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Jonathan Ive explains the iPad on video
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.
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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
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.
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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
Dezeenwire: the Design Museum in London have announced the category winners for the 2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards. See press release below. More
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
Jonathan Glancey interviews architect IM Pei, who was recently awarded the Royal Gold Medal for architecture. More
Dezeenwire: architect Ole Scheeren is to leave Office for Metropolitan Architecture and establish his own studio - see press release below:
Dezeenwire: architect Alessandro Mendini returns as editor-in-chief of Domus magazine, 30 years after he first edited the Italian architecture and design title. He is to edit eleven issues, commencing with April 2010. See press release below. More
Dezeenwire: former Evening Standard architecture writer Rowan Moore has replaced Stephen Bayley as The Observer's architecture critic, starting off with a review of SANAA's Rolex Learning Centre in Lausanne - The Observer. See Dezeen's story about the building here.
Dezeenwire: Design Academy Eindhoven is collaborating with auction house Sotheby's to present its first exhibition of graduate work in the UK. More
Dezeenwire: Dutch designer Jurgen Bey has been appointed as director of the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. He is due to take up the post from 1 September 2010 - Sandberg Institute
Dezeenwire: a documentary film about the life and work of architect Norman Foster has premiered at the International Film Festival Berlin - see press release below. More
Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn reviews the newly-opened VitraHaus in Weil am Rhein, Germany, by architects Herzog & de Meuron - New York Times
Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn interviews Dutch designer Hella Jongerius about her use of colour and her work for design brand Vitra - New York Times
Dezeenwire: London firm Zaha Hadid Architects have seen a 69% decrease in profit from just over £5 million in 2008 to £1.6 million in the year to March 2009 - Building Design
Dezeenwire: fashion designer Alexander McQueen has been found dead at his home in London - BBC
Architect IM Pei will be awarded the Royal Gold Medal for architecture at a ceremony in London tonight. More
Dezeenwire: Danish studio Christensen & Co Architects have won a competition to design a new city hall for Lund in Sweden. See press release and images below. More
Dezeenwire: Hong Kong-based British designer Michael Young has been appointed Creative Director of 100% Design Shanghai/IHDD, which takes place at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre from 4-6 November this year. More details on this story. Read all our stories about Michael Young in our special category.
Dezeenwire: retailers SCP, social enterprise [re]design and designer Nick Fraser are among eleven winners of this year's Hidden Art Awards, announced at a ceremony in London yesterday. See press release below. More