Dezeen - design magazine

issue #34 28/07/09

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We've got four new competitions for you this issue, along with all the latest jobs from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs on the right as normal.

We've also been busy making a series of movies for 100% Design and JAM about their new feature, 100% inspiration - more details below.

Read on for all the latest stories and comments from Dezeen; as usual some of our readers have been obsessing over toilet issues so let's get their concerns out of the way first...

 

House in Nagoya by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office features a room dedicated to plants but readers are more worried about views of the toilet from the kitchen. Read the story and comments »

Our most popular story this month, Ink Calendar by Oscar Diaz has caused some heated debate over whether it will work or not, while bodkin gets to work designing spaceships made of toast. Read the story and comments »

Dutch architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio has unveiled plans for Raffles City in Hangzhou, China, sparking a debate over who has the monopoly on curvey buildings. Read the story and comments »

Dezeen has made a series of movies for 100% Design and JAM, in which designers present objects that inspire them for the new 100% Inspiration feature, to be launched at the trade show in London this September. Watch the movies »

Roger Arquer's Drampron is a glass lampshade that fills with condensation from a pool of water in the bottom. "Maybe you can plant algaes inside and start a whole ecosystem" muses Charles. Read the story and comments »

The shortlist for the RIBA Lubetkin Prize (awarded for the most outstanding work of architecture outside the EU) causes concern about the RIBA's grasp of geography. "Munich also seems to be outside the EU now," notes Superdeluxe. Read the story and comments »

This month’s top ten features our most-viewed Dezeen stories about projects for education, from kindergartens to universities and classrooms to sports halls. Read the story and comments »

We’ve got together with multi-faceted design exhibition Tent London to offer FREE spaces at Tent Digital, a new feature taking place from 24 - 27 September. Enter the competition »

Dorobanti tower is a high-rise building for the center of Bucharest, Romania, by Zaha Hadid Architects. "Maybe Zaha looked at her stockings and thought... mmmm" says Pierre Sinsua. Read the story and comments »

Readers speculate about the future appearance of the recently completed Madrid social housing project Celosia Residence by MVRDV and Blanca Lleó. Read the story and comments »

The next ENTERprise architects' Cloud Tower is a pavilion for open-air concerts in the grounds of a castle near Vienna, Austria. Read the story and comments »

Taxidermy artist Kelly McCallum has fired up Matt's imagination with her latest embellished, stuffed bird. "A flock of these and some midgets would make for a lovely afternoon polo match," he says. Read the story and comments »

This year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Japanese architects SANAA opened earlier this month to the delight of many of our readers. Read the story and comments »

Parisian designer Mathieu Lehanneur's project The Age of the World is a set of jars and urns that each map the ages of the population in a given country. Read the story and comments »

Kingshuk is blown away by Gerry Judah's 32 metre high sculpture featuring two cars: "I wanna reach the sky... please... can i hike a lift?!" Read the story and comments »

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Office manager/PA
at East


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Interior architect internship at Campaign Design


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Middleweight interior architect
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Junior graphic designer at Campaign Design


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Design visualiser at
Campaign Design


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Designers at
Büro North


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multi-disciplinary design studio Büro North in Melbourne, Australia, would like to hear from designers in the fields of graphic design, industrial design, wayfinding or architecture: More »

Landscape Architect at
Gustafson Porter


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London landscape architects Gustafson Porter seek a landscape architect: More »

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Design internship at Wolfson Design Studio


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Urban designers at
Studio Egret West


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Architects at
Studio Egret West


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Interior designer at
At Design Office


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new London architects At Design Office are looking for an interior designer: More »

Senior architects at
At Design Office


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Architectural assistants at
At Design Office


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Interior designers at Casson Mann


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Sales assistant at
Wright & Teague


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Fair coordinator at
Hidden Art


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Product design intern at Studio
Moritz Waldemeyer


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Art editor at New Statesman
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Designer for multi-media visualisation
team at Priestmangoode


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Post-graduate master of arts in advanced
architectural design at Städelschule, Frankfurt


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the Architecture Class of the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is making a last call for applicants for its Post-graduate Master of Arts Program in Advanced Architectural Design: More »

Freelance jewellery CAD designer
at Jacqueline Rabun


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Studio space to let
in east London


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the Redundant Architects Recreation Association have flexible studio space to let in London: More »

Architects/urban planners at ECOU


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Environmental & sustainability design development associate at Protean Design Ltd/De Montfort University


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De Montfort University seeks an environmental & sustainability design development associate to work at Protean Design Ltd in Brackley, England on a 21-month contract: More »

Temporary freelance graphic designer at Optimum Releasing


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Spunique seeks proposals by
young British designers


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CAD sculptor/
digital 3D modeler at Apple


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Sustainable design specialist at Aedas


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Project architect at
DRDH Architects


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Design architect at
Zwimpfer Partner


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architects Zwimpfer Partner are looking for a design architect to join them in Basel, Switzerland: More »

Junior account executive
at ING Media


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Online magazine editor at Architonic


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Senior architects at
Glenn Howells Architects


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at East


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Competition winners

 

Jennifer Barnard in the UK won a Cappellini S-Chair by Tom Dixon.

Sara Callioni from Italy, Mathieu Breton-Ortuno from France, Radu Marza from Romania, Miguel Pelluch Lavella from Spain and Panayot Savov from Bulgaria all won Reschbox Room Stylefinder tools.

Serge Rusak in Belgium, Thomas Grattery in Paris, Steve Roberts in the UK, and Kate Sokol and Robbie Stark in the USA all won copies of UFO: Blurring the boundaries between art and design.

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