Dezeen is 15 years old today! Here are some of the messages we've received from readers around the world, including famous ones such as Norman Foster and Philippe Starck and not-so-famous ones.
Norman Foster
Dear Dezeen, a happy 15th birthday and in the spirit of Dezeen carrying on its excellent work into the future, I wish you many happy returns. This brings back very good memories of when I helped to judge your awards in 2020. With best wishes, Norman Foster.
Pedro Saturno
Dear Dezeen team, I am a 75-year-old architect who starts his day consulting the news about this beautiful profession that a 15-year-old teenager named Dezeen brings to my window. Congratulations!
Philippe Starck
Before, for some reason, we used to go out a lot. We were so proud to show our last hit clothes. We knew at this time the meaning of all our clothes. After, for other reasons we stayed inside, a lot, and actually we were not so proud of our home. Sadly our home was the reflection of us. We were lost. And then Dezeen enlightened us. Dezeen explores, selects and shows us the best, for so many reasons. Now we know where we are, why, and who we are, perhaps. Thank you Dezeen. Happy birthday Dezeen!
Kusalta Shrestha
I stumbled upon Dezeen as a second-year architectural student in Australia, back in 2007. Blogs were popping up left, right and centre and its discovery provided a wonderful respite in between scratching away errant lines on tracing paper ? a task that was fast persuading me that perhap...