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One of the best design blogs around, FormFiftyFive, recently had a fantastic make over. Very much in keeping with other recently updated blogs, the site is kept simple and now has a focus on larger posts. Overall the site now feels like a real throne for the beautiful work it features.

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To scale

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Kengo Kuma

Kanayama Community Centre & Museum by Kengo Kuma

I'm not completely sure I like this building however the facade has an intriguing quality to it that reminds me of textile patterns, such as those from Nya Nordiska

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The A, B, C's of Architecture

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Via - architechnophilia

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By Craig Ward.

Popular Lies About Graphic Design

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MB Joule by Moving Brands.

"The MB Joule is a papercraft electronic ornament that combines design, digital manufacturing, code, and hand assembly."

"The physical joules were constructed from laser-cut card, screen-printed conductive ink, batteries, and tiny LEDs. When a joule is folded into its 3-dimensional shape, its electric circuit is completed, and the LEDs light up, forming a glowing holiday ornament."

Design your own at Moving Brands site.

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Some examples of 1:1000 aerial images taken depicting highly master planned cityscapes.

Brasilia (Top)   Belo Horizonte (Left)   Washington, DC (Right)

To see further examples along with more information on each place - CLICK HERE

Images courtesy of www.wired.com

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A man who is and will be an inspiration for generations of young architects, for years to come and a truly prolific and influential architect who helped shape the path of Brazil's future.

My most loved architect, a man who followed the western corbusian principles of design but added his own sense of South American flair and excitement that showed me personally there is scope for expressionism and originality in an art-form that is often overshadowed by bland stuffed shirt design. 

Words do not do justice in depicting his worth in history so please find your nearest copy of 'Curves of Irreverence' and wonder in the images inside, they will show you everything you need to know.

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With the take over of ING by Capital One, the new parent company have decided to rebrand ING as Capital One 360 and remove their famous lion logo. One of the consequences of this move (other than the new logo looking horrible) is that it will surely mean the end of these great TV ads. Really great little adverts with beautiful puppets. Shame!

The making of video of the 'fable' adverts is also worth a watch if you've got the time.

Adverts by BMB.

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Horrorgami by Paper Dandy. Featured above is the building from 'The Shining' made in the kirigami method, with others including The Amityville Horror, The Exorcist and The Addams Family constructed with another eight more in the series to come.

Via Quipsologies

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Special Halloween edition of Tate & Lyle's Black Treacle, by DesignBridge.

Via The Dieline

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Soon

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Marshall Headphones - Major Limited Edition Pitch Black

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Rain Room by rAndom International currently on display at The Barbican.

"Rain Room is a hundred square metre field of falling water through which it is possible to walk, trusting that a path can be navigated, without being drenched in the process."

Via The Guardian 

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anyone who has shared a studio with me will know I love to produce most of my work on the back of napkins instead of in my sketchbook.

After finding the results for the Architectural Record's Napkin Sketch 2012 I am gutted I missed the submission, never mind next year maybe.

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Contemporary landscapes of Britain by Ian Mitchell

Here are just a selected few showing some scenes and famous bridges of the north east.

A selection of his Tyneside prints are on display at the Biscuit Factory Art Gallery in Newcastle.

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ICON AWARDS 2012

(Icon awards trophy 2012 pictured above)

Not long left to vote for the best british architecture or design of 2012, 

the nominations are:

Zaha Hadid

David Chipperfield

BarberOsgerby

Rem Koolhaas

Yves Behar

Patricia Urquiola

Thomas Heatherwick

Renzo Piano 

Herzog & De Meuron

Michael Hopkins

VOTE HERE

There's not long left to vote with the results being announced in Icon's

January edition, on sale 7th December.

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