Terence Conran makes major gift to the Design Museum
Dezeen Wire: co-founder of London's Design Museum Terence Conran has donated a cash gift of £7.5 million towards developing the museum's new home in south London. More
Dezeen Wire: co-founder of London's Design Museum Terence Conran has donated a cash gift of £7.5 million towards developing the museum's new home in south London. More
Scottish architects Page\Park have completed a centre for blinded sailors, soldiers and airmen in Wilkieston, Scotland. More
Show RCA 2011: German designer Markus Kayser has built a 3D-printing machine that uses sunlight and sand to make glass objects in the desert. More
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor talks about his design for this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in this movie filmed by Dezeen at the preview yesterday in London. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More
Here are the first official photographs of the completed 2011 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which was unveiled today by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More
Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduates Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves have made a collection of spectacles from human hair. More
Clustered pendant lights are suspended over one of the open food and drink preparation areas of this London restaurant by Chinese designers Neri&Hu. More
Dezeen Wire: the V&A museum in London has purchased work by designers including Nendo, BCXSY and Fredrikson Stallard using a new acquisition fund for contemporary design. More
Dezeen Wire: plans by Zaha Hadid Architects to extend London's Serpentine Gallery have been approved by Westminster Council. More
The latest completed venue for the London 2012 Olympics is the Basketball Arena, a PVC tent designed by Sinclair Knight Merz with Wilkinson Eyre and KSS. More
Dezeen Wire: UK architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners have submitted proposals to Greenwich Council for a walkway spanning the roof of London's O2 Arena, which was completed by Richard Rogers Partnership back in 1999 - Greenwich.co.uk
Manchester firm Ian Simpson Architects have won a competition to design houses inside redundant water tanks in Lancashire, UK. More
Zaha Hadid Architects have completed the Riverside Museum in Glasgow with a zig-zagging, zinc-clad roof. More
These archival buildings in Aylesbury, England, by London studio Stephen Marshall Architects are screened by a uniform line of oak beams. More
Here are some snaps from the Farmiloe building at Clerkenwell Design Week in London last week, including our Dezeen Watch Store pop-up.
In this interview filmed by Dezeen at Clerkenwell Design Week, design director of car brand Jaguar Ian Callum talks about the C-X75 electric concept car, which is boosted by jet engines. More
London designer Giles Miller installed this bar for Inside World Festival of Interiors at a former petrol station as part of Clerkenwell Design Week in London last week. More
A personal shopping suite created by London designer Lee Broom has opened at fashion retailer Topman's flagship store in London. More
This former bullring in Barcelona has been converted into a leisure complex by architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, retaining the original facade. More
Car brand Jaguar are showcasing their C-X75 electric concept car boosted by jet engines at Clerkenwell Design Week in London this week and have announced plans to put the £700,000 vehicle into production.