Competition: five pairs of United Nude’s Möbius shoe to be won

Competition: to celebrate United Nude’s tenth anniversary, Dezeen has teamed up with the footwear brand to give readers a chance to win one of five pairs of the company’s signature Möbius shoe.

Competition: five pairs of Möbius shoes by United Nude to be won

Architect Rem D Koolhaas designed the Möbius shoe in 1999 while he was still at university. The form of the shoe is made from a single strip, which twists around the foot like a Möbius band to create the sole, heel, foot-bed and upper.

Competition: five pairs of Möbius shoes by United Nude to be won

As he explained to Dezeen in a recent interview, he was persuaded to start his own brand to produce the shoe because it “didn’t look like anything [else] out there”.

Read our full interview with Rem D Koolhaas here »

Competition: five pairs of Möbius shoes by United Nude to be won

Koolhaas launched United Nude in 2003 and the company now sells over 200,000 pairs of shoes a year.

Competition: five pairs of Möbius shoes by United Nude to be won

In 2013, ten new colours and two new heel heights for the Möbius shoe were released to mark United Nude’s tenth anniversary.

Competition: five pairs of Möbius shoes by United Nude to be won

We have five pairs of Möbius shoes to give away and winners will be able to choose their preferred colour, height and size.

Competition: five pairs of Möbius shoes by United Nude to be won

To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “Möbius shoe” 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.

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Competition: five pairs of Möbius shoes by United Nude to be won

Competition closes 20 August 2013. 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.

Competition: five pairs of Möbius shoes by United Nude to be won

Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.

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Interview: Mirjam Vogt of Magazin: The co-founder of the Amsterdam design boutique discusses the strengths of Dutch design

Interview: Mirjam Vogt of Magazin


With one large window facing the street, Magazin looks out onto one of Amsterdam’s newest design districts. The artisanal shops lining the long street of Czaar Peterstraat seem to have appeared almost overnight, although locals will…

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Beehive Honey Packaging

Lacy Kuhn est une américaine étudiante en design qui a imaginé ce packaging très réussie pour le projet de céréales au miel « Beehive Honey Squares ». Très bien pensée, cette création drôle et bien pensée pour le National Cereal Corporation est à découvrir en images dans la suite de l’article.

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The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum by LIKEarchitects

Portuguese studio LIKEarchitects used hundreds of metal paint cans to build this temporary Andy Warhol museum inside a shopping centre in Lisbon.

The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum by LIKEarchitects

The miniature museum occupied the atrium of Lisbon’s Colombo Shopping Mall for a period of three months earlier this year and was used to display 32 original artworks by the late American pop artist.

The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum by LIKEarchitects

The LIKEarchitects team was keen to avoid the neutral white walls of typical gallery spaces and instead opted to build a space using some of the everyday household objects that Warhol fetishised in his paintings.

The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum by LIKEarchitects

“Campbell’s Soup Cans is a well-known artwork that is based on the idea of sublimating everyday objects, regardless of their original function, and transforming them into tangible icons of the collective imaginary,” architect Diogo Aguiar told Dezeen.

The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum by LIKEarchitects

“This premise by the artist was very important to our conception phase, when we had the idea of constructing a museum using familiar components, more specifically cylindrical cans,” he added.

The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum by LIKEarchitects

Using 1500 cans, the architects built a sequence of four rooms and organised them thematically. Entrances were positioned at both ends, so shoppers could easily stroll right through.

The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum by LIKEarchitects

Eight rows of cans generated the height of the installation and the lowest three rows were filled with sand to give stability to the walls.

The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum by LIKEarchitects

Other temporary galleries we’ve featured on Dezeen include SO-IL’s snaking white tent for the New York Frieze Art Fair and a gallery for landscape paintings at an Amsterdam nature reserveSee more galleries »

The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum by LIKEarchitects

Photography is by Fernando Guerra.

Here’s some more information from LIKEarchitects:


The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum

The Temporary Andy Warhol Museum is a cultural space within a commercial space. It was designed to host the exhibition ‘Andy Warhol – Icons | Psaier Artworks and the Factory’, which was opened between April 11 and July 11, in Colombo Shopping Mall, in Lisbon, and included a total of 32 original works by the American artist.

The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum by LIKEarchitects

The museological space avoids the idea of having neutral white exhibition spaces and relates to the exhibited artworks through the creation of a strong visual context that uses the artist’s imaginary. The museum recreates an environment that is both pop and industrial, through an unusual materiality resulting from the use of metal paint cans. The expository structure, set in the central plaza of the mall, features an abstract exterior that is extremely appealing and assumes an iconographic character with clear links to the Pop Art.

