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issue #41 26/11/09

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Hello Dezeen mailing list, here's another assortment of stories and comments from www.dezeen.com, this time featuring plenty of sex, romance and, er, moss.

We have more Dezeenjobs than ever before in the right column, plus scroll down for news of four more competitions.

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Dutch designer Janina Loeve has created bouquets from vegetables. “Makes for a cheap date,” observes Ichiban. Read the story and comments »

We haven’t had a Zaha building for a while, and the consensus is that MAXXI in Rome is one of her best ever. The comment above is from The Fake Sartorialist (we won’t mention that the building was designed over ten years ago). Read the story and comments »

Our latest podcast for the Design Museum in London features industrial designer Dieter Rams talking to Mark Adams of Vitsœ about an exhibition of his work, which opened at the museum last week. Listen to the podcast »

Mimijumi is a baby feeder shaped like a breast. Jonathan_bruen wonders about the skin tones. “I want one and I don’t even have a kid,” adds Andrew. Hmm. Read the story and comments »

The new Vodafone headquarters in Porto has triggered a very involved discussion that quite frankly we recommend you avoid. Nice photos though. Read the story and comments »

Zhili Liu is a hot young Chinese designer and most of our readers love his Shrub tables. Although a reader called trimtab21 seems convinced that children will break their necks on it. Read the story and comments »

Last month Dezeen travelled to the Czech Republic to make a series of video interviews with designers and curators. Watch our movies with deisigner Maxim Velčovský (above), ceramicist Daniel Pirčš, curators Jana Zielinski and Jiří Macek and designer Michal Froněk, or view all our movies here.

After OMA’s design for Rotterdam city hall [link to story], MVRDV unveil the city’s tunnel-like market hall. Hamid hates it and adds: “I’m sure it will be called Rotterdam vagina!” Read the story and comments »

This ring containing living moss was one of a spate of stories about bryophytes. The post was really popular on Twitter (where the comments were funnier to be honest). Read the story and comments »

Here’s another project by Chinese designer Zhili Liu, this time a range of lights based on birds that has got our readers cooing. Read the story and comments »

Looking for Christmas gifts? How about a personalised signed copy of Twenty-First Century Design by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs? More »

Should a poor African country commission an architecturally ambitious international conference centre? Mias thinks that Burkino Faso could spend its money on better things but others don't see why good design should only be for rich nations. Read the story and comments »

In our second podcast this issue Alberto Alessi clowns around with Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic. Listen to the podcast »

A reader who claims to be called I P Freely isn’t the only one to see sexual forms in this metro station in Naples by Amanda Levete Architects and Anish Kapoor. “Well, there are enough phallic buildings in the world,” adds George. “Maybe it’s time for some vaginal ones.” Read the story and comments »

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