Dezeen promotion: we’ve teamed up with interior design and homeware website mydeco and multi-faceted design exhibition Tent London to announce Design Class 09 – a competition for three design graduates to win the opportunity to pitch their projects to mydeco design board members Terence Conran and Philippe Stark. (more…)
Dezeen and the NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft gallery are offering five readers the chance to each win a copy of UFO: Blurring the boundaries between art and design, the catalogue accompanying the exhibition of the same name. (more…)
We seriously have some doubts about this one. The 6-color rainbow flag that was conceived in 1978 by artist Gilbert Baker has evolved into an iconic symbol for gay pride. Studio360 with Kurt Anderson has asked Worldstudio (as well as listeners) to redesign the gay flag to “bring it into the 21st century?” Are they serious? While their intentions may be good, this design exercise is a bit misguided and feels a bit self serving and presumptuous. Thoughts?
One example of a proposed redesign:
VC poses the following question: Why redesign a symbol that resonates so well with its community? Peek here to see a few of the design concepts proposed.
Dezeen have teamed up with Anneloes van Gaalen, author of the new book Never Use White Type on a Black Background and 50 other Ridiculous Design Rules, to offer our readers the chance to win five copies. (more…)
This year the Recyclingbörse organizes the third
“RecyclingDesignpreis” competition.The award ceremony will take place on September 11th,
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Furniture brands Poltrona Frau and Cappellini are holding sales at their Clerkenwell and Chelsea Harbour showrooms in London starting this week (details below) and to mark the events they have teamed up with Dezeen to offer readers the chance to win a Cappellini S-Chair (above) designed by Tom Dixon. (more…)
The results of Design 21’s logo competition are in with Yael Alkalay’s concept taking first prize. His logo will be acknowledged as the official logo for UNESCO’s International Festival of Cultural Diversity.
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