Archive for the ‘Exhibitions’ Category
Viaduct at Clerkenwell Design Week
Shed Heaven
Viaduct is showing its latest furniture and lighting straight from Milan at Clerkenwell Design Week. See the latest from Bensen, E15, Maruni and Montis in The Farmiloe Building’s Shed.
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Tags: chair, design, e15, exhibition, Fukasawa, German design, lighting, Maruni, Milan, Stefan Diez, Viaduct
All the fun of the Fair
Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2011
We’re fresh from Milan, where the Salone Internazionale del Mobile celebrated its 50th anniversary. Highlights for us from our clients included Stefan Diez’s new furniture for e15 in muted colours; new furniture by Neils Bendtsen for Bensen, and new chairs for Maruni by design superstars Naoto Fukasawa and Jasper Morrison.
We also loved Davide Groppi lighting, Pastoe, Montis, Zeus and Zeitraum (who were so pleased with the WRAP treatment at Viaduct, they invited them to design an exclusive wallpaper for their Salone stand). We’ll be showcasing more pictures from Milan soon.
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Tags: Bensen, chair, Davide Groppi, design, e15, furniture, Jasper Morrison, Maruni, Milan, Montis, Naoto Fukasawa, Pastoe, Salone del Mobile, Stefan Diez, Zeitraum, Zeus
SHOW TWO
SHOW TWO, a collaboration between furniture brand Zeitraum and new illustration magazine Wrap, launches on 2 March at Viaduct.
Zeitraum pieces on show will include the newly-launched Morph Lounge Chair, as well as Bondt side tables, High Noon lighting and the Side Comfort Home sofa. Zeitraum’s collection will be complemented and contrasted by prints created by Wrap. Extracting details and elements from contributions to their first issue, Wrap have used interesting mark-making, explosive colours, rich textures and humorous characters to create a range of fabric, paper and ceramic based pieces exclusively for this show.
Viaduct SHOW TWO 02.03.11 – 02.04.11
Designs of the Year 2011
The Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011 held their showcase of this year’s nominees at the Design Museum on 15th Feb. The awards present the most creative designs from across the globe across seven categories: graphics, furniture, fashion, architecture, transport, product, and interactive. When the awards say they have it all, believe us, they have the ammunition in the form of the new Fiat 500, a designer coffin, a spinning top chair, the Barclay’s Cycle for Hire system, and the iPad among numerous other designs that satisfy elements of both form and function.
One of the first things we noticed was the set of Amplify Chandeliers attracting full attention in the center of the exhibition. Designed by Yves Behar and Fuseproject for Swarovski, these beautiful paper lights are powered by a low-energy LED light which reflects off the single crystal that is encompassed in a faceted paper shade. The result is a beautiful chandelier effect that combines classic elements with modern design and energy saving techniques.
Another interesting lighting concept was the collection of Wall Piercings. These lights gradually change colour creating a mesmerising effect that would be ideal for a restaurant or club. These mesmerizing lights, designed by Ron Gilad for Flos, are definitely worth a look.
Also featured was an architectural model representing Thomas Heatherwick’s incredible Seed Cathedral, also known as the UK Pavilion, which was one of the most visited sites at the Shanghai Expo this year. The large display pictures that accompanies the model at the showcase only gives a glimpse at what a huge and magnificent undertaking this project was. Stretching over 6,000 square meters, the Seed Cathedral is 20 meters high and was constructed using 60,000 transparent optical strands that stretched 7.5 meters in length. The tip of each of these strands is embedded with a seed from the Millennium Seedbank at Kew. The interior of the pavilion is illuminated only from the natural light that is filtered past each optical hair. An extraordinary sight to behold, and one that is our personal favourite to take home top honors at the awards.
See all the nominees at www.designsoftheyear.com
Designs of the Year 2011 is on at the Design Museum until 7 August 2011
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Tags: design, design museum, exhibition, furniture, graphic design, lighting
The Stars Shine All Day Too
New work by Rob Ryan at The Air Gallery
Rob Ryan’s exhibition, The Stars Shine All Day Too, is a visual feast of intricate papercutting. Cut by hand, these works will take your breath away with their sheer delicacy. The artistry, tiny details and the poetic words will have you poring over these large-scale paper-cuts.
The Stars Shine All Day Too by Rob Ryan is on at The Air Gallery, 32 Dover Street, London W1 until 20th November 2010.
Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat 11-4, Sun 12-4
e15 in Milan
e15 launched new products in Milan, extended the Award winning Houdini range to include a barstool and also launched the Eugene armchair; a new compact sofa with curves and a range of the simplest rugs seen all week – plain strong coloured tufted carpet with contrasting fringing.
The new pieces arrive at Viaduct in May
Head turning
Faces seemed to be taking centre stage this year in Milan – whether it was Marcel Wanders for Baccarat, Fabio Novembre for Driade or the world’s most beloved Mickey Mouse as seen at Cappellini.
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Tags: baccarat, cappellini, design, driade, fabio novembre, Marcel wanders, mickey mouse, Milan
Colour of Money
Colours that stood out in Milan were pinks and blues as seen at Established & Sons, e15, Moooi. Surely these great design houses are not influenced by Karim Rashid? Who incidentally waved his pinkness over Corian and much more.
100% British Design
10 April – 2 May 2010
The best in British design has been cherry-picked by la Rinascente for an exhibition in their Design Supermarket, Milan. 100% British Design was established as an initiative by UK Trade & Investment to promote British design exports around the globe, and for 3 weeks around the Salone, British design takes centre stage. 100% Design London co-sponsored this event as a large proportion of exhibits were selected at their show.
Website: www.designsupermarket.it
Quilts: 1700-2010
We’re getting excited about the new Quilts: 1700-2010 exhibition at the V&A.
The exhibition will show 65 beautifully crafted quilts, predominantly
from the V&A’s own collection but also including a number of important loans and new works by contemporary artists (including Natasha Kerr, pictured), many of which have been commissioned especially for the show. If the show inspires you to have a go at creating your own patchwork masterpiece, the V&A shop has teamed up with Liberty and will be selling a limited edition of 18 quilting fabrics.
Quilts: 1700-2010
20 March – 4 July 2010