Furniture
Vitra Edition 2007
Live from Basel: here are some snaps from the Vitra Edition 2007 show in the Buckminster Fuller Dome at the Vitra campus at Weil am Rhein close to Basel. More about Vitra Edition 2007
-
Architecture
The Cloud by Atelier Hapsitus
The Cloud is a speculative design for a resort city elevated 300 metres in the air above Dubai and supported on slanting legs resembling rain. More about The Cloud by Atelier Hapsitus
Design
dezeen at Design Miami/Basel
Live from Basel: we just arrived in Basel, Switzerland for the Design Miami/Basel fair. We'll be here for the next few days reporting live on the show. Off to the big event at the nearby Vitra Design Museum now, more news and photos soon...
More about dezeen at Design Miami/Basel
Architecture
Zaha Hadid blog update
We've put some more posts up on our blog for the Design Museum's forthcoming Zaha Hadid exhibition, More about Zaha Hadid blog update
Furniture
Jean-Marie Massaud for Axor
Axor Massaud, the new bathroom collection designed by Jean-Marie Massaud for Axor, has just launched in the UK. More about Jean-Marie Massaud for Axor
Design
Lovegrove and Colani at the Design Museum
The Design Museum in London has sent through some photos of designers Luigi Colani (above) and Ross Lovegrove (below) in conversation during the special late-opening Design Overtime: Colani Night that took place on Friday 8 June. More about Lovegrove and Colani at the Design Museum
Architecture
East Beach Cafe by Thomas Heatherwick
East Beach Cafe, a seafront structure designed by Thomas Heatherwick, opens in Littlehampton, England next week. More about East Beach Cafe by Thomas Heatherwick
Design
New work by Chris Kabel
Dutch designer Chris Kabel presents new work on his website, including Kettle - an electric water-heating jug made of ceramic (above) and Bubblicious Lamp - a series of unique blown-glass lampshades (below). More about New work by Chris Kabel
Design
Portraits of Dutch designers
Photographer Thijs Wolzak has produced a series of portraits of leading Dutch designers, taken in their studios to celebrate the Dutch Design Port exhibition held at Milk Gallery in the Meatpacking District, New York, during New York Design Week last month. More about Portraits of Dutch designers
Furniture
Dune Formations by Zaha Hadid
If you think there is enough Zaha Hadid stuff on dezeen already then you'll have to bear with us as we have a few more things to get through... More about Dune Formations by Zaha Hadid
Design
Design performances at Design Miami/Basel
Performance is the theme of the Design Miami/Basel collectors’ fair in Switzerland next week, with designers including Front, Tom Dixon, Maarten Baas and Max Lamb creating objects live during the event. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More about Design performances at Design Miami/Basel
Design
SonUmbra by Loop.pH
Designers Loop.pH present their SonUmbra light installation at the Faster Than Sound festival taking place tomorrow (Saturday) at Bentwaters Airbase in Suffolk, England. More about SonUmbra by Loop.pH
Interiors
Skin by Michael Young and Katrin Olina
Skin is a new cosmetic surgery in Florence, Italy, designed by Michael Young and Katrin Olina. More about Skin by Michael Young and Katrin Olina
Furniture
Crater by Zaha Hadid
This the third of the four new pieces Zaha Hadid is launching at Design Miami/Basel in Switzerland next week. More about Crater by Zaha Hadid
Design
P’9521 mobile phone by Porsche Design
Porsche Design has launched its first mobile phone: the solid aluminium P'9521. More about P’9521 mobile phone by Porsche Design
Architecture
Dezeen launches Zaha Hadid blog
Dezeen has teamed up with the Design Museum in London (below) to create a special blog about the forthcoming exhibition, Zaha Hadid Architecture and Design. More about Dezeen launches Zaha Hadid blog
Design
London 2012 Olympics logo 2
Graphic design made the front pages of British newspapers yesterday, with claims that widely ridiculed new logo designed by Wolff Olins for the 2012 Olympics in London (or at least the video that accompanies it) can trigger epilepsy attacks. More about London 2012 Olympics logo 2
Architecture
Dubai Renaissance by OMA
Dubai Renaissance is a building designed last year by Rem Koolhaas and Fernando Donis of OMA as an entry for a competition for iconic central feature at Business Bay in Dubai. OMA lost the competition to Zaha Hadid's Dancing Towers project, but now OMA is negotiating to build the structure at another site in the Emirate. More about Dubai Renaissance by OMA
Furniture
Mesa by Zaha Hadid
Here is the second of the new products Zaha Hadid is launching at Design Miami/Basel next week: a table for Vitra called Mesa. More about Mesa by Zaha Hadid
Design
New plusminuszero collection
This is shaping up to be retro-minimalism week on dezeen: plusminuszero, the Japanese home goods brand created by Naoto Fukasawa, has launched a new collection of products (via dezain). More about New plusminuszero collection