Restaurant designer David Collins dies
News: London interior designer David Collins has died after a short battle with skin cancer, his office has announced. More about Restaurant designer David Collins dies
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Doug Engelbart 1925-2013
News: inventor of the computer mouse Doug Engelbart has died at the age of 88. More about Doug Engelbart 1925-2013
Henning Larsen 1925-2013
News: Danish architect Henning Larsen has died in Copenhagen at the age of 87. More about Henning Larsen 1925-2013
Colin Stansfield Smith 1932-2013
News: British architect Colin Stansfield Smith, a pioneer of UK school design, has died at the age of 80. More about Colin Stansfield Smith 1932-2013
Rick Mather 1937-2013
News: American architect Rick Mather, whose projects included the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, UK, and the masterplan for London's Southbank, has died aged 75. More about Rick Mather 1937-2013
Storm Thorgerson 1944-2013
News: Storm Thorgerson, the British graphic designer who created the iconic album sleeve for Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, has died aged 69. More about Storm Thorgerson 1944-2013
Paolo Soleri 1919-2013
News: Italian architect Paolo Soleri, whose vision of an environmentally conscious form of architecture led to the founding of an experimental eco-town in Arizona, has died at the age of 93. More about Paolo Soleri 1919-2013
James Irvine 1958-2013
News: British industrial designer James Irvine, who founded his studio in Milan nearly 30 years ago, has died aged 54. More about James Irvine 1958-2013
Andrée Putman 1925-2013
News: French interior and product designer Andrée Putman has died in Paris aged 87. More about Andrée Putman 1925-2013
Ada Louise Huxtable 1921-2013
News: the American architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable, who won the first Pulitzer Prize for criticism, has died aged 91. More about Ada Louise Huxtable 1921-2013
Alex Moulton 1920-2012
News: Alex Moulton, the British engineer and designer best known for inventing the small-wheeled Moulton bicycle and the rubber suspension system for the Mini car, has died aged 92. More about Alex Moulton 1920-2012
Oscar Niemeyer 1907-2012
News: Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer has died in Rio de Janeiro aged 104. More about Oscar Niemeyer 1907-2012
Gae Aulenti 1927-2012
News: Italian architect and designer Gae Aulenti, best known for the interior design of Paris art gallery the Musée d'Orsay, has died at the age of 84. More about Gae Aulenti 1927-2012
Lebbeus Woods 1940-2012
News: experimental architect and artist Lebbeus Woods has died at the age of 72. More about Lebbeus Woods 1940-2012
Ed Annink 1956-2012
News: Dutch designer Ed Annink, known for his work forging links between design and government in Europe, has died aged 55. More about Ed Annink 1956-2012
Günther Domenig (1934-2012)
Dezeen Wire: Austrian architect Günther Domenig, one of the founding partners of Graz studio Domenig & Wallner, has passed away at the age of 77.He most famously designed the Z-bank in Vienna, as well as his own house at Lake Ossiach. More about Günther Domenig (1934-2012)
Vidal Sassoon (1928-2012)
Dezeen Wire: British hair stylist Vidal Sassoon, famous for introducing simple geometric hairstyles in the 1960's, has passed away aged 84.See all our stories about hair »
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Ferdinand Alexander Porsche1935-2012
Dezeen Wire: Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, grandson of the car firm's founder and designer of the iconic Porsche 911 model, has died at the age of 76 - The Guardian
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Lord St John of Fawsley (1929-2012)
Dezeen Wire: politician, author and barrister Lord St John of Fawsley has died aged 82 - GuardianHe was chairman of the Royal Fine Art Commission from 1985 to 1999, when it was succeeded by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (now Design Council CABE, following a merger last year).
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Manuel de Solà-Morales (1939-2012)
Dezeen Wire: Spanish architect and urban designer Manuel de Solà-Morales has died at the age of 73 - El País CataloniaThe architect was Professor of Urbanism at the School of Architecture of Barcelona and his most famous works include the Moll de la Fusta seafront promenade in Barcelona.
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