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News: Amsterdam’s problem families are to be moved to isolated caravans or shipping containers in the outskirts of the city under new plans announced by mayor Eberhard van der Laan. (more…) View the full article

Dezeenwire: Bruce J Graham, the architect who designed America’s tallest building, Sears Tower in Chicago, has died at the age of 84 – Press Association </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News: social responsibility has fallen down the agenda of today’s designers and design schools, according to the author of a new history of Ulm School of Design, the German institution that reshaped design education in the 1950s and 1960s. (more…) View the full article

Dezeenwire: Spanish architects are still suffering most in Europe as a result of the economic crisis according to a report by Rotterdam research agency Arch-Vision. See below. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

East London designer Lee Broom talks about making lamps from crystal decanters and how east London’s history and street culture make it an important creative hub in this movie we filmed for the Stepney Green Design Collection. (more…) View the full article

Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn reviews Sustainism Is the New Modernism, a book by cultural theorist Michiel Schwarz and designer Joost Elffers to be released next month - New York Times </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this second movie from our series filmed at the Designed in Hackney Day of talks and discussions we hosted in August, technologist James Bridle talks about his recent projects including a series of animations on top of bus shelters that were designed to look “like the internet has escaped out into the street”. (more…) View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are impressed with Lego's take on the Cybertruck, but skeptical about a chair made from a cardboard box. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Rowan Moore claims that corporate facilities integrated into the plans for the controversial London River Park would turn it into a “gigantic hospitality suite with a fairly nice walkway threaded through it” – The Observer Moore describes architects Gensler‘s proposal as “the latest example of a widespread type of the 21st century, the pseudo-public space.” He criticises the design for the walkway and rentable pods, describing them as “offensively indifferent” to their historical surroundings and says the project organisers should learn from New York’s High Line park in order to turn a good idea into a popular public space. See our pre…

News: the lighting of the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron was conceived as a religious ceremony, designer Thomas Heatherwick has explained. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: in her latest article for The New York Times design critic Alice Rawsthorn strikes a blow against the current trend for naming products with confusing, forgettable or misleading monikers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this movie filmed by Dezeen, British designer Benjamin Hubert explains why he placed a double-length second hand over the pleated face of Plicate, his first watch for Italian accessories brand NAVA, which is available from Dezeen Watch Store now. (more…) View the full article

Interest in conservation and small scale development is growing in China, according to Shanghai architects Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, whose conversion of a former colonial police station opened in the city this month (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2012: architect Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham Architecture talks to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about the future of books in the digital age in this movie we filmed at the World Architecture Festival earlier this month, where a bookstore he designed in Japan won the prize in the shopping centres category. (more…) View the full article

In this movie filmed by Dezeen, east London designer Roger Arquer talks about the benches he made for the Stepney Green Design Collection using materials sourced from his local family-run hardware shop just before it closed down. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale isn’t about the genius of any single architects, director David Chipperfield explained today at the press preview of the exhibition. (more…) View the full article

Dezeenwire: Rotterdam research agency Arch-Vision have released a report on how European architects use trade journals. See the report below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: New York Times design critic Alice Rawsthorne discusses German graphic designer Gerd Arntz, who developed the influential Isotype system of graphic symbols in the 1920s and who is the subject of an exhibition at the V&A museum in London. Read the New York Times article. Isotype: international picture language is at the V&A until 13 March. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Curator and writer Daniel Charny explains why making, hacking and fixing represent the future of design in this interview filmed at the Dezeen Live series of talks at 100% Design. (more…) View the full article

With less than two weeks to enter Dezeen Awards, Swedish-Chinese architect Alex Mok says that she'll be looking for spaces that surprise and for the use of new materials. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: British manufacturer Dyson has expressed disappointment about the lack of protection offered to British designers following the loss of a design rights case against Chinese-owned Vax, who Dyson claims have copied one of their popular models. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this movie filmed by Dezeen, Bandar Antabi of designer electronics brand Jawbone explains how the company took a holistic approach to designing their Big Jambox wireless speaker. (more…) View the full article

MINI’s head of design Anders Warming predicts that “we’re not too far away” from driverless cars in this interview with Dezeen, recorded at the launch of the new MINI Paceman in Mallorca (+ audio + transcript). (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2012: Pan Yi Cheng of Singapore studio P.A.C won the award in the retail category at the World Architecture Festival with his design for a shop for furniture brand Herman Miller. In this movie we filmed, the architect explains how a recent emergence of young practices is helping Singapore become a “more vibrant” place that is starting to find its own identity. (more…) View the full article

Dezeenwire: Justin McGuirk attacks “success culture” and applauds grassroots design in his review of the London Design Festival - Guardian </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article