1868 - 1928
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born in Glasgow in 1868 and died in London on 10th December 1928. His personality is one of those that characterize the period immediately preceding the Modern Movement.
For the 6th edition of Design Parade, Villa Noailles has invited the Ecole Supérieure d’Art et de Design in Reims (Reims School of Art and Design) to exhibit a selection of works, the result of two workshops which took place in 2011, with blown glass as the theme.
Metz
France
The Centre Pompidou-Metz presents the first major retrospective in France dedicated to the work of Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec.
The 'meltdown series' by Tomprice are created using the same techniques applied to different materials.
The 'pp sheet' chair is created by heating and pressing a seat-shaped former into a bundle of crumpled polypropylene sheets. The sheets begin to liquify as they come into contact with the heated former, then set in the shape of the seat as it cools, creating a contrast in form and texture to the remaining sheets.
London
The Aram Gallery presents Casts and Moulds, the next instalment in its on-going exhibition series, Prototypes and Experiments. The sixth show focuses on casting and moulding as a means of manufacture. Each exhibitor was selected because they are exemplary of the scope in moulding across design disciplines; product, furniture, jewellery and architecture.
Conventionally a jewellery box is a special container for storing your prized possessions, it’s often decorated and contains several sections. Lady Killer Vol.1 is certainly a special container, it has a boxy form that houses jewellery and is adorned with carefully crafted decoration, and it even has upper and lower compartments.
1903-1999
Charlotte Perriand from the first decades of the twentieth century, brought about a profound change in aesthetic values and gave birth to a truly modern sensitivity towards everyday life.
Pepe Heykoop premiered his new furniture collection, the Skin Collection, this past June at DMY Berlin. Most recently, the series of leather waste furniture has been on view at the Rad Gallery in London.
Chicago
Balloons are familiar and loved objects, but few people realize that with some amateur kitchen chemistry techniques, the process for manufacturing them can be replicated on a small scale.
Released to DeTnk Collectible Design Market Report Subscribers last month, we are pleased to announce to the public the DeTnk Market Report update.
The Design Market Report update includes data compiled from all design auction sales for the first five months of 2011 revealing the current trends of the collectible design market.
London
The Marsden Woo Gallery is currently exhibiting the work of Royal College of Art alumni James Rigler in the exhibition The Lost World.
Rigler’s artefacts have a strange familiarity; they resemble things we know we’ve seen before, but find it hard to pinpoint where. Exaggerated and emphatic, each piece is a synthesis of historical forms and cultural ideas that carry with them a multiplicity of associations.
Villa Elisabeth
Berlin
Premsela, the Netherlands Institute for Design and Fashion, presents 'Basic Instincts'; a multi disciplinary show featuring 50 designers. The exhibition combines fashion design, art, architecture and product design, and aims to represent the diversity of Dutch creative culture.
V&A
London
The V&A are working together with The Crafts Council to present ‘The power of Making’; an exhibition which aims to highlight the importance and resurgence of craft and making skills in contemporary design, art and beyond.
Locations across Sydney
Sydney is gearing up for its annual festival of design; featuring over 100 events, including inspiring exhibitions, workshops, master classes, talks, installations and tours.
Design Museum
London
Later this month, The Design Museum will open 'Making Britain Modern', a retrospective of the 50 year career of one of Britain's leading product and industrial designers, Kenneth Grange. A designer whose iconic works have become part of and then shaped, the visual landscape of everyday life in the UK.
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