May 18
THE BEAUTY AND THE BOOK AWARD 2014
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The international readers award for the most beautiful book of the year.
Which book do you think is the most beautiful on
your bookshelf? Let us kn..
Apr 21
Competition: five Synthetic Aesthetics books to be won
Posted in: Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, synthetic biology
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publishers MIT Press to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of a new book about developments in synthetic biology.
Synthetic Aesthetics explains the emerging discipline of synthetic biology, which looks at adapting natural organisms and processes to create new products, materials and even lifeforms.
The first few chapters introduce the science, followed by examples of collaborative projects between artists, designers and biologists – a mix of speculative ideas and realised creations.
These include a proposal by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg to develop bacteria to excrete brightly coloured pigments that colour your poo when they detect disease inside your body, and samples of human cheese created by Christina Agapakis and Sissel Tolaas.
Synthetic Aesthetics is written by experts in the field: Ginsberg, Jane Calvert, Pablo Schyfter, Alistair Elfick and Drew Endy.
Published by MIT Press, the book will launch on 25 April to coincide with an evening programme of talks, installations and workshops at London’s V&A museum, from 6:30-10pm – more details here.
Competition closes 19 May 2014. Five winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeen Mail newsletter and at the top of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.
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Apr 17
Competition: Dezeen has partnered with publisher Particular Books to give away three copies of B is for Bauhaus – a “personal dictionary of design” by Deyan Sudjic, director of London’s Design Museum.
Covering subjects that range from authenticity to Grand Theft Auto, Jorn Utzon, Dieter Rams and Postmodernism, B is for Bauhaus is described as Deyan Sudjic’s “essential tool kit for understanding the modern world”.
The book offers a highly individual take on various elements of modern culture from Sudjic, who has been the director of London’s Design Museum since 2006.
His career has included stints as a critic for the Observer and the Sunday Times, a period as editor of Domus, and curatorships in Glasgow, Istanbul and Copenhagen. He was one of the co-founder of Blueprint magazine in the 1980s and directed the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2002.
B is for Bauhaus draws on all of this experience to create an “a highly eclectic, intensely personal dictionary of design”, said Particular Books.
Published this spring, the 480-page hardback book is “about what makes a Warhol a genuine fake; the creation of national identities; the mania to collect,” said the publisher.
“It’s also about the world seen from the rear-view mirror of Grand Theft Auto V; digital ornament and why we value imperfection. It’s about drinking a bruisingly dry martini in Adolf Loo’s American Bar in Vienna, and about Hitchcock’s film sets,” the publisher added.
Competition closes 15 May 2014. Three winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeen Mail newsletter and at the top of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.
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Apr 14
Its an exciting time for the award winners of the A’ Design Awards & Competition. The results are out and it is time to crack open the champagne bottle! In essence, the awards are for designers, innovators and companies that deserve the attention of media, publishers and buyers. A’Design Award is a great opportunity for designers to have a jump in their careers, so here is a look at some of the winners!
Laxart Museum Transmedia Rebranding by Young Joo Tak
Zeitgeist Clock by Dmitry Pogorelov
Le Maestro Modern Dress Loafer by Herman Delos Santos
Osteoid Medical Cast, Attachable Bone Stimulator by Deniz Karasahin
Tensegrity Space Frame Lighting Structure by Michal MacIej Bartosik
Steam Tea Maker by Hakan Gürsu
Forest Lodge Eco House Eco House by Chris Knierim
Any 202 Tablet For K-12 Education by Jp-Inspiring Knowledge
Food Feeder Plus Food Feeder by Justin Cheung
Conspiracy-Sandal Shaped Jewels-Luxury Shoes by Gianluca Tamburini
Ajorí Cruet. Condiment Container by Carlos Jimenez Perez & Pilar Balsalobre
Intermarine 48 High Speed Boat by Viviane Nicoletti
Eva Tea Set Teapot and Teacups by Maia Ming Fong
Icon E-Flyer Electric Bicycle by Jonathan Ward
Black Shadow H-E Hydrogen-Electric Hybrid Motorcycle by Mark Norton Menendez
Cogito Watch Bluetooth Connected Watch by Connectedevice Ltd
Only Right Here Knife Holder by Alan Saga
Ttmm (after Time) Watchface Apps Collection by Albert Salamon
Enticed? How about you join the next edition A’ Design Awards & Competition? They are featuring great discounts during 27-30 April 2014, using the earliest bird period fees. Get to know more about the winners and awards here.
