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Wright to auction Frank Lloyd Wright’s 'Little Gem'

15 December '11

Chicago

On December 15, 2011 Wright will auction the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Kenneth Laurent House and furnishings. The property has been consigned to the Chicago-based auction house by the original owner, Mr. Laurent.

Ayala Serfaty: In Vein at Cristina Grajales Gallery

1 November - 23 December '11

New York

Cristina Grajales Gallery in NYC are presenting designer Ayala Serfaty's first solo show in the United States.

Cirkel by Daphna Laurens (photos by Mike Roelofs)

'Cirkel' by Daphna Laurens at Gallery Gosserez

24 November '11 - 14 January '12

Paris

From November 24th Gallery Gosserez will present Cirkel by Daphna Laurens. The new pieces designed by Daphna have a shared basis, the circle. Two dimensional drawings and ideas took shape during the last months in their workshop by modifying this elemental shape.

Robert Stadler / 1000 Days

19 November '11 - 7 January '12

Paris

The Carpenters Workshop Gallery Paris are presenting work from the last three years designed by Robert Stadler in an Exhibition entitled 1000 Days. Stadler's work seems to be highly sought after, just last month we saw his exhibition Wild Home at Triple V in Paris.

20th Century Design Auction at Sotheby's

22 November '11

Paris

On the 22nd of November 2011 Sotheby's Paris will host a 20th Century Design auction that includes some of the most iconic design work by the collectible design market's most sought after designers.

‘The Best of all Worlds' by Didier Faustino

21 October - 4 December 2011

Paris

From 21st October to 4th December 2011, Didier Faustino presents ‘The Best of all Worlds' an installation designed for Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine in the framework of IFA.’

Pieds d'Oeuvre at Smogallery

3 - 25 November '11

Beirut

Earlier this month Smogallery, in Beirut, challenged a group of Lebanon's top designers and artists to transform a pair of old bench legs into a contemporary design work. The resulting show, entitled 'Pieds d'Oeuvre', reveals the talent of these designers and the diversity of creative approaches employed by the various participants.

Pair of ‘Noah’s Ark’ nesting tables by Nils Fougstedt  and Björn Trägårdh

Important Nordic Design at Phillips de Pury & Company

17 November '11

London

Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to announce Important Nordic Design, an academic exploration into 20th century and contemporary Nordic design and culture curated by acclaimed architect Lee F. Mindel, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and whose firm Shelton, Mindel & Associates is the winner of the 2011 Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Interior Design.

Tetra Pak milk carton advertisement, 1950. The tetrahedron-shaped carton gave the Tetra Pak company its name. Credit: T

Hidden Heroes – The Genius of Everyday Things

9 November '11 - 5 June '11

London

The science museum is please to announce their new show 'Hidden Heroes - The Genius of Everyday Things' which examines the inspiration involved in items whose design and purpose are so well matched that they remain uncelebrated, but heavily used, in the fabric of our lives. The show runs from 9 November 2011 to 5 June 2012.

Peter Buchanan-Smith, Best Made American Felling Axes , 2009

Graphic Design: Now in Production at the Walker

October 22 '11 - January 22 '12

Minneapolis
USA

Organised by the Walker Art Centre and the Cooper-Hewitt, Graphic Design: Now in Production is is the largest museum exhibition on the subject since the Walker’s seminal 1989 exhibition Graphic Design in America: A Visual Language History, and the Cooper-Hewitt’s 1996 comprehensive survey, Mixing Messages: Graphic Design in Contemporary Culture.

Growing Vases by nendo (photos by Mint and Inge Clements )

Growing Vases by Nendo at Mint

13 – 31 October '11

London

Following the success of the installation during Milan’s Tortona, Mint will present, 'Growing Vases' by nendo, for the first time in the UK.

Les Grandes Tables de L’île

by 1024 Architecture

1024 Architecture have launched a temporary restaurant/bar/open-air café positioned on Île Seguin in the middle of a temporary garden while Jean Nouvel’s macro project is being implemented.

Nucleo at PAD London

12 - 16 October '11

London

Turin based art/design collective Nucleo will be shown by Gallery Nilufar and Gabrielle Ammann Gallery at the Pavilion of Art & Design in Berkley Square from 12 - 16 October '11.

'Pygmalion' at Galerie Gosserez

8 September - 22 October '11

Paris

Galeria Gosserez have selected four designers they consider amongst the most talented of a developing new generation. All of the selected designers have been working in the best French design studios where they contribute to design some of the most remarkable pieces of design of the beginning of the 21st century.

Adrien De Melo at Galerie BSL

9 September - 26 November '11

Paris

For his first solo exhibition, Adrien De Melo presents his structural vision of 'the object' at Galerie BSL. Through 7 limited edition objects he reveals the map of an imaginary land where onyx, ceramic and wood form an elegant display of irreverent technical recompositions.

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