Hasta La Ideas

This brooding electro-pop song is by a UK duo called Twin Pod Cloud Car. Taken from their album Don’t Panic, Gravity combines a ferocious electronic beat with chant-like repeating vocal melodies and lyrics that provide, in the band’s own words, “a simple science lesson”.

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Jordan Mitchell is a man of wide-ranging musical talents. The first tracks of his we heard were soft, soothing acoustic guitar instrumentals (check out Filtered Sunshine, which we featured on Dezeen Music Project back in March). But these days he’s just as likely to send over glitchy, stuttering electronica like this excellent track called Overpopulation.

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Dezeen Wire: the London Borough of Hackney have announced the details of their Architecture Weekend, a free event showcasing architecture in the borough.

Taking place from 28 to 29 July at Hackney House, the event will give visitors the chance to speak to architects who have studios in Hackney or have designed work in the borough, with entertainment from comedians, musicians and DJs in the evenings.

Hackney House is also the venue for Dezeen’s Designed in Hackney day that will take place on 1 August.

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See more details about Architecture Weekend below:

Daytime: Architecture Showcase, a public event showcasing Hackney’s best architectural designs and innovative ideas for the future shape of the borough.

Join us at a free event showcasing the best of the Hackney’s architects and architecture. Hackney Architecture Showcase, taking place on Saturday 28th July and Sunday 29th July, will play host to some of London’s leading architects who have designed structures or spaces in the borough, as well as Hackney-based architectural firms who are pioneering building design in the UK and across the globe.

Opening Times:

Saturday 28th July: 11am – 4pm

Sunday 29th July: 11am – 3pm

With models of the schemes, a chance to speak to the people behind them and special talks on excellence in design, this event is a MUST for architects, designers and creatives and anyone with an interest in the exciting schemes that are transforming Hackney!

The weekend will also be the last chance to nominate a building or space in the borough for entry into this year’s Hackney Design Awards, which celebrates great design and architecture in Hackney. Details of previous winners will feature at the event and anyone can make a nomination, including residents who inhabit newly developed homes; employees who enjoy their workplace; pupils who love their schools or people who are simply inspired by the look of a building or place in Hackney.

Featuring: Tim Ronalds’ Hackney Empire (2004 Royal Fine Art Commission Building of the Year Award), RIBA winner Henley Halebrown Rorrison’s projects in Hackney, Theis and Khan’s Bateman’s Row (2010 RIBA Stirling Award, Shortlisted), and Stephen Marshall Architects’ proclaimed Nile Street Residential development (The best new development in the affordable sector at the New Homes Awards 2006).

The venue is Hackney House – the venue set up by Hackney Council to showcase Hackney to media, business and investors during Games time. This is located at 186 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6HU.

Saturday evening:

Hardeep Singh / DJ Prince Nelly

Comedy Night with Hardeep Singh, Des O’Connor and Johnny Cochrane followed by DJ Prince Nelly. Register for the Architecture Showcase by Friday 27th July for a chance to win a pair of tickets for Comedy Night! Winners will be chosen at random.

Sunday evening:

Konkoma / DJ Ben Pistor

Tonight’s entertainment comes from London-based band KonKoma who will bring us a rich blend of Afrofunk, jazz, soul and traditional African rhythms. DJ Ben Pistor continues the evening.

For tickets please email hackneyhouse@hackney.gov.uk

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Dezeen Wire: three senior Design Academy Eindhoven teachers have agreed to return to their posts after claiming victory in their dispute with the school.

Jan Boelen, Joost Grootens and Louise Schouwenberg, the heads of Social Design, Information Design and Contextual Design respectively, resigned two weeks ago but will now return to the school in the new academic year.

“What we did not imagine when we resigned has finally happened under the pressure of students, teachers, colleagues, experts from the design field, the media, and former directors: the school has given in to all our demands for autonomy and freedom,” Schouwenberg told Dezeen.

She added: “Naturally we still have demands, such as seeking an artistic director focused on content.”

The three heads resigned following a row over the autonomy of the masters courses.

Related: Read the resignation letter from Design Academy Eindhoven masters heads | See all our stories about Design Academy Eindhoven

The teachers and the Design Academy Eindhoven released the following statement:

Design Academy Eindhoven puts interest of students first and reaches agreement with departed heads of the Master Programmes

On 5 July 2012, the three heads of the DAE Master Programmes, Jan Boelen (Social Design), Joost Grootens (Information Design) and Louise Schouwenberg (Contextual Design) resigned from their positions at Design Academy Eindhoven, out of discontent with the educational reform plans under development. Educational and organisational aspects were expected to prevail over the artistic autonomy and the content for which department heads and mentors are responsible. Moreover, according to the three heads, the plans would not be in accordance with the special character unique to a Master Programme of Design.

As the students, the tutors and the Board of the DAE all want to retain the three heads for their educational institute, they have been actively seeking a solution to break this impasse since their resignation. On Thursday 19 July an agreement was reached concerning the key points of contention.

Starting in the new academic year, Boelen, Grootens and Schouwenberg will return as Heads of Master Programmes under the conditions that were applicable to the Master Programmes within DAE to date. In the course of the year they will hold regular meetings about the future of the Master Programmes with Igor van Hooff, member of the Executive Board, and Dr T. Wagemakers, currently member of the Board of Trustees of DAE, who will join the Executive Board as interim director and be in charge of the Educational Reform portfolio. With the interest of its students always foremost, Design Academy Eindhoven will continue to develop its unique educational model.

All parties involved look forward to a positive extension of their collaboration, operating in full confidence that DAE will continue to be the artistic haven it always has been.

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Dezeen Wire: the latest RIBA Future Trends Survey has shown that the majority of architects in the UK anticipate a decline in workload over the summer, particularly in the private housing sector.

The survey reports that London practices remain the most optimistic about future workloads, but that architects in the north of England and Northern Ireland expect a downturn in the coming months.

See past RIBA Future Trends Survey results here.

Read the full report from the RIBA below:

RIBA Future Trends Survey results for June 2012

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Future Trends Workload Index for June 2012 stands at +2, significantly down from +13 in the previous month. The positive upward trend that had been recorded this year has seen a reverse this month with architects becoming more cautious over future workloads.

The outlook across the UK remains mixed, with London the most optimistic region at +19, while the North of England and Northern Ireland at -19 and -25 respectively are the most pessimistic over levels of work for the next quarter.

The key element in the reduction in overall workload confidence is the private housing sector forecast which stands at -1 for June 2012, down from +16 in May 2012.

RIBA Director of Practice, Adrian Dobson said:

“Private housing has up until now remained the most resilient sector, supported by interest rates at historic lows, so the sharp decline in confidence for June could be a cause for concern if it continues.

“Unease about the private housing sector is driving down confidence amongst small practices. It may be a reflection of greater competition for housing work as other sectors continue to remain challenging, or an early indicator that the private housing sector is set to decline. The second scenario would strengthen calls from UK Construction for a more effective Government backed fiscal stimulus plan.”

Although the 2012 RIBA / Fees Bureau Employment and Earnings survey has shown some increase in architects’ earnings, the RIBA Future Trends Staffing Index for June remains consistent at -2 and we are yet to see any recovery in overall staffing levels.

In addition to the static staffing level, June 2012 saw the percentage of respondents reporting that they had personally been underemployed rise from 20% in May 2012 to 27%.

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