Furniture
Rocky by Marc Newson for Magis
Milan 2012: Australian designer Marc Newson presented this child's rocking horse for Italian brand Magis at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More about Rocky by Marc Newson for Magis
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Architecture
House Bernheimbeuk by Architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu
Wooden sticks shield the facades of this house in Belgium by Ghent studio Architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu, while a tree bursts through the roof. More about House Bernheimbeuk by Architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu
Design
"From handicraft to digicraft: Milan's furniture fair looks to the future" - Guardian
Dezeen Wire: design critic Justin McGuirk writes about the focus on alternative means of production, open-source design and crowd-funding that permeated this year's Milan furniture fair in his column for the Guardian newspaper.McGuirk talked to Dezeen about these issues when he popped into Dezeen Studio powered by Jambox at MOST last week - watch the interview in our daily show from Milan here.
We also spoke to editor-in-chief of Domus magazine Joseph Grima about The Future in the Making show he curated that's all about collaboration, open design, crowd-sourcing and hacking, and interviewed curator Beatrice Galilee at Hacked Lab where workshops, demonstrations and happenings took over the city's most famous department store all week.
See all our coverage from Milan here.
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Interiors
Designed in Hackney: Designs of the Year exhibition by Michael Marriott
Designed in Hackney: Hoxton-based designer Michael Marriott created a landscape of cardboard tubes to display items on show at this year's Designs of the Year exhibition at London's Design Museum. The winning entries for each category will be revealed at an awards ceremony tomorrow evening. More about Designed in Hackney: Designs of the Year exhibition by Michael Marriott
Architecture
Heidelberg Castle Visitor Centre by Max Dudler
We love projects that involve castles. Windows are set within two-metre-deep recesses in the stone walls of this castle visitor centre in southwest Germany by Swiss architect Max Dudler. More about Heidelberg Castle Visitor Centre by Max Dudler
Furniture
Gentle by Front for Porro
Milan 2012: the flexible back of this chair by Swedish designers Front comprises a thick spring wrapped in black leather. More about Gentle by Front for Porro
Furniture
Devil Amongst the Tailors by Aberrant Architecture
Milan 2012: in response to the growing number of freelancers looking for workspaces outside of their homes, London studio Aberrant Architecture have created pub tables that can be adapted into desks by day and games tables by night. More about Devil Amongst the Tailors by Aberrant Architecture
Architecture
Skinspace by AND
Slideshow: a wall of wooden scales folds through the glazed facade of this house and studio that Korean architects AND designed for an artist in South Korea. More about Skinspace by AND
Dezeen archive: bubbles
Dezeen archive: this week in Milan a lamp that blows bubbles attracted a lot of attention, so we've grouped together all of our stories about bubbles made from soap, plastic or otherwise. See all the stories »
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Design
Dezeen Studio: Sundayat MOST
Milan 2012: today is the final edition of our daily TV show from Dezeen Studio at MOST in which we round up some of the other things that have been happening during the week. More about Dezeen Studio: Sundayat MOST
Interiors
Restaurant in Bilbao by Pauzarq
Slideshow: slatted wooden screens separate the three staggered tiers of this restaurant that Spanish architects Pauzarq have completed in Bilbao. More about Restaurant in Bilbao by Pauzarq
Five years ago...
Five years ago this week Olafur Eliasson and Snøhetta unveiled their proposals for the 2007 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion and Herzog & de Meuron announced plans to create a new football stadium for English team Portsmouth FC that were abandoned shortly after. More about Five years ago...
Design
CONST lamp by THINKK studio at Ventura Lambrate
Milan 2012: Bangkok designers THINKK studio have created a lamp that slots together like a children's toy. More about CONST lamp by THINKK studio at Ventura Lambrate
Design
Dezeen Studio: Saturdayat MOST
Milan 2012: today’s edition of our daily TV show from Dezeen Studio at MOST is all about performance. First up Faye Toogood tells us how she's curing visitors with clay in a soothing pavilion called La Cura, then Sheridan Coakley of London design brand SCP shows us round their stand where one chair is upholstered using traditional methods each day. More about Dezeen Studio: Saturdayat MOST
Architecture
SeaCity Museum by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
These reconstituted-stone sails belong to the second museum we've featured this month dedicated to ill-fated liner the RMS Titanic, following one shaped like four hulls. More about SeaCity Museum by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
One year ago...
This week last year two architectures students unveiled plans for a company that enables illegal migration and our most popular and controversial story was about a giant, latticed canopy by J. Mayer H. that was described as clumsy, grotesque and overbearingly monumental, as well as sublime and gutsy. More about One year ago...
Design
Balanced by Mischer’Traxler at Wait and See
Milan 2012: process and outcome are literally given equal weighting in this installation of work by Vienna designers Mischer’Traxler, shown on weighing scales at Wait and See shop in Milan this week. More about Balanced by Mischer’Traxler at Wait and See
News
"Hacktivists in the frontline battle for the internet" - The Guardian
Dezeen Wire: in an interview with Guardian journalist James Ball, technological rights campaigner John Perry Barlow of Electronic Frontiers Foundation (EFF) discusses the importance of establishing peer-to-peer frameworks of power and explains why he is forming an organisation to fund information hackers - The GuardianHacking culture and open-source production has been one of the hottest topics at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this year. Listen to our interview about it with design critic Justic McGuirk from Thursday's Dezeen Studio TV show, or see pictures from the Hacked Lab.
More about "Hacktivists in the frontline battle for the internet" - The Guardian
Interiors
Designed in Hackney: Darkroom by Multistorey
Designed in Hackney: today's featured designers from the London borough of Hackney are graphic designers Multistorey, who created the geometric interiors and branding for accessories boutique Darkroom. More about Designed in Hackney: Darkroom by Multistorey
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen...
In case you hadn’t noticed, this week we've been in Milan for the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, where we've been filming a daily TV show from Dezeen Studio powered by Jambox at MOST. Highlights include interviews with Zaha Hadid, Tom Dixon and Faye Toogood, plus we've been talking to journalists about this year's hot topics, giving away prizes and touring exhibitions at MOST and elsewhere in the city. Catch up with all the episodes here. More about This week on Dezeen...