The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum by LIKEarchitects

The interior was designed as an enclosed introspective space, entirely defined by continuous walls, benefiting from a transparent cover in plastic screen. This cover has the dual function of allowing light to enter from the exterior and assuring the visual relationship between the two confronting spaces (museum/shopping mall). This solution captures the curiosity of visitors, calling for a visit to all those wandering in the higher galleries of the commercial space.

The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum by LIKEarchitects

A fluid succession of four exhibition rooms, thematically organised, results in a new pathway that challenges the organic symmetry and rationality of the shopping mall main square. The two entrances to this small museum, one in each extremity, are located at strategic points in order to maximise the attention and flow of the people walking around its perimeter.

The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum by LIKEarchitects

Like the Andy Warhol’s artwork the museum reflects the consumer society, but in a literal way, through the raw aluminium sheet of cylindrical cans. Other strands, which were patent in the work of Andy Warhol, were also fundamental in the creation of the architectural space – the repetition (silkscreened) or the idea of sublimating everyday objects, regardless of their original form or function, and transform them into tangible icons of the collective imaginary.

The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum by LIKEarchitects

Used as a constructive element, the metallic paint can is the modular element which determines the metric of entire project, defining dimensions and drawing the voids – doors – that allow the entrance in the space.

The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum by LIKEarchitects

The structural stability of the building was solved by filling the first three rows of cans with sand – foundations – guaranteeing the stability of the walls and giving greater strength to the cans which are more accessible to the public.

The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum by LIKEarchitects

Having received more than 100,000 visitors, the Temporary Andy Warhol Museum sought to contribute to the dissemination and promotion of art, free and accessible to all visitors.

The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum by LIKEarchitects

Architects: LIKEarchitects
Location: Centro Colombo, Lisbon, Portugal
Project Year: 2013
Team: Diogo Aguiar, Teresa Otto, João Jesus and Laura Diaz
Curatorship: Maurizio Vanni
Production: SOTART
Principal Use: Museum
Area: 75m2
Dimensions: 15.5m x 12.70m x 3.30m

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Test Drive: 2013 Lincoln MKZ: We test drive the revamped American luxury sedan through Brooklyn’s waterfront

Test Drive: 2013 Lincoln MKZ


American luxury car-maker Lincoln, a division of the Ford Motor Company, is transforming. Long known for their plush sedans, the Lincoln Motor Company is making a push from their…

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3D Illustrations by Antoni Tudisco

Focus sur Antoni Tudisco, un artiste et créatif allemand âgé seulement de 21 ans et qui réalise des visuels modélisés en 3D très impressionnants. Maîtrisant pleinement les différents outils et logiciels qu’il a à sa disposition, une large sélection de visuels colorés est à découvrir dans la suite de l’article

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Ikea relaunches first flat-pack table

IKEA LÖVBACKEN table

News: the three-legged, leaf-shaped side table that sparked a revolution in self-assembly furniture over 60 years ago is returning to Ikea stores next month.

IKEA LÖVBACKEN table

Scandinavian furniture giant Ikea is relaunching the 1956 Lövet table, which they have re-engineered and renamed Lövbacken.

The original design was conceived when Ikea designer Gillis Lundgren was unable to fit the table in his car. By sawing off the legs, Lundgren inadvertently created flat-pack furniture.

Emily Birkin, country sales manager for Ikea UK and Ireland, said that customers are increasingly interested in buying furniture with a story attached to it. “We decided to bring back a popular piece that not only comes steeped in history but combines retro styling with modern convenience,” she said.

“We wanted to pay tribute to the timeless appeal of the original Lövet whilst retaining its simple and practical assembly,” Birkin added.

IKEA LÖVBACKEN table
1956 IKEA catalogue featuring the Lövet table

The brown Lövebacken table features a leaf-shaped tabletop made from poplar veneer and has three detachable beech legs with gold-coloured accents on the feet. It measures 77 centimetres in length, 39 centimetres wide and stands at a height of 51 centimetres.

The table returns to stores in the UK, Netherlands and other select countries from August 2013.

Ikea have recently unveiled designs for flat-pack refugee shelters and launched miniature versions of its products for children to play with.

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Here’s the press release from Ikea:


Return of the Table that started the “flatpack revolution”

IKEA brings back the company’s first piece of Flatpack Furniture with launch of LÖVBACKEN side table

Home furnishings company IKEA, is re-launching the original piece of furniture that kick-started the flatpack revolution. The LÖVBACKEN side table, originally sold by IKEA as the LÖVET in 1956, will be making a come-back into stores in August 2013 as the new IKEA catalogue is sent to 13,157,000 households in the UK.

The LÖVBACKEN takes its inspiration from the LÖVET or ‘the leaf’, the company’s first product to be sold in a flat pack rather than fully-assembled. Almost 60 years on, the table has been redeveloped and re-issued by IKEA as the LÖVBACKEN, enabling everyone to own a piece of design history.

