Business Design Centre
London
Part two of New Designers opens today, providing a second chance to see the graduates of the acclaimed Goldsmiths Design BA, presenting a selection from their show earlier in year 'Future Folk'.
Museum of Arts and Design
New York
Currently showing at Museum of Arts and Design, New York; 'Are You A Hybrid?' aims to show the the presence, impact and influence of the developing world on contemporary design.
Stedelijk Museum
'S-Hertogenbosch
Netherlands
This summer Stedelijk Museum presents 'Blush - Design in Full Colour', the first major exhibition of design partnership Scholten & Baijings.
Royal College of Art
London
The Royal College of Art end of year exhibition is now on, presenting the culmination of two years work for postgraduate students at one of the world's most prestigious creative education institutions.
Locations around the UK
'Breath Taking' presents blown glass work by 22 designer makers, including 17 new commissions. The works featured demonstrate a contemporary approach to this age-old process, demonstrating the role this fascinating material and process has to play in contemporary design.
VIVID Gallery
Rotterdam
This weekend is the last chance to see Okay London; an exhibition resulting from the collaboration between dutch furniture manufacturer Arco and up and coming London design collective Okay Studio.
Los Angeles
Dwell on Design 2011 returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center. This three day design event, curated by by the editors of Dwell Magazine, will feature over 300 exhibitors and is expected to have around 20,000 visitors.
The Curve, Barbican Centre
London
For his first installation in the UK, acclaimed Japanese architect Junya Ishigami presents 'Architecture as Air', a new site specific structure designed in response to The Curve Gallery's unique shape.
Sofia
Bulgaria
This week Sofia is celebrating contemporary design, hosting the third annual Design Week at venues across the city. Curated by product designer Valentin Vodev, design writer and editor Adriana Dimitrova and advertising guru Maria Todorova, Sofia Design Week has a large program of events featuring design from across the globe.
6 May – 26 June '11
London
'Lab Craft: Digital Adventures in Contemporary Craft' is entering its last fortnight at Arts Depot. This touring exhibition from the Crafts Council is curated by Max Fraser, and features designer makers whose work engages technological approaches within their craft based design practice.
Basel
Kaikai Kiki and VOLTA7 are proud to announce a special exhibition spread over two locations at the fair, with the booths offering guests a wide-ranging mix of art, live entertainment, and charity efforts. After the earthquake in Japan and the cancellation of Takashi Murakami’s GESAI art fair, VOLTA7 is pleased to host them in Basel.
London
London will host the city's first ever celebration of contemporary culture from across the Arab world. Shubbak: A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture, will encompass over seventy events in more than thirty key cultural venues throughout the city for three weeks from 4 – 24 July 2011
Chicago.
On the 9th of June 2011 Wright will host an auction of 'Important Design' in Chicago. As one would expect from a Wright auction, there are plenty of mid century lots from classic designers such as Gio Ponti and Frank Gehry. Along with these classic collectibles, however, are plenty of contemporary and post-modern works.
Berlin
Materiality, an exhibition showcasing the industrial design of Benjamin Hubert, opens in Berlin on the 3rd of June 2011. The inaugural solo exhibition aims to expose the working process of the burgeoning design studio in addition to the finished articles.
London
Clerkenwell Design Week returns with this year following its hugely successful 2010 inauguration, sponsored by Jaguar. The three-day festival takes place from 24 to 26 May 2011 and brings together a varied and vibrant programme of events spanning debates, discussions, presentations, exhibitions, installations, street parties and workshops all in the name of celebrating and embracing design.
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