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"Erupting beauty at furniture show" - Alice Rawsthorn in The New York Times
Dezeenwire: New York Times design critic Alice Rawsthorn reviews last week's furniture fair in Milan - link.
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Archigram Archival Project launched
Dezeenwire: an online archive of work by architects Archigram has been launched by the University of Westminster in London. More details in the press release below. More -
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Are you stuck in Milan?
Dezeenwire: we're trying to help people who are stuck in Milan to get home. Follow Marcus on Twitter for updates: www.twitter.com/marcusfairs Please also tweet Marcus your experiences, tips and requests for help and we'll do our best to assist. Safe travels everyone.
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Designers of the Future Award winners announced
Dezeenwire: Design Miami/Basel have announced designers Beta Tank, Graham Hudson, rAndom International, Zigelbaum & Coelho as winners of this year's Designers of the Future Award. See press release below: More -
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"Furniture designers are shifting focus" - Alice Rawsthorn in The New York Times
Dezeenwire: design writer Alice Rawsthorn's latest column in The New York Times previews this week's furniture fair in Milan. Read the article. Related: see all our coverage of Milan 2010.
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Konstantin Grcic appointed design consultant to FC Bayern München
Dezeenwire: German magazine Form reports that industrial designer Konstantin Grcic has been appointed design consultant to German football club Bayern München - www.form.de Update 06/04/10: this was an April Fool joke and we fell for it! Hats off to Form magazine!
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Snøhetta and KARO* awarded 2010European Prize for Urban Public Space
Dezeenwire: Den Norske Opera & Ballett by Snøhetta and Open-Air-Library by KARO* with Architektur+Netzwerk have been jointly awarded the 2010 European Prize for Urban Public Space.Related:
See our story about the Open-Air-Library by KARO*
See our story about Den Norske Opera & Ballett by SnøhettaMore details in the press release below. More
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SANAA win Pritzker Prize
Dezeenwire: Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA have been chosen as the 2010 Laureates of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the prize's website has announced.
Related stories: See all our stories about SANAA in our special category | Peter Zumthor wins Pritzker Prize (April 2009)
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Neville Brody is new head of communication design at Royal College of Art
Dezeenwire: graphic designer Neville Brody has been appointed head of the department of communication art & design at the Royal College of Art in London. See below for more info. More
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MoMA acquires @
Dezeenwire: the Museum of Modern Art in New York has taken the @ symbol into its collection - MoMA -
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Citizen Architect world premiere at SXSW
Dezeenwire: Citizen Architect, a 60-minute documentary about late architect Samuel Mockbee of pioneering American undergraduate programme Rural Studio, premieres at the SXSW film festival in Austin, Texas on Wednesday 17 March. www.citizenarchitectfilm.com
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"Brad the builder" - The Observer
Dezeenwire: Observer architecture critic Rowan Moore reports on Make It Right, actor Brad Pitt's project to rebuilt a district of New Orleans destroyed by Hurricane Katrina - The Observer
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"Dyson could clean up with career in politics" - Sunday Times
Dezeenwire: in an interview with the Sunday Times, engineer and inventor James Dyson reveals he is to stand down as chairman of Dyson and talks about the Ingenious Britain report commissioned by the Conservative Party, in which Dyson sets out ways to make Britain a leading high-tech exporter - Sunday Times
Related stories: Air Multiplier fan by Dyson; The Wind by Issey Miyake with James Dyson.
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"Have we outgrown designer Ron Arad?" - The Guardian
Dezeenwire: Justin McGuirk, editor of icon magazine, launches his new blog for The Guardian with an attack on designer Ron Arad, whose Ron Arad: Restless exhibition opened at the Barbican recently - The Guardian
Related stories: see our special Ron Arad issue of Dezeenwire.
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Jonathan Ive explains the iPad on video
Dezeenwire: Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of industrial design at Apple, and other key Apple staff explain the design of the iPad in a video on Apple's website.
Related story: iPad by Apple
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"Alexander McQueen's last collection" - The Guardian
Dezeenwire: The Guardian presents a slideshow of the last collection by fashion designer Alexander McQueen, who committed suicide last month aged 40. The collection was presented posthumously by his studio at Paris fashion week - The Guardian.
Related story: Alexander McQueen 1969-2010
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"Sears Tower architect dies aged 84" - PA
Dezeenwire: Bruce J Graham, the architect who designed America's tallest building, Sears Tower in Chicago, has died at the age of 84 - Press Association
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2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards category winners announced
Dezeenwire: the Design Museum in London have announced the category winners for the 2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards. See press release below. More -
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Design Museum announce shortlisted architects to renovate new premises – Architects Journal
Dezeenwire: the Design Museum in London have selected seven studios for the shortlist to design their new home in a 1960's RMJM-designed building in west London, including David Chipperfield, Caruso St John and John Pawson - Architects Journal -
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The Pei master - Guardian
Jonathan Glancey interviews architect IM Pei, who was recently awarded the Royal Gold Medal for architecture. More