Майкл жив! On June 25, 2009 at 2:26 p.m. PDT Michael Jackson died aged 50 of heart failure in Los Angeles. The world over, fans were distraught when hearing the news of the death of the "King of Pop".

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The Gaga One "Pokerface" is the title of Lady Gaga's latest single. The accompanying music video also gives enthusiasts of good design something to look out for.

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Much Ado About Nothing Design Miami Art Basel does not even come close to living up to its promise. But in spite of this, or maybe even because of this, it has proved successful.

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Elsewhere, the same is a bit different This year, the DMY International Design Festival in Berlin brought itself and its visitors back down to earth. What emerged was an event with modest aims but which managed, in the end, to delight and inspire.

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Express the Zeitgeist A Questionnaire answered by Rolf Sachs.

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The second and third skin Even just a few decades ago the roles were clearly distributed: on the one side, the superficial and ephemeral world of fashion, and on the other the world of furniture design, which strives for timelessness and for durability. At this year's Salone in Milan, a surprising amount of cross-over between fashion and furniture was in evidence, as for instance. - How strong is the reciprocity between these two apparently so different disciplines today?

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Art Basel – A Visitor's Impressions On June 11 Art Basel opened its doors for the 40th time to what is still the hottest art show - the mother of all art fairs. But how will the crisis affect Basle? And how will the fair respond to the crisis?

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Mushrooms for the salon of the bourgeoisie
In memory of Pierre Paulin He created seating buds, mushrooms for the home and incomparable interiors. Pierre Paulin's upbeat creations have had a significant influence on design history. They are as alive as ever today. The visionary French interior designer died at the age of 81 last Saturday.

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Milan cosmos The current Stylepark Magazine for Product Culture is entitled "Sense & Sensibility" and focuses directly on this year's Milan Furniture Fair. It will be on sale from June 22 in selected magazine outlets.

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Found object: Mother’s lap is forty years old! Soft curves and gentle cambers are their distinctive feature. The Up series designed in 1968 by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia has been revamped to celebrate its anniversary.

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Formations in the Sky Meeting in Copenhagen: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have come to Øresund to put the finishing touches to the first Kvadrat showrooms in Denmark shortly before they are opened. Sandra Hofmeister met them there and spoke with Erwan Bouroullec.

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These people have never disappointed me A Questionnaire answered by Johanna Grawunder.

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To be creative means to enjoy Artists and designers, cultural ambassadors and dreamers: Vitra Design Museum presents the refreshingly diverse oeuvre of Brazilians Fernando and Humberto Campana.

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Floors that mean the world The Danish Dinesen company produces what are probably the world's most extraordinary wooden floors. Recent examples of Dinesen floors can been seen at the Saatchi Gallery in London, at the newly opened Museum Brandhorst in Munich and the ‘Table' restaurant in the Schirn art gallery in Frankfurt.

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Bambú brasileiro or the future of a material Brazil is the land of tropical forests. Very few actually know that bamboo also grows here in abundance. The more radical the changes in current policies of exploiting the rainforest, the better the chances that bamboo, a versatile material boasting a multitude of different applications, will soon be attributed a far more prominent role - in architecture as well as in design and automotive engineering.

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They love art ... A Questionnaire answered by Nynke Tynagel and Job Smeets.

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Classifying is not everything Don't let anyone tell you there is no point investigating UFOs. On the contrary. The exhibition "U.F.O - Grenzgänge zwischen Design und Kunst" (U.F.O. - Design and Art) has opened in the NRW Forum in Düsseldorf.

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Rigid, impact resistant and highly transparent The Metocene Material Edition, which Stylepark has developed in conjunction with the chemical company LyondellBasell, illustrates, with a variety of examples and products, the diversity of visual possibilities that this plastic offers.

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