Tent Digital; Michael Eden, Lab Craft
September 23-26 sees Tent: London take over the Truman Brewery for its multi-faceted design show. ARTS THREAD previews the event and picks out some of the talents to visit.
Tent London: Preview
New Designers – Contemporary Applied Arts highlights
Bethany Walker, De Montfort University
As the boundaries between different aspects of contemporary applied arts are being increasing blurred, we look at the graduates at New Designers who work across ceramic, wood, metal, glass and a variety of natural and synthetic media.
Noho Design District 2010 New York
Icosa pendant light, Rose Menuez; Satsuma light, Jonas Damon
Noho Design District launches its first design presentations alongside the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) and New York Design Week, running from May 15-18 2010.
Event organiser Sight Unseen has brought together design brands, local businesses and retailers, emerging and established designers to open pop-up stores, exhibitions, open studios and much more. ARTS THREAD looks at a few of the opportunities open to visitors.
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec at Galerie Kreo, Paris
Lianes; Roches, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
An exhibition of new works by designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec has opened at French design gallery Galerie Kreo in Paris. The show presents a collection of hanging lights, wall shelves resembling rocks and shell-like wall lamps.
Made in Berlin – Open Process, Milan Design Week 2010
Stitching Furniture, Studio Aisslinger
During Milan Design Week (April 14-19 2010), seven designers and creative labs from Berlin gathered for the exhibition Made in Berlin – Open Process. Coordinated by the contemporary design platform DMY Berlin in collaboration with Create Berlin, the exhibition revealed new prototypes and innovative concepts for future living spaces.
Konstfack from Stockholm at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Milan Design Week 2010
Amber chair, Jaeuk Jang
The Savage Mind is a show featuring seven students from Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design of Stockholm at Spazio Rossana Orlandi during Milan Design Week April 14-19 2010.
Ivar Björkman, president of Konstfack explains the idea behind the works of young talents in the show: “The age that we are living in stretches back to the origin of human beings, irrespective of whether we are modern or not. In his book The Savage Mind, French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss explains that there are no fundamental differences in how we think between primitive peoples in the Stone Ages and ourselves nowadays”.
Questions from Design Academy Eindhoven at Milan Design Week 2010
Tafelgenoten (Table Companions), Caroline Wilcke; Morning Glory, Wendy Legro
During Salone del Mobile (April 14-18 2010) Design Academy Eindhoven presents ‘Questions’. The exhibition will show the most recent work of graduate students from 2009 and is curated by Anne Mieke Eggenkamp, Chair Executive Board Design Academy Eindhoven and Ilse Crawford founding Head of Department for ‘Man and Well Being’. Crawford heads the renowned design company Studioilse, alongside her brand consultancy.
“What questions are we facing? What is the role of the designers today? What is the future role of a designer? What are we focusing on? Questions are the start of everything.” comments the academy on the show.
Trend Preview: Milan Design Week 2010
A Human Measure, Digna Kosse, Design Academy Eindhoven; Radiolarian Sofa by Lazerian studio, Designersblock
Milan, design capital of Italy is ready to celebrate its biggest annual design event Milan Design Week in April (12-19 April) alongside its well known Salone del Mobile, International Milan Furniture Fair. During this important week dedicated to design, many events and exhibitions will be held in different venues throughout the city. ARTS THREAD looks at some key trends emerging for this year’s fair.
The Sense of Fanciful, Nilufar Gallery, Milan
L’Arco della Pace, Martino Gamper, Italy 2009, veneer and plywood; Mirage, Rajiv Saini, India 2008, stainless steel
The Sense of Fanciful opens during Milan Design Week at the Nilufar Gallery in Milan, exploring the fanciful within contemporary design.
Student Lighting Designer Competition 2009 Award winners at interiors 2010
Air, Beth Jackson; Nuno, Faye Whitear
From an original 500 entries, 16 finalists recently displayed their working prototypes at this year’s interiors 2010 at the NEC, Birmingham. The competition, organised and sponsored by The Lighting Association is also sponsored by a number of established names in the industry including, OSRAM, ACID (Anti Copying In Design), Philips, Total Lighting Magazine, DAR Lighting Group and the Energy Saving Trust.
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