5 New Architecture & Design Exhibitions for November 2024

As the, then, still plain Walter Scott, so nearly opined in 1806:

“November’s sky is chill and drear,
November’s leaf is red and sear:
Late, gazing down the steepy linn
That hems our little garden in,
I thought, what an excellent month to visit an architecture or design exhibition.”¹

Our five retreats from the chill and drear of November 2024 can be found in Chemnitz, Brussels, Winterthur, Krefeld and New York…….

Panorama. A History of Modern Design in Belgium at ADAM, Brussels Design Museum

With the exhibition Panorama. A History of Modern Design in Belgium, the ADAM, Brussels Design Museum present an exploration of design in Belgium from the 1880s until the 1980s: and in doing so not only explain the development of design in Belgium, but provide for new understandings of that development.

smow blog Design Calendar: April 3rd 1863 – Happy Birthday Henry van de Velde!

Henry van de Velde not only helped define Art Nouveau, he was also party to Art Nouveau’s christening; even if

(smow) blog Design Calendar: April 12th 1919 – Official confirmation of the name “Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar”

Herewith we inform the directors of the Hochschule für bildende Kunst that the Provisional Republican Government has approved the request

5 New Design Exhibitions for March 2014

The North wind doth blow and we shall have snow, And what will poor robin do then, poor thing? He’ll

Marianne Brandt at Villa Esche Chemnitz

By way of an addendum to our addendum to our “5 New Design Exhibitions for February 2014” post…… Until June

(smow) blog 2013. A pictorial review: March

March 2013 was a month of travelling: Stuttgart, Chemnitz, Weimar, Dessau….. its amazing we found time to actually write anything…….

Klassik Stiftung Weimar: Henry van de Velde. Leidenschaft, Funktion und Schönheit

Until June 23rd 2013 the Klassik Stiftung Weimar are presenting the exhibition “Henry van de Velde. Leidenschaft, Funktion und Schönheit”