Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

EXHIBITION: ‘KALEIDOSCOPE’ AT MINT (BROMPTON), 10TH JUNE-10TH JULY 2010

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Bojka - Bean sofa

Lina Kanafani, the owner of top design store Mint, has applied her inimitable style to a new summer exhibition titled ‘Kaleidoscope’ which plays with the boundaries between design, art, and fashion. (more…)

EXHIBITION: ‘BLOW BY BLOW’ BY SEBASTIAN BERGNE AT SOMERSET HOUSE (ALDWYCH), 10TH-27TH JUNE 2010

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

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This summer marks the 20th Anniversary of industrial designer Sebastian Bergne’s studio. To celebrate, the exhibition ‘Blow by Blow’ is being staged at Somerset House showing a collection of unseen personal glass projects. (more…)

EVENT: ‘FREE RANGE 2010′ AT OLD TRUMAN BREWERY (BRICK LANE), 4TH JUNE-26TH JULY 2010

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Anastasia Vikhornova_Structures

Free Range presents the work of thousands of graduates from art and design universities around the UK, in several distinct categories over 8 weeks. The event takes place in the Old Truman Brewery in London’s East End. (more…)

EXHIBITION: RCA SHOW PART ONE AT ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART (KENSINGTON), 28TH MAY-5TH JUNE 2010

Friday, May 28th, 2010

RCA SHOW ENTRANCE

The Royal College of Art’s talent pool of 2010 is on show within the college galleries in Kensington. This end of year showcase is an important time for talent scouts to pick up on the latest postgraduate talent and their challenging ideas. (more…)

EVENT: CLERKENWELL DESIGN WEEK (CLERKENWELL), 25TH-27TH MAY 2010

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

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Clerkenwell Design Week is a new three-day festival launching in an area already thriving with design activity in London. Centred around the area’s concentration of furniture showrooms, the festival aims to focus attention on a packed programme of exhibitions and installations. (more…)

EXHIBITION: ‘FRESH FROM MILAN’ AT VIADUCT (CLERKENWELL), 25TH MAY-11TH JUNE 2010

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

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Clerkenwell design showroom – Viaduct – is working with the furniture brands that it represents in the UK to showcase their best new products which were released earlier in the year at the Milan Furniture Fair. (more…)

EXHIBITION: ‘BLUEWARE’ BY STUDIO GLITHERO (BROMPTON), 20TH-29TH MAY 2010

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Studio Glithero Blueware_vases

Studio Glithero, the Anglo-Dutch design studio of Sarah van Gameren and Tim Simpson, is presenting a new collection entitled ‘Blueware.’ The designers have adopted the early photographic technique of blueprinting (more commonly used for architectural plans) and created a process that develops ceramics like photographs.

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EXHIBITION: ‘HIGHLIGHTS OF MILAN’ AT TWENTYTWENTYONE (ISLINGTON), 19th-29th MAY 2010

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

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In case you didn’t make it to the infamous Milan Furniture Fair in April, fear not. Having trudged around the immense fair and countless city installations, leading design store twentytwentyone has handpicked the best products and is featuring them at their showroom in Islington. (more…)

EXHIBITION: LUCA NICHETTO AT VESSEL GALLERY (NOTTING HILL), 29TH APRIL-30TH MAY 2010

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

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At Vessel Gallery, Italian designer Luca Nichetto is showing his collection of vases, bowls, candles holders and small interior objects from the Essence collection. This body of work celebrates the processes and tools employed in artisanal glass and ceramic craftsmanship. (more…)

AUCTION: ‘DESIGN’ AT PHILLIPS DE PURY (VICTORIA), 28TH APRIL 2010

Monday, April 26th, 2010

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At 5pm on 28th April, auction house Phillips de Pury & Company is staging its spring DESIGN sale in its London showroom. The sale focusses on rare and important pieces from celebrated 20th and 21st Century designers. (more…)