2005-2011
We are delighted to announce the launch of the first annual DeTnk Collectible Design Market Report, a holistic analysis of the emerging collectible design market. Since 2005, the collectible design market has grown by over 350%. This incredible increase in sales and interest of collectors prompted us to produce the Market Report.
Galerie Gosserez is presenting "l'Etreinte" by Elise Gabriel, a series of furniture (table, chair and lights) whose main theme is researching Zelfo, a new material composed of cellulose* whose great propensity to reduce, to model itself on curvilinear shapes and to embrace the material, allows it to fit tightly round and to assemble together the elements on which it dries.
London
Designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby won an international competitive tender launched last year by LOCOG and the Design Council to create the Torch, along with the celebration cauldrons to be used at the lunchtime stops and evening celebrations during the Olympic Torch Relay.
Industry Gallery announced the acquisition by Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh of a limited edition aluminium Slice chair by Danish-born designer Mathias Bengtsson.
This is the first work by Bengtsson to enter the museum's collection.
Saudi Arabia
Gallery Design is the first multi-line showroom and retail space in the Middle East that features leading interior brands such as Minotti, Walter Knoll, Poliform, Poltrona Frau, Bulthaup, Donghia, Moroso, Tai Ping and Foscarini.
Located on a steep slope overlooking the most beautiful of Greenland’s fjords, the 3000 m2 National Gallery designed by BIG will serve as a cultural and architectural icon for the people of Greenland.
London
There can be few places to stay a night in London quite as unusual, poetic and life-enhancing as Living Architecture's newest project: a 'boat' perched, as if by retreating floodwaters, on the very edge of the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
London
The Rabih Hage Studio is looking for an architect with a minimum of 5 years experience. They must have experience in residential projects as well as Technical and AutoCAD skills (3D visualisation is a plus!) salary to be negotiated.
Ehrlich Architects, a firm from Los Angeles, were selected above industry all stars Foster + Partners, Massimiliano Fuksas Architects, and Zaha Hadid Architects to design the United Arab Emirates future parliament building.
Copenhagen
Tom Fruin's latest work, 'Kolonihavehus', was installed in Copenhagen recently. Using a plethora of found Plexiglas – roughly 1,000 reclaimed scraps of the material – Fruin’s Kolonihavehus takes its name and inspiration from Copenhagen’s ubiquitous kolonihavehus; a modest garden shed intended to provide state workers with refuge from the city’s cramped living conditions.
Christies International reported a record year in 2010; bringing in a profit of 3.2 billion pounds (5 billion US dollars) from art and other collectable sales.
London
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announces a partnership with the Royal College of Art (RCA) which will see RCA post graduate students design key elements of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Victory Ceremonies.
A recent graduate of Ecole Cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL) Laetitia Florin has captured the design community's interest with her kinetic vessel entitled 'Bidum.'
Crafted from steel wrapped in cotton fabric, these vessels spring to life from the smallest environmental influence: a gust of wind, a small touch, or even the movement of a passerby.
Miami Beach
Opening January 25 '11 Lincoln Park is an urban site located at Washington Avenue and 17th Street in South Florida that strives to establish a new precedent for parks in the City of Miami Beach. While an urban park this size might often receive a design that has more hard surface than soft, Lincoln Park’s site-specific conditions, context and program elicited a unique response. A decision was made early in the design process for this public space to feel 'green' and more like a park.
Miami
Frank Gehry's confident expansion for the New World Symphony was opened January 24th, marking a new era for the orchestra as it embarks on a monumental mission to stimulate fresh interest in an area of the musical spectrum so often overlooked by young minds.
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