LuLu Bright is launching its first ‘pøp üp butik’ in London to present a diverse collection of authentic midcentury Scandinavian furniture and design pieces, providing a snapshot of Scandinavian design and lifestyle in Clerkenwell.

PØP ÜP BUTIK

1st – 11th September 2010

97-99 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5BX (07535 637 731)

Jacobsen Stools – c1950

Primarily comprising of original Scandinavian furniture from prestigious designers such as Jacobsen, Wegner and Mogensen, the collection also has pieces inspired by the clean and minimalistic approach of the Nordic aesthetic.

Uosikkinen for Arabia Jars – 1966

Acquired from the infamous Mangano Collection of the Italian curator and promoteur of Finnish design, there’s also on show a selection of Arabia jars and iittala glasses designed by Timo Sarpaneva. In addition, the boutique features The Bright Finds – more affordable and regularly updated range of vintage products found and presented by Lou and Louie Bright.

‘Kekkerit’ Timo Sarpaneva for iittala – 1972

The opening of ‘pøp üp butik’ coincides with the launch of LuLu Bright’s new online boutique – lulubright.co.uk – where visitors can learn more about the fusion of practicality and sophistication that is typical for Scandinavian design. One can also browse and shop the entire LuLu Bright and The Brights Finds collections.

Ekstrom ‘Rustler’ Chair – 1959

Top image: Hvidt Coffee table – 1956, Larsson Armchair – c1950

LDG PROMOTION: Vintage at Goodwood is the latest addition to Britain’s summer festival portfolio. We have teamed up with the organisers to offer LDG readers a 10% discount on admission tickets. Be sure to book before 1st July! Details below.

Vintage at Goodwood takes place over 13^th, 14^th and 15th August on the Goodwood Estate in West Sussex. It is the latest addition to Britain’s summer festival portfolio. It will bring together authentic music, fashion, food, film, art and design, making it a unique festival of British culture and its worldwide influence.

Vintage at Goodwood features an inspirational line up of world renowned bands, with performances by the latest contemporary acts, DJs and collectors from each decade who have all been inspired by the past, as well as the living legends who have inspired them.

Vintage pays homage to the best of British fashion design through a line-up of catwalk shows, hands on creative experiences and the very best purveyors of vintage clothing.  The event will explore the musical, design and cultural lineages and offer a glimpse of where we go from here.

It will be the festival of choice for those who want style and glamour rather than a weekend of roughing it, the choice to go dancing in high heels, not wellies, and prefer eating in restaurants instead of outside a burger van.

TICKET OFFER: Vintage at Goodwood is offering the readers of London Design Guide a 10% discount on admission tickets which are booked between 1st June to 1st July 2010.  Visit the ticket section of the Vintage website, enter the code VINLDG10 when prompted and away you go!

To find out about the latest additions to the lineup and other exciting things being planned, visit the Vintage at Goodwood website.

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.

‘DESIGN’ auction, 28th April 2010, 5pm

PHILLIPS DE PURY & COMPANY

Howick Place, London SW1P 1BB (020 7318 4010)

Top: ‘Unique three-arm ceiling lamp’ by Serge Mouille (c.1955): estimate £70,000-100,000.

Above: ‘Mexique’ bookcase by Charlotte Perriand and Atelier Jean Prouvé (1953): estimate £80,000-140,000.

167 lots are offered in this curated sale, with estimates totaling £1,490,400 (low) and £2,137,900 (high). PAGE UPDATE: SALES TOTALED £1,822,075.

Above: ‘Totem’ floor lamp by Serge Mouille (c.1962): estimate £80,000-120,000.

A large collection of important midcentury French works by Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, and Serge Mouille features alongside property from the apartment of Laurence and Patrick Seguin, Paris.

Above: ‘Willow’ sculpture by Harry Bertoia (c.1970): estimate £35,000-45,000.

Other significant works include designs by Ettore Sottsass, Harry Bertoia, Shiro Kuramata, and Atelier Van Lieshout.

Above: ‘Fisherman’s House’ by Atelier Van Lieshout (2000): estimate £35,000-55,000.

All lots can be viewed in person at Phillips de Pury from 21st-27th April 2010 or via their online catalogue.

Above: ‘Exceptional large wall light’ by Poul Henningsen for the Concert Hall, Scala Theater, Arhus, Denmark (1955): estimate £15,000-20,000.

