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Chair fit for a prince
A competition run by The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers to design a high chair for Prince George has been won by Katie Walker. Her entry was one of five shortlisted, along with those from other eminent Bespoke Guild Mark holders Matthew Burt, David Colwell, Jake Phipps, and James Ryan.
Erik Spiekermann on the possible perils of life online
It may be smart to set the temperature of your house remotely and food shop online, but with the security services looking at everything we do, turning on heat and lights at odd hours, ordering some sort of foods, or reading stuff in foreign languages may finish up with you being accused of being a terrorist... Erik Spiekermann set up MetaDesign and FontShop, and is a teacher, author, designer and partner at Edenspiekermann
Werner Sobek talks to Blueprint
The architect, structural engineer and president of the Stuttgart Institute of Sustainability talks about whether high-tech and sustainability are compatible
Artist Jee Young Lee creates surreal dream worlds in her studio
Work by South Korean artist, on show at the OPIOM gallery in France, sees haunting recreations of the beautiful, surreal and downright terrifying landscapes of the human subconscious
Auction of drawings by artists and architects raises £90,000 for charity
Drawings of famous sites including Brick Lane and the Gherkin sold at auction organised by built environment charity Article 25
Museum’s new extension opens under new name
The new extension to Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, designed by Berman Guedes Stretton, has officially opened this month under its new name, The Wilson Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum. The practice won the RIBA national competition for the extension in 2008.
'Urban activist' Trenton Oldfield wins deportation appeal
Founder of This Is Not A Gateway, who was arrested and jailed for disrupting the Oxford v Cambridge boat race wins right to stay in UK
Michelle Cornwell wins our poster of Preston Bus Station
Preston resident wins poster of brutalist building designed by BDP and recently saved from demolition by being given Grade II listed status by English Heritage
Book review: Adhocism - The Case for Improvisation
By Charles Jencks and Nathan Silver; Published by MIT Press, £17.95; Review by Thomas Wensing
Interview: LEGO builder Duncan Titmarsh
Emily Martin talks to LEGO Certified Professional Duncan Titmarsh, who takes his fun job of building models out of the plastic bricks very seriously, and so does business, which is keeping his company Bright Bricks very busy indeed
