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LDF12: V&A installations

Prism, Kouichi Okamoto




ARTS THREAD visited the special exhibitions at the V&A for this year’s London Design Festival and brings you the highlights.

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LDF12: Preview of V&A installations 2





Above: Musical Table, Kouichi Okamoto

Prior to the start of next week’s London Design Festival, ARTS THREAD takes a further look at what’s happening at the festival’s hub at the V&A. Don’t forget that ARTS THREAD will be hosting 3 events at the museum the first weekend, see here for more details.

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LDF12: Preview of V&A installations 1

Walk the Light, Cinimod Studio & Philips  / Journey of a Drop, Rolf Sachs




Prior to the start of next week’s London Design Festival, ARTS THREAD takes a first look at what’s happening at the festival’s hub at the V&A. Don’t forget that ARTS THREAD will be hosting 3 events at the museum the first weekend, see here for more details.

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Design 2012, Dreamspace Gallery

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Design 2012, a multi-disciplinary exhibition displaying the work of over a dozen designers from the UK and beyond opened at the Dreamspace Gallery last night.

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MBOISA Awards 2012

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The ten finalists for this year’s Design Indaba MBOISA (Most Beautiful Object in South Africa) award as chosen by a mixture of top design journalists and cultural commentators including Laureen Rossouw, editor of ELLE Decoration and Chris Roper, editor of the Mail & Guardian online will go on display at the Design Indaba Expo in the Cape Town International Convention Centre next month.

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Preview: Filmfest12, Design Indaba, Cape Town





Starting tomorrow until March 04, Filmfest12, part of Design Indaba, screens two design-related films per night at art-cinema Labia on Orange, Cape Town. ARTS THREAD picks out some highlights.

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Award Winners: Student Film Festival London

Beef, Oliver Duerr




Sunday night saw the culmination of Student Film Festival London with the Awards given out at London’s Apollo Cinema. We were there to celebrate all the winners and, in particular, the winner of the Animated Short Award, sponsored by ARTS THREAD and Prime Cuts.

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Preview: Student Film Festival London

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ARTS THREAD will be at Student Film Festival London next Friday 3 February to Sunday 05 at London College of Communication – drop by our stand to say hello! We are alongside our partners Prime Cuts with whom we will also be handing out an award – more on that later! In the meantime, we preview the festival and the work of up and coming international student filmmakers, set designers, animators and more – and highlight the key events that bring together industry experts and young creatives.

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Easing Out: RMIT Animation and Interactive Media Graduate Show

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ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) is a special place for anyone into film. Located in the heart of Melbourne, the centre aims to celebrate and showcase the moving image with an endless program of film screenings, exhibitions, festivals, workshops and many other special events. This month, ACMI was also the location for RMIT’s 2011 Animation and Interactive Media graduate show, Easing Out.

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Onedotzero, Adventures In Motion 2011: Extended Play





Extended Play was ARTS THREAD’s last taster of onedotzero’s Adventure in Motion festival, which ran for five days last week. The programme of nine films looked at the potential of visual narrative to create dramatic effect, pushing the boundaries of traditional storytelling.

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