Author: Olivia Mull

Serpentine Summer Houses put up for sale on The Modern House

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        The <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2016/06/07/summer-houses-serpentine-gallery-pavilion-2016-kunle-adeyemi-asif-khan-yona-friedman-barkow-leibinger/">four Summer Houses</a> built to accompany <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2016/06/07/bjarke-ingels-big-serpentine-gallery-pavilion-london-translucent-blocks-unzipped-wall/">BIG's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion</a> have been listed for sale through architecture-led estate agent <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/the-modern-house/">The Modern House</a>. <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2016/07/28/serpentine-gallery-pavilion-summer-houses-for-sale-modern-house-estate-agent/" class="more-link">(more…)</a>

Piet Hein Eek expands range of moulded ceramic lamps as part of 2016 collection

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        <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/events/2016/milan-design-week-2016"><strong>Milan 2016:</strong></a> Dutch designer <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/piet-hein-eek">Piet Hein Eek</a> has launched a range of new furniture and accessories, which includes a simple table lamp with a moulded ceramic shade (+ slideshow). <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2016/04/27/piet-hein-eek-expands-range-moulded-ceramic-lamps-furniture-accessories-milan-design-week/" class="more-link">(more…)</a>

ÉCAL students and Punkt update and simplify everyday electronic items

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        <strong><a href="http://www.dezeen.com/events/2016/milan-design-week-2016/">Milan 2016:</a></strong> product design students at Swiss university <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/ecal/">ÉCAL</a> have collaborated with technology brand <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/punkt/">Punkt</a> to make basic household electronics, such as a radio and a power plug, more intuitive (+ slideshow). <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2016/04/18/ecal-students-punkt-simplify-everyday-electronics-milan-design-week-2016/" class="more-link">(more…)</a>

Eero Aarnio’s iconic Ball Chair features in retrospective at Helsinki Design Museum

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        A retrospective of work by <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/finland/">Finnish</a> designer Eero Aarnio, a pioneer of high-quality <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/plastics/">plastic </a>furniture and creator of some of the most iconic chairs of the 1960s, has opened at the Helsinki Design Museum. Dezeen spoke to the exhibition's curator about how Aarnio broke with the "traditional Bauhaus Nordic functional style" (+ movie). <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2016/04/17/eero-aarnio-retrospective-helsinki-design-museum-curator-suvi-saloniemi-interview/" class="more-link">(more…)</a>

Scholten & Baijings recruits designers for new brand supporting Japan’s Arita potteries

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        <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/events/2016/milan-design-week-2016"><strong>Milan 2016:</strong></a> sixteen designers including <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/scholten-baijings/">Scholten & Baijings</a>, <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/stefan-diez/">Stefan Diez</a> and <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/Tomas-Alonso/">Tomas Alonso</a> have created tableware with craftsmen from Arita, Japan, for a new brand supporting the town's 400-year-old porcelain industry (+ slideshow). <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2016/04/15/2016-arita-japan-ceramics-pottery-brand-scholten-baijings-milan-design-week-2016/" class="more-link">(more…)</a>

Design brands must integrate tech into their furniture or disappear, says Greg Lynn

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        <strong><a href="http://www.dezeen.com/events/2016/milan-design-week-2016">Milan 2016:</a></strong> furniture brands are slow to embrace <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/technology-tag/">technology</a> and could go out of business as a result, according to American architect and designer <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/greg-lynn">Greg Lynn</a> (+ interview). <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2016/04/14/greg-lynn-interview-design-brands-technology-integrated-furniture-nike-chair-basketball-competitive-advantage/" class="more-link">(more…)</a>

Hay and Sebastian Wrong debut Wrong London lighting collection

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        <strong><a href="http://www.dezeen.com/events/2016/milan-design-week-2016/">Milan 2016:</a></strong> British designer <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/sebastian-wrong/">Sebastian Wrong</a>'s new lighting brand has launched with a collection that includes a task light by Pierre Charpin and a range of lamps with interchangeable patterned shades (+ slideshow). <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2016/04/13/hay-sebastian-wrong-london-debut-lighting-collection-milan-design-week-2016/" class="more-link">(more…)</a>