Architecture
Centre for Virtual Engineering by UNStudio
The windows of this scientific research centre in Stuttgart by Dutch architects UNStudio are lined up like rows of dominoes set to topple. More about Centre for Virtual Engineering by UNStudio
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Design
Movie: Peroni Collaborazioni Talk with Formafantasma part 2
Movie: in our second movie from the Peroni Nastro Azzurro talk with Italian designers Formafantasma they talk about the processes behind their projects, which include plastics made of blood and vases made of bread (+ transcript). More about Movie: Peroni Collaborazioni Talk with Formafantasma part 2
News
Design flash-sales site Bamarang closes down
Dezeen Wire: a European copycat version of American design flash-sales site Fab, called Bamarang, has been dropped by its founders Rocket Internet - Bloomberg BusinessweekFab responded to the launch of Bamarang in January by taking over another European clone, Casacanda, and using it to launch in eighteen EU countries since mid February. Yesterday the company announced a take-over of UK rival llustre.com, now Fab UK.
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Pinterest
New Pinterest board: cooking
This week we've added a new board on Pinterest compiling all the best kitchen equipment from the pages of Dezeen. We've got over 11,000 followers on Pinterest and you can join them here.
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Promotion
Call for entries to the Furniture Design Award and Furniture Design Platform 2013
Dezeen promotion: entries are now being accepted for the Furniture Design Award and Furniture Design Platform 2013 organised by the Singapore Furniture Industries Council. More about Call for entries to the Furniture Design Award and Furniture Design Platform 2013
Design
Modest Stool by Paul Menand
More hidden furniture: French designer Paul Menand has created a stool that hides two others inside it. More about Modest Stool by Paul Menand
News
Günther Domenig (1934-2012)
Dezeen Wire: Austrian architect Günther Domenig, one of the founding partners of Graz studio Domenig & Wallner, has passed away at the age of 77.He most famously designed the Z-bank in Vienna, as well as his own house at Lake Ossiach. More about Günther Domenig (1934-2012)
Architecture
Red House at Red Hill by Inarc
Millions of tiny perforations are dotted across the rusted steel walls of this rural retreat in Victoria by Melbourne architects Inarc. More about Red House at Red Hill by Inarc
Design
As If From Nowhere by Orla Reynolds
Brightly coloured tables and chairs are hidden in plain sight between the shelves of this bookcase by graduate designer Orla Reynolds. More about As If From Nowhere by Orla Reynolds
Architecture
Community Centre in Tyrol by Machné Architekten
The faceted buildings of this community centre look like meteorites that have landed in a rural village in southern Austria (+ slideshow). More about Community Centre in Tyrol by Machné Architekten
Design
Hallo Light by 45 Kilo
This wall-mounted task lamp by German studio 45 Kilo is adjusted simply by sliding a leather loop along the arm that supports its shade. More about Hallo Light by 45 Kilo
Design
Movie: Peroni Collaborazioni Talk with Formafantasma part 1
Movie: Italian design duo Formafantasma discuss their work and influences in this first instalment of a discussion chaired by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs for Peroni Nastro Azzurro’s series of talks on Italian design. More about Movie: Peroni Collaborazioni Talk with Formafantasma part 1
Architecture
Addis Ababa Stadium and Sports Village by LAVA
Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) have won a competition to design a sports complex in Ethiopia, which will include an excavated football stadium surrounded by earth stands. More about Addis Ababa Stadium and Sports Village by LAVA
Promotion
Designer Werktag 2012
Dezeen promotion: this year interiors show Designer Werktag took place in Munich and featured an installation by SOFTlab. More about Designer Werktag 2012
News
llustre.com becomes Fab UK
Dezeen Wire: just two months after launch, flash-sales site llustre.com has been taken over by American rival Fab to become Fab UK. More about llustre.com becomes Fab UK
Design
Adidas withdraws shoes with shackles
Dezeen Wire: sportswear brand Adidas has withdrawn plans to produce a pair of trainers with shackle-like ankle cuffs following complaints that they represent a symbol of slavery - Guardian More about Adidas withdraws shoes with shackles
Architecture
Gardens by the Bay by Grant Associates and Wilkinson Eyre Architects
British architects Wilkinson Eyre and landscape architects Grant Associates have completed an enormous tropical garden in Singapore filled with tree-like towers, shell-shaped greenhouses and a 30-metre-high man-made waterfall (+ slideshow). More about Gardens by the Bay by Grant Associates and Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Design
Inbolla by Odoardo Fioravanti
This picture frame by Odoardo Fioravanti is specifically designed to annoy people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. More about Inbolla by Odoardo Fioravanti
Design
Blooms: Luxury in the Face of Adversity by Chan Min Yun
Singapore design student Chan Min Yun has packaged doses of medicine in little origami parcels that open like flowers when placed into water (+ movie). More about Blooms: Luxury in the Face of Adversity by Chan Min Yun
Architecture
Micro Compact Home 016 by Richard Horden
It took just four minutes and nine seconds to install this prefabricated guest house designed by British architect Richard Horden on a site overlooking Lake Maggiore in Switzerland (+ movie). More about Micro Compact Home 016 by Richard Horden