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Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn’s roundup of design festivals around the globe this autumn - The New York Times </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this movie filmed at our Designed in Hackney Day, Chris Hatherill from Hackney company Super/Collider speaks about the links between science and design and how his team handcrafted a particle accelerator. (more…) View the full article

As one of a few female CEOs in the design industry, Jessica Walsh, founder of creative agency &Walsh, has faced criticism from women as well as men. In this interview, she tells Dezeen how she has tackled it. Read more

Dezeen Wire: plans for branches of the Guggenheim, Louvre and other museums in Abu Dhabi by leading architects have been dealt a blow by delays to a key construction contract, according to a report in today’s Financial Times. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been released on bail after two months in detention, which Xinhua news agency said was “because of his good attitude in confessing his crimes” – Guardian More about Ai Weiwei on Dezeen » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Jay Merrick on the rollout of Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture project, creating contemporary holiday homes in the UK - Independent See also: Houses by Peter Zumthor, MVRDV and others for Living Architecture (July 2010) Balancing Barn by MVRDV and Mole Architects (May 2009) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

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 </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: almost a quarter of architects remain underemployed according to the the latest Future Trends Survey released by the Royal Institute of British Architects in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In the final movie we filmed with Reinier de Graaf of OMA at the Venice Architecture Biennale, he discusses the firm’s fascination with architecture of the late 1960s and how there is an “inherent paradox between the brutal appearance of these buildings and the social mission that they were part of.” (more…) View the full article

As the Milan furniture fair begins, Alice Rawsthorn previews this year’s event in the New York Times and compares the design industry’s fortunes to previous years. Read the story. See all Dezeen’s stories from Milan 2011. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: German designer Dieter Rams writes about the design of Apple products for The Telegraph. Rams was head of design at German electronics brand Braun for over 30 years and Apple’s senior vice president of industrial design Jonathan Ive acknowledges Dieter Rams as his inspiration. Listen to our podcast interview with Dieter Rams » More about Dieter Rams on Dezeen » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architects including Foster + Partners, Aedas and BDP have accused the UK Conservative Party of exaggerating the fees architects were paid under the previous government’s Building Schools for the Future scheme - Building Design </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News: Chinese architects need to develop their own design manifesto to stem the tide of “half-assed” building projects in the country, according to Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu of Shanghai studio Neri&Hu. (more…) View the full article

Dezeenwire: the latest RIBA Future Trends Survey suggests architects are becoming more optimistic. See press release below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the latest RIBA Future Trends Survey indicates the architecture profession is still suffering downward trends in work levels and underemployment. See press release below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

To coincide with the final weeks of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, here’s an interview we filmed at the opening in May with Pierre de Meuron of architects Herzog & de Meuron, in which he talks to Dezeen about how the pavilion was realised in cork to appeal to all the senses and “not only your eyes”. (more…) View the full article

Dezeewire: Rowan Moore on the projects that didn’t make this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize Shortlist - ObserverSee also: our story announcing the RIBA Stirling Prize Shortlist 2010</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Glowing walls, windows and furniture will replace light bulbs and LEDs in homes as OLED (organic light-emitting diode) technology improves, according to Dietmar Thomas of Philips Lumiblade (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Dezeenwire: Design Museum curator Alex Newson gives a tour of key projects in the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011 exhibition, which opens at the museum today, in this BBC News movie. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In the first of three movies filmed at the Venice Architecture Biennale, Reinier de Graf of OMA talks about Pimlico School, a brutalist building in London that was demolished last year and which features in OMA’s Public Works exhibition of “masterpieces by bureaucrats” at the biennale. (more…) View the full article

Dezeenwire: Justin McGuirk on London’s new Barclays Cycle Superhighways - Guardian</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

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 Related stories: Float House by Morphosis for Make It Right Hot Links Duplex by Atelier Hitoshi Abe for Make it Right Duplex by Pugh + Scarpa for Make it Right Duplex by Frank Gehry for Make It Right Brad Pitt signs up architects for Make It Right </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Rowan Moore on what’s wrong with British architecture - Observer </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: British architect Richard Rogers has warned that plans by the UK government to simplify planning regulations could lead to unmoderated urban sprawl, “with rust belts and towns joining each other” – Daily Mail He added: “If the framework is not improved it will lead to the breakdown and fragmentation of cities and neighbourhoods as well as the erosion of the countryside.” Rogers’ concerns about the government’s new National Planning Policy Framework are shared by environmental campaigners who say they don’t offer a clear enough definition of sustainable development. Richard Rogers was involved in a planning battle in 2009 over his proposed redevelopment of…

Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Hugh Pearman has expressed admiration for the mature and understated nature of Dutch practice OMA‘s design for a new headquarters for merchant bank Rothschild on a sensitive site near the Bank of England – Hugh Pearman Pearman suggests that it is “a miracle that a ‘foreign’ firm of architects with a reputation for the outrageous won the 2005 competition to redevelop the site,” but describes their approach to this project as “well-mannered, corporate, svelte, positively self-effacing.” The area’s history demanded a low-key approach and Pearman adds that, although he wishes the building “wasn’t on quite such good behaviour,” its response…