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Apr 09
Cool Hunting Video: Flex: Remarkable skills, creativity and self-expression combine to define Flex dancing
Posted in: dancing, flex, performances, streetdancing 
Not long ago, we were honored to meet some of Brooklyn, NY’s premiere competitive dancers and experts in the Flex style. We spent a few hours with the crew—learning about the style and watching some fantastic moves—and their remarkable talents were mesmerizing….
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Apr 09
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with MVRDV to give readers the chance to win a pink Twin House cushion from the studio’s Vertical Village furniture collection, which launched in Milan this week.
The Twin House cushion is one of 26 colourful foam “houses” that have just been put into production by Dutch architecture studio MVRDV and Belgian furniture label Sixinch.
The cushions were originally designed for the centrepiece of an exhibition in Hamburg about the studio’s Vertical Village research – which examined alternative solutions for apartment blocks in East Asia – but were used as seating by visitors and staff.
“The flexible, durable foam elements became an instant crowd pleaser,” said MVRDV in a statement.
MVRDV decided to develop a furniture collection from these foam elements and chose to make 26 objects in the shape of houses proposed for the Vertical Village.
“The objects are not furniture in the traditional sense, they are more experimental and appeal by being surprising: how does one use a soft house in a living room?” said MVRDV.
The Twin House cushion is shaped like a semi-detached house, with the space in-between the roofs becoming the seat or a cradle for a baby.
Other pieces in the collection include The Barn, The Factory, The Depot, The Cloud, The T and The Terrace House.
The cushions are made from foam rubber with a PU coating and come in a range of colours. The winner of this competition will receive a pink Twin House model, as pictured.
The Vertical Village furniture is currently on display as a sculpture at Interni‘s event Feeding Ideas for the City at Università degli Studi in Milan.
Due to shipping limitations, this competition is only open to readers in the EEC countries however the cushions are available to buy on the Vertical Village website.
Competition closes 7 May 2014. One winner will be selected at random and notified by email. The winner’s name will be published in a future edition of our Dezeen Mail newsletter and at the top of this page.
Here’s some information from MVRDV:
What started as a radical urban vision for the densification of the East Asian Metropolis has now turned into an iconic series of furniture, bringing vision and innovation to your home. The pieces are available in a wide variety of shapes and colours – allowing you to tailor your own personal Vertical Village. The product is flexible, waterproof, seamless, hygienic and comes in a range of striking and sophisticated colours. The objects are made of foam rubber with a PU coating, which is 100% recyclable and safe according to DIN EN71-3 standards for Children’s toys.
After the Vertical Village exhibition in Hamburg, a 4 metre tall installation made of 80 of these foam elements returned to the MVRDV offices, it was spontaneously used by the staff and visitors as furniture becoming part of office life. In daily changing settings it is used as seats, waiting lounge, playground, pedestal for models and even for the odd deadline powernap. And so a furniture collection was born as a by-product of urban research. The 26 objects are in the shape of houses proposed for the Vertical Village and one can sit, lounge, work and play. The coated foam is resilient and can withstand office life, family life and even outdoor use.
And why not put some unexpected architecture in an interior? A semi-detached house, a volume with a gap or a cloud shape? The objects are not furniture in the traditional sense, they are more experimental and appeal by being surprising: How does one use a soft house in a living room?
