Graphics
Graphics
Daily Mail website wins design award
News: London design studio Brand42 has won an award for design effectiveness after its redesign of Mail Online made it the most popular news website in the world. More
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Design
Design
UK government backs down on plans to "demolish" creative education
News: the UK government has abandoned controversial plans that would have removed design and other creative subjects from the school curriculum, it was announced today. Campaigners who fought the plans described the move as "fantastic news" for the design industry. More
Furniture
Furniture
Furniture brands "terrible" at selling online
News: the way design is sold to the public is "stuck" in the past and hasn't changed since the seventies, according to the founder of a brand that aims to sell high-quality furniture online (+ interview). More
Design
Design
1000-piece Dieter Rams design collection for sale on eBay
News: a private collector is putting his 1000-piece archive of Dieter Rams-designed Braun products up for auction on eBay with an asking price of over £300,000. More
Architecture
Architecture
World's first mobile research centre opens in Antarctica
News: the world's first mobile research facility, designed by British firm Hugh Broughton Architects, has officially opened on the floating Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica. More
Architecture
Architecture
OMA wins competition for second Shenzhen skyscraper
News: Rem Koolhaas' OMA has won a competition to design a financial office tower in Shenzhen, China, the firm's second building in the city after the soon-to-complete Shenzhen Stock Exchange. More
Architecture
Architecture
"Architecture is not about form" - Peter Zumthor
News: Swiss architect Peter Zumthor rejected architecture as form-making in his Royal Gold Medal lecture at the RIBA in London yesterday, explaining that he believes that light, materials and atmosphere are the most important aspects of architecture. More
Architecture
Architecture
Barack Obama appoints Michael Graves to advise on accessible design
News: architect and designer Michael Graves has been appointed by US president Barack Obama to a key administration post and says he will "provide national leadership on accessible design". More
Lighting
Lighting
Vanilla Ice designs lighting collection
News: American rapper-turned-property developer Vanilla Ice has designed a collection of chandeliers and wall lamps in collaboration with New Jersey-based company Capitol Lighting. More
Architecture
Architecture
Foster + Partners to 3D print buildings on the moon
News: Foster + Partners is exploring the possibilities of 3D printing buildings on the moon using lunar soil. More
Architecture
Architecture
Mies van der Rohe Award 2013 shortlist announced
News: five buildings have been shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, the Mies van der Rohe Award 2013, including a nursing home in Portugal (above) and the Harpa Concert and Conference Centre in Iceland. More
Design
Design
Design Museum's permanent collection goes on show
News: an exhibition of the Design Museum's permanent collection has opened at the museum in London. More
Furniture
Furniture
Emeco settles dispute over Navy Chair copy
News: American brand Emeco has reached a settlement in its legal dispute with Restoration Hardware after claiming the fellow US company's Naval Chair (below) is a rip-off of its classic Navy Chair (above). More
Architecture
Architecture
MoMA announces major Le Corbusier retrospective
News: a major retrospective of the work of celebrated architect Le Corbusier is to open at the Museum of Modern Art in New York this June. More
News
News
Dezeen in The Times' 50 top websites you can't live without
News: Dezeen was featured in a list of the 50 top websites you can't live without by UK newspaper The Times on Saturday. More
Architecture
Architecture
Architects of London 2012 Olympics see gagging order lifted
News: a gagging order preventing architects, engineers and builders from promoting their involvement in the London 2012 Olympics has been lifted after the UK government paid £2 million to the British Olympic Association. More
Retail
Retail
Apple trade marks "distinctive design" of its stores
News: Apple has trademarked the design and layout of its retail stores, nine years after the first Apple Store opened in Virginia, USA. More
Architecture
Architecture
Rem Koolhaas reveals title for Venice Architecture Biennale 2014
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: the Venice Architecture Biennale 2014 will be called Fundamentals and will chart the emergence of "a single modern language" in global architecture, its director Rem Koolhaas has announced. More
Design
Design
Cheap 3D printers fuel home-printed sex toy "phenomenon"
News: the rise of affordable 3D printers is sparking a boom in demand for personalised sex toys that can be ordered online or printed at home. More
Architecture
Architecture
Kenyan silicon city under construction
News: the Kenyan government has commenced work on Konza Technology City, a £9.1 billion IT and business hub dubbed "Africa's Silicon Savannah". More