Dezeen Book of Ideas

The Dezeen Book of Ideas features a selection of the best ideas for buildings, interiors and products from the pages of Dezeen.

Published in 2011, it is now sold out.

The book was edited by Marcus Fairs, Dezeen’s co-founder and chief executive officer.

It contains 116 examples of design genius, all written in accessible, jargon-free English and lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs.

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  Dezeen Book of Ideas in Observer Christmas gift guide

  Dezeen Book of Ideas has been featured in the Observer's Christmas Gift Guide, with the newspaper describing the book as "brilliant designs from the world's best creative minds". More

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  Dezeen Book of Ideas: Sweeper Clock by Maarten Baas

  The final extract from our Book of Ideas selected by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs this week is a 24-hour performance involving two janitors constantly sweeping lines of rubbish to represent the hand of a clock. More

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  Dezeen Book of Ideas: Recovery Lounge by Priestmangoode

  A hospital lounge for recovering patients is the next extract chosen by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs from our Book of Ideas. More

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  Dezeen Book of Ideas: Pewter Stool by Max Lamb

  The next extract chosen by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs from our Book of Ideas is a pewter stool cast in sand on a Cornish beach. More

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  Dezeen Book of Ideas: Eiffel DNA by Serero Architects

  Every day this week Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs is selecting an extract from our Dezeen Book of Ideas. The second project is a competition-winning proposal to add a temporary platform to the Eiffel Tower that turned out to be a fraud. More

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  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

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  Dezeen Book of Ideas animation

  This animation by Emmy Castelain flips through our new Dezeen Book of Ideas, which features 116 projects by the world's best creative minds. We'll show the animation at our party in Barcelona this evening.

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  Dezeen in Barcelona

  Inside 2011: we're in Barcelona this week with our latest Dezeen Watch Store pop-up at Inside world festival of interiors and a party to celebrate our Dezeen Book of Ideas at Otrascosas de Villar-Rosàs tomorrow night. More

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  Dezeen Book of Ideas out now!

  The Dezeen Book of Ideas features a selection of the best ideas for buildings, interiors and products from the pages of Dezeen. More