Mint
2 North Terrace, Empire House, London
For the grand opening of their new location Mint presents an exhibition exploring the personal narratives found in contemporary design. Curated by Lina Kanafani, the exhibition weaves together the modern day tales of new works from established and up-and-coming designers with unique stories to tell.
John Madejski Garden
V&A South Kensington, Cromwell Road, London
Forming part of the V&A’s Friday Late programme, The Village Fête at the V&A is one of the most eagerly anticipated cutting edge design events of the year.
Guildford Lane Gallery, 20-24
Guildford Lane, Melbourne, Australia
For this year’s State of Design festival ElectroLight presents LightCycle an exhibition of shortlisted entries from their most recent lighting competition.
Eames Demetrios, grandson of the legendary design team Charles and Ray Eames, offers an inspiring view into the duo’s design process.
Although slightly confusing at times, this heartfelt tribute offers a fantastic glimpse of the Eames’ boundless creativity revealing their truly impassioned design genius.
oyal Exhibition Building
Melbourne, Australia
For the first time visitors to the State of Design Festival will be able to buy design souvenirs and limited edition pieces directly from the designers themselves.
In Comme’s stunning Grand Room, Cool Hunting’s cultural creator, Tim Yu will lead a discussion on the current patterns and future trends in art, design, culture and technology around the world.
Comme’s Executive Chef will design a sumptuous three-course dinner, served with matching wines, to complement the discussion.
Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens
Melbourne, Australia
Forming part of State of Design Festival, Design: Made: Trade will showcase Australia's small manufacturers, product designers, and design makers to an audience of manufacturers, retailers and the public.
Australian-based designers Memaké have come up with a series of lamps inspired by patterns that form in nature.
Tomorrows Heirlooms
15th July - 3rd August ’09
Lightly presents their very own pop up gallery and shop showcasing ‘tomorrow’s heirlooms from yesteryear’.
Julien Carretero has designed a truly remarkable series of lamps inspired by the traditional plaster dragging technique.
Each lamp is created using two semi-circular shapes, aligned on a central axis of an apparatus, which drags plaster on top of each shape. The two halves are assembled together using the overload of dragged material.
Melbourne Central Business District
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne Open House is a free event giving Melbournians and visitors to the city a rare opportunity to discover the often hidden wealth of design, architectural, engineering and historic ‘gems’ nestled around the city.
Established & Sons presents A Buggs Life, a lighting installation by Sebastian Wrong.
Keeping with the humorous side of design, Sebastian Wrong’s new limited edition lamp is a play on the classic Bauhaus design of an opal glass, spherical lamp mutated by a pop culture reference.
For our first official video from this year’s Milan Design Week, revered Italian designer Piero Lissoni talks with Max Fraser at the ZonaTortona.TV + DeTnk.TV Studio.
Design journalist, Laura Houseley joined us in the studio on the eve of the launch of her new book, “The Independent Design Guide”.
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