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Mar 15

“Brad the builder” – The Observer

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Dezeenwire: Observer architecture critic Rowan Moore reports on Make It Right, actor Brad Pitt’s project to rebuilt a district of New Orleans destroyed by Hurricane Katrina – The Observer

“Dyson could clean up with career in politics” – Sunday Times

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Dezeenwire: in an interview with the Sunday Times, engineer and inventor James Dyson reveals he is to stand down as chairman of Dyson and talks about the Ingenious Britain report commissioned by the Conservative Party, in which Dyson sets out ways to make Britain a leading high-tech exporter – Sunday Times

Mar 10

“Have we outgrown designer Ron Arad?” – The Guardian

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Dezeenwire: Justin McGuirk, editor of icon magazine, launches his new blog for The Guardian with an attack on designer Ron Arad, whose Ron Arad: Restless exhibition opened at the Barbican recently – The Guardian

Related stories: see our special Ron Arad issue of Dezeenwire.

Mar 10

Jonathan Ive explains the iPad on video

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Dezeenwire: Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of industrial design at Apple, and other key Apple staff explain the design of the iPad in a video on Apple’s website.

Related story: iPad by Apple

Mar 09

“Alexander McQueen’s last collection” – The Guardian

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Dezeenwire: The Guardian presents a slideshow of the last collection by fashion designer Alexander McQueen, who committed suicide last month aged 40. The collection was presented posthumously by his studio at Paris fashion week – The Guardian.

Related story: Alexander McQueen 1969-2010

Mar 09

“Sears Tower architect dies aged 84″ – PA

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Dezeenwire: Bruce J Graham, the architect who designed America’s tallest building, Sears Tower in Chicago, has died at the age of 84 – Press Association

Mar 04

2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards category winners announced

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Dezeenwire: the Design Museum in London have announced the category winners for the 2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards. See press release below. (more…)

Mar 03

Design Museum announce shortlisted architects to renovate new premises – Architects Journal

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Dezeenwire: the Design Museum in London have selected seven studios for the shortlist to design their new home in a 1960’s RMJM-designed building in west London, including David Chipperfield, Caruso St John and John Pawson – Architects Journal