Zsófia Neuzer / Erzsébet Lehoczki/ Márton Varga

BA graduates from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design’s (MOME) Ceramics, Glass and Metal design departments exhibit their best designs at the Klauzál13 Contemporary Art Gallery, Budapest. ARTS THREAD picks out a few of the best pieces from the show.

Sophie Woodrow

Ceramic highlights at Origin this year ranged from uncanny realism to shameless fantasy.

Aki Choklat, Felt Shoes

This year the London Design Festival is host to ‘Unwrapped: Contemporary Finnish Design and Photography Exhibition’ at London’s Rag Factory. Designer and photographer Jani Kaila has selected 19 leading Finnish designers from a variety of fields, ranging from industrial design, furniture, lighting to even shoes, to bring a cutting edge showcase to the UK.

Obsessions Privées, Maison&Objet; InCréation wallpaper

ARTS THREAD’s favourite trend area at Maison&Objet this September is Obsessions Privées designed by the Elizabeth Leriche agency. Subtitled as the ‘compulsive art of personalising the private space through objects of desire and pleasure’ the cavern of rooms held a treasure trove of beautifully-arranged collections.

Adam Graddon, RCA

ARTS THREAD was given a taste of things to come at the Ceramics & Glass work-in-progress exhibition at the Royal College of Art, London earlier this year. The exhibition promised some outstanding work and when we popped along to the 2011 degree show, we weren’t disappointed!

Lucinda Ireland, Nottingham Trent University - Hallmark Award

The second week of New Designers 2011 award winners include Lucinda Ireland from Nottingham Trent University who has won the Hallmark Award this year for her innovative typography designs.

Sara Fell, Plymouth College of Art

ARTS THREAD takes a look at the highlights from ceramics and glass at New Designers.

Nancy Thomson, Central St Martins - Worshipful Company of Weavers

Nancy Thompson was the winner of the Worshipful Company of Weavers Associate prize for her bright and bold menswear pieces. Nancy’s work was made up into clashing bright pinks, reds and yellows for waistcoats woven in woollen fibres. The scarves included a great deal of challenging technical work that created the different patterns of shells, lobsters and mermaids.

Anna Glasbrook, Enclosed spaces/Chelsea Flower Show Commission/Seaweed Tubes

New Designers is proud to present One Year On, an exhibition celebrating the entrepreneurial successes of 50 up-and-coming designers one year after leaving education. Now in its 12th year running, the event will feature designers specialising in a wide range of disciplines from ceramics to jewellery and glass. ARTS THREAD has selected six of the exhibiting designers to look out for!

Joseph Walsh, Collect

Collect, the international art fair for contemporary objects, was held at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea this May. Some of the best international applied artists in modern jewellery, furniture, ceramics, glass, silver and textiles were all on show. This, the second of two posts, continues ARTS THREAD’s highlights.