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Vienna Design Week 2011: a rotating arm deposits spirals of quartz sand on the showroom floor at crystal company Lobmeyr in Vienna this week, thanks to Canadian designer Philippe Malouin. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: an architect from one of the firms that collaborated with Foster + Partners on the design of the Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal in China says that recent damage caused by wind had nothing to do with the quality of the design – The Washington Post Shao Weiping of the Beijing Architectural Design and Research Institute said he was “very confident that the design was perfect and involved no mistakes or flaws.” China state media say passengers reported seeing roofing material from Terminal 3 blowing across the runway and through the three-year-old terminal building. It is the second time in a year that wind has reportedly affected the structure.…

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Five years ago, when Dezeen was still in its infancy, we travelled to Cape Town for the 10th Design Indaba conference. From here, we shared links to movies showing Swedish designers Front questioning whether or not design makes people happy, as well as some snapshots from the party where guests included Jaime Hayon, Jasper Morrison, Michael Young and Neville Brody. We gave readers a sneak preview of the furniture Rolf Sachs proceeded to show at the Milan furniture fair in April, as well as a look at the bathroom collection that Ross Lovegrove went on to launch in Frankfurt. Vases made from salvaged sherry glasses, plastic animals and PVC caught the attention of a few …

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Milan 2012: visitors were invited to sit in a chair hooked up to advanced stress-analysis equipment normally used in the car industry at an installation by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram for car brand Audi in Milan last month. (more…) View the full article

Germany, one of six countries bidding to host the United Nations’ Green Climate Fund, have selected Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) to design a sustainable HQ in Bonn if their bid is successful. (more…) View the full article

Chunky chipboard surfaces have been sanded and stained to look like marble at this Aesop skincare shop in Tokyo by Japanese studio Torafu Architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

There are huge rectangular holes in the walls and floors of this Tokyo house by Japanese studio Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: Take Time, a timepiece inspired by a traditional pocket watch by French designer Mathieu Lehanneur is now available for pre-order at Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) View the full article

This home on a golf course complex in Belas on the outskirts of Lisbon consists of five smaller houses connected by interior passages.(+ slideshow) (more…) View the full article

MAD’s twisting skyscrapers in Canada, OMA’s proposals for Sydney and our coverage of Design Miami all feature in Dezeen Mail issue 131 along with all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments. Read Dezeen Mail issue 131 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

New York architect Steven Holl describes how he designed the mixed-use Sliced Porosity Block complex in Chengdu, China, as a container for public space in the first of two movies by architectural filmmakers Spirit of Space. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Dutch company Organisation in Design has announced the designers and brands that will exhibit at Ventura Lambrate 2013 during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next month. (more...) View the full article

Competition: we're giving readers the chance to win one of five packs of greeting cards illustrated with buildings by Le Corbusier. (more...) View the full article

News: toy brand Lego has revealed the design by Danish studio BIG for a visitor centre based on its famous plastic bricks. (more...) View the full article

In this movie we filmed in New York, French designer Philippe Starck explains how his Organic tap for bathroom brand Axor dramatically reduces water consumption by combining it with air. (more...) View the full article

Interview: the former head of two Parisian fashion houses has discouraged students from setting up their own brands because the industry is overwhelmed by too many new names. (more…) View the full article

Pastel gradients spread up the walls of this languages school in Valencia by local design studio Masquespacio (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

In this movie by film studio Stephenson/Bishop, Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto explains how he tried to combine nature and architecture when designing this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which is open for three more weeks in London's Kensington Gardens. (more...) View the full article

London designer Matthew Plummer-Fernandez has developed a piece of software that allows users to visually corrupt 3D-print files so they can't be recognised on file-sharing sites. (more...) View the full article

News: Italian architect Renzo Piano has been commissioned to design a 27-storey residential tower beside his London skyscraper The Shard. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Music Project: UK visualisation studio Universal Everything has designed an augmented reality app that lets users navigate and manipulate digital environments that accompany music by British band Radiohead (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Twenty huge aluminium petals fold around this 42,000-seat stadium that sports architecture firm Populous has completed in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, ahead of the FIFA World Cup kicking off this summer (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This bright white house in Portugal by GSMM Architetti uses the trees on its hillside site to create a sense of intimacy, providing a counterbalance for the openness of its central courtyard (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article