Month of June, 2010

All new Bagalights

A dark night, a far off cry, a swinging bulb - fear not, it's only a Bagalight!

Xavier Veilhan - Le Mobile (3), Wright Private Paris Collection sale, Sold ($63,700)

In this recent article for The Art Newspaper, Brooks Mason surveys the design market through the month of June. With several major auctions alongside Design Miami Basel, the design market experienced several volatile movements.

Richard Sweeney - Paper Sculptures, New Designers

New Designers 2010

1-11 July '10

Business Design Center
London, UK

The New Designers summer exhibition runs from July 1 to July 11 in London. Now in its 25th year, the 2010 New Designers will feature a range of displays including textiles, fashion, ceramics, and furniture from UKs leading talent in the field of design.

Katsura - Ishimoto Yasuhiro, Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The Picture of Modernism in Japan

30 June - 12 September '10

Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Houston, Texas

Photographer Ishimoto Yashiro will be featured in a new exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston opening June 30.

The Lace Maker

24 June - 31 July '10

Marsden Woo Gallery
London, UK

In his latest exhibition at Marsden Woo Gallery beginning June 24, Tord Boontje overturns the conventional uses of lace and explores its boundaries.

Moma/P.S. 1 Young Architects

30 June - Ongoing '10

Moma
New York City

The 11th annual Moma/P.S.1 Young Architects Program will open its summer exhibition June 30. The objective for the Young Architects Program is to provide visitors with an outdoor summer escape from the urban intensity of New York City by making use of the pre-existing space and available materials.

A Facelift for Apartment 50

15 July - 15 August '10

Apartment 50
Radiant City, Marseille

This year, Jasper Morrison introduced Studio Bouroullec to the owners of Apartment 50, an apartment built and decorated by Jean Prouve and Charlotte Perriand in Marseille, France.

Joshua Prince-Ramus: Building a theater that remakes itself

Joshua Prince-Ramus feels that architects can re-engineer their design process, and challenge the boundaries of design in a magnificent way as a result. Speaking at TEDxSMU, Dallas, he talks through his re-creation of the local Wyly Theater as a giant "theatrical machine" that reconfigures itself at the touch of a button.

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Chachan sconces, pair

Designer

Serge Mouille

LITERATURE: Serge Mouille: A French Classic, Pralus, pg. 181

Coffee tables, pair

Designer

Ado Chale

Inlaid signature to edge of each example: [Chale].

Serpentine Sofa

Designer

Vladimir Kagan

LITERATURE: The Complete Kagan: A Lifetime of Avant-Garde Design, Kagan, ppg. 120-121

Roticello Lamp

Designer

Carlo Scarpa

LITERATURE: Carlo Scarpa: I Vetri di un Architetto, Barovier, pg. 193 illustrates series

Designers Furniture

25 June - 03 July '10

The Russian Club Gallery
London, UK

Designers Furniture is an exhibition and limited edition shop developed with the Sameness & Difference exhibition at the Russian Club Gallery. It has been curated by Tomorrow Studio, a design agency, to show a selection of designers from outside the constricts of traditional furniture.

Triflow Future Talents Competition

20 August '10

100% Design
Earl's Court Exhibition Center

Triflow Concepts Ltd, a large independent brassware manufacturer in the UK, is running an open competition for designers to design a new tap to be produced next year. The competition will culminate at this years 100% Design fair at Earls Court, London 23-26 September.

Double Collier blanc - Jean-Michel Othoniel, Wright

Wright Sale of a Paris Collection

24 June '10

Wright
Chicago, IL

On 24 June, Wright in Chicago will hold a unique sale of a Private Prench Collection, this time focusing on both art and design. Wright has included mostly mid century to contemporary design, and many of the works are of exceptional quality.