Movie: Gyre "The Swirl" by MVRDV
Dutch architects MVRDV have sent us an animation of Gyre, their recently opened retail centre in Tokyo, showing how the building's volume was generated.
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Lights by Nathalie Dewez
Designer Nathalie Dewez has sent images of several of her lights, including a couple of new designs. More
More images of Polish pavilion for Expo 2010
Shanghai Expo 2010: Here are some more images plus plans and elevations of the Polish pavilion for Expo 2010 in Shanghai. More
St Peter Squeezer by Studio Giulio Iacchetti
This just arrived and made us laugh, so we thought we'd share it right away. Milanese designers Studio Giulio Iacchetti designed this citrus squeezer, modelled on St Peter's Basilica in Rome, last year. More
Pavillion in Orchard Road by U:phoria Architects
By coincidence, here's another project with abstract floral cladding: Singapore architects U:phoria have sent us these images of their winning entry in a competition to design a pavilion on Orchard Road, Singapore. More
The Farm Project by Mike Meiré at Design Miami
The Farm Project, a mobile working kitchen with live-in livestock, travelled to Florida for Design Miami last month. More
Polish pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010
Shanghai Expo 2010: Polish architects Wojciech Kakowski, Natalia Paszkowska and Marcin Mostafa have been chosen to design the Polish pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai. More
Innovation Tower at Hong Kong Polytechnic University by Zaha Hadid
Architect Zaha Hadid was appointed last month to design a new building on the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. More
Jüdische Museum München by Wandel Hoefer Lorch Architekten
Photographer Manuel Eckl has sent us some moody shots of the new(ish) Jewish Museum in Munich, Germany. More
Reduced Carbon Footprint Souvenirs by Héctor Serrano
This conceptual range of souvenirs by designer Héctor Serrano are emailed to friends and relatives, who materialise them on domestic rapid prototyping machines. More
Dezeen's monthly top ten
A new feature on Dezeen: every month we will present a hit parade of stories from our archive. To kick off, here are the top ten most read stories during December. More
Apartment House Zvezda by Sadar Vuga Arhitekti
Slovenian architects Sadar Vuga Arhitekti have sent us some photos of Apartment House Zvezda, a residential building in Nova Gorica. More
The Obsessions of Italian Design at Triennale Design Museum
Here are a few photos of the inaugural exhibition at the new Triennale Design Museum in Milan - the first design museum in Italy, which opened last month. More
Light Shadows by Zero and Orrefors Kosta Boda
Swedish lighting company Zero and luxury glassware brands Orrefors Kosta Boda have developed a standard lamp called Light Shadows. More
Gravesend public toilets by Plastik Architects
Here's another building with a pointy prow, but this time it's a public toilet. Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these pictures of the new facilities in Gravesend in Kent, England, by Plastik Architects. More
The world’s biggest ever building by Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners have released designs for the biggest building ever built: Crystal Island in Moscow will be 450m high, cover an area of almost half a million square metres and contain a total floor area of 2.5 million square metres. More
Ettore Sottsass 1917-2007
Italian designer Ettore Sottsass has died aged 90, the New York Times reports (via dezain.net, via archinect).
Hoe Hoe Hoe at Container Ground, Tokyo
We should have run this over Christmas, on account of its punny name. Hoe Hoe Hoe! was an installation at Container Ground during Tokyo Designers Week in November. Students of Tama Art University in Tokyo filled their shipping container with a papier-mache structure lined with shredded newspaper. More
Techtile exhibition design by Nosigner
Japanese designer Nosigner created the space for an exhibition called Techtile at the University of Tokyo last November. More
Dezeen's end of year traffic report
It's a new year, so it's time to do the accounts. 2007 was our first year and it was a great start: Dezeen got 2.5 million unique visitors in total, and 4.5 million page loads. More