Tulga Beyerle, Director of the Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden, once gave us a piece of advice, the context of which we've long since forgotten, but not the content "only work with people you like" Much as we have tried to follow Tulga's sage advice, such are the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune under which we suffer, we haven't; unlike, we presume, Tulga who has now gone one step further and transformed the premise into the exhibition Friends + Design. Friends + Design at the
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We traditionally start our Vienna Design Week Passionswege tour at J. & L. Lobmeyr. And it is always an appointment that fills us with trepidation. Not because we fear J. or indeed L. Lobmeyr. Put it this way. A shop. Full of exquisite bone china. Full of exquisite crystal. Us. What could possibly go wrong ? And so maybe Philippe Malouin had us in mind when developing his project for Vienna Design Week 2011. And incorporated wood into his hourglasses. "Time is a quality that makes
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