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issue #39 27/11/09

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Hello Dezeen mailing list! Sorry it’s been so long since the last newsletter but we’ve been busy travelling to design events in Lisbon, Eindhoven, Prague and Vienna to bring you the latest news.

Meanwhile we broke all traffic records last month, with 1,056,704 visits, up 65% on last year. Thanks to you all! And we now have over 5,500 Twitter followers – join them here.

We've got a lot of stories, jobs and competitions to get through so here goes…

 

It’s a long time since a chair got such an amazing reaction. It’s by Nendo and it’s made of steel inside hollow wood. Read the story and comments »

We’ve discovered yet another great Japanese architecture office. Check out the rooftop pool in this house by Norisada Maeda Atelier. Read the story and comments »

OMA are back… and they’ve been playing Tetris. FakeRemKoolhaas wonders how people are supposed to get inside. Read the story and comments »

This minimal dress is our most commented story from Dutch Design Week. Wonder why? See all our stories from Dutch Design Week here. Read the story and comments »

Dezeen is now available in Japanese! Translations of selected stories are now published on the Design Channel website

During 100% Design this year we teamed up with Molteni&C to interview leading designers Nigel Coates, Ilse Crawford , Matthew Hilton and Arik Levy (above) in a series called Sofa Chats.

Floating House, a house that floats, is Morphosis’ contribution to Brad Pitt’s Make it Right project in New Orleans. Some readers think it wouldn’t survive a hurricane. Read the story and comments »

Yes it is! It’s a typeface made of melted sugar! Read the story and comments »

Foster + Partners’ table for Molteni&C has our (male) readers drooling. Read the story and comments »

This house beside an oasis in the Sahara is made from locally sourced materials including mud, sun-fired bricks, palm wood, reeds and stone. Read the story and comments »

It’s a penis lamp, Urbatecto. What’s not to understand?! Read the story and comments »

Our most popular story this month by far is Studio O+A’s Facebook Headquarters in Palo Alto. Who’s the coolest now, Google?! Read the story and comments »

This month has been Polish Design Season on Dezeen, with a story every day about architecture and design from Poland. WXCA’s Polish Army Museum has been the most commented of all.  Read the story and comments »

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Until next time.

Love Marcus, Rupinder, Rose and Brad, plus thanks to this month's intern Jasmin.
 

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Danish architects BIG urgently seek a Russian-speaking project leader to lead a team in Kazakhstan: More »

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Senior furniture designer at David Collins Studio


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Architect internships
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We've got five new book competitions for you this issue:

Win signed copies of A Week at the Airport by Alain de Botton (above) »

Win copies of The Source by Michael Freeman »

Win copies of Unfolded by Petra Schmidt and Nicola Stattmann »

Win copies of Critical Cities by This is Not a Gateway »

Win copies of Chroma by Barbara Glasner & Petra Schmidt »

Competition
winners

 

Katie Finnegan in the USA, Telma Llácer in Spain, Ben Smart in Australia, Karolina Ciecholewska in Poland and Svetlin Valerieff Petroff in Bulgaria all win copies of Its Nice That Issue 2.

Elliott Fredouelle in France, Stephanie Quilici in Canada, Sebastian Pitman in the UK, Danny Spitzberg in the US and Karin Yuki Sakamoto de Azevedo Lopes in Brazil won copies of Peter Blake's ABC.

Jill Sundqvist in Spain, Zsófia Koczka in Hungary, Nedeljkovic Snezana in France, Evelyn Hasim in Singapore and Josh O’Conner in the US won copies of imm cologne Interior Trends.

Erick Schiller in France, Sara Michelini in Italy, Vladimir Trajanovski in Macedonia, Marta Mascheroni in Italy and Samantha Frame in the UK won copies of Design in Britain.

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