Daily Mail website wins design award
News: London design studio Brand42 has won an award for design effectiveness after its redesign of Mail Online made it the most popular news website in the world. More about Daily Mail website wins design award
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Read Domus magazine on the iPad
Dezeen promotion: issues of design and architecture magazine Domus can now be read on an app with layout and navigation designed specifically for the iPad. More about Read Domus magazine on the iPad
Dezeen in The Times' 50 top websites you can't live without
News: Dezeen was featured in a list of the 50 top websites you can't live without by UK newspaper The Times on Saturday. More about Dezeen in The Times' 50 top websites you can't live without
"How can culture exist in a stream of Photoshopped incontinence?"
Opinion: in the first of his bi-weekly columns for our new Opinion section, Sam Jacob describes the way that sites like Dezeen have unleashed a "design tsunami" and discusses how "the endless spewing of design imagery" is affecting design culture. More about "How can culture exist in a stream of Photoshopped incontinence?"
At last, Dezeen has an opinion
Dezeen is finally launching an opinion column. The first piece by our new columnist Sam Jacob will run tomorrow; here, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, whose own column will alternate with Jacob's, explains why it's taken us so long to take a stance. More about At last, Dezeen has an opinion
Dezeen launches World Design Guide
Dezeen has just launched World Design Guide, an online guide to the key architecture and design events around the world in 2013. More about Dezeen launches World Design Guide
Competition: Strelka Press ebooks to give away
Competition: Dezeen and Strelka Press have teamed up to give readers the opportunity to win new ebooks featuring critical writing on architecture and design by authors including Sam Jacob, Justin McGuirk and Alexandra Lange. More about Competition: Strelka Press ebooks to give away
Yves Behar's "denigrating" SodaStream ad banned in UK
News: industrial designer Yves Behar believes his revamped SodaStream can save 2000 bottles a year - but a TV advert promoting its green credentials has been banned in the UK for alleged "denigration" of rival products (+ watch the ad). More about Yves Behar's "denigrating" SodaStream ad banned in UK
Dezeen Super Store featured on Deutsche Welle
Dezeen Wire: German broadcaster Deutsche Welle have featured our pop-up design shop Dezeen Super Store in a feature on temporary shops in London during the Olympics, including an interview with Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. It also shows the nearby Opening Ceremony shop furnished by Faye Toogood, Boxpark in east London and temporary boutiques at Selfridges department store, where the Nike+ House of Innovation hosts our event tonight.
Watch the program on the Deutsche Welle website »
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Dezeen named Digital Business Publisher of the Year 2012
Dezeen Wire: Dezeen has been named Digital Business Publisher of the Year 2012 by the Association of Online Publishers.
Judges of the AOP 2012 Awards described Dezeen as "A smart entrepreneurial brand, with beautifully designed products - from websites to pop-up shops. Strong evidence of experimentation, fast growing revenue and audience". More about Dezeen named Digital Business Publisher of the Year 2012
Competition: five copies of Useless - Critical Writing in Art and Design to be won
Competition: continuing our series of features on new publishing ventures, Dezeen are giving readers a chance to win a copy of Useless: Critical Writing in Art and Design written by Royal College of Art graduates. More about Competition: five copies of Useless - Critical Writing in Art and Design to be won
Dezeen number one in The Independent's 10 best architecture blogs
Dezeen Wire: Dezeen has been placed first in a list of the 10 best architecture blogs compiled by UK newspaper The Independent. More about Dezeen number one in The Independent's 10 best architecture blogs
Competition: five subscriptions to Disegno magazine to be won
Competition: in the first in a series of features on new publishing ventures, Dezeen are offering readers a chance to win a one of five one-year subscriptions to Disegno magazine. More about Competition: five subscriptions to Disegno magazine to be won
Dezeen in The Sunday Times
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Dezeen Wire: this weekend The Sunday Times featured us in their Home section's top-ten interior sites, describing Dezeen as "indispensable". Read the full article here.
Design flash-sales site Bamarang closes down
Dezeen Wire: a European copycat version of American design flash-sales site Fab, called Bamarang, has been dropped by its founders Rocket Internet - Bloomberg BusinessweekFab responded to the launch of Bamarang in January by taking over another European clone, Casacanda, and using it to launch in eighteen EU countries since mid February. Yesterday the company announced a take-over of UK rival llustre.com, now Fab UK.
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Strelka launch new publishing house
Dezeen Wire: the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design in Moscow has launched a publishing house called Strelka Press. Based in London and Moscow, it will offer printed books and e-books.
Strelka's publishing director Justin McGuirk talks about new platforms for long-form writing and the future of design criticism in the interview we filmed at Dezeen Studio (below). More about Strelka launch new publishing house
Dutch publishers NAi and 010 to merge
Dezeen Wire: Dutch architecture and design publishers NAi Publishers and 010 are to merge and will be known as nai010 publishers from 1 July . More details on the NAi website.
Related: last month venerable Swiss architectural publisher Birkhäuser went into administration.
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Dezeen shortlisted for AOP Awards 2012
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Dezeen Wire: Dezeen has been shortlisted for this year's Association of Online Publishers Awards in the Website - Business 2012 and Digital Publisher - Business 2012 categories. Winners will be announced on 19 July. See the full shortlist here.
The Top Five Sites for Keeping Up With Creativity and Design - Forbes.com
Dezeen Wire: Dezeen is one of the top five design sites in the world, according to business magazine Forbes.com. More about The Top Five Sites for Keeping Up With Creativity and Design - Forbes.com
Dezeen places sixthin YAMoPo 2012
Dezeen Wire: architecture and design blog Designitecture have published an update to YAMoPo, a list of the most popular architecture and design websites in the world, and have ranked Dezeen in sixth place. See the results in full here.The YAMoPo (Yet Another Most Popular) list was originally created by architecture blog Archdaily but hadn't been revised since 2009.
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