Dezeenmail #61

issue #61 28/10/10     Hello Dezeenmail subscribers! We're pleased to announce we've now launched Dezeen Watch Store online - scroll down for more details or visit the store here. Meanwhile this issue of Dezeenmail is packed with our pick of the best stories and comments from Dezeen, plus new competitions and an update from Dezeenjobs on the right as always.    Dezeen Watch Store   We’ve just launched our online watch store at www.dezeenwatchstore.com. The store specialises in watches by named designers and boutique brands, and our collection will grow over the coming months. Click here to visit the store! "Lucky children!"   Kicking off with our most popular story this issue, readers are jealous of the pupils at this academy built over a running track in south London by Zaha Hadid. Read the story and comments » "Revolting"   Readers weren't too impressed with the first results from Austin Houldsworth's fossilisation machine, but Jeff was encouraging: "Don't worry, you'll fossilize a human one day!" Read the story and comments » "Gravity is a great designer"   Lots of praise for these chains suspended under the missing dome of a Belgian church by Gijs Van Vaerenbergh. "Pure elegance" says the flickrfade. Read the story and comments » "How many angular barns can humanity build?"   Lots of compliments for this research centre on a Portuguese island by Aires Mateus Architects, but nobody really understands what it's for. Read the story and comments » "The last thing the world needs"   Initial excitement gives way to disappointment over this transparent phone by Tokujin Yoshioka. Read the story and comments » "An opportunity was missed"   There's no doubt New York studio Nemaworkshop grabbed your attention with this coffeeshop designed to resemble a library turned on its side, but most readers agree it would have been better with real books.  Read the story and comments » "Just enjoy it for god's sake!"   Once again the 15 metre cantilever of MVRDV's Balancing Barn in the English countryside is hotly debated. Read the story and comments » "What living under water would look like"   Readers are hung up on the complications of cleaning all the aluminium fins inside Davidclovers' latest house in Hong Kong. Read the story and comments » "Contemporary architecture at its best"   Is BIG's completed figure-of-eight residential development in Copenhagen all that their slick presentations promised? Read the story and comments » "I would choose not burning my house down"   Readers are perhaps not as conflicted as designer Nelly Ben Hayoun hoped when it comes to how they'd handle a volcano in their living room. Read the story and comments » "Wonderfully done"   More enthusiasm for this pleated facade on a Seoul clothing store by Universal Design Studio. Read the story and comments » Bye for now!   Love Marcus, Rupinder, Rose, Brad, Ian and our lovely intern Laura. Contact us | Twitter | Facebook | Dezeenfeed | Dezeenfeed via daily email See the last issue of Dezeenmail See our privacy policy Advertise on Dezeen Dezeen Limited 32 Indigo Mews Carysfort Road London N16 9AE UK Office tel +44 20 7503 7319   Please contact us by email if possible and only send things by post if absolutely essential. See our guidelines for submitting a story »     Dezeenjobs: latest jobs   Click on individual jobs below for more info or visit dezeenjobs.com to browse all jobs. Are you recruiting? Dezeenjobs is "the best jobs section in town", according to Wallpaper*. Read what some of our advertisers say. It costs just £100 per month to advertise on Dezeenjobs. Post a job advert. Interior designer at MAD Dezeenjobs: MAD architects of Beijing require an intermediate interior designer: More » Parametric designer/modeller at MAD Dezeenjobs: Beijing architects MAD seek a parametric designer/modeller: More » Henning Larsen Architects seek interns Dezeenjobs: Henning Larsen Architects have internship opportunities in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: More » Architectural designer at 4M Group Dezeenjobs: 4M Group architects are looking for an architectural designer to join their studio in London: More »

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