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Architecture

Guus Beumer appointed director of new Netherlands design institute

Dezeen Wire: Guus Beumer has been named director of a new institute for architecture, design and electronic culture that is due to launch in January in the Netherlands. More about Guus Beumer appointed director of new Netherlands design institute

Design

Design

100% Design 2012 seminar programme announced

Dezeen Wire: the seminar programme for 100% Design in London this September has been announced and features a series of live shows curated by Dezeen and talks by designers including Ross Lovegrove and Yves Behar (above). More about 100% Design 2012 seminar programme announced

Architecture

Architecture

Kirchplatz Office and Residence by Oppenheim and Huesler Architekten

Florida-based firm Oppenheim Architecture + Design and Swiss studio Huesler Architekten have created offices for themselves in an eighteenth century building in northern Switzerland and constructed a new house in the garden behind (+ slideshow). More about Kirchplatz Office and Residence by Oppenheim and Huesler Architekten

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Design

Featured designer: Thomas Heatherwick

Thomas Heatherwick's design for the Olympic Cauldron stole the show at the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony on Friday night. Here's a round-up of all our stories about Heatherwick; highlights include our video interviews with him about the cauldron, about his "hairy" UK pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010; and the new London double-decker bus.

Click here to see all our stories about Thomas Heatherwick

Design

Design

New Pinterest board: London 2012 Olympic design

Just in case you haven't seen enough design for the London 2012 Olympic games yet, we've made a new Pinterest board featuring all the London 2012 Olympic design and architecture images from the pages of Dezeen. Over 21,000 people now follow us on Pinterest – join them here.

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Five years ago...

Five years ago designers were injecting an element of fun into their projects: Nendo created a climbing wall of picture frames (above) at a fitness club, while architects BIG designed a winter resort hotel where guests could ski down the roof (below). More about Five years ago...

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Design

Dezeen archive: maps

Dezeen archive: we've featured a couple of stories about unusual maps recently, so here is a compilation of all the different maps we've published on Dezeen. See all the stories »

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One year ago...

This time last year we featured an array of weird and wonderful houses, including a steel-plated bunker with a drawbridge (above) and a house with wonky legs and a rooftop swimming pool (below). More about One year ago...

Design

Design

Olympic Logo a Day by Sarah Hyndman

London based graphic designer Sarah Hyndman has completed her year-long project photographing objects arranged in groups of five to look like the Olympic rings (+ movie). More about Olympic Logo a Day by Sarah Hyndman

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Design

"Higgs boson discovery announced in Comic Sans" - HUH

Dezeen Wire: despite being one of the most significant scientific events of the past decade, the recent discovery of the Higgs boson particle was announced using Comic Sans, the most hated, informal typeface - HUH