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Featured event: Design Miami 2012

Design Miami: Dezeen is in Miami Beach this week for Design Miami 2012, which opens to the public today and runs until 9 December.

See our photos from the press day on Facebook or see all our stories about this year's edition of the design fair, including artist and architect Vito Acconci's plans for a playground in the Miami Design District after receiving the Designer of the Year Award.

Above image: Glithero's installation for Perrier-Jouët at Design Miami
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Emilie Chalcraft | 5 December 2012 | Leave a comment
Design

UK designers fight plans to "smash" creative education

News: over 150 UK designers, brands and organisations have joined a campaign to get the government to rethink plans to remove design and other creative subjects from the school curriculum. More about UK designers fight plans to "smash" creative education

Marcus Fairs | 5 December 2012 | 2 comments
Architecture

"Scum villages" planned for Amsterdam

News: Amsterdam's problem families are to be moved to isolated caravans or shipping containers in the outskirts of the city under new plans announced by mayor Eberhard van der Laan. More about "Scum villages" planned for Amsterdam

Amy Frearson | 5 December 2012 | 14 comments
Furniture

Tour Eiffel and Taj Mahal by Studio Job

Design Miami: the Eiffel Tower is reimagined as a bronze table lamp by Belgian artists Studio Job, who also present an upside-down Taj Mahal table at Design Miami this week. More about Tour Eiffel and Taj Mahal by Studio Job

Emilie Chalcraft | 5 December 2012 | 17 comments
Furniture

Flip Series by Daisuke Motogi Architecture for Sixinch Japan

Product news: items of furniture in this collection by Daisuke Motogi Architecture are shaped so that they can still be used when flipped upside-down (+ slideshow). More about Flip Series by Daisuke Motogi Architecture for Sixinch Japan

Dan Howarth | 5 December 2012 | 2 comments
Architecture

Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: HOUS.E+ by Polifactory

The letter E in our A-Zdvent calendar is HOUS.E+, a concept by architects Polifactory for a rammed earth house that generates energy from a lake on its roof. Read more about HOUS.E+ »
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Xanthia Hallissey | 5 December 2012 | Leave a comment
Architecture

Louvre Lens by SANAA and Imrey Culbert

The Louvre Lens, a new outpost of the Musée du Louvre by Japanese architects SANAA and New York studio Imrey Culbert, opens to the public next week in Lens, northern France (+ slideshow). More about Louvre Lens by SANAA and Imrey Culbert

Amy Frearson | 4 December 2012 | 22 comments
Design

TAM First Class Cabin by Priestmangoode

Industrial design studio Priestmangoode drew inspiration from domestic interiors to design a first-class cabin with sofas and wardrobes for Brazilian airline TAM. More about TAM First Class Cabin by Priestmangoode

Amy Frearson | 4 December 2012 | 5 comments
Architecture

Movie: Shopping Roof Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti

The fourth and final movie from our series featuring the architecture of Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti features Shopping Roof Apartments, an apartment block on the roof of a shopping market in the Alpine village of Bohinjska Bistrica. More about Movie: Shopping Roof Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti

Amy Frearson | 4 December 2012 | 2 comments
Design

Competition: Stackable Snowmen and Happy Little Trees to be won

Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win a set of Stackable Snowmen or Happy Little Trees Christmas decorations, both designed by Fruitsuper Design (+ movie). More about Competition: Stackable Snowmen and Happy Little Trees to be won

Jessica Marcellus | 4 December 2012 | Leave a comment
Architecture

"For us, Asia is in the centre" - Aric Chen

News: Aric Chen, curator of design and architecture for the new M+ museum for visual culture in Hong Kong, says the museum will take an unprecedented stance in "placing Asia at the centre" of design history, rather than on the periphery as western curators have done (+ audio + transcript). More about "For us, Asia is in the centre" - Aric Chen

Rose Etherington | 4 December 2012 | Leave a comment
Architecture

The Lan Xi Curtilage by Archi-Union

Shanghai studio Archi-Union used differently sized bricks to make waves across the exterior of this restaurant and members' club at a cultural heritage park in Chengdu, China (+ slideshow). More about The Lan Xi Curtilage by Archi-Union

Amy Frearson | 4 December 2012 | 9 comments
Architecture

Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: D House by Panorama

A residence on the edge of a cliff in Chile named D House is the fourth project from our A-Zdvent calendar, which is counting down the days until Christmas with houses named after letters of the alphabet. Read more about D House »
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Xanthia Hallissey | 4 December 2012 | Leave a comment
Design talks

"Designers should be more entrepreneurial" - Tom Hulme at Dezeen Live

IDEO UK design director Tom Hulme advocates that "designers should be more entrepreneurial" and design every part of a business in this movie we filmed as part of the Dezeen Live series of discussions during the talks programme at 100% Design during London Design Festival. More about "Designers should be more entrepreneurial" - Tom Hulme at Dezeen Live

Dan Howarth | 3 December 2012 | 9 comments
Design

ONE calendar by Jeong Yong

Product news: three magnetic rings can be joined in different configurations to display the date on this table calendar by South Korean designer Jeong Yong. More about ONE calendar by Jeong Yong

Jessica Marcellus | 3 December 2012 | 5 comments
Design

Sneaker Speaker by Ray Kingston Inc.

New York studio Ray Kingston Inc. has developed a wireless speaker that you wear over your sneakers. More about Sneaker Speaker by Ray Kingston Inc.

Amy Frearson | 3 December 2012 | 53 comments
Architecture

House in middle of Chinese motorway demolished

News: a five-storey house that had stood for over a year at the centre of a Chinese motorway has finally been demolished. More about House in middle of Chinese motorway demolished

Amy Frearson | 3 December 2012 | 9 comments
Architecture

Folkwang Library by Max Dudler

Huge photographic prints conjure the illusion of translucent marble over the glass walls of this music library at Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany (+ slideshow). More about Folkwang Library by Max Dudler

Amy Frearson | 3 December 2012 | 10 comments
Furniture

Fading Desk by Thijmen van der Steen

Work at home with fewer distractions behind the misty screen of this desk by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Thijmen van der Steen. More about Fading Desk by Thijmen van der Steen

Emilie Chalcraft | 3 December 2012 | 4 comments
Architecture

Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: C-House by Dot Architecture and Soc-Arc

Light filters into rooms through chunky chimneys at this dark grey house in Ireland, which is behind the third door of our A-Zdvent calendar of houses named after letters. Read more about C-House »
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Amy Frearson | 3 December 2012 | 2 comments