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Tom Dixon to give away 1,000 lights
Designer Tom Dixon will give away 1,000 low-energy lights in Trafalgar Square, London next month as part of the London Design Festival. More
Designer Tom Dixon will give away 1,000 low-energy lights in Trafalgar Square, London next month as part of the London Design Festival. More
Fabien Cappello is a young designer who has just graduated from the ECAL university of art and design in Lausanne, Switzerland and starts a postgraduate course at the Royal College of Art in London this September. More
This coming Saturday 1 September is the deadline for entries to The Great Indoors Award 2007 - a new, biannual, international interior design prize. More
Industrial designer Michael Young has designed another sex toy, this time called Sabar. More
Here are more images of the Mondrian South Beach apartment project in Miami with interiors by Marcel Wanders, plus details of two new hotels Wanders is working on in Las Vegas. More
Dutch designers Tjep have completed a new reception area for the economics department at the ROC professional training school in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. More
New Designers 07: Northumbria University design graduate Christine Misiak takes old tea sets she finds at car boot sales and brings them back to life. More
Filmmakers Neutral will present their first solo exhibition at the Architecture Foundation's Yard Gallery (see images below) in London, starting on 14 September. More
Jaime Hayón is back, with a new collection of hand-made vases for mosaic brand Bisazza. More
Rojkind Arquitectos have completed their Nestlé Chocolate Museum in Mexico City. More
The Design Art London collectors' fair has launched its website and branding and released the list of exhibitors for its inaugural exhibition this October. More
Peter Marigold is one of several young British designers showing new work at Grandmateria, an exhibition at Gallery Libby Sellers in London this September during the London Design Festival and the Frieze Art Fair. More
The winners of the Index Awards 2007 - the self-styled "world's biggest design award" with prizes of €100,000 for each winner - have been announced at a ceremony in Copenhagen, Denmark. More
Here is the transcript of a conversation between pavilion designers Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen and the Serpentine Gallery's Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist (see previous post for more on the pavilion). Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More
Photographer Luke Hayes has sent us what we believe is the first comprehensive set of professional photos showing both the interior and exterior of the just-completed Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2007. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More
Designer Ed Swan has sent in images of some pendant lights that work on a similar principle to camera obscuras. More
Philippe Starck has updated his website with images of Privé - a range of retro-looking, leather-upholstered sofas and chairs for Italian brand Cassina. More
Patricia Urquiola has designed a new shelving system called Shift for B&B Italia. More
Designer Ryan Frank has designed a range of furniture made from wood salvaged from old office furniture. More
Designer Assaf Israel has sent us images and text about his D&A modular seating system. More