Posts Tagged ‘Tord Boontje’

EXHIBITION: ‘FIRST HAND’ BY DESIGN PRODUCTS COLLECTION AT RCA (KENSINGTON), 23rd September-7th October 2010

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Happiness bench and table

The leading post-graduate art and design college, Royal College Of Art, is launching ‘First Hand’ – their first selection of products for the newly-formed Design Products Collection. (more…)

EXHIBITION: ‘TORD BOONTJE: THE LACE MAKER’ AT MARSDEN WOO GALLERY (CLERKENWELL), 24TH JUNE-31ST JULY 2010

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

5. Tord Boontje 'The Lacemaker' installation shot © Phil Sayer 2010

This exhibition by leading designer Tord Boontje overturns the conventional expectations of what lace might be. In this collection of work showing at Marsden Woo Gallery, Boontje employs traditional craft skills while substituting unorthodox materials, changing the references and subverting our preconceived notions of value. (more…)