09Mar2010

2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards: Category Winners
Fashion Design, Furniture, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Multimedia, Product Design

Monterrey Housing by Elemental; Plato’s Atlantis by Alexander McQueen

Monterrey Housing by Elemental; Plato’s Atlantis by Alexander McQueen


Last Friday saw the category winners of the Brit Insurance Design Awards 2010 announced. Covering architecture, fashion, furniture, graphics, interactive, product and transport. The overall winner will be revealed at the Award’s ceremony on March 16 2010.

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08Mar2010

‘til you drop: shopping: a Melbourne history
Fashion Design, Interior Design

Collins Street shoppers 1965; Chadstone Shopping Centre 1960

Collins Street shoppers 1965; Chadstone Shopping Centre 1960

“Shopping is a popular pursuit for many Melburnians, and the metropolis is defined by its markets, arcades, shopping strips and flagship stores…This exhibition at the city’s Keith Murdoch Gallery explores Melbourne’s long fascination with buying and selling, from early settlement to the present day” explains ‘til you drop exhibition curator, Jane Rhodes.

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05Mar2010

Greenhouse at Stockholm Furniture Fair
Furniture, Industrial Design, Product Design, Textiles

Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design; Greenhouse 2010

Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design; Greenhouse 2010

Greenhouse is Stockholm Furniture Fair’s area for independent designers and design schools. Design schools participating this year included Stockholm’s Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design and Beckmans College of Design through to northern European colleges outside of Sweden, such as Art Future Design School from Saint Petersburg and Tartu Art College (TAC) in Estonia.

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03Mar2010

Homework: Modern Polish Poster Design, Kemistry Gallery
Graphic Design

Wychowanie Panien 2007; Na Szczytach 2006; Casablanca 2009, Homework

Wychowanie Panien 2007; Na Szczytach 2006; Casablanca 2009, Homework


Polish studio Homework have its first exhibition in the UK at London’s Kemistry Gallery. Warsaw-based studio Homework launched in 2003 and is known for its posters for cultural events. Made up of Joanna Górska and Jerzy Skakun, the duo have win prizes at poster biennials across the world as well as gallery exhibitions.

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01Mar2010

[d3] Contest winners at imm cologne
Furniture, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Product Design, Textiles

Etirement, Rémi Bouhaniche

Etirement, Rémi Bouhaniche


The 2010 [d3] Contest saw 30 products from 33 young designers from 12 countries on show in a special exhibition at the imm fair in Cologne, Germany this January. The jury of interior experts chose three winners and three highly recommended. The three winners take away prize money of 2000€ each.

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