Design
Albatros by Oscar Lhermitte
This bookmark designed by Oscar Lhermitte hovers over the page as you read, poised to dive between the correct pages automatically as you shut the book (+ movie). More about Albatros by Oscar Lhermitte
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Designed in Hackney
Dezeen presents: Designed in Hackney
Dezeen today launches a new initiative to celebrate the incredible diversity of design talent in the east London borough of Hackney.
Designed in Hackney will showcase world-class architecture and design created in the borough, which is one of the five host boroughs for the London 2012 Olympic Games as well as being home to Dezeen's offices.
Each day from tomorrow until the games this summer, Dezeen will publish buildings, interiors and objects that have been designed in Hackney, creating a unique guide to the borough's rich and diverse design community.
The showcase can be accessed via www.designedinhackney.com.
If you're a Hackney designer or architect and you'd like your work featured, please drop us a line with "Designed in Hackney" in the subject line.
The Designed in Hackney logo has been developed by our Hackney neighbours Zerofee.
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News
Lord St John of Fawsley (1929-2012)
Dezeen Wire: politician, author and barrister Lord St John of Fawsley has died aged 82 - GuardianHe was chairman of the Royal Fine Art Commission from 1985 to 1999, when it was succeeded by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (now Design Council CABE, following a merger last year).
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Interiors
Panic Room by Tilt
French graffiti artist Tilt has swamped one half of a Marseille hotel room in decoration, while the other half remains completely blank. More about Panic Room by Tilt
Design
Gravity candle holder by Jólan van der Wiel
Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel has expanded his range of products shaped by magnets with this candle-holder. More about Gravity candle holder by Jólan van der Wiel
Design
Max Fraser appointed deputy director of the London Design Festival
Dezeen Wire: design writer, curator and publisher of our book Max Fraser has been appointed deputy director of the London Design Festival, replacing William Knight who moved to trade show 100% Design in January. More about Max Fraser appointed deputy director of the London Design Festival
Design
10th Anniversary jewellery by Atelier XJC
Slideshow: Paris photographers Milo Keller & Julien Gallico shot this series of photos to showcase experimental jewellery by Swiss luxury design firm Atelier XJC that references feathers, scales and large delicate ruffs. More about 10th Anniversary jewellery by Atelier XJC
Architecture
House-dT by Daijiro Takakusa
Slideshow: one huge window stretches across the black facade of this house overlooking the bay in Osaka. More about House-dT by Daijiro Takakusa
Architecture
Noun 1. Unavailability by Gartnerfuglen
Recently established Norwegian architecture studio Gartnerfuglen have created a mobile fisherman's hut with walls of ice, where a single inhabitant can isolate themselves from modern technology. More about Noun 1. Unavailability by Gartnerfuglen
Five years ago...
Five years ago this week, after just four months online, Dezeen already had a quarter of a million readers. We published our first story about a sex toy, as well as a globular building that Zaha Hadid had just designed for a square in Budapest. More about Five years ago...
Dezeen archive: cork
Dezeen archive: this week sets of pins that let you transform your wine corks into animal characters (bottom right) were very popular on Pinterest, so we thought we'd group together all our stories about things made of cork. See all the stories »
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News
Dezeen in Port Magazine
More about Dezeen in Port Magazine
Dezeen Wire: Dezeen's editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs is among those interviewed by design editor Alyn Griffiths for this month's Port Magazine in a feature entitled RIP CMYK, charting the shift from paper to pixels in design journalism and asking why it works. Read the full article here.
Interiors
Sketch by Martin Creed
Slideshow: no two items of furniture or pieces of tableware are the same in the dining room that British artist Martin Creed has designed at London restaurant Sketch. More about Sketch by Martin Creed
One year ago...
This time last year Nike launched a football strip for the French national team featuring the classic Breton stripe, while Terence Conran, Tord Boontje, Tom Dixon and over a hundred other prolific designers each created an artwork on a piece of graph paper to raise money for cancer care centres. More about One year ago...
Interiors
La Bohème by AVA Architects
Ribbed timber framework folds around the walls and ceiling of this bar in Porto by Portuguese studio AVA Architects (photos by José Campos). More about La Bohème by AVA Architects
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
This week Chinese architect Wang Shu of Amateur Architecture Studio in Hangzhou was named 2012 Pritkzer Prize laureate and we rounded up his key projects. More about This week on Dezeen
Furniture
Koloro-desk by Torafu Architects
This desk by Japanese studio Torafu Architects looks like a doll's house, with little windows in the walls and a pendent lamp inside. More about Koloro-desk by Torafu Architects
Design
Coat-hanger Chopper by Michael Schoner
Dresses whirl past on a radio-controlled coat hanger in this installation by Amsterdam-based German designer Michael Schoner at the Droog flagship store in Amsterdam. The movement was controlled by manipulating two fans, taken from computers, at the top of the mobile while bags of sugar and salt provided counterweights. More about Coat-hanger Chopper by Michael Schoner
Design
H-supplies Kit by Dialoguemethod
Slideshow: Seoul studio Dialoguemethod made this stationery set by layering up birch plywood with coloured paper. More about H-supplies Kit by Dialoguemethod
Architecture
House in Iizuka by Rhythmdesign
A small wooden dining table at the heart of this house in Fukuoka, Japan, is overlooked from every other room. More about House in Iizuka by Rhythmdesign