Furniture
Friends of Steel and Miklimeir by Katrin Olina
Reykjavik designer Katrin Olina has created a range of furniture made of bent steel tubes and a rug depicting a fictional magician. More about Friends of Steel and Miklimeir by Katrin Olina
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Architecture
Arum by Zaha Hadid Architects at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
Here are some photos of Zaha Hadid's installation in the Arsenale at the Venice Architecture Biennale, comprising a huge pleated metal funnel. More about Arum by Zaha Hadid Architects at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
Architecture
Featured event: Venice Architecture Biennale
Dezeen is in Venice this week for the preview of the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale, which opens to the public on Wednesday and runs until 25 November.
See our photos from the first day on Facebook, see all our preview stories here and watch our interview with director of the biennale David Chipperfield here, in which he urges the profession to address “the 99.99% of the rest of the world which architects are not dealing with” in order to avoid becoming merely “urban decorators.”
Above image: Vessel by O'Donnell + Tuomey Architects in the Arsenale
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Architecture
Castlecrag Residence by CplusC Architectural Workshop
Australian studio CplusC Architectural Workshop has extended a house in a Sydney suburb so that it looks like a doll's house with the back wall taken off (+ slideshow). More about Castlecrag Residence by CplusC Architectural Workshop
Architecture
Frank Gehry designs new Facebook headquarters
Dezeen Wire: architect Frank Gehry (pictured above, left) is designing the new campus for social media giant Facebook, which claims it will be the largest open-plan office in the world. More about Frank Gehry designs new Facebook headquarters
Architecture
Public Works: Architecture by Civil Servants by OMA at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
OMA present an archive of buildings designed by European local authority architects in the 1960s and 70s at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012, which opens to the public this week. More about Public Works: Architecture by Civil Servants by OMA at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
Design
Design Museum Collection App: kitchenware
In the next movie in our series of interviews we filmed for the Design Museum Collection App for iPad, Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic talks about iconic kitchenware products in their collection. More about Design Museum Collection App: kitchenware
Architecture
Une Maison sur la Maison by THE Architectes
A mysterious black gable frames two new bedrooms on the roof of a house in the outskirts of Paris. More about Une Maison sur la Maison by THE Architectes
Architecture
"This biennale isn't an X Factor of who's hot right now" - David Chipperfield
Dezeen Wire: this year's Venice Architecture Biennale isn't about the genius of any single architects, director David Chipperfield explained today at the press preview of the exhibition. More about "This biennale isn't an X Factor of who's hot right now" - David Chipperfield
Architecture
L'Observatoire by CLP Architectes
This woodland observatory by architecture collective CLP Architectes is a patchwork of square wooden panels and windows. More about L'Observatoire by CLP Architectes
News
"IKEA's New Catalogs: Less Pine, More Pixels" - Wall Street Journal
Dezeen Wire: furniture giant IKEA is turning to digital imagery instead of photography to illustrate its brochures and online galleries and expects 25% of all images to be created on computers by next year, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal. More about "IKEA's New Catalogs: Less Pine, More Pixels" - Wall Street Journal
Design
Fish packaging by PostlerFerguson
If carrying a wet papery packet home puts you off fresh fish from the counter at your local supermarket, London designers PostlerFerguson have designed a series of sleek sleeves to promote the less endangered types. More about Fish packaging by PostlerFerguson
Furniture
Cages by Jorge Diego Etienne
Mexican industrial designer Jorge Diego Etienne has created a series of small tables that look like cages. More about Cages by Jorge Diego Etienne
Furniture
Blastfurnace at Carpenters Workshop Gallery by Atelier Van Lieshout
Rotterdam-based design studio Atelier Van Lieshout will present new sculptures in bronze at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London this autumn. More about Blastfurnace at Carpenters Workshop Gallery by Atelier Van Lieshout
Architecture
Wardrobe in the Landscape by Enrico Scaramellini
Italian architect Enrico Scaramellini squeezed this narrow holiday house into the passageway between two farm buildings in the Alpine countryside of northern Italy. More about Wardrobe in the Landscape by Enrico Scaramellini
Interview
Etsy at Clerkenwell Design Week
In the third movie we filmed at Clerkenwell Design Week pop-up shops, Etsy UK marketing manager Georgina Blain explains how their global online marketplace is helping designers such as Sandra Dieckmann (work pictured) to expand from a local customer base to promote and sell their work internationally. More about Etsy at Clerkenwell Design Week
Furniture
Invader Storage System by Maria Bruun
Danish designer Maria Bruun has created a trio of modular cabinets on spindly legs that nestle together to resemble an alien from Space Invaders. More about Invader Storage System by Maria Bruun
News
"Daniel Libeskind selected for Maze prison site" - BBC
Dezeen Wire: Architect Daniel Libeskind has been selected to design a peace centre on the site of the notorious former Maze prison in Northern Ireland, according to the BBC. More about "Daniel Libeskind selected for Maze prison site" - BBC
Pinterest
New Pinterest board: pools
As temperatures soared in London earlier this week we all wanted to go for a dip, but none of the local facilities quite matched up to the pools that feature on our latest Pinterest board.
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Dezeen archive: sand
Dezeen archive: this week one of our most popular stories was about a robot that builds architectural structures from sand (bottom left), so our latest archive is all about sand. See all all the stories »
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