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Dezeen Mail #94

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including a plan to cover Milan in polychrome bird-poo, a Starbucks coffee shop inside a former bank vault in Amsterdam and the launch of our Designed in Hackney initiative.

There's also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen, plus all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at it here.

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Rose Etherington | 15 March 2012
Architecture

Jerwood Gallery by HAT Projects

Slideshow: British architects HAT Projects have completed a seaside gallery in Hastings, England, with a shimmering exterior of black glazed tiles. More about Jerwood Gallery by HAT Projects

Amy Frearson | 15 March 2012
Furniture

Textile Sketch by Kiki van Eijk

This collection of furniture by Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk looks like it's made of textiles but is in fact fashioned from solid metal. More about Textile Sketch by Kiki van Eijk

Parvinder Marwaha | 15 March 2012
Architecture

Competition: five copies of Writing About Architecture by Alexandra Lange to be won

Competition: we've teamed up with architecture critic Alexandra Lange to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of her new book, Writing About Architecture: mastering the language of buildings and cities. More about Competition: five copies of Writing About Architecture by Alexandra Lange to be won

Rose Etherington | 15 March 2012
Promotion

Design Days Dubai 2012

Dezeen promotion: the inaugural edition of Design Days Dubai will take place from 18 to 21 March 2012. More about Design Days Dubai 2012

Rose Etherington | 15 March 2012
Architecture

Enzo Ferrari Museum by Future Systems

Slideshow: a Ferrari automotive museum designed by the late Czech architect and Future Systems founder Jan Kaplický has opened in Modena, Italy. More about Enzo Ferrari Museum by Future Systems

Amy Frearson | 15 March 2012
PechaKucha Inspire Japan iBook

Highlights from the PechaKucha Inspire Japan project, launched following the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country this time last year, have been compiled in an e-book that's now available to download free from iBookstores. More about PechaKucha Inspire Japan iBook

Rose Etherington | 14 March 2012
Architecture

Designed in Hackney: Hampstead Lane by Duggan Morris Architects

Designed in Hackney: a renovated 1960's residence that the Royal Institute of British Architects named best new house in the UK last year is today's instalment in our showcase of projects designed in the London borough of Hackney. More about Designed in Hackney: Hampstead Lane by Duggan Morris Architects

Amy Frearson | 14 March 2012
Architecture

Western Concourse at King’s Cross by John McAslan + Partners

A semi-circular vaulted concourse designed by British architects John McAslan + Partners will open at King’s Cross Station in London next week. More about Western Concourse at King’s Cross by John McAslan + Partners

Amy Frearson | 14 March 2012
Interiors

AS Aperitivo by Nika Zupanc

Cherry-shaped pendant lights hang from metal branches on the ceiling of the AS Aperitivo bar in Ljubljana by Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc. More about AS Aperitivo by Nika Zupanc

Amy Frearson | 14 March 2012
Design

FuelBand at NikeFuel Station

In this second interview that Dezeen filmed for sports brand Nike at their new NikeFuel Station at Boxpark in east London, Nike's global creative director Andy Walker demonstrates how the company's new FuelBand wristband helps athletes monitor their activity across a range of sports and daily activities. More about FuelBand at NikeFuel Station

Rose Etherington | 14 March 2012
News

British Council announce “explorers” for Venice Architecture Biennale 2012

Dezeen Wire: the British Council have revealed the names of architects, curators and researchers who will gather material about exotic places to present at an exhibition entitled Venice Takeaway in the British Pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale.

The list includes London architecture studios dRMM and Aberrant Architecture, as well as London Architecture Diary editor-in-chief Elias Redstone and non-profit organisation Forum for Alternative Belfast. More about British Council announce “explorers” for Venice Architecture Biennale 2012

Amy Frearson | 14 March 2012
Furniture

Winding Tower 01 by Mieke Meijer

This desk by Dutch designer Mieke Meijer is the first in a range of furniture based on images by German artists Bernd and Hilla Becher, known for their series of photographs that documented types of industrial structures like pylons, gas tanks and water towers. More about Winding Tower 01 by Mieke Meijer

Rose Etherington | 14 March 2012
Architecture

Roses IES Cap Norfeu extension by Javier de las Heras Solé and Bosch Tarrús

Slideshow: the windows of this school extension in Girona, Spain, are concealed behind a perforated metal skin. More about Roses IES Cap Norfeu extension by Javier de las Heras Solé and Bosch Tarrús

Amy Frearson | 14 March 2012
Furniture

Designed in Hackney: the Crate Series by Jasper Morrison

Designed in Hackney: today's design icon created in the London borough of Hackney is Jasper Morrison's Crate Series. More about Designed in Hackney: the Crate Series by Jasper Morrison

Rose Etherington | 13 March 2012
Design

I nibbled Britain out of Jaffa Cakes by Dominic Wilcox

London designer Dominic Wilcox is building up to Britain hosting the Olympic games this summer by nibbling his way through 30 boxes of McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes to build models of UK landmarks and icons. More about I nibbled Britain out of Jaffa Cakes by Dominic Wilcox

Rose Etherington | 13 March 2012
Design

NikeFuel Station at Boxpark

Nike's global creative director Andy Walker gives us a tour of the new NikeFuel Station at Boxpark in east London in the first of two interviews that Dezeen filmed for the sports brand. More about NikeFuel Station at Boxpark

Rose Etherington | 13 March 2012
Design

Plug Lamp by Form Us With Love for Ateljé Lyktan

Stockholm designers Form Us With Love have integrated an electrical socket into the base of their latest lamp so there's always a socket to hand when you want to charge a phone or laptop. More about Plug Lamp by Form Us With Love for Ateljé Lyktan

Rose Etherington | 13 March 2012
Architecture

Playhouse by Bach Arquitectes

This children’s playhouse by Barcelona architects Anna and Eugeni Bach has stripy wooden walls, folding window hatches and a ladder instead of stairs. More about Playhouse by Bach Arquitectes

Amy Frearson | 13 March 2012
Design

"Sir Jonathan Ive: the iMan cometh" - Evening Standard

Dezeen Wire: Mark Prigg of London newspaper the Evening Standard interviews Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of industrial design at Apple, about what makes a great designer, obsessing over tiny details and his dislike of "designers wagging their tails in my face" - Evening Standard

Read more about Jonathan Ive on Dezeen here.
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Rose Etherington | 13 March 2012