Archive for November, 2009

LAUNCH: MARUNI FURNITURE AT VIADUCT, CLERKENWELL

Monday, November 30th, 2009

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One of Japan’s most celebrated furniture manufacturers, Maruni, is now available for the first time in the UK exclusively through Viaduct, in London’s Clerkenwell.

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WEBSITE: JACQUELINE RABUN

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

JR website homepage

After many months of preparation, jewellery talent Jacqueline Rabun has unveiled her new website. Furthermore, in time for the gift giving season, she has launched three new collections inspired by structured and architectural shapes. (more…)

CLOSURE: IITTALA REGENT STREET, SOHO

Friday, November 27th, 2009

iittala regent street

We were very sorry to recently learn that iittala‘s Regent Street store has closed. It was located on a main stretch of the busy London shopping artery but that wasn’t enough to attract the right kind of customers. (more…)

EVENT: HIDDEN ART CHRISTMAS DESIGN FAIR, BRICK LANE

Friday, November 27th, 2009

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The Hidden Art Christmas Design Fair opens today (27th November) and runs until Sunday. Held within the Old Truman Brewery in East London, the event showcases and sells the designs of over 60 Hidden Art members. (more…)

EXHIBITION: DESIGN REAL AT SERPENTINE GALLERY, HYDE PARK

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Lures

Design Real, curated by the renowned industrial designer Konstantin Grcic, is the Serpentine Gallery‘s first exhibition devoted to contemporary design. Grcic’s selection for the exhibition focuses on ‘real’ items: mass-produced items that have a practical function in everyday life. (more…)

OFFER: SIGNED COPIES OF LONDON DESIGN GUIDE

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

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From now until 20th December, Max Fraser, the editor of LONDON DESIGN GUIDE will be signing copies of the guide ordered from this website. He will also add personal messages should you be giving the book as a gift. (more…)

HOTEL: DEAN STREET TOWNHOUSE, SOHO

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Dining-Room

The Soho House Group has opened yet another London venue not long after the opening of their pizza restaurant in Shoreditch, Pizza East. This time it is in the form of a Soho hotel, Dean Street Townhouse, which adds to an area currently devoid of decent places to stay. (more…)

EXHIBITION: FREDRIKSON STALLARD AT DAVID GILL GALLERIES, VAUXHALL

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

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Design partnership, Fredrikson Stallard, are showing a new collection of highly-decorated vases at David Gill Galleries in London’s Vauxhall. The collection, called Gasoline Garden, comprises fifteen unique pieces adorned with high octane imagery of pin-up girls wreathed in smoke and wrapped around traditional Chinese vase forms. (more…)

EXHIBITION: KRANEN/GILLE AT GALLERY FUMI, SHOREDITCH

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

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Gallery FUMI in London’s Shoreditch play host to a collection of work by Dutch duo Jos Kranen and Johannes Gille who are, you guessed it, further offspring of the ever-eminent Design Academy Eindhoven(more…)

EXHIBITION: 25th ANNIVERSARY OF THEMES & VARIATIONS, NOTTING HILL

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Desk by Alessandro Guerriero 1989

Leading design gallery Themes & Variations is celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a landmark exhibition of pioneering post-war and contemporary design. The show explores the theme of continuity and change in design over the past quarter century. (more…)