One year ago...
This time last year Ai Weiwei covered the floor of the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall with porcelain sunflower seeds and graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister talked to us about his work at Vienna Design Week. More about One year ago...
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The V&A announces plans for a major exhibition of British design
Dezeen Wire: the Victoria & Albert museum has released details of a major exhibition showcasing the best of British design from the period following the 1948 ‘Austerity Olympics’ to the summer of 2012. More about The V&A announces plans for a major exhibition of British design-
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Design student's tribute to Steve Jobs becomes online hit
Dezeen Wire: a teenage design student's simple and poignant graphic reworking of Apple's logo that replaces the bite out of the apple with a silhouette of Steve Jobs has generated a huge amount of online interest as well as a job offer for its designer. More about Design student's tribute to Steve Jobs becomes online hit
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Touch! Touch! Nothing will Happen by Luzinterruptus
Guerilla lighting designers Luzinterruptus snuck out in the dead of night to stick 400 illuminated silicone nipples all over statues outside the Public Art Museum in Madrid. More about Touch! Touch! Nothing will Happen by Luzinterruptus
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
This week OMA were in the news with the opening of a new exhibition of their work at the Barbican in London and the completion of their Maggie's cancer caring centre in Glasgow. We were given an private guided tour of the exhibition by Rem Koolhaas and interviews with other OMA partners will appear soon on Dezeen Screen. More about This week on Dezeen
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Sugru pop-up and giveaway at 13:00 this Sunday at Dezeen Space
Dezeen Space: the inventors of Sugru are bringing their pop-up hack-station to Dezeen Space on Sunday 9 October to do a demo and giveaway of their plastic modelling clay. More about Sugru pop-up and giveaway at 13:00 this Sunday at Dezeen Space
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Taj Mahal in danger of collapsing within five years
More about Taj Mahal in danger of collapsing within five years
Dezeen Wire: historians and campaigners are warning that the 358-year-old Taj Mahal near the city of Agra in northern India will collapse in two to five years if urgent action is not taken to maintain rotting wooden foundations - The Daily Mail 
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Rem Koolhaas on OMA/Progress
In the first of a series of movies filmed by Dezeen at the opening of OMA/Progress at the Barbican in London earlier this week, OMA co-founder Rem Koolhaas gives us a private tour of the show.
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Today at Dezeen Platform: Clinton Sheldon
Dezeen Platform: design graduate Clinton Sheldon brings a series of products made of components salvaged from the factory of British furniture company Ercol to our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Clinton Sheldon
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Wool Modern Installation by Not Tom
Designers Not Tom have created an installation where coloured dye rises by capillary action out of paint tins and along tree branches wrapped in wool. More about Wool Modern Installation by Not Tom
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Time Elapsed by Philippe Malouin and Lobmeyr
Vienna Design Week 2011: a rotating arm deposits spirals of quartz sand on the showroom floor at crystal company Lobmeyr in Vienna this week, thanks to Canadian designer Philippe Malouin. More about Time Elapsed by Philippe Malouin and Lobmeyr
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Kuwait International Airport by Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners have unveiled designs for an new international airport in Kuwait. More about Kuwait International Airport by Foster + Partners
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Competition: ten Makedo construction sets to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with Australian company Makedo to give away ten sets of their reusable connector system for creatively recycling waste materials. More about Competition: ten Makedo construction sets to be won
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Norman Foster pays tribute to Steve Jobs
Architect Norman Foster has paid tribute to Apple founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, who has died aged 56.
Foster + Partners are working on the new Apple campus to be built in Cupertino, California, and released images of the design just a week before Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple in August. Read Foster's full statement below More about Norman Foster pays tribute to Steve Jobs
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Ventura Lambrate 2012 call for visitors
Dezeen Wire: Organisation in Design are now accepting applications from designers and companies wishing to exhibit at Ventura Lambrate 2012 in Milan next April. More about Ventura Lambrate 2012 call for visitors 
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Today at Dezeen Platform: Wrap Magazine
Dezeen Platform: WRAP magazine launch their latest issue and two new product ranges at Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Wrap Magazine
Steve Jobs 1955-2011
Dezeen Wire: Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple, has died, the company has announced. He was 56. Apple's homepage is today dedicated to a photo of Jobs (above) and, instead of product news, hosts a short statement which starts "Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being".
Steven Paul Jobs, 1955-2011 - Wall Street Journal | Steve Jobs dies - live blog - The Telegraph | All our stories about Apple
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Competition: five pairs of tickets to D&AD Patricia Moore lecture to be won
Competition: we're giving away five pairs of tickets for a lecture by industrial designer Patricia Moore at D&AD in London on Wednesday 12 October. More about Competition: five pairs of tickets to D&AD Patricia Moore lecture to be won
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Jólan van der Wiel at Dezeen Platform
Dezeen Platform: in this interview we filmed at Dezeen Space, designer Jólan van der Wiel explains how his series of stools are shaped by magnets and gravity. Watch the movie »
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Ascent by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby at Haunch of Venison
British designers BarberOsgerby present seven sculptural pieces based on boats, planes and satellites at Haunch of Venison gallery in London. More about Ascent by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby at Haunch of Venison