Dezeen - design magazine

issue #16
18/07/08

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Hello Dezeen mailing list! Sorry for the delay since the last newsletter - we've been on holiday.

The good news is we've been named the third most popular architecture and design website in the world - more details below.

Scroll down for more highlights of the most popular and most commented-upon stories from Dezeen, plus another great competition.

As usual, all the recent jobs from Dezeenjobs are in the right-hand column, plus details of the winners of our last two competitions.

 

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No we're not sure what Bo means either, but Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas's Zenith music hall has been roundly praised by most commenters. Read the story and comments »

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Zuy makes a good point: the ECAL school in Lausanne is producing some great work, including Tomas Kral's Plug project. And with Li Edelkoort leaving Design Academy Eindhoven in the autumn, could the Swiss school soon outshine its Dutch rival? Read the story and comments »

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As Mike says, the facade of Limes Hotel in Brisbane by Alexander Lotersztain does look a teeny bit like Ito's Tokyo building... Read the story and comments »

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Olivia Lee's Limited Edition Design Dolls - toy figures of Zaha Hadid, Jaime Hayon and Karim Rashid - got the most feedback this week. Hence Derek's comment. Plus Edward says: "56 comments on some dolls by a student. Is Dezeen a serious forum?" It's a lot more than 56 now Edward... Read the story and comments »

 

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Fling is on form again. But most commenters are impressed by Brennan Buck's Technicolour Bloom installation. Read the story and comments »

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Hear fashion photographer Tim Walker talk about his work - including this shot of model Lily Cole taken in India - in our podcast. Listen to or download the podcast and subscribe to our podcast stream »

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The Public in West Bromwich by Will Alsop gets a cool reception. Read the story and comments »

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The Archdaily website has compiled a list of the most popular architecture and design websites in the world - and Dezeen is at number 3! Read about the survey and our latest traffic figures (they've grown again...) »

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Distilled Nature by BCXSY is a vase for dead flowers. Some readers see it as the funeral urn of contemporary design. Read the story and comments »

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It's praise all the way for Cristobal Palma's photos of Casa 11 Mujeres by architect Mathias Klotz. Read the story and comments »

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Designer Crispin Jones and Dezeen have teamed up to offer Dezeen readers the chance to win one of five watches from the Mr Jones Watches collection. Enter the competition »

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Rebecca plainly isn't a fan of Arne Quinze, but lots of other readers love his Rebirth installation in a grand Parisian hotel.  Read the story and comments »

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Containers for burying the placenta, tableware for the ritual of eating the placenta and jewellery made from the breast milk are among the products in Duende's La Part des Ange series. Read the story and comments »

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Phew that was a long one! We'll be back soon with more...

Love Marcus, Rupinder and Rose

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Applications sought for Master of Arts in Advanced Architectural Design at Städelschule

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Competition winners

Congratulations to the winners of our Process book competition with publisher Laurence King (see last newsletter), and our Kiki and Joost book competition (Dezeenmail #14).

Rune Schostag Nielsen in Denmark, Henry Moseley in the US, Jaroslav Jurica in the Czech Republic, and Andrew Murphy and Julia King in the UK each won copies of “Process: 50 product designs from Concept to manufacture” by Jennifer Hudson.

Mathias Rozsas, in Switzerland, Sacha Leong in the UK, Kristina Jentzen in Sweden, Federico Garrido in Argentina and Suzie Hsiao in the US each won a copy of About Joost & Kiki, with photographs of the designers by Sabine Pigalle. 

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