2012 review: December
Our review of the year naturally concludes with December, when the Louvre Lens by SANAA and Imrey Culbert has been our most popular story, the architecture world paid tribute to the late Oscar Niemeyer and the fight to protect design education continued. More
"Super technology is going to ask for super tactility" - Li Edelkoort at Dezeen Live
Interiors and products will need more tactile designs as the use of computers and screens makes us crave a sense of touch, trend forecaster Li Edelkoort predicts in this last movie filmed at Dezeen Live. More
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen has been all about twisted buildings, as BIG released designs for twisting skyscrapers in Miami (below) and a spiralling observation tower shaped like a honey-dipper for Phoenix (above) plus here's our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More
Audi announces new design strategy
News: German car brand Audi has announced a new design strategy, bringing the interior and exterior design studios together to encourage faster innovation and stimulate greater dialogue between the teams. "You can't survive if you just depend on one brain to do a complex thing like a car," said Audi head of exterior design Achim Badstübner. More
"It will be the first proper OLED desk lamp"
In this movie filmed by Dezeen for Philips Lumiblade, German designer Daniel Lorch explains the ideas behind his desk lamp, which will be the first to use OLED technology when it goes into production next year. More
Dezeen in Field Trip by Google
Dezeen has teamed up with Google for today's UK launch of the Field Trip app, which provides contextual information about your surroundings via your smartphone. More
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen we featured the twisting towers that MAD completed near Toronto (above), OMA's plans for Sydney and MVRDV's pixellated bank headquarters in Oslo, plus we've selected our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More
Ovale cutlery by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Alessi
Product News: French brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have designed a collection of cutlery for Italian design brand Alessi. More
Splinter by Nendo for Conde House
Cologne 2013: Japanese studio Nendo has designed a collection of furniture with components that look like they're peeled away from wooden stems (+ slideshow). More
Out of Print by Roma Levin, James Cuddy, Danilo Di Cuia and Goldsmiths students
Random snippets of news headlines are harvested from the internet, muddled up and printed using a traditional wooden letterpress in this movie by the Out of Print team. More
"For us, Asia is in the centre" - Aric Chen
News: Aric Chen, curator of design and architecture for the new M+ museum for visual culture in Hong Kong, says the museum will take an unprecedented stance in "placing Asia at the centre" of design history, rather than on the periphery as western curators have done (+ audio + transcript). More
This week on Dezeen
Chilean architecture was popular on Dezeen this week, including a tiered residence with Pacific views (above) and an earthquake-proof house (below), plus here's our track of the week from Dezeen Music Project. More
Dezeen Book of Ideas: The Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites
Every day this week Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will pick one of his favourite extracts from our Dezeen Book of Ideas. First up is a homemade toaster by Royal College of Art graduate Thomas Thwaites. More
Removal of design from school curriculum is "insanity" - Neville Brody
News: plans to remove creative subjects from the UK curriculum are “short-sighted insanity”, according to incoming D&AD president Neville Brody (+ interview). More
This week on Dezeen
Piles of buildings featured heavily on Dezeen this week, including Edouard François' stack of townhouses, apartment blocks and bungalows (above), plus we've picked out our favourite Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More
Dezeen highly commended for digital service of the year at IBP Journalism Awards
News: Dezeen has been highly commended in the digital service of the year award at the International Building Press National Journalism Awards. More
Bite Me edible desk lamp by Victor Vetterlein
Product news: American designer Victor Vetterlein has made an edible desk lamp. More
Balcon collection by Inga Sempé for Moustache
Product news: Paris designer Inga Sempé has extended her range of little round wall-mounted shelves and dishes for French brand Moustache. More
Pitt-Pollaro furniture collection by Brad Pitt
Here are photos of the full collection of furniture designed by actor Brad Pitt, which features a dozen pieces including a bed, tables, chairs and a marble bathtub (+ slideshow). More
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen we've been focussing on architecture and design in China, with Hong Kong designer Michael Young telling us that China will produce as many world-class designers as Japan within 20 years but Shanghai architects Neri&Hu maintaining that "architects in China are lost". More