The Rove Gallery, London
Now on show at the Rove Gallery in London is an exhibition of art and design entitled ‘Fruit and Flowers’ that focuses on contemporary society as much as it does on contemporary aesthetics.
As part of Icon magazine’s first one-day symposium, editor Justin McGuirck sat down with furniture designer Ronan Bouroullec to discuss his work, career, and views on the position of a designer.
‘Milano design-in-the-city’ is a new urban event dedicated to design enthusiasts. Conceived, coordinated and promoted by DesignPartners (organisers, of ZonaTortona Design), this four day event will exhibit innovative product design in over sixty showrooms and stores across the city.
This neat little invention from French designer Mathieu Lehanneur addresses one of today’s most pressing problems: our indoor air quality. By greatly improving on commonly used and generally hazardous products, this design cleans up design.
Established & Sons, London
Following on the international success of ‘Stack’, launched during Milan 2008, Shay Alkalay and Yael Mer have collaborated with Esablished & Sons again to create ‘Wall to Wall’, an innovative installation of brick flooring
Design Museum, London
Opening this week at the Design Museum in London is an exhibition of work by leading British architect David Chipperfield entitled ‘Form Matters’.
So we don’t typically plug these kinds of things on DeTnk but this new application for iPhones and iPod Touches has caught our attention as an extremely useful tool for designers in all walks of life.
For those who didn’t make it out to the Brompton Bike Tours during this year’s London Design Festival here’s a video JAM created of the event.
The Chesterfield Chest of drawers is an object that explores the emerging trend of using technology within furniture objects, but uses furniture design to lead the implementation of the technology. At first the handles for the drawers are positioned so that the are embedded in the surface of the draw.
Victoria & Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, London
On October 15th in London, Philips de Pury & Company’s Auction of 20th century and contemporary design brought in a total of £1,229,013.
Museum of Arts and Design
2 Columbus Circle, New York
As part of their ongoing program which invites MAD curators, collaborators and leading voices to explore emerging trends and innovations in design, the Museum of Arts and Design presents Ghost Stories: New Design from Nendo.
We were joined by Alvin Huang and Bruce Davison of Amanda Levete Architects in our TV Studio at Tent London.
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