Mayfair gallery, Haunch of Venison, is staging its first exhibition of British artist and designer Stuart Haygarth with an exhibition called ‘Found.’ The show examines his ongoing relationship with abandoned objects and his fascination with taxonomy through a series of new furniture works, lamps and chandeliers. (more…)
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…)
At last, the Design Museum is recognising the achievements of legendary German designer Dieter Rams by staging his first definitive UK retrospective. Rams defined an elegant, legible, and rigorous visual design language which has informed the work of countless designers today. (more…)
LDG EXTRACT: THE STATE OF STUFF
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010Its January 2010 and the start of a new decade. It seems only right that at this milestone, we all consider what we’re doing right and what we’re doing wrong. In this LDG extract, editor Max Fraser confronts our insatiable appetite to consume and calls for change. (more…)
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