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Aug
28
2014
Mueller Kneer Associates The Cotton House Manchester Young Architects from Germany

Parallel to the exhibition “Aus allen Richtungen” at the AIT ArchitekturSalon in Cologne and its exploration of 30 young German

Aug
25
2014
Woody Skateboards Familiy

No sooner had we published our post on the innovative high-tech world of silbærg snowboards, than we received information on

Aug
18
2014
Aus allen Richtungen Positionen junger Architekten im BDA DAZ Berlin

When we stated in our 5 New Design Exhibitions for August 2014 post that there were only three exhibitions opening

Aug
15
2014
Croatian Design Superstore 2014 Zadar

In our post from the excellent exhibition Croatian Holiday at Vienna Design Week 2012 we questioned the curators assertion that

Aug
12
2014
Weil am Rhein City of Chairs Shiro Kuramata Apple Honey Rheinpark

Any self-respecting modern conurbation needs a moniker. An evocative tag line on which to hang its city marketing strategy and

Aug
01
2014
tolix stools

Over the years we have regularly highlighted the fact that buying cheap copies of established furniture design classics is not

Jul
16
2014
B10 Active House by Werner Sobeck Stuttgart

Since the beginning of July the Weissenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart has been one building richer with the official unveiling of the

Jul
14
2014
Swiss Design Award 2014

As is becoming customary Design Miami Basel 2014 provided the backdrop for the presentation of the Swiss Design Award. And

Jul
08
2014
Finn Juhl Poet Sofa

By way of a final addendum to our “5 New Design Exhibitions for July 2014” post, the Design museum Gent are

Jul
04
2014
We Traders Tausche Krise Gegen Stadt at the Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien Berlin

“Weltstadt – Who creates the city?“, we wrote in our review of the eponymous exhibition at the Deutsches Architektur Zentrum,

Jun
28
2014
Petstools Hanna Emelie Ernsting VitraHaus Ella forest

In our post on the Pulpo Galerie in Lörrach we noted that “you don’t get your products shown in the

Jun
10
2014
QUIZ Galerie poirel, Nancy

“Do the expressions ‘art or design?’ and ‘art and design?’ still have a meaning? Has the question of an object’s

Jun
04
2014
Craft & Bling Bling Fake at Depot Basel

For us there is very little that epitomises fakeness better than Bling – bold, flash, arrogant jewellery distracting from the

May
28
2014
Berlin Design Week Werkschau Sebastian Herkner Rosenthal Berlin tea service wan

Since the late 1950s Bavarian porcelain manufacturer Rosenthal has cooperated with an impressive roster of international designers to create new

May
28
2014
wild, connected, printed & additional THINGS at designtransfer Key by Maria Neumann & Jakob Ruhe

Parallel to Berlin Design Week 2014 the Universität der Künste, UdK, platform designtransfer is presenting an exhibition highlighting a selection

May
27
2014
Berlin Design Week Who is Mari Enzo Mari und die Meisterwerkstatt der KPM

Established in 1751 by Wilhelm Caspar Wegely and taken under royal control by Prussia’s King Frederick II in 1763, the

May
26
2014
Berlin Design Week 2014 Berlin Glas

At the risk of being accused of wilful and negligent generalisation, contemporary industrial design arose from traditional crafts, driven by

May
25
2014
Berlin Design Week Special 4+1 by Mark Braun at SOX

SOX is, in all probability, Berlin’s smallest gallery. SOX is a circa 2m by 3m window. An oversized display cabinet

May
24
2014
Berlin Design Week 2014 Studio Rygalik Show Room at the Polnisches Institut Berlin Dub paged

If we’re honest we’re not entirely sure where or when we first saw the work of Gosia & Tomek Rygalik

May
04
2014
Milan Furniture Fair 2014 USM Haller

We round up our Milan 2014 coverage with a company we admire, but about whom we find it all but

May
01
2014
1875 Swivel Ofiice Chair by Gebrüder Thonet Vienna Grassi Leipzig

By way of a 1st of May, International Workers’ Day, special…… in Milan Ronan Bouroullec told us that the brother’s

Apr
19
2014
Verner Panton Visiona 1970 Revisiting the Future at the Vitra Design Museum Gallery

Parallel to the exhibition Konstantin Grcic – Panorama, the Vitra Design Museum is revisiting perhaps the daddy of all explorations

Apr
13
2014
Milan 2014 Artek Rival Konstantin Grcic

If we’re honest, we really, really, should have seen it coming. We didn’t. Having been acquired in 2013 by Vitra,

Apr
11
2014
Milan 2014 Berlin Design Selection Crossboard LOCKWOOD

In design the term “readymade” is used to refer to products created by giving existing objects a new function; generally

Apr
11
2014
Danish Dynamite Alexander Muchenberger Design School Kolding Milan 2014

“We are red, we are white, we are Danish dynamite!” So sang the Danes their national football team to victory

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