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Shard, Olympic Cauldron, and a non-stick ketchup bottle: Design Museum 2013 designs of the year
The Design Museum announces the contenders for the sixth annual Designs of the Year. They include the best designs from around the world in the last 12 months across seven cate- gories: Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Product and Transport. Selected by a panel of dis- tinguished nominators, the awards compile the most original and exciting designs, prototypes and designers in the world today – brought together in a Design Museum exhibition from 20 March – 7 July 2013. Consisting of over 90 nominations,
this year’s contest include the cele- brated Olympic Cauldron by Heatherwick
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Europe’s tallest building – The Shard designed by Renzo Piano; the bou- tique boatshaped hotel room – A Room for London by David Kohn Architects; The Louis Vuitton collec- tion by Yayoi Kusama; and the award- winning Exhibition Road by Dixon Jones, which integrates vehicle and foot traffic with its rejection of bound- aries between pavement and road. Microsoft’s Windows phone 8 has claimed the only mobile phone nomi- nation. The Digital category also includes the latest
gov.uk website. Zaha Hadid earns two nominations
this year for the Galaxy Soho building in Beijing and the Liquid Glacial Table, which resembles running water. Forty years after his death, architect Louis Kahn has won a nomination for
COMMENT Planned eating and drinking in 2012
There were nearly 6,500 planning appli- cations to build or significantly refurbish bars, cafes and restaurants (BCRs) during 2012. An estimated 3,100 new BCRs were submitted for planning approval – either as a sole build, conver- sion or as part of a larger planned con- struction project. The highest number
of BCR planning applications were in the South East of England, closely fol- lowed by London. Paul Graham is managing director of
Planning Pipe – a live search engine and alerting service to all new UK planning applications.
www.planningpipe.co.uk
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New York’s Four Freedoms Park which was finally completed at the end of 2012. The successful Barbican instal- lation Rain Room by Random International, which produced queues of over three hours has received a nomination, and the venue’s Bauhaus exhibition is recognised for its graph- ics by APFEL. Some of the most remarkable pro-
totypes to emerge in the last year include a non-stick ketchup bottle invented by the Varanasi Research Group at MIT, which uses a special edible solution sprayed on the inside of the bottle; a prototype pair of self- adjustable glasses for children with no access to opticians by The Centre for Vision in the Developing World in Oxford; and a wheelchair that folds completely flat with its revolutionary collapsing wheels technology by Vitamins Design. Key advances in technology are also
recognised in the nominations such as the 3D printer and an apparatus coined Magic Arms, which has helped a girl suffering with arthrogryposis to regain mobility. The exhibition featuring all the
nominations will open 20 March with the winners from each category and one overall winner to be announced in April. Last year the prestigious award was won by design studio BarberOsgerby for the London 2012 Olympic Torch.
The Shard - Renzo Piano
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A Room for London - David Kohn Architects © Charles Hosea
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The BBA has been accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to provide certifica- tion to MCS012, which outlines the requirements for pitched roof instal- lation kits. The document addresses three aspects of performance: resist- ance to wind loading, reaction to fire and resistance to water penetration. From 16 September 2013 it will be mandatory for all pitched roof instal- lation kits to be approved to MCS012 by an accredited Certification Body such as the BBA. BBA Test Services has invested in a test rig specifically designed to perform the weathertight- ness and resistance to wind uplift tests so interested parties are advised to contact BBA as soon as possible to beat the deadline.
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