MÉCA by BIG and FREAKS freearchitects
Danish architects BIG and French studio FREAKS freearchitects have designed a cultural centre for Bordeaux with a huge stage in its middle. More
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Dezeen Music Project: Lift it Up by Solar Lion
New York artist Solar Lion has sent us this preview of a new track he's working on for his forthcoming EP. Like previous Solar Lion tracks we've featured on Dezeen Music Project, Lift it Up is a fusion of different genres, with modern US dubstep sounds underpinned by the prominent upbeat of a more old-school dub rhythm.
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The Materiality of a Natural Disaster by Hilda Hellström at Show RCA 2012
Our coverage of the Royal College of Art graduate show begins with these food storage jars made of radioactive earth from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster area in Japan. More
New Designers 2012
Dezeen promotion: London graduate exhibition New Designers 2012 will showcase the work of over 3500 graduate designers from 27 to 30 June and 4 to 7 July, and Dezeen readers receive a special discount on tickets to attend the show. More
Centre for Virtual Engineering by UNStudio
The windows of this scientific research centre in Stuttgart by Dutch architects UNStudio are lined up like rows of dominoes set to topple. More
Movie: Peroni Collaborazioni Talk with Formafantasma part 2
Movie: in our second movie from the Peroni Nastro Azzurro talk with Italian designers Formafantasma they talk about the processes behind their projects, which include plastics made of blood and vases made of bread (+ transcript). More
Design flash-sales site Bamarang closes down
Dezeen Wire: a European copycat version of American design flash-sales site Fab, called Bamarang, has been dropped by its founders Rocket Internet - Bloomberg BusinessweekFab responded to the launch of Bamarang in January by taking over another European clone, Casacanda, and using it to launch in eighteen EU countries since mid February. Yesterday the company announced a take-over of UK rival llustre.com, now Fab UK.
New Pinterest board: cooking
This week we've added a new board on Pinterest compiling all the best kitchen equipment from the pages of Dezeen. We've got over 11,000 followers on Pinterest and you can join them here.
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Call for entries to the Furniture Design Award and Furniture Design Platform 2013
Dezeen promotion: entries are now being accepted for the Furniture Design Award and Furniture Design Platform 2013 organised by the Singapore Furniture Industries Council. More
Modest Stool by Paul Menand
More hidden furniture: French designer Paul Menand has created a stool that hides two others inside it. More
Günther Domenig (1934-2012)
Dezeen Wire: Austrian architect Günther Domenig, one of the founding partners of Graz studio Domenig & Wallner, has passed away at the age of 77.He most famously designed the Z-bank in Vienna, as well as his own house at Lake Ossiach. More
Red House at Red Hill by Inarc
Millions of tiny perforations are dotted across the rusted steel walls of this rural retreat in Victoria by Melbourne architects Inarc. More
As If From Nowhere by Orla Reynolds
Brightly coloured tables and chairs are hidden in plain sight between the shelves of this bookcase by graduate designer Orla Reynolds. More
Community Centre in Tyrol by Machné Architekten
The faceted buildings of this community centre look like meteorites that have landed in a rural village in southern Austria (+ slideshow). More
Hallo Light by 45 Kilo
This wall-mounted task lamp by German studio 45 Kilo is adjusted simply by sliding a leather loop along the arm that supports its shade. More
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Dezeen Music Project: Cherryade (remix) by Monster Bobby
We've got another remix for you today on Dezeen Music Project, this time courtesy of UK-based DJ Monster Bobby, who's reworked a dreamy shoegazing track by London band Gum.
The remix builds on the original track's reverb-drenched vocals, but breaks up the wall of post-punk distorted guitars underneath to end up with a track that's lush, ethereal as well as a little bit glitchy.
You can listen to the original track here too.
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Movie: Peroni Collaborazioni Talk with Formafantasma part 1
Movie: Italian design duo Formafantasma discuss their work and influences in this first instalment of a discussion chaired by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs for Peroni Nastro Azzurro’s series of talks on Italian design. More
Addis Ababa Stadium and Sports Village by LAVA
Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) have won a competition to design a sports complex in Ethiopia, which will include an excavated football stadium surrounded by earth stands. More
Designer Werktag 2012
Dezeen promotion: this year interiors show Designer Werktag took place in Munich and featured an installation by SOFTlab. More
llustre.com becomes Fab UK
Dezeen Wire: just two months after launch, flash-sales site llustre.com has been taken over by American rival Fab to become Fab UK. More