Under the title ‘The Vertical Village – Individual, Informal, Intense’ the research project explored the rapid urban transformation of East Asia, the qualities of urban villages, and the potential to develop much denser, vertical settlements as a radical alternative to the identical block-like architecture of standardised units and their consequences for city life. The research was exhibited in Taipei, Seoul, Sao Paulo and Hamburg, usually accompanied by a large sculpture of a possible Vertical Village. After metal and plastic shapes in Seoul and Taipei in Hamburg the foam was the best solution for the 4 meter tall sculpture, leading to this furniture application.
The furniture is available from April 7th online at www.vertical-village.com. The sculpture will be displayed at Interni’s Feeding New Ideas for the City, at Università degli Studi in Milan, in collaboration with Viabizzuno lighting.
The Vertical Village research has been made possible with the generous support of the City of Taipei, the JUT Foundation for Arts and Architecture Taipei and Delft University of Technology, The Why Factory. The objects are hand made by Sixinch in Belgium.
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Apr 03
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publishers Arvinius + Orfeus to give readers the chance to win five monographs of work by Icelandic architect Pálmar Kristmundsson.
Pálmar Kristmundsson Arkitekt follows the career of Pálmar Kristmundsson, who set up the Iceland-based architecture and design studio PK Arkitektar in 1986.
The book begins with Kristmundsson’s makeshift fishing structures and ends with recent projects by PK Arkitektar.
Projects include a holiday home near Reykjavik that offers panoramic views of the dramatic Icelandic landscape and a minimal white house in a suburb of the Icelandic capital with a wall clad in slabs of red volcanic stone.
Published by Arvinius + Orfeus, the 240-page book includes a text by the architect himself along with sections by Daniel Golling, Julie Cirelli and Gert Wingårdh.
The writing is accompanied by images including photographs, drawings, plans and sections.
Competition closes 1 May 2014. Five winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeen Mail newsletter and at the top of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.
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Apr 01
The 2014 Architizer A+ Awards Winners: The results are in: today 129 winners across 60+ categories from all over the world are announced
Posted in: nycxdesign 
The second annual Architizer A+ Awards results are in, and 129 winners in more than 60 categories were announced today. Cool Hunting is proud to be a media partner with the global architecture awards program and…
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Mar 30
garden unique 2014 – contest for young designers
Posted in: Uncategorized
For the second time, Koelnmesse will be organising a design
competition for “garden unique”, the premium area of spoga+gafa,
and welcomi..
Mar 26
Competition: two Future Everything conference passes to be won
Posted in: Uncategorized
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with the Future Everything conference to give two readers the chance to win a guest-list pass for two days of talks and lectures in Manchester next week.
The Future Everything event will explore the theme of Tools for an Unknown Future. “The conference debates our fascination with tools as the most natural path towards social change, and open up new ways to question, imagine and make the strange troubled thing called the future,” explains Future Everything founder and CEO Drew Hemment.
Keynote speakers include Mike Bracken, UK head of Government Digital Services, and Anthony Dunne, head of Design Interactions programme at the Royal College of Art.
A programme of talks and panel discussions will explore themes including: How to Create a Tool, Superfictions: Design for Social Dreaming and Mapping the Digital Public Space.
Speakers include Synthetic Aesthetics design fellow Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, writer and technologist James Bridle, curator Liam Young and Dezeen columnist Justin McGuirk.
The programme also features the Apps for Europe Awards, where ten teams will pitch their ideas for open-data start ups, from apps that find the most bike-friendly routes across a city to finding the nearest and cheapest parking.
The conference will take place at Manchester Town Hall in England on Monday 31 March and Tuesday 1 April. Winners will be able to collect their passes on the door. You can follow the event on #futr @futureverything
Competition closes 28 March 2014. Two winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeen Mail newsletter and at the top of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.
Images show projects to be demonstrated at Future Everything Live, taking place alongside the conference.
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