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Competition: five pairs of 01M OneMoment shoes to be won
Shigita House by Masato Sekiya
“The Power, or Folly, of a Product’s Name” - The New York Times
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama extension is “dazzling”- The Independent
Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond’s Olympic sculpture is “a grower”- The Guardian
Earl by llot llov
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Competition: five pairs of 01M OneMoment shoes to be won

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 04:57 AM PDT

Competition: we've teamed up with Figtree Factory Studios to give readers a chance to win one of five pairs of their 01M OneMoment 100% biodegradable shoes. (more…)

Shigita House by Masato Sekiya

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:36 PM PDT

Japanese architect Masato Sekiya has completed a house in Osaka with a sloping wall that looks like it's toppling over. (more…)

“The Power, or Folly, of a Product’s Name” - The New York Times

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:40 PM PDT

Dezeen Wire: in her latest article for The New York Times design critic Alice Rawsthorn strikes a blow against the current trend for naming products with confusing, forgettable or misleading monikers. (more…)

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama extension is “dazzling”- The Independent

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:00 PM PDT

Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Jay Merrick has praised the £22 million extension of Cardiff’s Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama by BFLS Architects, explaining that the spaces perform functionally as well as succeeding in “generating an atmosphere that can only be described as happening.” (more…)

Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond’s Olympic sculpture is “a grower”- The Guardian

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 11:40 AM PDT

Dezeen Wire: The Guardian’s architecture critic Jonathan Glancey explains that the much-criticised ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture, designed by Anish Kapoor and structural engineer Cecil Balmond for next year’s Olympics in London, has been an easy target for jokes but that it demonstrates Britain’s manufacturing capabilities and says it “may even effect buildings of the future just as the Eiffel Tower and the Crystal Palace did” - The Guardian

Earl by llot llov

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 11:39 AM PDT

Qubique 2011: this light by German collective llot llov can be adjusted by hooking the shade onto one of a string of twenty turned wooden balls. (more…)