Wien Museum
Karlsplatz, Austria
Design in Vienna has been a growing market over the last decade. In recent years, it has become more of an active scene in line with the European trend for Design.
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
New York City, USA
Design USA: Contemporary Innovation represents the tenth anniversary of the National Design Awards, and showcases winners from those years. Design USA is organized according to five themes including craft, experience, technology, materials, and method as well as lifetime achievement and design mind winners.
Wright Auction House
Chicago, IL
On the 12th of October, Wright will hold another Design specific sale in 2010. The sale includes many pieces from important mid-century designers with few contemporary pieces. It is clear auction houses are not ready to gamble on emerging names.
PROVENANCE Haunch of Venison, London, UK
EXHIBITED Thomas Heatherwick, ‘Extrusions’, Haunch of Venison, London, 17 September–8 November 2009
LITERATURE
Thomas Heatherwick, Extrusions, Haunch of Venison, London, 17 September–8 November 2009
LITERATURE David A. Hanks, Anne Hoy and Martin Eidelberg, Design for Living: Furniture and Lighting 1950-2000, exh. cat., Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, 2000, pp. 210-211 and 233; Droog & Dutch Design, From Product to Fashion, exh. cat., Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2000, front cover and pp.
LITERATURE
Shiro Kuramata, exh. cat., Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2000, pp. 24, 42–43, 48, and p. 149, pl. 3; Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., Domus VIII: 1975–1979, p. 366
LITERATURE Fontana Arte sales catalogue, Italy, 1960s, p. 19
PROVENANCE Faculté de Lettres, Université de Besançon, Besançon, France
LITERATURE Galeries
Jousse Seguin and Enrico Navarra, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 1998, p. 63;
Penelope Rowlands, Jean Prouvé, New York, 2002, pp. 50-51; Peter
Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre Complète, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005,
p. 252, fig. 1235.22,2
Relatively new to the design scene, Mathieu Lehanneur, first turning heads in 2008, finds most of his inspiration for design in nature. However, recently he has found himself interested in biomimicry, or the interaction of synthetic and natural materials.
Berkeley Square
London, UK
For its fourth year, the Pavilion of Art & Design successfully returns to Mayfair to showcase exception works from Modern Art, Design, Decorative Arts, Photography, Jewellery and Tribal Art from 1860 to today.
Phillips de Pury & Company
London
Phillips de Pury & Company's latest Design sale took place the 28th of September in London and ended with shakey results. Design sales give collectors an opportunity to focus their purchases on some of the best design pieces on the market.
With thousands of design hot spots in the world, each with their own loyal following, we can only imagine that you, our devoted readers, have got your personal favourites, and for the second year we would love for you to share them with us.
Shoreditch Town Hall
London, UK
In its second year, the Shoreditch Ball will be taking place in Shoreditch Town Hall and will be hosted by Johnny Woo. This year’s ball will have an exclusive auction of Art, Furniture, and Fashion conducted by Sotheby’s Adrian Biddell.
Archives