Aisslinger for Flötotto
Product news: designer Werner Aisslinger of Berlin and Singapore has created a storage system for German brand Flötotto that's held together by plastic clips. More about ADD System Furniture by Werner Aisslinger for Flötotto
Architecture
3D printed houses are "not that far off"
Interview: earlier today, London studio Softkill Design unveiled plans for a 3D printed house. We spoke to Softkill's Gilles Retsin about the viability of printed architecture and how he intends to print a plastic dwelling in just three weeks.
"When we started this research, it was a kind of science fiction," he says. "It's not actually that far off any more." More about 3D printed houses are "not that far off"
Architecture
Messe Basel New Hall by Herzog & de Meuron
Herzog & de Meuron has added three new halls to the Messe Basel exhibition centre in the north of the Swiss city where the architects are based (+ slideshow). More about Messe Basel New Hall by Herzog & de Meuron
Promotion
David Adjaye announced as headline speaker at Design Indaba Conference
Design Indaba 2013: architect David Adjaye has been confirmed as one of the speakers at the Design Indaba Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, later this month. More about David Adjaye announced as headline speaker at Design Indaba Conference
Architecture
The Exhibition Hall by OMA
OMA has revealed designs for a department store in Kuwait City that draws inspiration from the galleries of a traditional Arab market. More about The Exhibition Hall by OMA
Furniture
Logo Chairs by Richard Woods and Sebastian Wrong
Richard Woods and Sebastian Wrong have created a collection of chairs that wouldn't seem out of place in a cartoon. More about Logo Chairs by Richard Woods and Sebastian Wrong
Architecture
3D printed plastic house will be assembled "in a day"
News: London architecture collective Softkill Design has joined the race to build the world's first 3D printed house, announcing plans for a plastic dwelling that could be built off-site in three weeks and assembled in a single day. More about 3D printed plastic house will be assembled "in a day"
Design
Paper Vase by Pepe Heykoop
Product news: Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop has created a paper cover to turn any glass jar or bottle into a faceted vase, sold to help impoverished women in Mumbai make a living. More about Paper Vase by Pepe Heykoop
Interiors
Deskontalia store in Donostia by Vaumm
Internet shoppers in San Sebastian can now pick up their purchases from a shop that appears to be furnished with nothing but cardboard boxes (+ slideshow). More about Deskontalia store in Donostia by Vaumm
Architecture
Cathedral of the Northern Lights by Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Link Arkitektur
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has paid homage to the northern lights by constructing a titanium-clad cathedral that spirals up towards the sky (+ slideshow). More about Cathedral of the Northern Lights by Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Link Arkitektur
Design
"We're a haberdashery for technology and education" - Technology Will Save Us
Bethany Koby and Daniel Hirshmann of Technology Will Save Us explain how their DIY technology kits and workshops help people "understand what goes into the stuff in our lives" in the penultimate movie filmed at our Designed in Hackney Day. More about "We're a haberdashery for technology and education" - Technology Will Save Us
Architecture
Competition: five Saunders Architecture books to be won
Competition: we're giving readers the chance to win one of five copies of Todd Saunders' new monograph of architecture, including artists' studio on remote islands and lookout points over Nordic fjords (+ slideshow). More about Competition: five Saunders Architecture books to be won
Architecture
Binissalem School Complex by RipollTizon
Bold blocks of colour at ground level contrast with the white upper storeys of this school in Mallorca by Spanish architects RipollTizon (+ slideshow). More about Binissalem School Complex by RipollTizon
Design
Tilt furniture by Tina Schmid
These graphic shapes on the wall can be pulled outwards to form a clothes rail and occasional table. More about Tilt furniture by Tina Schmid