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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.

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.

Collecting Design: History, Collections, Highlights

New York School of Interior Design

Collecting modern and contemporary design has become one of the most exciting, surprising, dynamic, and influential territories in the international marketplace.

Wilson goes to the Milan Furniture Fair...

Wilson visited the Salone del Mobile this year, a place where they show many, many sofas and chairs and things one can’t really describe unless one has been to engineering school.

MUBI - Online Cinema offers DeTnk readers 30 Day Free Trial

Life is complicated, watching great movies shouldn’t be

MUBI is the fastest growing online destination for lovers of independent, foreign and classic film; an online cinema, anytime, anywhere.

'I Steal, Copy, Compose, and Print' by Diederik Schneemann

Salone del Mobile '13 Preview

Diederik Schneemann will be presenting his 'Mash-Up' collection at Ventura Lamrate during the Salone del Mobile, Milan 2013. The collection addresses important questions regarding 3D Printing.

“Les Cloches” restaurant by José Lévy

Stories are paramount.

José Lévy is an object and space narrator in the grand French tradition of interior designers. He never develops a single response to a question (like a designer), but a real narrative. For him it is impossible to create without narrating; he prefers to develop rather than summarize, opting for phrases rather than words.

Valsecchi 1918 Salone del Mobile 2013 preview

Milan

Valsecchi 1918 will be at the Salone del Mobile 2013 with a new collection 'many voices', projected by several designers under the art direction of Nicola De Ponti.

DMY International Design Festival 2013 - Call for submissions

opportunities

Berlin

DMY International Design Festival has opened its application for designers, companies and institutions to register for the 2013 festival.

Lane Crawford Joyce Group's HK$79.2m Hong Kong Makeover

Luxury Brand Group Has Luxury Headquarters to Match

Hong Kong

For the first time, the Lane Crawford Joyce Group (Asia's leading luxury fashion retail Group) will house its four subsidiary companies (department store, fashion boutiques, leather goods and accessories, retail / brand management) under one roof creating their new, impressive headquarters in Hong Kong.

Zaha Hadid takes on Former Beko Textile Factory

Belgrade

The new contemporary development at the location of the former Beko textile factory, designed by Zaha Hadid, will mark the continuance of Belgrade’s signature “Modernist” movement, which was abruptly discontinued in the 1980s.

Syrian Kiss Goes Viral

a new work by Tammam Azzam

A new photographic work created by Ayyam Gallery artist Tammam Azzam has captured the imaginations of the world, going viral and being shared across social media as a symbol of the power of love and human spirit in times of war.

Calvert Brody

a new typo for the Royal College of Art

Leading figure of graphic design, the artistic director Neville Brody, founder of Research Studios, has just created a new typeface for the Royal College of Arts where he is dean for the department of graphic art and communication.

Video Arist Patrick Boivin's 'Havana Man'

Video Artist Patrick Boivin's 'Havana Man'

in collaboration with Havana Club [advertorial]

Cuba has always been known for their luxury cigars and sought after rums. Havana Club continues this tradition by perfecting the art of ageing and blending premium rums, thus ensuring the heritage and excellence of the Cuban rum-making tradition

Gino Sarfatti: The Design of Light

a review by Virginia Lucarelli

Milan

In the 100th anniversary of his birth Triennale Design Museum, together with Flos, presents a major anthological exhibition dedicated to Gino Sarfatti, curated by Marco Romanelli and Sandra Severi Sarfatti, one of the founders of the lighting company Luceplan.

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