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issue #74 25/05/11

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Hello Dezeen readers!

If you're in London this week come and visit our latest Dezeen Watch Store pop-up at Clerkenwell Design Week - more details below. 

Back at Dezeen HQ we're pleased to welcome three new staff members, with Amy joining our editorial team, Hayley taking over e-commerce and Wai on our sales team. 

Meanwhile on Dezeen Screen our series of movies filmed at Ventura Lambrate in Milan last month continues with more interviews and exhibition tours. 

Scroll on for all the latest stories and comments from Dezeen, plus competitions and jobs on the right as usual. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for more updates and discussion. 

 

Kinder readers think MVRDV can do better than this Amsterdam office block decorated with the alphabet, but everyone's worried about the missing letters. Read the story and comments »

Our latest Dezeen Watch Store pop-up is now open at Clerkenwell Design Week in London from 10am to 9pm until tomorrow. More details »

Our series of movies filmed in Milan last month continues with the Royal College of Art‘s head of design products Tord Boontje talking about the exhibition of student work presented at Ventura Lambrate. Watch the movie »

Discussions about this cultural centre for Lisbon by Amanda Levete Architects centre on who will foot the bill. Read the story and comments »

There are more readers concerned about tripping up on the tiny marble steps of this church podium by Mathieu Lehanneur. Read the story and comments »

This movie filmed by Gwenael Lewis for Canadian lighting company Bocci and shows the glass-blowing process for the 28 Series chandelier designed by Omer Arbel. Watch the movie »

Readers are worried the wooden shelves lining Sou Fujimoto's library inside and out will remain empty and collect dust. Read the story and comments »

Meanwhile they think these children's dressers by Peter Bristol will enforce gender stereotypes. Read the story and comments »

This space ship by Ora-Ïto for car brand Citroën has sparked a lot of debate. Read the story and comments »

Some readers think this office coated in white paint by Dominic Wilcox while it awaits demolition is deeply philosophical, while others think it's a waste of paint. Read the story and comments »

Bye for now!

 

Love Marcus, Rupinder, Rose, Hayley, Amy and Wai plus thanks to Zahra, Emma and Alexandra for helping us out!

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Marta Nikolic in Serbia, Paulius Slivinskas in Lithuania, Jesus Gonzalez Baez in Mexico, David Cuthbert in Jamaica, Adeleh Nejati in Iran won copies of Twenty-First Century Design by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs.

Matt Kingstreet in CA, Verena Messner in Austria, Mazin Abdulkarim in Egypt, Luciano Morina in Italy, Jane Briggs in Glasgow won a copy of Utopia Forever.

Kerrin Go in Amesterdam, Nicholas Oldroyd in London, Daniel Istrate in Illinois, Joe Froggatt in West Yorkshire, Majid Dadgar in Ohio won copies of Taxing Art.

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