Archive for the ‘Furniture’ Category

EXHIBITION: COLLECT AT SAATCHI GALLERY (CHELSEA), 14TH-17TH MAY 2010

Friday, May 14th, 2010

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The Crafts Council’s annual art fair for contemporary objects – COLLECT – is taking place at the Saatchi Gallery. Over 300 artists are exhibiting works with representative galleries from around the world. (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…)

SHOP: THE LOLLIPOP SHOPPE (SPITALFIELDS)

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

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Successful Brighton design store The Lollipop Shoppe has opened its first London outlet within Old Spitalfields Market, selling a diverse portfolio of products from watches to furniture and cushions to lighting. (more…)

SHOP: SKITSCH, BROMPTON

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

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SKITSCH is an Italian producer and retailer of contemporary design, which launched with aplomb in Milan in April 2009. Now they have opened a new 350-square-metre store on Brompton Road, in the heart of the Brompton Design District. (more…)

EXHIBITION: SPUN BY THOMAS HEATHERWICK AT HAUNCH OF VENISON, MAYFAIR

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

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For his second solo show at London’s Haunch of Venison gallery, maverick designer Thomas Heatherwick has produced a twist on conventional furniture design – a ‘functional’ spinning top chair formed from a single profile rotated through 360 degrees. (more…)

EXHIBITION: EL ULTIMO GRITO AT ARAM GALLERY, COVENT GARDEN

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

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To mark the launch of El Ultimo Grito’s new book – Abandon Architectures – the Aram Gallery is presenting three new collections of work from the design studio, previously unseen in the UK. (more…)

EXHIBITION: STUDIO JOB AT CARPENTERS WORKSHOP GALLERY, MAYFAIR

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

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Dutch design duo Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel of Studio Job are showing a new series of work titled Industry at Carpenters Workshop Gallery. The exhibition includes highly ornamented pieces which contain dark, satirical, and bravely confrontational comments on the modern world. (more…)

EVENT: THE MODERN DANISH WAREHOUSE, BROMPTON

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

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Nina Hertig, co-founder of Sigmar and an LDG contributor, is hosting the first pop-up Modern Danish Warehouse in an impressive disused Art Deco Garage in Brompton, selling an edited selection of vintage pieces. (more…)

EXHIBITION: TRIO AT ROCKET GALLERY, SHOREDITCH

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

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Three legends of mid-century Danish modernism are being exhibited at the Rocket Gallery – Herbert Krenchel, Hans J Wegner, and Ib Geertsen – in an exhibition titled Trio. (more…)

EXHIBITION: RON ARAD AT BARBICAN ART GALLERY, BARBICAN

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

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The internationally acclaimed London-based designer/architect/artist, Ron Arad, has his very own exhibition of his work at the Barbican Art Gallery. Keep an eye out on this website for the competitions we are running in partnership with Barbican. (more…)