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Apr

11

2014

Moooi Nut Chair Marcel Wanders Prop Light Bertjan Pot

Preparing for his solo exhibition “Pinned Up at the Stedelijk, 25 years of design” clearly helped Marcel Wanders tackle, and

Apr

10

2014

Uncino by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Mattiazzi

“Modern office chairs can be like machines, very technical. We wanted to create something a little softer, more human.” So

Apr

10

2014

Exhibitions in which designers present objects that inspire them are nothing new. But are by their very nature exhibitions that

Apr

09

2014

As regular readers will be aware, unlike The Kinks we are no dedicated followers of fashion. Millinery is another matter

Apr

09

2014

Vitra Charles and Ray Eames EA 101, 102 104

Older readers will remember how last year one of the Vitra Senior Manager’s quoted from this blog in his pre-fair

Apr

08

2014

“With Milan design week, as with life”, we noted in our Milan Design Week 2014 preview, “the best, most interesting, most

Apr

08

2014

Many people, if not peoples, could currently be forgiven for reacting somewhat sceptically to the notion of a “Happy Future”.

Apr

03

2014

Medallion by Gonçalo Campos & Maria Bruno Néo for Vicara

The weekend April 4th to April 6th 2014 sees the 3rd annual “European Artistic Crafts Days”. Organised by the French

Mar

26

2014

New Gate for the Alhambra by Álvaro Siza Vieira and Juan Domingo Santos.

Until May 8th 2014 the Aedes Architecture Forum Berlin is hosting the exhibition Visions of the Alhambra, a presentation of the

Mar

14

2014

As a general rule we ignore rules. Especially those rules that start with “don’t” However, when we were told not

Mar

13

2014

Create with Aarhus at the Wilhelm Wagenfeld Haus, Bremen

Although these days talk of necessary redevelopment, renewal, reinvention and change of function in Bremen is often undertaken in context

Mar

10

2014

On Friday March 14th blickfang Stuttgart opens its doors to the public for the 22nd edition of the consumer design

Mar

06

2014

“Colours have an important, positive, psychological effect“, so explained Verner Panton the polychromatic nature of his Visiona 2 showcase. But not just

Feb

26

2014

Pegasus Home Desk by Ippolito Fleitz Group Tilla Goldberg for classicon

The first post in our, hopefully short, new series “Things we missed at IMM Cologne 2014” is devoted to the

Feb

21

2014

On Thursday February 13th the 2014 Designpreis Halle jury met to peruse the entries submitted for this years competition. And

Feb

01

2014

Marcel Wanders Pinned Up at the Stedelijk 25 years of design

By way of an addendum to our “5 New Design Exhibitions for February 2014” post…. The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is currently

Jan

29

2014

It’s probably indicative of the transiency of the contemporary furniture business, but during the recent Maison & Objet in Paris,

Jan

24

2014

(smow) blog compact IMM Cologne Special Thonet S 1200 desk Randolf Schott Thonet Design Team

Our coverage of IMM Cologne 2014 may be reaching its conclusion, but we still have a few gleaming gems to

Jan

23

2014

(smow) blog compact IMM Cologne Special Müller Möbelfabrikation Stack

It may have been because at IMM Cologne 2014 they were given a larger stand than in previous years. It

Jan

21

2014

(smow) blog compact IMM Cologne Special D3 Contest Exhibition

Curated annually by the German Design Council on behalf of Cologne Trade Fair the [D3] Contest is an international competition

Jan

16

2014

smow blog compact IMM Cologne Special maigrau

When we spoke with Nik Back and Alexander Stamminger aka maigrau back in 2010 they told us that in the

Jan

14

2014

That furniture often has a cultural background can probably be best observed in chairs: the cultural background often defining, for

Jan

14

2014

In 1949 the Swedish publishing house Bonniers folkbibliotek organised a competition asking for designs for a bookcase system that was

Jan

13

2014

In numerous mythologies heroes are whisked through space and time on a magic carpet. The carpet project that took Alexander

Dec

16

2013

On Thursday December 12th Vienna Design Week co-founder Tulga Beyerle was officially presented as the new director of the Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden.

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