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Call for applications - The Hungarian Pavilion
For the exhibition in, and the position of curator for, the Hungarian Pavilion at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice, in 2010
Swedish design student wins Electrolux Design Lab 2009 with his concept “Cocoon”
Rickard Hederstierna from Lund University in Sweden is the winner of the Electrolux Design Lab 2009 competition for inventing Cocoon. The winner was announced at finals in London on September 24, at 100% Design London, the UK’s leading architecture and design event.
Fabrica at ExperimentaDesign Lisboa 2009
Fabrica, the Benetton group’s communication research center, will participate in ExperimentaDesign, the international Biennale of design creativity and culture to be held in Lisbon from September 10th to November 11th with Bizarre, a collection of ceramics designed by Sam Baron/Fabrica for Sisley and Take Your Time, an exhibition at the space Fabrica Features Lisboa.
Antiziganism and Class Racism in Europe by Vladan Jeremic and Rena Rädle
The Roma have a long history of migrations that repeatedly brought repression to their people over the centuries. European countries began introducing laws against migrating peoples (i.e. nomads, travelers) in the mid-Fifteenth century (1). Video: www.archive.org/details/BELLEVILLE
Europa Kai
The exhibition presents two competitions for the development of one of the most important areas in central St. Petersburg.
Lolita by Ron Arad for Swarovski Crystal Palace is Exhibited at MoMA, New York
The Museum of Modern Art presents Ron Arad: No Discipline, the first major U.S. retrospective of Arad’s work, from August 2 to October 19, 2009 in New York.
German Design Council's Agenda
Design Award 2010: Registration deadline extended. Companies and designers nominated for the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2010 have until August 12, 2009 to apply for the most prestigious German design award. The jury meeting will take place on August 27-28, 2009, and the presentation gala will take place on February 12, 2010 within the framework of the ...
New Mr Jones Watches
New design available from Mr Jones Watches: Cyclops dispenses with a conventional arrangement of hour, minute and second hands; instead a single hour marker passes around the dial.
Allée chair by Suzanne Trocmé for Bernhardt Design
When sitting in a Paris garden, most people focus on the natural beauty of their surroundings; however, designer Suzanne Trocmé focuses on the composition, framework and rhythm of the space, which was created by man rather than nature. It is within the strict structure of the formal garden that she finds the catalyst for the creation of her aptly named Allée chair.
The Art of Timber Construction – Chinese Architectural Models
For about three centuries, almost all public buildings in China were built according to a hardly ever changing construction system: an enormous, curved hip roof rests on wooden posts with wide overhanging eaves and tile covering, supported by an elaborate wooden construction. Posts, purlins, as well as rows of short beams form a framework, whose parts are only connected ...
