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'Look Mum, No Hands' by Ifeanyi Oganwu at Gallery Armel Soyer

April 24 - July 12 '13

Ifeanyi Oganwu could pass for a designer of his time. Using digital design and novel fabrication techniques to develop his projects, this London- based affable young designer was born in nigeria and trained in the best schools of architecture across the globe.

Eileen Gray at Centre Pompidou

20 February - 20 May '13

From February 20th to May 20th 2013, the Centre Pompidou devotes a retrospective to the unique work of Irish designer Eileen Gray. Featuring a selection of works, pieces of furniture, photographs, scale models and documents brought together for the first time, this exhibition pays tribute to a designer of genius, whose work traverses the Art Deco period and the Modern Movement.

Wright’s Scandinavian Design auction totals $1.6 million

May 16 '13

Wright’s Scandinavian Design auction is still the only sale in North America dedicated exclusively to works from Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Comprised of 229 lots, Scandinavian Design achieved over $1.6 million, selling 79% by lot and 86% by value.

'Windworks' by Merel Karhof

12 - 19 May '13

Windworks, the latest project of Merel Karhof, just opened last week on the Dutch National Mill Day at the well-known and typical area of the Zaanse Schans, in the north-west of the Netherlands.

“Den trætte mand” (the tired man) by Flemming Lassen

Unique Danish design icons at auction in Copenhagen

Thursday 13 June '13 from 3 pm

Flemming Lassen’s upholstered easy chair, “Den trætte mand” (the tired man), is one of the main attractions at Bruun Rasmussen's summer international design auction, which also offers an impressive range of Axel Salto’s sublime stoneware and a number of Børge Mogensen’s original pieces of furniture from his own home in Gentofte.

Andrea Magnani e Giovanni Delvecchio HOCKETY POCKETY at SWING gallery

April 24 - July 12 '13

SWING Gallery is pleased to announce HOCKETY POCKETY, an exhibition project born out of the partnership between the designers Andrea Magnani (Faenza,1983) and Giovanni Delvecchio (Cesena,1981).

Design Auction at Dorotheum

14 May '13

Even though a great variety of objects at the design auction on 14th May 2013 claim to be seats of one sort or another – ranging from the fin de siècle to contemporary prototypes – many of them are considered to be art, with only a fine line dividing the everyday object from the work of art.

Cages by Nucleo

for Nilufar Gallery

Design collective Nucleo is glad to present the latest work designed for Nilufar Gallery.
A limited edition coffee tables, exhibited during Milano Fuori Salone 2013.

Critical of a Lack of Criticism

by Edwin Heathcote

The recent emergence of ‘Critical Design’ as a serious questioning of the traditional processes has highlighted an intriguing phenomenon. The idea that designers are increasingly feeling the need to impose a critical framework suggests that there might be a lack of criticism of design itself.

The CARTOCCI collection by Paola Paronetto

The CARTOCCI collection designed by Paola Paronetto gets its unique appearance from the special texture of paper and card, pulp and fibre added to the ceramic mixture. Their lightness is visually impacting; these articles look as fragile as if they were really made from paper. The CARTOCCI series arouses a desire in the observer to touch and manually explore these daring creations.

'Living Contemporary' Auction : Results

April 25 2013

Chicago's leading auction house, Wright, hosted 'Living Contemporary' A stylish, curated sale of art and design, Living Contemporary on April 25th 2013 - a design auction that achieved a total of $3M, selling 75% by lot and 79% by value.

Phillips Design Auction : Results

25 April '13

Phillips London Design Auction realised a total of £6,109,375 / $9,286,250 / €7,147,969 selling 87% by lot and 83% by value.

Andy Warhol's former townhouse up for sale

via Phaidon News

Andy Warhol's New York home is currently up for sale - at $5.8 million. Located in the Carnegie Hill neighbourhood of New York, the 3,072-square-foot townhouse was bought by Warhol for just $60,000 in 1959.

'Living Contemporary' Auction at Wright

April 25 '13

Living Contemporary is Wright's highly-anticipated auction featuring a well-curated selection of art and design. This season's sale features a broad spectrum of works by iconoclast American artist Christopher Wool, offering a snapshot of the New York art scene in the 1980s and 90s and insight into the artist's creative process.

Phillips April Design Auction

25 April '13

Phillips is proud to announce highlights from the upcoming April Design auction, featuring 267 lots with a combined pre-sale low estimate of £3.9m and a pre-sale high estimate of £5.6m.

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