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Bill Moggridge, inventor of the first laptop computer, IDEO co-founder and director of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, died on September 8.

On June 25, Royal Architecture Institute of Canada announced the new award in architecture, named for its benefactor, Toronto architect Raymond Moriyama.

Legendary talent scout Giulio Cappellini, who heads up the iconic Italian furniture brand that bears his name, talks to Azure about the Haworth Collection – a distribution partnership between the North American office furniture giant and Poltrona Frau Group – as well as what constitutes innovative design in 2012 and how young design gets his attention.

At Frankfurt’s Light + Building, Azure chats with the founder of Chicago design studio Minimal, about his latest fixture, Sisifo, for Artemide.

Jeff Goodman, a Vancouver-born and Toronto-based glass artist who created exceptional architectural installations for a number of local and international projects, died on March 22.

The Milan architect and designer discusses what it takes to be a good client, and the importance of steering clear of marketing departments.

On Friday, Azure-sponsored Trade Talks at the Interior Design Show present Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, the quirky Parisian designer Matali Crasset and Italy’s industrial design golden boy, Fabio Novembre.

While in Vancouver for the 2011 Interior Design Show West, Ross Lovegrove chatted with Azure at the Inform showroom about his philosophy, products for Tag Heuer and VitrA, and his not-so-secret design desire.

How do great designs set major trends? On Thursday, January 26, Conversations in Design hosts 12 tastemakers – including Piero Lissoni and Karim Rashid – who will discuss what they look for when they design, manufacture or commission contemporary furnishings and interiors that end up exploding on the world stage.

A Q&A with the young Miami architect behind such jaw-dropping designs as Miami’s COR Tower and Desert Lodges, a resort carved into the hills of Wadi Rum, in Jordan.