Interview: Winy Maas of MVRDV on Balancing Barn
In this short film made by Dezeen and Oliver Manzi of WopFilms, architect Winy Maas of Rotterdam firm MVRDV talks about Balancing Barn, a house in Suffolk, England, completed late last year. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More
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Point and Dot by David Taylor at 20 Designers at Biologiska
Stockholm 2011: designer David Taylor of Stockholm studio Made By: presented these yellow plastic pendant lamps wrapped in paper as part of 20 Designers at Biologiska in Stockholm earlier this month. More
Dezeen archive: galleries
Dezeen archive: since BIG's design for the National Gallery of Greenland was so popular this week, we've compiled a selection of stories from the Dezeen archive about galleries. See all the stories »
Night Night by Vanessa Hordies
Stockholm 2011: ECAL graduate Vanessa Hordies has created this bedside lamp that works like an hour glass to gradually dim the light by covering it in sand. More
Sun Moon Lake visitor centre by Norihiko Dan and Associates
Tokyo architects Norihiko Dan and Associates have completed this visitor centre on the shore of Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan. More
Rubber by TAF Arkitektkontor for Zero
Stockholm 2011: Swedish architects TAF presented this collection of lamps based on the shape of a stretched rubber band at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. More
Upside Down 2 by Floris Wubben
Dutch designer Floris Wubben has created a second chair using his method of binding willow branches at they grow (see the first in our earlier story). More
Moritz Waldemeyer lasers for Lights by Ellie Goulding
London designer Moritz Waldemeyer created the laser effects for pop star Ellie Goulding's music video Lights. More
Il cuore è una pompa by Gianfranco Pampaloni
Italian silversmith Gianfranco Pampaloni celebrates Valentine's day by piercing a real heart with a solid silver arrow and hanging it in the window of his Florence shop. More
20 Designers at Biologiska
Stockholm 2011: 20 designers presented their work among stuffed animals and dried plants inside the vitrines of the Biologiska museum in Stockholm last week. More
Baklava by Claesson Koivisto Rune for Örsjö Belysning
Stockholm 2011: architects Claesson Koivisto Rune presented this layered lamp for Swedish brand Örsjö Belysning at the Stockholm Furniture Fair this week. More
Dezeen archive: Portugal
We've published a few popular stories about Portuguese architecture recently so here's a roundup of all our stories on projects in Portugal. See all the stories »
Design Bar at Stockholm Furniture Fair by Katrin Greiling
Stockholm 2011: German designer Katrin Greiling created the Design Bar at this week's Stockholm Furniture Fair, featuring these orange cardboard hoods suspended over wooden loungers. More
The Finnish Blood in Me by Sami Kallio, Stockholm Design Week
Stockholm 2011: Finnish designer Sami Kallio presents a collection of furniture, including these stools with legs shaped like lolly sticks, as part of the Greenhouse at Stockholm Furniture Fair this week. More
Architonic at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2011
Dezeen promotion: online architecture and design platform Architonic present impressions from this week's Stockholm Furniture Fair on their Facebook Page. More
A Glossary for Successful Collaborations by Form Us With Love
Stockholm 2011: young Swedish designers Form Us With Love present an exhibition of their latest projects in a converted church in Stockholm this week. More
Spook by Iskos-Berlin for Blå Station
Stockholm 2011: Copenhagen designers Aleksej Iskos and Boris Berlin of Iskos-Berlin present this armchair made from a single sheet of felt at Stockholm Furniture Fair this week. More
Thailand International Furniture Fair 2011
Dezeen promotion: Thailand International Furniture Fair 2011 takes place 16-20 March 2011 in Bangkok. More
Marginal Notes by Note Design Studio
Stockholm 2011: Note Design Studio present a series of objects developed from doodles in the margins of their sketchbooks at their Stockholm studio this week. More