Rijksmuseum by Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos and Jean-Michel Wilmotte
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is set to reopen next week following a ten-year restoration and extension programme led by Spanish office Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos (+ slideshow). More
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Dezeen Music Project: I Close My Eyes To See by Imi Fal
We've been very busy in the Dezeen office this week preparing for Milan and the second leg of our Dezeen and MINI World Tour, so we were grateful for the calming influence of this delicate instrumental track by Swedish musician Imi Fal.
Take a look at what we'll be up to in Milan this year here.
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Dezeen and MINI World Tour Studio in Milan
Dezeen takes over a car wash in Milan next week! We're relocating to the MINI Paceman Garage in Via Tortona, where we'll set up a video studio as part of our Dezeen and MINI World Tour. More
Apple's new television rumoured to come with "iRing" controller
News: the highly anticipated Apple television is set to launch later this year and will be operated with a digital "iRing" worn on the finger, according to an industry insider. More
Dezeen Mail #146
Calls for Denise Scott Brown to be recognised by Pritzker and a library with a robotic book-retrieval system (above) and wearable technology head-up this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, which also features all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
Robert Venturi joins call for Pritzker to recognise Denise Scott Brown
News: Pritzker Prize-winning architect Robert Venturi is backing a campaign calling for his 1991 accolade to be retrospectively shared with his wife and partner Denise Scott Brown. More
"Extending copyright for design condemns us to mid-century modernism"
Opinion: in his latest Opinion column, Sam Jacob argues that the UK government's plans to extend the copyright term for design "protect existing interests instead of promoting innovation". More
Nichetto=Nendo collection in Milan
Milan 2013: Italian designer Luca Nichetto has teamed up with Japanese studio Nendo to create a range of products including a knitted room-divider and a scaly carpet, which will be presented in Milan next week (+ slideshow). More
Sundial House by Hironaka Ogawa
Japanese architect Hironaka Ogawa designed this rural house in Kagawa like a sundial, with a south-facing tower that casts shadows across a grassy courtyard (+ slideshow). More
BERG by Thorunn Arnadottir
Product news: these hexagonal storage boxes by Icelandic designer Thorunn Arnadottir use varying shades of grey to distort perspective. More