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On magic caps and slit pants
by Nina Reetzke
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All my socks are red, red, red
by Annette Tietenberg
Euro 60 million for a collection plus the cost of investing in a building: Why on earth is the Chinese city of Hangzhou buying an extensive Bauhaus collection and building a special museum to house it in on the Design Campus?
News & Stories | International Motor Show 2011
Wheels before feet
by Egon Chemaitis
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Why they use two hands to hold a glass …
by Egon Chemaitis
Although people in Europe do know that bamboo can be used in many different ways, hardly anybody really knows very much about its characteristics. The situation is very different in Anji, China, where there is hardly any aspect of living where life is not hard to imagine without Bamboo.
BODW Business of Design Week in Hong Kong has emerged as the leading design event in the entire region. This year, the Guest of Honor was Germany, which chose key themes. Renowned German manufacturers presented their products and ideas in the Asian business metropolis. Among the numerous, internationally reputed speakers was Bjarke Ingels, who gave a convincing talk on "Hedonistic Sustainability".
The name Dashilar stands for an exciting district of Beijing. Several of the Beijing Design Week events tempted visitors into seeing both once magnificent buildings and former Maoist factories. Alongside exhibitions such as Arik Chen's "Silent Heroes", there's also a longer-term modernization project underway here. The plans by Liang Jingyu and his colleagues could turn out to be trailblazing in the battle against gentrification.
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Beijing Landing
by Claudia Beckmann
