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News

News

"Is all of this design?" Gwangju Design Biennale review - The Guardian

Dezeen Wire: design critic Justin McGuirk reports from Korea on the Gwangju Design Biennale - The Guardian

Curated by Ai Weiwei and Seung H-Sang, the biennale runs until 23 October. Exhibits include designs for bombs, plastic surgery for fighters and blueprints for public executions, plus a series of temporary follies built around the city by renowned architects including Atelier Bow-Wow, Peter Eisenman and Dominique Perrault.

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Design

Design

Nipple lights by Naama Arbel

These lamps are turned on when you pull their nipples. More about Nipple lights by Naama Arbel

Dezeen Wire: The Telegraph's deputy art critic Alastair Sooke reviews the Victoria & Albert Museum's new contemporary crafts exhibition, Power of Making, which opens today - The Telegraph

Dezeen Space

Dezeen Space

Thirty young and upcoming designers selected for Dezeen Platform exhibition

London Design Festival 2011: Dezeen has selected 30 designers to showcase their talents at Dezeen Space, Dezeen's month-long residency in Shoreditch during London Design Festival, London Fashion Week and Frieze Art Fair. More about Thirty young and upcoming designers selected for Dezeen Platform exhibition

Interiors

Interiors

Hair Very by Maker

Japanese architects Maker have completed a hair salon featuring gauze partitions and booths in untreated wood. More about Hair Very by Maker

Architecture

Architecture

The Banquet by Herreros Arquitectos at the ROM Gallery

Recent works by Spanish studio Herreros Arquitectos are on show at the ROM Gallery in Oslo. More about The Banquet by Herreros Arquitectos at the ROM Gallery

Interiors

Interiors

Little Joe Woman at The Beach House by MAKE Creative

Plywood shingles create fish scales on the walls of a clothes store at Bondi Beach, Sydney, while spherical lights hang from the ceiling inside fishermen’s nets. More about Little Joe Woman at The Beach House by MAKE Creative

Design

Design

Bachag by Joongho Choi

Korean designer Joongho Choi designed this chair to be carried over one shoulder like a handbag. More about Bachag by Joongho Choi

Architecture

Architecture

Nakahouse by XTEN Architecture

The rooms of a black and white house in California lead out to a series of stepped terraces with a view of the famous Hollywood sign. More about Nakahouse by XTEN Architecture

Design

Design

Scaffolding Brut by Beta Tank

Berlin designers Beta Tank want to make scaffolding pretty. Designer Eyal Burstein has started out by casting a series of scaffolding joints in glazed porcelain with gold and platinum nuts and bolts. More about Scaffolding Brut by Beta Tank