INDEX: Award is the biggest design award in the world. The coveted award carries a total purse of €500,000 (more than US$700,000) and takes place in Copenhagen’s new breathtaking Opera House in front of an audience of more than 1,000 Danish and international designers, politicians, business leaders, students, celebrities, etc. who are all invited to the ceremony to celebrate design that makes a difference in people’s lives.
An essential addition to any designer's book collection, Knoll Textiles 1945-2010 provides an in-depth analysis of Knoll's contribution to modern design. With essays by experts, biographies of about eighty designers, and images of textiles, drawings, furniture, and ephemera, Knoll Textiles, 1945-2010 is the first comprehensive study devoted to a leading contributor to modern textile design.
London
W Hotel Leister Square is hosting the Wow Bikes fundraiser for the Elton John Aids Foundation. Six bikes have been commissioned to be designed by iconic creatives such as Ron Arad, Paloma Faith, and Temperley.
Thonet today, as in the past, is considered a pioneer of furniture design throughout the world.
The company was established in 1819 by Michael Thonet to produce his own designs, using the then new bentwood process, which he developed. Within a short period of time it became a major furniture manufacturer with a global distribution network.
Sophie Lovell, a contributor to the DeTnk Collectible Market Report, has authored As Little Design As Possible - The Work of Dieter Rams published by Phaidon. The book is a comprehensive monograph on highly influential product designer Dieter Rams (b.1932); including newly-commissioned photographs of Dieter Rams’s house and the Braun archive: a never-before-seen glimpse of the world’s most complete collection of Rams’s designs
1868 - 1928
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born in Glasgow in 1868 and died in London on 10th December 1928. His personality is one of those that characterize the period immediately preceding the Modern Movement.
1903-1999
Charlotte Perriand from the first decades of the twentieth century, brought about a profound change in aesthetic values and gave birth to a truly modern sensitivity towards everyday life.
Pepe Heykoop premiered his new furniture collection, the Skin Collection, this past June at DMY Berlin. Most recently, the series of leather waste furniture has been on view at the Rad Gallery in London.
Chicago
Balloons are familiar and loved objects, but few people realize that with some amateur kitchen chemistry techniques, the process for manufacturing them can be replicated on a small scale.
Released to DeTnk Collectible Design Market Report Subscribers last month, we are pleased to announce to the public the DeTnk Market Report update.
The Design Market Report update includes data compiled from all design auction sales for the first five months of 2011 revealing the current trends of the collectible design market.
London
BarberOsgerby revealed the prototype for the 2012 Olympic torch today. The design connects the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay to each of the 8,000 Torchbearers and their community.
On invitation of Amnesty International, and in honor of the Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, Maarten Baas has designed The Empty Chair.
Amnesty International invited Maarten Baas to design a piece to support their campaign against the increased suppression of writers, journalists, artists and activists.
The Cube by Electrolux is a unique temporary dining concept that opened its doors for the first time on April 1st. The Electrolux “Cube” will pop up on a series of landmark sites across Europe over the course of 2011, starting with a placement on top of the Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium.
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