Collective Works by Mischer'Traxler
Clerkenwell Design Week 2012: Vienna designers Mischer'Traxler present a basket-making machine that stops working when nobody's looking at Clerkenwell Design Week in London this week. More
Dezeen Mail #102
The latest issue of our Dezeen Mail newsletter is out now and leads with a concrete house with a faceted facade like a rock face, which readers would rather see applied to a nightclub or church.
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Designed in Hackney: chandeliers by Stuart Haygarth
Designed in Hackney: these chandeliers by Hackney designer Stuart Haygarth were painstakingly assembled from found objects like discarded spectacles, plastic bottles or party-poppers. More
UK copyright law changed to protect design classics
Dezeen Wire: the UK government has announced changes in the law that will extend copyright protection of 'artistic' manufactured goods from just 25 years to the life of the creator plus 70 years, giving design the same term of protection as literature and art. MoreDesigner arrested for "planting false bombs" in New York
Dezeen Wire: Japanese designer Takeshi Miyakawa has been accused of planting false bombs and arrested while installing his work in a New York street during the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. More
Cover collection by Daphna Laurens
Dutch designers Daphna Laurens have created a series of storage containers that partially conceal their contents behind metal grilles. More
Call for entries to the Hackney Design Awards
Dezeen Wire: Hackney Council have announced the call for entries to this year's Hackney Design Awards. MoreWA|HH by Philippe Starck and David Edwards
French designer Philippe Starck has created an aerosol spray that lets users enjoy alcohol without getting drunk or hungover. More
Pecha Kucha at Clerkenwell Design Week on Thursday 24 May
Clerkenwell Design Week 2012: Dezeen are media partners for the London series of www.pechakucha.com talks, and the next one takes place on Thursday 24 May at Clerkenwell Design Week with speakers including architect Nigel Coates, architecture publisher Peter Murray and designer Benjamin Hubert. More
Weave Bookcase by Chicako Ibaraki for Casamania
This bookcase without shelves by Tokyo designer Chicako Ibaraki is now in production with Italian brand Casamania. More
Five years ago...
Five years ago this week a huge new stadium by Foster + Partners opened in London, while yet more radical projects were proposed for the United Arab Emirates, including a bulging office block by Zaha Hadid and a revolving skyscraper. More
This week on Dezeen
This week Dezeen has been all about skyscrapers, with towers by 15 of the world's most famous architects for a new business district in Seoul plus a timelapse movie and interview with architect Renzo Piano as his 300 metre-high tower The Shard nears completion in London. MoreMelvin the Mini Machine by HEYHEYHEY
Dutch design studio HEYHEYHEY assembled an assortment of objects including toothbrushes, books, marbles, matches and a toy train inside two suitcases to build a chain-reaction machine that signs and stamps a postcard. More
No Country For Old Men by Lanzavecchia + Wai
Italian-Singaporean designers Lanzavecchia + Wai have designed a collection of aids for the elderly with styling that's more domestic than medical. More
Call for entries to the Wood Awards 2012
Promotion: entries are now being accepted for the Wood Awards 2012. More
Upper Class Suite by Pengelly Design and Virgin Atlantic
London studio Pengelly Design has created an airline seat that converts into a 2.2-metre-long bed for Virgin Atlantic. More
Widlund House by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Swedish architects Claesson Koivisto Rune have completed a house on the coast of a Baltic island with slanted roofs and walls that make the building narrower in the middle. More
Nokia Pure font by Dalton Maag
London designers Dalton Maag have created a font for mobile phone brand Nokia to work in any language. More
One year ago
One year ago this week, stories on Dezeen included a space ship, an office and its contents painted entirely in white, and planks of wood made from recycled newspaper. MoreMaisonnette by Simone Simonelli
Italian designer Simone Simonelli presented three little mobile storage units in Milan last month. More