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Dezeen Wire: U.S. opinion columnist Harold Meyerson has written an article for the Washington Post in which he challenges assertions made in Walter Isaacson’s bestselling biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs that it is America’s ability to produce innovators such as Jobs that will keep them ahead of emerging industrial powers such as China and India. Meyerson opines that Silicon Valley’s creativity and technical expertise are not enough to revitalise the American economy, arguing that it is more important that Apple consider relocating production back to the U.S. He concludes his piece by stating that: “Absent manufacturing, innovation, even at its Jobsian heights, …

Dezeenwire: architecture critic Jonathan Glancey writes about his visit to Masdar, the zero-carbon city by Foster + Partners under construction in Abu Dhabi. The Guardian See our story on the first completed building in Masdar » See our story on Foster + Partners masterplan for Masdar » See all our stories about Foster + Partners » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Israel is considering a plan to build an artificial island off the coast of the Gaza Strip to encourage tourism and act as a transit point for goods, according to The Guardian. Read the story </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Dominic Wilcox speaks about his Sounds of Making in East London record that found its way onto a Japanese radio station in this movie we filmed during the Pecha Kucha at our Designed in Hackney Day. (more…) View the full article

News: new technologies are causing a “cultural revolution” that will transform the way objects are made and the way they look, according to the curator of Adhocracy, a new exhibition exploring the impact of digital networks and open-source thinking on the design world (+ interview transcript). (more…) View the full article

East London designer Hugo Passos talks about making his modernist Piet side table without machinery in an “old artisanal way” in this movie filmed by Dezeen. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: sales of air-conditioned clothing have increased tenfold in Japan this summer as the disasters that hit the country in March continue to cause power shortages - ABC News Designed by Hiroshi Ichigaya, the Kuchofuku jackets feature a battery-operated fan in each side to draw air inside, over the skin and out through the cuffs and neck. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: in her latest article for The New York Times, design critic Alice Rawsthorn explains how Dutch designer Aldo Bakker‘s expressive process and relentless attention to detail make him “one of the new wave of designers who could be called design-auteurs” – The New York Times Bakker’s products and furniture perform simple functions in ways that Rawsthorn says demonstrate “a quiet confidence, as if every element has been resolved with nothing left to chance.” Bakker says of his creative methods, which can lead to each product taking years to develop: “I love having the freedom to pay attention to every detail in my work, no matter how crazy.” See designs by Ald…

Dezeen Wire: Nicolai Ouroussoff, outgoing architecture critic at the New York Times, reviews the Central China Television building in Beijing by Rem Koolhaas of OMA: “The forms are a reworking of classical perspective; the irregular structure is an attack on Modernist ideas about structural purity”. Read Ouroussoff’s review | Read Dezeen’s August 2008 story about the CCTV building (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News: the 3D printing revolution could be hampered by copyright claims and legal challenges as the emerging technology matures, an expert has warned. (more…) View the full article

News: ”Legal systems don’t really defend designers at all” when it comes to copying, British designer Tom Dixon told Dezeen today at the Global Design Forum, a day of talks from leading figures in the design world as part of the London Design Festival (+audio). (more…) View the full article

Dezeenwire: London Design Festival director Ben Evans and Anti-Design Festival curator Neville Brody debate the state of British design in this movie by The Guardian </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: in a review for The Guardian, architecture critic Jonathan Glancey says that the new Maggie’s centre in Nottingham is like something out of a fairytale and “is clearly designed to make visitors smile” – The Guardian Glancey claims that architect Piers Gough of CZWG and fashion designer Paul Smith, who was responsible for the interior, have triumphed in their attempt at creating a homely environment for those affected by cancer, adding: “From a purely architectural and design point of view, few hospital buildings – this side of the other eight Maggie’s Centres built in Britain since the 1990s – are as welcoming.” See our original story on Maggie’s Nottingh…

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in this movie filmed in Milan earlier this month, leading designers and manufacturers discuss the phenomenon of copying and how they are responding. "It’s become an increasingly big problem for us," says Tom Dixon. "People can steal ideas and produce them almost faster than we can now." (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Spiegel online reports that Walter Gropius’ pioneering 1911 Fagus Factory at Alfeld in Lower Saxony, Germany, will be added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. UNESCO is still deliberating whether to add works by Le Corbusier to the list. Via Spiegel online </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Jay Merrick interviews London architects Muf, curators of the British pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale that opens later this month - Independent </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: The New York Times is set to name its art critic and columnist Michael Kimmelman as its new architecture critic, following the departure last month of Nicolai Ouroussoff – Chicago Tribune. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: democratic nations won’t be able to host the Olympics in future due to increasing tensions between the public interests of democracies and the commercial interests of the games, according to a new report published by Dutch architecture, research and urbanism studio XML to coincide with the London 2012 Olympics. (more…) View the full article

Dezeenwire: the UK government has announced it is abandoning plans to build or refurbish 715 schools and scrapping the Building Schools for the Future programme in a £5 billion cost-cutting drive: Department for Education </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn takes a look at the colour trends companies have forecast for this year and why they’re likely to be a self-fulfilling prophecy - New York Times </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has sent this letter and video asking for donations to the Red Cross for disaster relief following the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architectural theorist Charles Jencks has written a new article for Blueprint magazine about the resurgence of postmodern architecture over the past twenty years, during which time other commentators claim it has become defunct. Jencks points to projects from the likes of Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Herzog & de Meuron and Santiago Calatrava as demonstrative of the continuing influence of postmodern ideas, which he claims have led to “the explosive growth in iconic buildings and landmark sculptures.” The V&A is currently hosting an exhibition of postmodern architecture and design and you can see all of our stories on postmodernism here. </img&g…

Dezeen Wire: The latest RIBA Future Trends Survey shows that the private housing sector is benefiting from all-time low interest rates but overall confidence about future workloads remains low. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Museums should use the disruption caused by coronavirus to fundamentally rethink how they operate and what their purpose is, says Owen Hopkins. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the Royal Institute of British Architects has published two new guides aimed at encouraging architects to help improve local communities through urban planning and cooperation with residents. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article