NORDAM: BMW and MINI announce installations by Alfredo Häberli and Jaime Hayón for Milan

BMW and MINI announce installations by Alfredo Häberli and Jaime Hayón for Milan

News: car brands BMW and MINI have enlisted Alfredo Häberli and Jaime Hayón to create mobility-themed installations for Milan’s annual design week in April. (more…)

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NORDAM: Soy sauce bottle designer Kenji Ekuan dies aged 85

Kenji Ekuan

News: Japanese industrial designer Kenji Ekuan, whose work ranged from the Komachi bullet train to the Kikkoman soy sauce dispenser, has died aged 85. (more…)

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NORDAM: Competition: five copies of Printing Things to be won

Printing Things: Visions and Essentials for 3D Printing by Claire Warnier and Dries Verbruggen

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Belgian design studio Unfold to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of a new book exploring the potential of 3D printing. (more…)

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NORDAM: Supermachine Studio adds labyrinthine staircase to seaside park in Thailand



This concrete tower of interconnecting red staircases was designed by Thai firm Supermachine Studio for an elevated game of hide and seek (+ slideshow).  (more…)

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NORDAM: Dezeen Jobs: latest jobs update

Dezeen Jobs: latest jobs update

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Studio Fuksas, Marc Newson and David Kohn Architects, whose apartment renovation in Barcelona was named World Interior of the Year in 2013. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with OMA, Pininfarina, Heatherwick Studio and more… (more…)

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NORDAM: LIKEarchitects forms indoor exhibition space with 20,000 fabric strips

under the skylight at lisbon’s colombo shopping mall, LIKEarchitects have constructed a temporary exhibition space to hold artist jen lewin’s interactive and luminous installation ‘the pool’.

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NORDAM: René Barba creates lollipop-shaped lamp from paper-like fabric for Ligne Roset

Paper lamp by René Barba for Ligne Roset

Maison&Objet 2015: light from this table lamp by Cuban designer René Barba is diffused by a lollipop-shaped envelope made from a non-woven fabric. (more…)

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NORDAM: Curving walls eclipse glazed facade of park-side house in Japan by Tsuyoshi Kawata



Both curving and straight walls overlap inside this family home in Shiga Prefecture by architect Tsuyoshi Kawata, which was designed to frame views of a nearby park (+ slideshow). (more…)

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NORDAM: Morphosis chosen for hotel beside Peter Zumthor’s Therme Vals spa

Morphosis chosen for Peter Zumthor's Theme Vals spa

News: the firm led by American architect Thom Mayne has been selected to design a new 100-suite hotel adjacent to Peter Zumthor’s Therme Vals spa in Switzerland. (more…)

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NORDAM: “Ikea works in a very different way to everyone else” says head of design

Marcus Engman at Ikea

Interview: Ikea‘s design manager Marcus Engman explains how a team of just 20 designers oversees the creation of 2,000 affordable products each year at the world’s largest furniture company, in the second part of this exclusive interview. (more…)

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