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Competition: Dezeen readers can win one of ten copies of (un)Made in China, a book that features projects by western architects that ran into trouble for various reasons in China, published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name.

The book features images, diagrams and details about the failed projects, as well as interviews with their designers.

A feature page for each project embodies the essence of the proposed building, with some pages textured, laser cut or even woven.

The 12 projects in the book include the Dalian football stadium by UNStudio and Ordos Hilton Hotel by VMX, as well as a housing proposal by MVRDV.

Architect and project information is printed in both English and Chinese.

The book accompanies the (un)Made in China exhibition that was installed as part of Beijing Design Week and will be travelling to Europe and North America.

Listen to exhibition curator Mike Tunkey talk about the exhibition here and see all our coverage of Beijing Design Week here.

To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “unMade in China” in the subject line. We won’t pass your information on to anyone else; we just want to know a little about our readers. Read our privacy policy here.

Competition closes 15 November 2012. Five winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeenmail 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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Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with toy company Papafoxtrot to give readers a chance to win one of twenty wooden models of iconic unmanned spacecrafts orbiting the Earth.

Above: Speckt-R satellite model

The five different models depict the following satellites:

» Speckt-R – orbital radio telescope
» ORS-1 – American reconnaissance satellite
» GEOTAIL – observes the Earth’s magnetosphere
» Dragon – shuttles crew and cargo to the International Space Station
» Cygnus – delivery and collection vessel for larger spacecraft

Above: Cygnus satellite model

Each model comes flat-packed in a box that includes assembly instructions and information about the satellite.

Above: Dragon satellite model

The visual identity, packaging and branding were designed by London firm Postlerferguson.

Above: GEOTAIL satellite model

Each satellite model costs £20, or the whole set can be bought for £80 from the Papafoxtrot website should you not be lucky enough to win.

Above: ORS-1 satellite model

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To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “Papafoxtrot satellites” in the subject line. We won’t pass your information on to anyone else; we just want to know a little about our readers. Read our privacy policy here.

Competition closes 6 November 2012. Twenty winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeenmail newsletter and at the top of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.

The information below is from Postlerferguson:

Postlerferguson is proud to announce the second series of products designed for Papafoxtrot London! We have selected the 5 most iconic unmanned spacecraft circling the earth and transformed them into Papafoxtrot’s iconic design language which we developed with our series of wooden cargo vessels a year ago. From an interplanetary garbage collection to a future commercial spacebus to Mars these amazing machines are making the world go round day and night.

Postlerferguson has been responsible for the visual identity, packaging design of the series as well as the art direction, web page and brand system continuing our ongoing collaboration with Papafoxtrot.

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The popular A’ Design Award has just announced their World Design Rankings of countries. The numbers were crunched based on the number of design awards won at international juried design competitions and awards. It comes as no surprise that USA claimed the top spot or that Hong-Kong, Italy, United Kingdom and South Korea, figure high up in the list.

As designers and journalists it is imperative that we keep an eye on the trends emerging in the market. World Design Rankings provide additional data and insights to where each country is placed on the charts. Explore the list and cheer for your country! Hurray!

On a side note, you can register until 30 September 2012, and see some winning designs here.

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Yanko Design takes great pride in bringing to you this exclusive announcement! The 30 Shortlisted Entries for the 2012 Electrolux Design Lab have now been narrowed to the Top Ten Finalists. Each of these ten designers will be invited to Milan, to showcase and present their design concept in front of a select Jury. The event will be telecast live online and Yanko Design will be in Milan to capture the excitement for you. This is the first time that ten designers, instead of the usual eight finalists are being invited.

Finals On: October 25, 2012

Memory by WenYao Cai

Memory is a coffee maker that uses hand print recognition to make the right cup of coffee for the right person.

SmartPlate by Julian Caraulani

SmartPlate is the world’s first intelligent dish that physically understands food and transforms it into sound, completing the circle of senses by which we understand what we eat.

Tastee by Christopher Holm-Hansen

The Electrolux Tastee is a taste indicator that is used when cooking to assist the chef in bringing out the flavours in the meal.

Mo’Sphere by Yunuén Hernández

Mo’Sphere allows the user to experiment with and experience new flavours and sensations through the exciting world of “molecular cooking”.

Impress by Ben de la Roche

Impress is a refrigeration wall that holds your food and drinks for you, out in the open and not behind closed doors so you will always remember the lunch you prepared for work or find that midnight snack with ease.

Treat by Amy Mon-Chu Liu

The Treat seamlessly combines classic food storage techniques, such as vacuum sealing, with modern remote, mobile technology for the perfect combination of freshness and convenience that is more important than ever in our increasingly busy lives.

Easy Stir by Lisa Frodadottir Låstad

By utilising magnets that react to your induction stove the Easystir will literally save you time and money by never needing to be charged, batteries replaced or plugged into a wall socket.

Spummy by Alexandre de Bastiani

The Spummy is the future of flavor creation. Using nano-technology the Spummy creates edible foam with any flavour or combination of flavours you can imagine.

Aeroball by Jan Ankiersztajn

The Aeroball is a revolutionary way to improve the spaces in which we live. In tiny bubbles that float and hover, the Aeroball cleans and filters the air while hovering in place.

Ice by Julen Pejenaute

ICE can not only be used as basic lamp with adjustable brightness or colour to fit the mood of any dining occasion.

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Competition: Dezeen are giving readers the chance to win one of five copies of architecture and design critic Will Wiles‘ novel about how interior design affects the way we live, called Care of Wooden Floors.

The narrator agrees to look after the apartment of his old university friend, a minimalist composer, hoping the calm of an immaculate domestic environment in an unfamiliar eastern European city will inspire him to fulfil his potential as a writer. But things do not go entirely to plan. One accident leads to another and before long he is wrestling with questions of life, death and how to take care of his friend’s precious wooden floors.

Care of Wooden Floors was featured on Radio 4′s Book at Bedtime, was one of the 2012 Waterstones 11 and was longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize. The book was recently released in a paperback version and retails at £12.99.

Will Wiles is a design and architecture journalist and a contributing editor for Icon magazine. The book is published by HarperPress.

To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “Care of Wooden Floors” in the subject line. We won’t pass your information on to anyone else; we just want to know a little about our readers.

Read our privacy policy here.

Competition closes 4 October 2012. Five winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeenmail 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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