A Place To Gather

Contemporary Irish Craft

London

On the occasion of London Design Festival 2012 the Crafts Council of Ireland created the exhibition 'A Place to Gather' in an old garage/warehouse in Shoreditch.

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Gallery Fumi announces selection for PAD London

Celebrating the use of natural materials and craftsmanship

London

Following its successful exhibition at Pavilion of Art and Design (PAD), Paris, Gallery FUMI is delighted to announce its participation at PAD London, this October.

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A Century of Pastoe

23 February - 2 June '13

Pastoe celebrates its 100th anniversary on 13 April 2013. This milestone will be celebrated with a comprehensive exhibition at museum the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, The Netherlands from 23 February through 2 June.

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'Casamatta' at Milan Triennale Design Museum

a review by Virginia Lucarelli

Milan

From 21 June to 2 September 2012 the Milan Triennale Design Museum hosted the exhibition Casamatta, curated by Johnny Dell’Orto, exploring the multifaceted work of Roberto Sebastiàn Matta.

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Hewett Street Block Party

DESIGN, FOOD, MUSIC, ART, by and for the LOCAL COMMUNITY

London

Coinciding with this yearʼs London Design Festival, protein will host the Hewett Street Block Party will feature stalls hosted by a roster local designers, friends and family including: Not Another Bill, GetMe!, super/collider, Jaguar Shoes Collective, Ditto Press and AC Projects

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Dear Design Aficionados of the Future

This is 2012

London

On the eve of the London Design Festival, Founder of the Design Museum Sir Terence Conran, Director Deyan Sudjic OBE and Chairman of the Trustees Luqman Arnold, joined by leading architects and designers, attended a ceremony today to celebrate the ground breaking of the new Design Museum at the former Commonwealth Institute on Kensington High Street.

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FLOS launches 'Tatou'

by Patricia Urquiola

London

On the occasion of the London Design Festival, FLOS has announced the international launch of Tatou, the new family of lamps designed by Patricia Urquiola.

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'Design' auction at Phillips de Pury

27 September '12

London

On the 27th of September Phillips de Pury & Company will kick of their 2012 design auction season in London.

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“Love me tender” by Didier Faustino

for Super-ette

Supper-ette has released a limited edition of Didier Faustino's 'Love Me Tender' chair.

'Love Me Tender' intends to make the body aware of the most banal gestures. Through this chair, Faustino conceives design as a weakness. The body takes possession of a space that it leaves its mark upon. To live becomes a tiny but real attempt, a way of marking one’s territory.

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designjunction Pop Up Canteen

the place to eat during London Design Festival

London

designjunction has revealed details of its Pop Up Canteen, a special collaboration between the Canteen group of restaurants, Transport for London (TfL), with furniture supplied by Modus and lighting from Very Good & Proper. Canteen, which has a number of permanent sites across London, draws heavily on TfL's utilitarian chic for its interiors, which is what made this collaboration such a perfect fit.

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Image for a Title : Placebo effects in the cultural landscape

14 - 23 September '12

London

As a part of Brompton Design District during London Design Festival a group of designers are coming together to explore placebo through speculative design.

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Living Contemporary Auction at Wright

27 September '12

Chicago

Opening the fall auction season is Wright’s Living Contemporary sale, a thoughtfully edited auction comprised of functional and non-functional 20th and 21st century design paired with post-war and contemporary art. This sale features an outstanding selection of works by American, Argentine, Italian, Danish, French and Japanese designers.

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The Punti Bench

by Gaga & Design

Gaga & Design was founded by Yaacov Kaufman and Avi Bourla, with a commitment to contemporary design furniture and art directing. The Punti bench is part of the trademark woven furniture collection of Gaga & Design.

Designed to be a colorful furniture piece , as color drops from a painter's pallet , it has an asymmetrical shape & is roomy enough to seat 3 people and one cat.

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VanDusen Botanical Gardens Visitor Centre wins WAN Engineering Award

Designed by Fast + Epp

Vancouver

Located in the heart of Vancouver, the VanDusen Botanical Gardens Visitor Centre is inspired by the organic forms of a native orchid.

Requiring extensive collaboration between the architect and the structural engineer, the project's most innovative feature is the dramatic free-form roof structure.

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