Filmmaker George Lucas has confirmed that he is pulling his MAD-designed museum from Chicago and plans to move the proposal to America’s West Coast. (more…)
George Lucas abandons Chicago museum proposal in favour of California
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What Design Can Do to examine how Africa can help solve Europe’s design “identity crisis”
Dezeen promotion: this year’s What Design Can Do conference will focus on European identity and how the continent can learn from new initiatives emerging in Africa (+ slideshow). (more…)
Hiroki Tominaga Atelier completes Japanese retirement home featuring a huge dormer window
An oversized dormer window extends from the asymmetric roof of this house designed by architects Hiroki Tominaga and Yae Fujima for an elderly couple in Japan’s Gifu Prefecture (+ slideshow). (more…)
Kinfolk magazine launches Copenhagen gallery with exhibition of European design
Renzo Piano completes Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on a huge artificial hill
Italian architect Renzo Piano has finished a major new park, library and theatre complex in Athens, following one of the largest donations for a cultural building project in history (+ slideshow). (more…)
In Situ Studio hides black Corbett Residence in a North Carolina forest
US firm In Situ Studio has clad this rural North Carolina cabin in darkened wood and set it far back from the road to protect it from view (+ slideshow). (more…)
SHoP Architects chosen for National Veterans Resource Complex at Syracuse University
New York-based SHoP Architects has beaten Adjaye Associates and Snøhetta in a competition to design a centre for war veterans at Syracuse University (+ slideshow). (more…)
Designers and students to protest in Trafalgar Square as threats to Erasmus programme emerge
EU referendum: the EU referendum was “nothing like democracy” according to designer Nelly Ben Hayoun, who is urging fellow creatives to join a protest in central London tomorrow. (more…)
Joanne Chen designs factory for London artisans based on the teachings of William Morris
Graduate shows 2016: Bartlett graduate Joanne Chen has designed a factory that includes leisure and education facilities, based on the Socialist ideals set out by designer and activist William Morris in the late 19th century. (more…)
Peter Saville headlines What Design Can Do for Music talks programme
Dezeen promotion: annual conference What Design Can Do is launching its first talks programme about the relationship between design and music (+ slideshow). (more…)
