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Dezeen Screen: All Lovely Stuff at Interiors UK
Competition: five copies of Hands On 21st Century Dutch Design to be won
Mortaise by Yota Kakuda for Ligne Roset

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 08:54 AM PST

This week Richard Meier & Partners unveiled designs for a 34-storey tower in Mexico City, SOM won a competition to design a skyscraper for China with proposals that incorporate a 30-storey-high opening window and the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in Chicago released a report that revealed a record number of skyscrapers were completed in 2011.

Meanwhile Neri&Hu delighted readers with their latest house in Singapore and our most popular story showed visuals of a triangular house to be constructed on a rocky harbourside plot in Sweden. imm cologne is well underway in Germany and you can see all our stories about it here, including a lamp covered in aplaca hair, stools formed by magnets and a chest of drawers that’s very difficult to close.

David Chipperfield revealed the title for this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, Yves Behar launched a new brand of medical products and publishing and events company Media 10 bought trade show 100% Design from Reed Exhibitions.

Over on Dezeen Screen you can watch interviews with some of the designers we’re taking to Interiors UK, including Shan Valla, Johan Lidehäll of Bookman, David Ericsson of VOID and Carl Clerkin of All Lovely Stuff.

Dezeen Screen: All Lovely Stuff at Interiors UK

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 07:48 AM PST

Dezeen Screen: in this last movie in our series of interviews with designers who'll be part of Dezeen Watch Store and friends at trade show Interiors UK from Sunday, Carl Clerkin of All Lovely Stuff presents their charming and functional wooden products. Watch the movie »

Dezeen Watch Store and friends will be at stand G31 in the Design Village at Interiors UK, which takes place at the NEC Centre in Birmingham from 22-25 January featuring furniture, lighting, flooring, soft furnishings and accessories from over 600 exhibitors. Register to attend here.

Competition: five copies of Hands On 21st Century Dutch Design to be won

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 07:23 AM PST

Competition: we’ve teamed up with Dutch author Jeroen Junte to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of his new book, Hands On: 21st Century Dutch Design. (more…)

Mortaise by Yota Kakuda for Ligne Roset

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 05:53 AM PST

Cologne 2012: Japanese designer Yota Kakuda has created this collection of small wooden storage and display units for French brand Ligne Roset. (more…)