Interiors
Google Super HQ by Penson
Google's new London headquarters by designers Penson features Union Jack flags, balcony gardens and allotments where staff can grow vegetables (+ slideshow). More about Google Super HQ by Penson
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Design
Controversy over London 2012 Olympic Cauldron
Dezeen Wire: after a spectacular unveiling on Friday, the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron designed by Thomas Heatherwick is proving controversial. Detractors complain that it's hidden out of sight for most visitors to the Olympic Park, only on show for those with tickets to events inside the main stadium, and last night the Cauldron had to be extinguished while it was moved aside to make way for sporting events.
Read more about the Cauldron's design in our earlier story here and see all our stories about the London 2012 Olympics here.
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Design
Milk by Rasmus B. Fex
This milking stool by Danish designer Rasmus B. Fex has interlocking legs like a puzzle. More about Milk by Rasmus B. Fex
News
"Colosseum in Rome is leaning" - Guardian
Dezeen Wire: officials say the ancient Colosseum in Rome, one of Italy's most popular attractions, has started to tilt and may need urgent repairs - Guardian
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NLA chair launches T-shirt protest against Olympic marketing rules
Dezeen Wire: angered that architects, engineers and suppliers have been unable to promote their Olympics-related work because of a marketing agreement with London 2012 organisers, New London Architecture chair Peter Murray aims to provoke debate on the subject at today's Creative Industries Summit in London by wearing a T-shirt listing all the architects and engineers involved in London 2012. More about NLA chair launches T-shirt protest against Olympic marketing rules
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
Pulse by Christian Ferrara and Jon McTaggart
Digital data is visualised as kinks in a piece of thread to make an analogue, wall-mounted graph by design students Christian Ferrara and Jon McTaggart (+movie). More about Pulse by Christian Ferrara and Jon McTaggart
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
Design
Plastic Garbage Guarding the Museum by Luzinterruptus
Plastic carrier bags glow like lamps from within two skips that Spanish lighting designers Luzinterruptus have placed at the entrance to the Gewerbemuseum in northern Switzerland. More about Plastic Garbage Guarding the Museum by Luzinterruptus
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
Design
A Quiet Celebration by Morie Nishimura
Japanese designer Morie Nishimura has made a series of hinged brass mirrors that look like butterflies when mounted on a wall. More about A Quiet Celebration by Morie Nishimura
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
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Interiors
Verbandkammer by Nilsson Pflugfelder
This modular container by architects Nilsson Pflugfelder of London and Berlin can be reconfigured to create a workspace, artist's residence, archive or meeting area as required by its host, the FLACC Workplace for Visual Artists in Genk, Belgium. More about Verbandkammer by Nilsson Pflugfelder
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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News
Trial of "false bomb" designer adjourned
Dezeen Wire: the trail of Brooklyn designer Takeshi Miyakawa, who was arrested for "planting false bombs" while assembling an outdoor lighting installation in New York, has been adjourned. More about Trial of "false bomb" designer adjourned
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...
Architecture
Franke House by Studio Architecture Gestalten
The bottom floor and courtyard of this house in Melbourne by Studio Architecture Gestalten are sunk underground (+ slideshow). More about Franke House by Studio Architecture Gestalten
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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Architecture
The William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Library by Adjaye Associates
The second of two new libraries in Washington DC by architects Adjaye Associates comprises grey concrete blocks with yellow timber fins. More about The William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Library by Adjaye Associates
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...