Promotion
Sleepotel at The Sleep Event
Dezeen promotion: check out the future of hotel design in the Sleepotel conceptual hotel installation at The Sleep Event in London later this month. More about Sleepotel at The Sleep Event
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News
Conran's designs "don't quite communicate the fun he has got out of life"- The Guardian
Dezeen Wire: in his latest article for The Guardian, architecture and design critic Rowan Moore interviews Terence Conran ahead of an exhibition dedicated to his career at the Design Museum, which opens on 16 November.In the article Moore suggest that Conran's greatest successes have been the businesses he's founded rather than the products or interiors he's designed, which Moore adds are "a little too managed, manipulated, packaged and don't quite communicate the fun he has got out of life, as if constrained by some invisible boundary."
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Architecture
Restaurant and Theatre for La Rive Domain by Nadau Lavergne
Paris architects Nadau Lavergne have completed a round wooden theatre and matching circular restaurant for a campsite in the south of France. More about Restaurant and Theatre for La Rive Domain by Nadau Lavergne
Design
Blood pack of Santa Claus by Kiseung Lee
Designer Kiseung Lee of Helsinki wants people to fill stockings with more vital gifts this Christmas: donations to the blood bank. More about Blood pack of Santa Claus by Kiseung Lee
Interiors
Aesop Ginza by Schemata Architecture Office
Japanese architect Jo Nagasaka of Schemata Architecture Office has completed another Tokyo store for skincare brand Aesop, this time in an old shoe shop. More about Aesop Ginza by Schemata Architecture Office
Architecture
Kyriad Hotel by Kilo Architectures
An assortment of windows are randomly scattered across the timber facade of this budget hotel outside Le Mans, France. More about Kyriad Hotel by Kilo Architectures
Interiors
Restaurant for CGSH by Roberto Murgia, Fabiola Minas and Simona Oberti
A stripy wall of light glows behind diners at this Milan restaurant by Italian architects Roberto Murgia, Fabiola Minas and Simona Oberti. More about Restaurant for CGSH by Roberto Murgia, Fabiola Minas and Simona Oberti
Interiors
Worth Abbey by Heatherwick Studio
London designer Thomas Heatherwick has embedded curved threads of ash into dark walnut pews for an abbey in England’s South Downs. More about Worth Abbey by Heatherwick Studio
One year ago...
This time last year work began on the Maggie's Centre for cancer care in Glasgow by OMA, which opened last month. More about One year ago...
Design
London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games posters
Here are twelve posters that have been created by leading British artists to celebrate next year's London Olympic and Paralympic Games. More about London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games posters
News
Media-ICT by Cloud 9 Architects wins World Building of the Year 2011
The Media-ICT office building by Cloud 9 Architects has won the World Building of the Year 2011 at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona.
You can see more information on the winning design here and our previous stories on the World Architecture Festival here, including announcements of all of the category winners.
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Art and design graduates are being 'treated as slave labour'
Dezeen Wire: UK broadcaster Channel 4 reports that a backlash is forming against the prevalence of unpaid internships in Britain, which are particularly popular with graduates in the creative industries.A number of websites have been set up by graduates and campaigners offering advice to those partaking in internships and rallying support for campaigns that call on the government to introduce tighter regulations - Channel 4 News
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This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen we reported from the Inside awards in Barcelona, where a hotel in a former Japanese Army headquarters by NHDRO walked away with the top prize. More about This week on Dezeen
Design
UP by Yves Behar for Jawbone
Electronics brand Jawbone have launched a wristband by San Francisco designer Yves Behar that monitors your every move then tells you what to do. More about UP by Yves Behar for Jawbone
Architecture
Maggie’s Nottingham by CZWG and Paul Smith photographed by Michael Whelan
Architect Piers Gough of CZWG and fashion designer Paul Smith discuss their designs for the latest Maggie’s Centre for cancer care in Nottingham, UK, in this movie by filmmakers Living Projects. More about Maggie’s Nottingham by CZWG and Paul Smith photographed by Michael Whelan
Architecture
Yucca Crater by Ball-Nogues Studio
You can clamber down the inside walls of this ramshackle timber basin in the desert by Los Angeles designers Ball-Nogues Studio into a surprise swimming pool. More about Yucca Crater by Ball-Nogues Studio
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News
World Architecture Festival day two winners announced
Dezeen Wire: winners of the remaining four completed building categories and nine future designs, celebrating projects that are still in development, have been announced at the World Architecture Festival, which is currently taking place in Barcelona. More about World Architecture Festival day two winners announced 
Promotion
Libratone Live design competition
Dezeen promotion: design a speaker cover for Copenhagen audio brand Libratone for the chance to win a Libratone Live Airplay sound system worth £599. More about Libratone Live design competition
Architecture
Music Hall and House in Algueña by Cor & Asociados
Spanish architects Cor & Asociados have completed a pearlescent music hall in a village near Alicante. More about Music Hall and House in Algueña by Cor & Asociados
Interiors
Inside awards overall winner: The Waterhouse at South Bund by NHDRO
Inside 2011: Chinese architects NHDRO have picked up the award for overall winner at the inaugural Inside awards for a hotel inside the abandoned former headquarters of the Japanese army in Shanghai.
You can check out all nine category winners here or read more about this project in our earlier story on Dezeen.
Inside world festival of interiors is taking place on the third floor of the Centro de Convenciones Internacionales de Barcelona until 4 November – see all our stories about Inside here, including interviews with the judges on Dezeen Screen.
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