Created by the same team responsible for the main IKEA range – which now numbers 9,500 different products – and of which there are 90 occasional (or side tables) tables, LÖVBACKEN is faithful to the original design right down to its measurements. One tweak to the design will see the original use of jacaranda for the first LÖVET table top replaced with a stained poplar veneer on MDF for the LÖVBACKEN.

IKEA LÖVBACKEN table

Whilst photography of the original LÖVET exists, the original designs were thought to be have been missing until IKEA designers rediscovered them in the company’s archives.

According to IKEA folklore the LOVET was being used in an IKEA catalogue photography session but its three-legged, leaf shape proved too cumbersome for designer Gillis Lundgren to fit into the car. To solve this, Lundgren sawed off the legs and, at that moment started a flatpack, self-assembly revolution.

The LÖVBACKEN side table captures the beauty of mid-century modern with its poplar veneer patterned table top and skinny solid beech legs tipped with gold-coloured foil. At 51 cm high, it’s just the right size to pair with an armchair or alongside a sofa.

Emily Birkin, Country Sales Manager, IKEA UK and Ireland said:

“Most people will have a piece of furniture that they’ve either built or put together somewhere in their house. But until now, not many will know the incredible story about how it all began with a simple little table.

“We know from our research that people are becoming more and more interested in buying pieces of furniture that have a story attached to them, so we decided to bring back a popular piece that not only comes steeped in history but combines retro styling with modern convenience.

“We wanted to pay tribute to the timeless appeal of the original LÖVET whilst retaining its simple and practical assembly. By working together with our customers and enabling them to be a part of the production process, we’re able to make good design affordable to everyone. Now everyone can own a design classic.”

The LÖVBACKEN is part of the IKEA 2014 range and is available for just £40 in tinted, clear lacquered poplar veneer. The new range launches in the new IKEA catalogue in August 2013.

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The Future Of Home Living by PSFK: The New York think-tank showcases their finds for innovation in the modern inner-city home

The Future Of Home Living by PSFK


PSFK has brought their “Future Of…” trend report series to an immersive space in NYC. In partnership with Stonehenge Real Estate and…

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Stack chair by Skrivo

Product news: this chair by Milan design studio Skrivo features layers of thin cushions based on children’s story The Princess and the Pea.

Stack chair by Skrivo based on The Princess and the Pea

The Stack chair by Skrivo for Italian brand Contempo Italia was inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, in which a princess proves her royal status because she’s sensitive enough to be disturbed by a pea in her bed despite many layers of mattresses.

Stack chair by Skrivo based on The Princess and the Pea

“The concept behind the Stack easy chair comes from the idea of having cushions in constant motion that look like they have been stacked randomly on top of each other,” says Skrivo.

Stack chair by Skrivo based on The Princess and the Pea

The overlapping cushions can be mixed and matched in a wide variety of fabrics and leathers. “The cheerful effect of the overlapping upholstered cushions that sit on a metal frame conveys the idea of stability, comfort and aesthetic delightfulness reminiscent of childhood memories,” the designers explain.

Stack chair by Skrivo based on The Princess and the Pea

The backrest is bolted to two upright metal tubes in a contrasting colour, which bend and slot through four wooden legs to create side rails under the seat.

Stack chair by Skrivo based on The Princess and the Pea

Other mattress-inspired seating on Dezeen includes a collection of sofas based on nomadic Bedouin furniture, a sofa that looks like a rolled-up mattress and another sofa that’s been folded in a concertina – see all our stories about chair design.

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“I wanted to design a simple watch with an interesting surprise” – Marcel Wanders

Dezeen Watch Store: in this movie Dezeen filmed in Milan, Dutch designer Marcel Wanders describes the two different sides of the Dressed watch he designed for Alessi, which is available to buy now from Dezeen Watch Store

"I wanted to design a simple watch with an interesting surprise"

Wanders‘ Dressed watch has an outwardly understated design, but features an embellished decoration on the reverse side of the case that is hidden when the watch is being worn.

"I wanted to design a simple watch with an interesting surprise"

“We made these very simple, beautiful watches with an interesting surprise,” Wanders explains. “The design of the watch is pretty straightforward: the band makes a really simple connection to the core of the watch and we kept the dial very simple.”

"I wanted to design a simple watch with an interesting surprise"

However, the hour hand of the watch features a decorative “little twist”, Wanders goes on to explain, before turning the watch around to show that “on the back there is a fantastic decoration, which is very hidden.”

"I wanted to design a simple watch with an interesting surprise"

Wanders hopes that his design will stand the test of time. “[We made] something that is, I hope, an evergreen, something that lasts forever,” he says. “Because I think that’s what watches are, they are about time.”

"I wanted to design a simple watch with an interesting surprise"
Marcel Wanders

Dressed by Marcel Wanders is available to buy on Dezeen Watch Store in black or white for £125 + VAT with free worldwide shipping.

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