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"I.D. magazine folds' - UnBeige
Dezeenwire: US design magazine I.D. is to close in the New Year, reports UnBeige.
Dezeenwire: US design magazine I.D. is to close in the New Year, reports UnBeige.
Dezeenwire: London practice Foreign Office Architects are to cease trading following the partners' divorce - BDonline
Dezeenwire: Jonathan Glancey reviews the architecture of the past decade - The Guardian
Dezeenwire: architects Squire & Partners, Dixon Jones and landscape architects Kim Wilkie Associates are to design a new masterplan for the Chelsea Barracks redevelopment in London - BDonline
Related: Dezeenwire - Prince’s meddling ‘unconstitutional’ – The Guardian.
Dezeenwire: Steve Rose considers "the eye-popping erections that should never have been commissioned" in Dubai - Guardian
Dezeenwire: The Week reports on Switzerland's referendum banning the construction of minarets. Switzerland's vote to outlaw the construction of minarets is sparking charges of racism," the report says. The Week
Dezeenwire: The Guardian's digital content blog shows technology giant AOL's new logo design and asks designers what they think of it - The Guardian
Dezeenwire: the Finnish capital Helsinki was yesterday named as World Design Capital 2012. More
Dezeenwire: at Design Miami next month, products from Dutch design brand Droog will be presented in a specially-designed house by Japanese architects Atelier Bow Wow. See press release below. More
Dezeenwire: the Design Museum Holon have announced that the new building by Ron Arad Architects will be inaugurated on 31 January 2010. See press release below. More
Dezeenwire: a YouGov survey published this week claims that the public prefer traditional to contemporary buildings. See press release from Robert Adam Architects below. More
Chinese-born American architect IM Pei is to receive the Royal Gold Medal for architecture. More
Dezeenwire: designer Konstantin Grcic will curate an exhibition entitled Design Real at the Serpentine Gallery in London, opening 26 November 2009 - Serpentine Gallery
Dezeenwire: the Mission One electric superbike designed by Yves Béhar & fuseproject has claimed the world speed record for an electric motorcycle, achieving 150.059 mph sustained for one mile - Fuseproject. Related: see our story about Mission One.
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Dezeenwire: the New Amsterdam Pavilion by dutch designers UNStudio opens today in Battery Park, New York. Related: see our previous story about the project.
British fashion designer Paul Smith will be Guest of Honour at Stockholm Furniture Fair next year. More
Dezeenwire: Time magazine reports on the backlash following IKEA's decision to drop its customised version of Futura for all its print and online collateral in favour of Verdana. Time
Dezeenwire: the winners of Index Awards, the biannual global design prize that rewards designs that improve life, were announced in Copenhagen last night. Winners in the five categories (body, home, work, play and community) each earn €100,000. Winners include Chulha, a cooking stove for the developing world by Philips Design, and PIG 05049 by Christien Meindertsma - a book that documents all the uses of a pig. www.indexaward.dk
Dezeenwire: The Guardian reports that Prince Charles tried to persuade property developers to drop Jean Nouvel as architect of a £500 million office and shopping centre next to St Paul's cathedral in London. The Guardian More