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Mar

30

2015

As we’ve often noted/complained/mocked in these pages, for a town widely lauded as being the most creative in the universe,

Feb

14

2015

Premièred in 2012 as a platform to help connect design with business and to encourage greater design thinking by and

Jan

06

2015

As any fool know, Germany’s most important contribution to art, architecture and design education was established in Weimar in April

Dec

27

2014

If we remember correctly, the only Irish designer we have ever included in these pages is Eileen Gray. That may

Dec

12

2014

On one of the very few occasions over the past 12 months when we’ve put down our axes and stepped,

Dec

10

2014

We recently posted on current research which suggests that not only is sitting for long periods detrimental to our health,

Dec

03

2014

As many of you will be aware, for us no post about 20th century American design is complete with the

Nov

25

2014

Then and Now 50 Years of The London College of Furniture

For an institution associated with so many interesting and important figures in the UK furniture industry, there is a remarkable

Nov

21

2014

Following three years closure and an investment of some four million Euros the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin – Berlin Museum of Decorative

Nov

11

2014

As older readers will be aware, one of our all time favourite projects is, was and probably always will be

Nov

09

2014

Until December 20th the Paris dépendance of Galerie kreo is presenting an exhibition dedicated to the vivacious variety of contemporary

Nov

06

2014

HeuHütten.BergBauern.LandSchafft at the Schwäbisches Bauernhofmuseum Illerbeuren

Given the urban-centric view of the world most of us posses it’s all to easy to forget that social and

Nov

05

2014

prouve table vitrahaus plug lamp Form Us With Love atelje lyktan

On seeing a lamp grace a Jean Prouvé desk on the Vitra stand at Orgatec 2014 we termed it “a

Nov

03

2014

Cohesion is a concept with which we are very familiar. Largely because it is a state we never achieve. Much

Oct

30

2014

Established in 1998 by the artist couple Anna and István Regős as a gallery/shop in the cellar of their house

Oct

29

2014

On Friday October 24th the winners of the Saxony Design Award 2014 – the Sächsischer Staatspreis für Design 2014 –

Oct

27

2014

In 2010 the spectacularly sinister sounding Hungarian Ministry of Human Capacities launched a programme to help promote products made in

Oct

23

2014

One of the highlights for us of Dutch Design Week 2014 is and was the showcase of works by Eindhoven

Oct

23

2014

At the risk of overusing the phrase “a concept that grows on us the more XXXX adds to it” and

Oct

22

2014

As long as we’ve been going to Vienna Design Week the festival has always included a focus on social responsibility.

Oct

22

2014

The presentation of Dirk Vander Kooij’s current collection during Dutch Design Week 2014 took place at Kazerne – the new

Oct

22

2014

The history of furniture design is famously also a history of experimentation, re-configuring, re-thinking and often of designers changing materials

Oct

21

2014

For us the passion, indeed interest, for living in a shared flat ended approximately 18 months before we moved out

Oct

21

2014

Martino Gamper design is a state of mind Pinacoteca Agnelli Turin

On Wednesday October 22nd the exhibition “Martino Gamper – design is a state of mind” opens at the Pinacoteca Agnelli

Oct

20

2014

Back in the day when the CD was new and exciting we remember watching a breakfast TV host spread honey on one to demonstrate how indestructible they were. Other CDs were attacked with keys, dowsed in hot coffee and stood on.

These days we all know much better. CDs are destructible. We’ve seen the light.

And at Dutch Design Week 2014 you can can see the light a recycled CD emits.

Or at least the luminescence produced by a mass of recycled CDs in the thoughtfully and intelligently formed Fresnel Suspension Lamp by Dutch designer Dirk Vander Kooij.

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