All images courtesy of Phillips de Pury & Company.

Check out this successful one-day show of collectible designs from the last century, mixed in with contemporary future classics. Housed within Dulwich College in South London, Midcentury.Modern is a great opportunity to snap up rare or unusual products without high mark-up prices.

MIDCENTURY.MODERN, Sunday 21st March 2010 (10am-4pm)

Christison Hall, DULWICH COLLEGE

London SE21 7LD

Browse around some of Britain’s leading mid-century dealers of Scandinavian, European and American furniture and decorative arts. Merging the past with the present, young British and European designers sell their designs upstairs, including People Will Always Need Plates, Cate and Nelson, Lubna Chowdary, Zoe Murphy, and Eleanor Emily Young.

As you would expect, LONDON DESIGN GUIDE is sold here and editor Max Fraser is there all day to sign copies.

British wallpaper and textile company Sanderson is celebrating its 150th anniversary with an exhibition to highlight the best of its archive. The exhibition, titled Very Sanderson: 150 Years of English Decoration, takes place at The Fashion & Textile Museum in London’s Bermondsey.

VERY SANDERSON: 150 YEARS OF ENGLISH DECORATION

19th March – 13th June 2010

83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XF (020 7407 8664)

The company was founded in 1860 by Arthur Sanderson and has prevailed to become one of the foremost companies in its genre, having survived through the turn of two centuries to leave an indelible mark  on British interior decoration.

Throughout its history, Sanderson has achieved a number of firsts: the first to produce a coordinated collection of mass-produced wallpapers and fabrics in Britain; the first to build a decorators’ showroom using hinge display screens now seen in showrooms worldwide; the first sole source in Britain of extravagantly expensive French papers; the first wallpaper manufacturer to receive a Royal Warrant.

Over the years, the company has acquired a massive collection of wallpapers and textiles that represent the history of its milieu. The exhibition, co-curated by the museum’s Dennis Nothdruft and independent Mary Schoeser, highlights the best of its archive as well as brand new collections.

The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated book, titled Sanderson: The essence of  English Decoration, written by Mary Schoeser (£18.95, Thames & Hudson). Furthermore, during London Design Week (21-26th March at Chelsea Harbour), the company launches the Vintage collection – reissued designs from the archive that encapsulate the best eras from their 15 decades.

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.

THE MODERN DANISH WAREHOUSE, 6th – 27th March 2010

The Garage, North Terrace, London SW3 2BA (07957 207 073)

For three weeks, the Garage (in the heart of the Brompton Design District) will house up to 120 vintage chairs, tables, sideboards, and sofas ranging from £100 to £1500. All purchases can be taken home immediately.

To show the continuation of the tradition of cabinet making in the vintage pieces, young Danish cabinetmaker Anders Folke Andersen is bringing over his ‘workshop’ to make his newly designed tables.

Nina Tolstrup, the designer behind Studiomama, is showcasing the Pallet Project and making furniture and animal from the pallets being used to display the furniture.

Monocle magazine has produced a short video of the event.

EXCLUSIVE LDG DISCOUNT OFFER: from 20th-27th March 2010, LDG readers will benefit from a 20% discount on any item purchased at the warehouse. Simply show a copy of LONDON DESIGN GUIDE at the point of purchase.

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.

TRIO, 5th March – 24th April 2010

ROCKET GALLERY

Tea Building, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6JJ (020 7729 7594)

Herbert Krenchel (Danish, born 1922), an engineer by training, designed the classic Krenit bowls (pictured above). The first of these coloured enameled bowls were designed in 1953. Eight different sizes in eight standard colours were developed over the next two years. The best-selling bowls were in continuous production until 1965.

Hans J Wegner (1914-2007) was the most active furniture designer in Denmark during the latter-half of the 20th Century and his work is internationally renowned. In this exhibition, the gallery features some of his minimal and utilitarian pieces from the late 1950s and 1960s, including the Getama daybed (pictured above).

Ib Geertsen (1919-2009) became the father figure of Danish geometrical abstraction. From 1943 his paintings and sculptures were exhibited in every major museum in Denmark and in 2003 he had a retrospective at the Kunsthallen Nicolaj, Copenhagen which led to renewed critical attention. In 2009, Rocket exhibited his first solo show in London, in the same year that he sadly passed away. (Theme with Variations II (1966) pictured above)