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Thursday’s news: Boris Johnson’s new home, Google lighting installation and Chatsworth sculptures 20 August, 2009

Posted by Annie Deakin in Annie's blog, Daily news.
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Nothing gets our heart rate pumping more than a juicy bit of design gossip. Every morning, the mydeco design squirrels trawl through the newspapers, BBC News, design blogs and trade magazines to make sure we know exactly what’s going on in the real world. Here’s a snippet of what we found this morning –

The Telegraph: New shelving range by Content by Conran available from Aria
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Image credit: The Telegraph

Daily Mail: Property trend – Costa del Sol properties get a grand redesign

Daily Mail: Upwardly mobile – Permanent homes or holiday treats – caravans as chic investment

The Times: Nicola Taylor: the artist who paints high above Tower Bridge

The Telegraph: Outdoor kitchens – the next ‘in’ thing
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Image credit: The Telegraph

The Telegraph: Eco home sweet home of the future?

Evening Standard: Ice cream parlours spring up in London

Mocoloco: Trend – The Good Afternoon clock by Japan’s Mile Project

Evening Standard: Mayor Boris Johnson buys £2.3 million town house in Islington

Real Estalker Blogspot: Björk sells up in New York to move to Brooklyn

Design Sponge: Trend: Potted topiary

Design Week: New designer winners Lizzie Mary Cullen and Matthew Kavan Brooks to redesign restaurant chain Zizzi.

BBC News: Chinese lanterns damage crops and farmland

Dexigner: The planned Dundee £42.5 million outpost of the V & A Museum to create Scotland’s largest museum of contemporary design

Hunter Douglas: Funky lighting installations at Google headquarters

Design Week: Thorntons to roll out new products and packaging

The Times: Danish fashion designer Bjorn Bruun decamps to Ibiza holiday home

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Image credit: BBC News
BBC News: Contemporary sculpture exhibition returns to Chatsworth house

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