Dezeen - design magazine

issue #31 27/05/09

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Hello Dezeen mailing list! We’re busy traveling this month. First stop Belgrade for Belgrade Design Week where Marcus is speaking on Friday. Then Berlin next week for DMY followed by Basel for Design Miami/Basel… you can now follow both Marcus and Dezeen on Twitter for updates.

Scroll down for news and comments highlights from Dezeen, jobs from Dezeenjobs and competitions are on the right, plus also some of the top stories from Dezeenwire.

 

Bibliothek Luckenwalde by FF Architekten and Martina Wronna gets a universal thumbs up. Read the story and comments »

The Clock Clock by humans since 1982 caused our biggest one-day traffic spike of all time. Johnyboy has a technical question which is answered many times over. Read the story and comments »

Justas is one of many readers enamoured by the work of Álvaro Siza as photographed by Duccio Malagamba. Read the story and comments »

Ingo Maurer designed the Euro Condom as a protest about new EU regulations banning pearl incandescent bulbs. No, David Klemmer, they won’t be on sale in pub toilets… Read the story and comments »

Man isn’t alone in his dislike of these speculative proposals for Florence by Gruppo Giovani Architetti Firenze. Read the story and comments »

Are Zaha Hadid’s shoes for Lacoste more gladiator than avant-garde? GMG seems to think so. Read the story and comments »

Salvadore compares Yukio Hashimoto’s Moonbird light to the work of the Romanian sculptor – although others are more interested in where the cable is hidden. Read the story and comments »

Frode Bang and others think Pieke Bergmans’ Light Blubs resemble, er… Read the story and comments »

J Mayer H Architects’ dental surgery in Hamburg would make some readers keen to visit the dentist. Read the story and comments »

Our latest movie, made in Milan last month for Veuve Clicquot, features Tom Dixon, Front and 5.5 Designers. Watch the movie »

Ultra Man and others are quite excited about Asymptote’s nearly complete Yas hotel in Abu Dhabi. Read the story and comments »

Bye for now

 

Love from Marcus, Rupinder and Rose, and this month's intern Brad.

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Marcel Wanders - Beyond the Ceiling, published by Gestalten: Mojca Vehar in Slovenia, Sebastian Jansson in Italy, Rebecca Littman in the USA and Francis Young and Hugh O’Neill in the UK.

Watches from the V.01EL collection by VOID: Githa Hartako Ong in Indonesia, Graham Burn in the UK, Hasne Wolfgang in France, and Yoshimi Kaga Chris Swoszowski in the USA.

Design Sustainable Packaging by Scott Boylston, published by Laurence King: Hua Shaoliang in China, Marketa Brezovska in Austria, Mark Harrison in the UK, and Evan Litvin and Mian Ye in the USA.

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