Dezeen - design magazine

issue #105 13/06/12

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Hello Dezeen readers!

If you're in London tonight come along to Hackney House where Dezeen Music Project will be on the decks for the launch of PearsonLloyd's latest furniture collection for Bene from 6.30pm. More details here.

Meanwhile our summer sale continues on Dezeen Watch Store where you can get 20% off selected watches by named designers and boutique brands. 

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Animal: The Other Side of Evolution by Ana Rajcevic

Some people think Ana Rajcevic's headpieces with horns, tusks and spines might be a bit dangerous. Read the story and comments »

UK Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010

The series of interviews we filmed with Thomas Heatherwick at the opening of his exhibition at the V&A continues with one focusing on the hairy pavilion he designed for the Shanghai Expo 2010 and another on his studio's tradition of sending out home-made Christmas cards.  Watch the movies »

Olympic Shooting Venue by Magma Architecture

We thought the spots covering the Olympic Shooting Venue looked like the suckers on an octopus' tentacles but our readers have other ideas. Read the story and comments »

Spanish architecture

Our feature on amazing Spanish architecture amid the country's economic woes has proved rather controversial. Read the story and comments »

Khan Project Office by Khan Project

Most of our readers don't think they could work at their best in the laboratory-like office that Khan Project designed for themselves. Read the story and comments »

Shenu: Hydrolemic System by Takram

Readers aren't keen on a future with implants to conserve water in the human body and wish Takram had just designed a water bottle like they were asked to. Read the story and comments »

Climbing walls, slides, ladders and skateboards

We've rounded up projects with more unconventional ways of getting from room to room in this special slideshow feature. Watch the slideshow »

Signature Center by Frank Gehry

This theatre by Frank Gehry in New York is our most-commented story this issue. Read the story and comments »

Dezeen Music Project

It's been a watery week on the Dezeen Music Project blog with a hazy house track called By the Pool and another entitled Theme of the Colossal Squid. Listen to all the tracks »

Block H by Kohn Pedersen Fox

Readers are getting tired of the "3ds Max battleground" of Seoul's new business district full of skyscrapers and even KPF's 385 metre tower with a swimming pool sticking out the side fails to impress. Read the story and comments »

New to Dezeen Watch Store this week is this silicone version of the Vigorelli timepiece, designed by Matteo Ragni for Lorenz and inspired by the Vigorelli Velodrome in Milan. Go to Dezeen Watch Store »

Microsoft Headquarters in Vienna by Innocad

Microsoft are the latest tech firm to jazz up their office with a bit of playground equipment but the design just doesn't cut it with Dezeen readers. Read the story and comments »

Courtyards

Warmer weather is beckoning us outdoors so our latest Pinterest board features all the best courtyards from the pages of Dezeen. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest »

Mountain Lodge on Sognefjorden by Haptic

Our most popular story this issue is a Norwegian hunting lodge and hotel by Haptic with a cinema, swimming pool and spa hidden in the rock beneath a cluster of huts. Read the story and comments »

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Małgosia Błauciak from Poland, Alessandro Muzzi from Italy, Lily Dowse from the UK, Yuefeng Yu from Germany and Chris Cormier from Canada all won a copy of Narrative Architecture by Nigel Coates.

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Dezeen Wire is our newswire service, with breaking news and currated links to the best design-related content on the web.

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