News
Disegno magazine launches
Dezeen Wire: new fashion, design and architecture magazine Disegno launched today - www.disegnomagazine.com
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Shoreditch Design Triangle map and guide
London Design Festival 2011: over 30 east London shops, galleries and exhibitions will come together for Shoreditch Design Triangle during the London Design Festival this month, including Dezeen Space at 54 Rivington Street. Dezeen is media partner to the event, which is coordinated by SCP.
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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 GuardianCurated 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.
See all our Dezeen Wire stories about Justin McGuirk.
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Architecture
V12K0102 by Pasel Kuenzel Architects
Here's the next house in the series of eleven by Rotterdam studio Pasel Kuenzel Architects on the site of a former slaughterhouse in Leiden, Netherlands. More about V12K0102 by Pasel Kuenzel Architects
Lighting
Nipple lights by Naama Arbel
These lamps are turned on when you pull their nipples. More about Nipple lights by Naama Arbel
Design
Competition: five copies of the London Design Guide to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with Max Fraser, author of the London Design Guide, to give away five signed copies of the brand-new 2012-2013 edition. More about Competition: five copies of the London Design Guide to be won
News
Review of Power of Making at the V&A - The Telegraph
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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
Architecture
Chateau Barde-Haut by Nadau Lavergne
Paris architects Nadau Lavergne have completed a rusted steel winery on a World Heritage Site in the south of France. More about Chateau Barde-Haut by Nadau Lavergne
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
Penthouse apartment by Lecarolimited
Wrinkly mirrored walls distort the reflection of an apartment interior in Berlin by local architects Lecarolimited. More about Penthouse apartment by Lecarolimited
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
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News
National September 11 Memorial opens this week
Dezeen Wire: the completed National September 11 Memorial designed by Israeli-American architect Michael Arad opens on Sunday in New York, exactly ten years after almost 3000 people were killed in terrorist attacks across America.In anticipation of the event, Ted Loos of the New York Times describes Arad's turbulent design process, Karen Matthews writes about Arad's rapid rise in profile for Associated Press and Tina Susman of the Los Angeles Times reports on the architect's battle against controversy. More about National September 11 Memorial opens this week
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
Design
Bearina by Ronen Kadushin
Berlin designer Ronen Kadushin has made a conceptual, open-source, contraceptive intrauterine device from a one-cent coin. More about Bearina by Ronen Kadushin
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
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News
"PoMo power: the return of postmodernism" - The Observer
More about "PoMo power: the return of postmodernism" - The Observer
Dezeen Wire: ahead of the Victoria & Albert Museum's exhibition Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990 starting on 24 September, architecture critic Rowan Moore discusses the definition of the movement and its impact on contemporary architecture - The Observer 
Furniture
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
Garcia D’Orta Secondary School by Bak Gordon
Narrow skylights create bands of light across the red bright ceiling of a sheltered school courtyard in Porto, Portugal. More about Garcia D’Orta Secondary School by Bak Gordon
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
Architecture
Wine Cellars for Vega-Sicilia by Salas Studio
Two refurbished wine cellars in Spain feature undulating oak ceilings and stainless steel trees. More about Wine Cellars for Vega-Sicilia by Salas Studio
