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Are friends at RIBA Bookshops are giving away a another fantastic bundle of books on interiors and design. Including the much anticipated BIID Interior Designers Job Book

For a chance to win please answer the question below:

Which practice has reworked the interior of the Swiss Church in London’s Covent Garden, London?
Email your answer to dannielle.price@ribabookshops.com by September 15th 2010. A winner will be drawn at random

Books in the prize draw are

The BIID Interior Design Job Book
Stephen Yakeley and Diana Yakeley

The BIID Interior Design Job Book is the first book to set out the professional standard for running an interior design project. Suitable for all interior designers – whether working alone or as part of a design team, and on projects of all sizes – it provides guidance for every stage of a job, from appraisal of the client’s requirements through to practical completion and payment.

Set out as a step-by-step process which dovetails with the standard procedures used by architects and contractors, it is full of practical advice and includes model letters and specimen forms which can be quickly adapted to any job in question. It also contains guidance to the legal background, a clause-by-clause explanation of the standard form of client contract, as well as an introduction to space planning. Fully endorsed by the British Institute of Interior Design, the Job Book will bring a professional rigour to the way projects run and is vital for achieving a professional edge in a competitive field.
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To mark the 2010 100% Design show in London, Shapeways has teamed up with Despoke to celebrate Contemporary Design through 3D Printing.

Finalists in The 2010 Shapeways Despoke 100% Design Contest will get their design 3D printed by Shapeways and exposure on the Despoke & 100% Design London websites and the winner will receive 3D Printing coupons to the value of $100

To enter, simply upload your design to Shapeways and add the tag 100% to it. You can submit designs to the contest until Wednesday the 1st of September 12:00 CET. The finalists will be chosen by the Despoke Team and their model will 3D be printed and documented to be posted on the Despoke & 100% Design London websites.
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Image:Luke Hayes
Our friends over at The Design Museum have given us 5 pairs of tickets to Urban Africa.

Urban Africa – David Adjaye’s photographic journey Until 5 September
One of the leading architects of his generation, David Adjaye has stepped out of his regular line of work to photograph and document key cities in Africa as part of an ongoing project to study new patterns of urbanism. Often regarded as a continent defined by underdevelopment, poverty, war and tourism, through this exhibition Adjaye presents Africa in a different light, examining the buildings and places which have a special resonance with his preoccupations as an architect. This detailed survey reveals a unique snapshot of urban Africa today, documenting the nature of city life in a developing continent: a unique geo-cultural survey profiling the African city in a global context.
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Image:Trees, by John Walsh Winner Triflow Future Talents 2009
Launched in 2009, Triflow Future Talents is a competition which aims to encourage young designers to design a new kitchen or bathroom product.

As manufacturer of the first three way tap which delivers hot, cold and purified water through a dedicated tube in the same spout, we value innovative engineering design. The Triflow Future Talents competition is an opportunity to build upon our own expertise and support emerging design talent.
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Despoke friend LAZERIAN are making their Dog/Mascot Gerald work hard over the summer he’s going to be busy in the coming months! Various artists and illustrators are going to be redesigning him!! Then there will be a Gerald exhibition of all the illustrated dogs which will tour galleries and venues around the world. The illustrated Geralds will be produced in limited numbers and be available to buy from selected outlets. To celebrate the tour, Lazerian are going to be giving away a DIY Gerald every Friday until September 2010.
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Dimitry Ukraintsev Senior Interior Designer has won the RIBA Books competition he correctly identified the Russian jeweller as Faberge.
We had over 700 entries and would like to thank everyone for entering
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COLLECT 2010, the leading international art fair for contemporary objects, will return to the Saatchi Gallery on London’s Kings Road from 14 – 17 May 2010. Now in its seventh year, COLLECT has established itself as the event to view and buy the best in contemporary craft.
To Celebrate this COLLECT has got together with Despoke to offer ten of our viewers the chance to win a pair of Tickets to the show, all you have to do is answer this simple question;

Where will COLLECT 2010 be held this year ?

For a chance of winning a pair of tickets just email mark@fademail.com putting COLLECT 2010 in the subject header. Tickets will be allocated on a first come basis.
Website:www.craftscouncil.org.uk/collect/

We have been given 10 tickets for the PICK ME UP show at Somerset house starting on Friday the 23rd April and Continuing until Monday May 3rd -

For a chance of winning a ticket or pair of tickets just email mark@fademail.com putting PICKMEUP in the subject header.Tickets will be allocated on a first come basis. Please state if you want 1 or 2 tickets.
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