Afteroom Chair by Afteroom Studio
Afteroom Studio of Sweden have designed a chair that looks like a three-legged stool with a backrest reaching out from underneath. More
"When cliché grows out of distinction" - New York Times
Dezeen Wire: design critic Alice Rawsthorn describes how the famous Arco lamp by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni has become a cliché for precisely the reasons that made it great - New York Times
MoreOdette by Massproductions
This range of tables by Swedish company Massproductions features simple poles on circular bases with interchangeable tops. More
Dezeen Super Store is now open!
Dezeen Super Store is now open at 38 Monmouth Street in the Seven Dials district of Covent Garden, London. The micro-department store brings together our designer watch boutique Dezeen Watch Store, our pop-up design concept The Temporium and our Designed in Hackney Shop so drop by if you're in town!
Dezeen Super Store
38 Monmouth Street, London WC2
1 July – 30 September 2012Monday to Saturday: 11am to 7pm
Sunday: 11am to 5pmThis week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen we've featured a drive-through airport, a report on the next industrial revolution and two ways to tackle cancer. MoreTypefaces by Wim Crouwel for The Foundry
Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel has created two new typefaces for London type company The Foundry, based on his work for exhibition catalogues and posters from the 1960s and 1970s. More
Chocolate Mill by Wieki Somers at the Vitra Design Museum
Thin layers are gradually shaved away from a cylindrical block of chocolate to reveal the embedded geometric patterns in this installation by Dutch designer Wieki Somers at the Vitra Design Museum (+ movie). More
Building by Earnest Studio and Emilie Pallard
Earlier today we featured objects made of tarmac. Now here's some furniture made of bricks by designers Rachel Griffin of Earnest Studio in Rotterdam and Emilie Pallard of Eindhoven. More
Road Workers and White Liners by Josh Bitelli
University of Brighton graduate Josh Bitelli has made a series of furniture and vases from asphalt and road-marking paint (+movie). More
Big Ben's tower to be renamed Elizabeth Tower
Dezeen Wire: the famous tower nicknamed Big Ben at the Houses of Parliament, which is officially called the Palace of Westminster, in London is to be renamed Elizabeth Tower in honour of the queen's 60 year-reign. - BBCRing by Hotzu River Cheng at Show RCA 2012
When Royal College of Art graduate Hotzu River Cheng found out that cooking fumes were a bigger cause of lung cancer than cigarettes among Chinese women, he set out to design a better extractor fan to protect them. More
Dezeen in The Sunday Times
Dezeen Wire: this weekend The Sunday Times featured us in their Home section's top-ten interior sites, describing Dezeen as "indispensable". Read the full article here.Outliers by Maskull Lasserre
Canadian designer Maskull Lasserre has created a series of shoes that leave animal footprints. More
The Superstitious Fund by Shing Tat Chung
Royal College of Art graduate Shing Tat Chung has created a superstitious robot that trades on the stock market according to the lucky numbers it generates. More
Stack by Konstantin Achkov
Product designer Konstantin Achkov has created a range of flat-pack furniture that slots together like a puzzle. More
Five years ago...
Five years ago this week the Zaha Hadid – Architecture and Design exhibition opened at the Design Museum in London and Dezeen were reporting live from the show as well as running the exhibition blog. MoreEttore Sottsass: A Survey, 1992 – 2007 at Friedman Benda
An exhibition of work by Italian design maestro Ettore Sottsass is on show at Friedman Benda gallery in New York. More
One year ago
This time last year Dezeen was all about the great outdoors with a zoological park on a series of artificial islands, glass objects made in the desert and Peter Zumthor talking about his Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. MoreBeer Wrench by Budnitz
If you like beer and cycling, this is the tool for you: a spanner with a bottle opener at the other end. More
This week on Dezeen
The most popular stories on Dezeen this week include hidden furniture, a home delivered by helicopter and pyramid-shaped beach huts. More