In the following report by Caroline Roux published in the Gaurdian (January 10th, 2009)Philippe Starck, Sir Terence Conran and Kirstie Allsopp debate how design responds to a bleak economic landscape.
Danish Design Centre
HC Andersens Boulevard 27, Copenhagen
The Danish Design Centre presents ‘See the Light’, an informative and fascinating exhibition about future lighting design.
When was the last time you emphatically broke something? Fragile, a ceramic salt and pepper shaker designed by Studio Kahn offers you the opportunity to do so!
Designed and made as a single piece, the Fragile shaker requires the user to break it in order for it to be able to fulfill its functionality.
Design Museum
Shad Thames, London
The Design Museum presents the first comprehensive presentation of renowned fashion designer Hussein Chalayan’s work in the UK.
Las Palmas, LPII
Wilhelminakade 326, 3072 AR Rotterdam
Object Rotterdam features the latest developments in unique and limited edition functional objects of international design.
Maritime Simulation Centre
Wilhelminakade 701, 3072 AP Rotterdam
As part of Object Rotterdam, the International fair for autonomous design, Premsela and Object Rotterdam, in cooporation with Droog, present a debate discussing the topic of pioneering new markets.
Jaebeom Jeong’s R60 design is a wireframe array of a single chair.
The repetitive images of a single chair are constructed of stainless steel and a polycarbonate sheet, skillfully repeating the proportions of the black stained original.
Esterni have launched the Public Design Festival Competition.
This unique opportunity to design a planned intervention on an urban parking area is open to different types of approaches, from community service to urban furniture.
Kate Macgarry Gallery
7a Vyner Street, London E2 9DG
Gallery Kate Macgarry presents Feierabend, a collaborative installation between Karl Fritsch, Martino Gamper and Francis Upritchard.
Design Forum Finland
Erottajankatu 7, Helsinki
In their upcoming exhibition the Design Forum Finland explores over 20 different innovative lamp designs by 18 designers and architects from Denmark and Finland.
imm Cologne
Hall 11 Koelnmess, Cologne
If you are heading down to this year’s imm cologne be sure to check out Stephen Burks’ Composite Lounge.
Located in hall 11, the lounge is highly representative of the ecological and artisanal’s aspects of Burks’ work.
Insitut Néerlandais
Centre culturel des Pays-Bas, 121, rue de Lille, Paris
The Institut Néerlandais in Paris presents ‘Archeology of the Future: 20 Years of Trend Forecasting with Li Edelkoort’.
From his breakthrough project “100 Chairs in 100 Days” to his most recent work for the exhibition Feierabend at the gallery Kate MacGarry, Martino Gamper has time and time again proven himself to be a master of improvisation.
Puur Design Studio’s Magic chair is a welcome addition to the the far too overplayed world of chair design.
Designed by Dripta Roy, this four part chair works off a similar principle to the Russian nesting dolls.
As a quiet reminder of our physicality in a rapidly disconnecting society, designer Nancy Wu has ingeniously come up with a series of products that most definitely raise issues regarding the expendability and briefness of our consumer experiences.
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