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issue #38 30/09/09

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Julian Hakes’ Mojito shoe has been our most popular story this issue, and also the most commented. Although most of the comments say exactly the same thing as Lucas. Read the story and comments »

MAD’s Taichung Convention Center in Taiwan has a touch of Captain Haddock, according to Melon. Read the story and comments »

These spectacles are made of water buffalo horn, which has got some readers in a tizz. Read the story and comments »

Ron Arad’s nearly completed Design Museum Holon reminds Irene of another artist who works in rusty steel. Read the story and comments »

Fabio Novembre is one of several well-known designers to congratulate Maarten Baas on winning Design Miami’s Designer of the Year award. Read the story and comments »

Many readers can think of someone they’d like to lock in these giant cupboards, designed for office workers to hide in when they can’t be bothered to work. Read the story and comments »

Thomas Heatherwick’s Extrusions pieces require a lot of polishing. These are the images before polishing; we’re still waiting to be dazzled by the finished items. Read the story and comments »

Recon::decon isn’t the only reader to spot the similarity between this MVRDV building and the classic arcade game. Read the story and comments »

Watch our series of four movies commissioned by Bombay Sapphire during the London Design Festival, featuring Tom Dixon, Jaime Hayon , Yves Behar and Seeper at Tent Digital.

Andrew Liebchen is delighted that robots can now build walls. Read the story and comments »

Calling Polish architects and designers! In October Dezeen teams up with Polska! Year to present a special celebration of the best architecture and design in Poland. More details »

No, Midge, it’s a chair that represents the designer’s suppressed emotions, silly! Read the story and comments »

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Thomas Beresford in the USA, Heloisa Righetto in the UK, Lukasz Chmiel in Poland, Paolo Migliori in Italy and Matt Shaw in the USA all win copies of the Super Contemporary exhibition catalogue.

Ana Rita Malh de Sousa in the Netherlands, Josue Andreu Aguade in Spain, Isaac Yu Chen in the USA, Atelierarhitects in Hungary, and Jonathan Hagos, Onur Ozkaya, and Andrew Haythornthwaite with Jordi Canudas in the UK won exhibition space at Tokyo Designers Week next month.

Waggott Tripp & Graham, Audio Architecture, Creatmosphere & Shroom Studio, Ruairi Glynn, MSA Visuals Ltd, Flynn Talbot, Nous Gallery and Pablo Miranda, Wow, DIY Kyoto and Interactive Arts all won exhibition space at Tent Digital in London last week.

Alice Walker, Barbara Bochnak, Eugene Lee, Martin Klang, and Sosie Pasparakis all won a ticket to Digital Architecture London Conference.

Alvaro Guzman in the USA, Ferran Diez Pico in the Ballearic Islands, George Legg in the UK, Jeoffrey Querel in France and Li Szu Tan in the UK all won copies of the London Design Guide by Max Fraser.

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