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Beijing Design Week 2011
Dezeen promotion: Beijing Design Week takes place next week from 26 September to 3 October. More about Beijing Design Week 2011
Dezeen promotion: Beijing Design Week takes place next week from 26 September to 3 October. More about Beijing Design Week 2011
London Design Festival 2011: This timelapse movie shows how British designer Sebastian Bergne constructed a Lego greenhouse in London’s Covent Garden in one night for the London Design Festival. More about Lego Greenhouse by Sebastian Bergne
Dezeen promotion: Interiors from Spain present work by Spanish designers including Patricia Urquiola, Arturo Alvarez and Luis Eslava Studio. More about All about Spanish design
French studio Explorations Architecture have completed a sports hall in Tours, France, with a curving timber roof that sags in the middle. More about Monconseil Sports Hall by Explorations Architecture
London Design Festival 2011: designjunction opens tomorrow at 37 – 63 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4DA as part of the London Design Festival. More about designjunction opens tomorrow
Dezeen Wire: The Architectural Review will unveil a new look and editorial agenda in London this evening. More about The Architectural Review relaunches tonight
London Design Festival 2011: designer Lee Broom launches a collection of upholstery with studded detailing at his east London studio this week. More about Salon by Lee Broom
This Hong Kong boutique has an undulating ceiling of woven cables and a checkout inside the changing rooms. More about Shine by LEAD and Nelson Chow
In this movie filmed by Dezeen at the Telling Tales exhibition at the Ligne Roset Westend showroom, central London owner of Ligne Roset Robert Hasty talks about the pieces that French designer Philippe Nigro has created for the brand. More about Dezeen Screen: Confluences and Entailles at Ligne Roset Westend
London Design Festival 2011: here are some photos of an installation by Japanese designers Nendo at the headquarters of design brand Established & Sons during the London Design Festival this week. More about My London by Nendo for Established & Sons
Competition: we've teamed up with British designer Tom Dixon to give away five copies of his new book, entitled Extremism, to coincide with Multiplex at the Dock as part of the London Design Festival. More about Competition: five copies of Extremism by Tom Dixon to be won
Dezeen Platform: Victoria Spruce and her sculptural shoes are the stars of our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Victoria Spruce
London Design Festival 2011: architect David Chipperfield has installed two metallic glass pavilions outside the Royal Festival Hall in London as part of the London Design Festival More about Size + Matter by David Chipperfield
Strips of glazing wrap the walls and roof of a timber waterside summerhouse in Aure, Norway. More about Naust paa Aure by TYIN Tegnestue
The students and tutors of a design and build workshop in Istanbul have constructed a seaside temple from oriented strand board. More about Chapel by Breathnach Donnellan O'Brien and MEDS students
Dezeen Wire: the Olympic Park Legacy Company has appointed ex-PLP director Kathryn Firth as the new chief of design - see the press release here
Dezeen Platform: in this movie filmed at Dezeen Space, Mat Barnes and Eddie Blake of C.A.N talk about the QR-code island they exhibited at Dezeen Platform this weekend. More about QR code island by C.A.N
London Design Festival 2011: Dutch designer Marcel Wanders launched a collection for British retailer Marks & Spencer in London last night, including a pair of gloves with one gold finger tip (below). More about Marcel Wanders for Marks & Spencer
Dezeen Wire: The Sliced Porosity Block by Steven Holl Architects in Chengdu, China has topped out at 123 metres. More about Sliced Porosity Block by Steven Holl tops out