Dezeenwire: The Los Angeles Times reports the death of celebrated architectural photographer Julius Shulman at his home in Los Angeles yesterday, aged 98.
"Julius Shulman, whose luminous photographs of homes and buildings brought fame to a number of mid-20th century Modernist architects and made him a household name in the architectural world, died Wednesday night," writes Claudia Luther. LA Times
Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn reviews Telling Tales, an exhibition of story-telling design which opened at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London yesterday. New York Times Related: see Dezeen's story about the exhibition.
Dezeenwire: The Guardian presents a video of Zaha Hadid's Bach Chamber Music Hall in Manchester including an interview with the architect - The Guardian Related: see Dezeen's story about the project
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Dezeenwire: U2's latest tour, 360°, kicked off at Camp Nou in Barcelona last night with singer Bono wearing a leather jacket containing 240 lasers and designed by Moritz Waldemeyer. More info and a video on Waldemeyer's blog.
See also our earlier stories on Waldemeyer's digital costume collaborations with OK Go and Hussein Chalayan.
Dezeenwire: Sunday Times architecture critic Hugh Pearman has posted his review of Bernard Tschumi's new Acropolis Museum in Athens on his website - www.hughpearman.com
Dezeenwire: Sears Tower in Chicago is to undergo a $350 million green refit to "reduce the tower's electricity use by 80% and save 24 million gallons of water a year". The Guardian
Dezeenwire: The Guardian has published a slideshow of images showing an exhibition of IKEA furniture from the 1950s to today, which has opened at the Liljevalchs Konsthall museum in Stockholm. The Guardian
Dezeenwire: the New Acropolis Museum designed by Bernard Tschumi Architects has opened in Athens, with the Greek president Karolos Papoulias calling on Britain to return sculptures from the Parthenon held at the British Museum. BBC News Related: New Acropolis Museum by Bernard Tschumi (Dezeen)
Dezeenwire: Gijs Bakker, the co-founder of Droog Design, has resigned following a dispute over the company's direction. More
Dezeenwire: the Royal College of Art has confirmed the appointment of Dutch Designer Tord Boontje as head of the Design Products course, replacing Ron Arad. More
Dezeenwire: the Financial Times' website features an interview with London-based designer Martino Gamper by Nicole Swengley. ft.com
Dezeenwire: architect Richard Rogers has attacked Prince Charles' role in the scrapping of his design for Chelsea barracks in London as "an abuse of power" and called for an inquiry. The Guardian Related: Elite Architects attack Prince Charles
Dezeenwire: the winners of the D&AD Awards 2009 were announced last night. awards.dandad.org/2009/
Dezeenwire: The Art Newspaper reports strong sales from some galleries at Design Miami/Basel this week, with Brad Pitt and Roman Abramovich among buyers. The Art Newspaper
Dezeen events: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs moderates the Design Talks at Design Miami/Basel today and tomorrow with designers Nacho Carbonell, Tomáš Gabzdil Libertiny, Peter Marigold, Shay Alkalay and Yael Mer (Raw-Edges) and Maarten Baas. More
Dezeenwire: the Guggenheim Museum and Google Sketchup have launched Design It: Shelter Competition, "a global, online initiative that invites the public to use Google Earth and Google SketchUp to create and submit designs for virtual 3-D shelters for a location of their choice anywhere on Earth." Details here
Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn reports from the Venice Biennale on artists turning their hands to interior design. New York Times
Dezeenwire: The Guardian presents a gallery showing how everyday designs including Cornflake packs and flight attendant uniforms have changed over the years. The Guardian
Dezeenwire: Dutch designer Maarten Baas has put movies of his Real Time exhibition held in Milan this year on YouTube. Sweepers Clock movie. Analog Clock movie. Grandfather Clock movie.