Bjarke Ingels, Photo Credit: DAC / Jakob Galtt

Can Designing for a Dictator Actually Be Virtuous?

An article by Cliff Kuang for Co.Design

Editor and writer, Cliff Kuang, interviews young 'starchitect' Bjarke Ingels about his various upcoming projects. Ingles, 35, has become a highly influential and important contemporary architect, and his recent success has allowed him to establish a new office in NY on top of his current Denmark practice.

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The Corkscrew

A Compendium of Everyday Genius

By Alice Rawsthorn for the New york Times

In this article by Alice Rawsthorn, she comments on the upcoming exhibition of the Vitra Design Museum- Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things- opening 20 August.

The exhibition will showcase designs of everyday useful inventions such as the corkscrew and coat hangers.  Other inventions included are paper clips, clothespins, egg cartons, and velcro.

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Christine Outram and MIT students - Copenhagen Wheel, James Dyson Award Winner

2010 James Dyson Award

August '10

The 2010 James Dyson Award US national winner and shortlist has been announced.  Christine Outram and a team of MIT students invented the Copenhagen Wheel, a wheel that turns a regular bike into a smart, electric hybrid.

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9/11 Museum, First Look, Davis Brody Bond Aedas

First Look: 9/11 Museum at Ground Zero

By Cliff Kuang

The museum, designed by Davis Brody Bond Aedas, is set to be a memorial to honor those affected by the tragedy of 9/11.  The aim for these architects is to create a space that will allow future generations to understand the happenings of that fateful day.

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Terunobu Fujimori "Beetle's House", V&A Museum

Architects' installation at the V&A

By Edwin Heathcote for the Financial Times

In a recent article for the Financial Time, Edwin Heathcote reflects on the latest exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.  The exhibition titled: 1:1 Architect Build Small Spaces is a unique installation exhibition of impermanent houses in the museum.

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Installation by Ernesto Neto for "New Décor" at the Hayward Gallery, London, 2010

Form Before Function

By Edwin Heathcote for the Financial Times

Currectly on view at the Hayward Gallery in London is an exhibition of fascinating installations by Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto titled “New Décor”. In his most recent article for the Financial Times, Edwin Heathcote discusses this exhibition and others and the theme of combining of art and the interior.

As Heathcote explains:

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Xavier Veilhan - Le Mobile (3), Wright Private Paris Collection sale, Sold ($63,700)

The June Design Rollercoaster

An article by Brook S. Mason for The Art Newspaper

In this recent article for The Art Newspaper, Brooks Mason surveys the design market through the month of June.  With several major auctions alongside Design Miami Basel, the design market experienced several volatile movements.

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Jean Royère's - Rare 'Tour Eiffel Alexadrie' side table, Phillips de Pury

THE RESULTS ARE IN: Phillips's Important Design sale

10 June '10

Phillips de Pury
New York City

Phillips's latest design sale took place the 9th of June in New York and ended with good results.  This sale titled, Design, gave collectors an opportunity to focus purchases on very high quality works.  

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Gio Ponti - Diamond Sofa, Wright

THE RESULTS ARE IN: Wright's Important Design sale

9 June '10

Wright
Chicago

Wright's latest Important Design sale took place the 8th of June in Chicago and ended with good results.  This sale titled, Important Design, gave collectors an opportunity to focus purchases on high quality works.  

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Bouroullec brothers' Lighthouse Lamp

Breaking Loose From the Sober-Sided

Article by Alice Rawsthorn for the International Herald Tribune

In her latest article for the International Herald Tribune, Alice Rawsthorn considers some of the most important elements driving design right now including  environmental sustainability, societal initiative, and scientific advances. However, she highlights the importance of lesser acknowledged creative trends focused on beauty, lusciousness, sensuality, and even fun.

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Mechanical Pig - Paul McCarthy 2005

Phillips de Pury Wants to Make a Big Splash

Article by Carol Vogel for the New York Times

In this recent article for the New York Times, Carol Vogel discusses Phillips de Pury & Company’s plans to open a new 25,000-square-foot exhibition space in New York City this autumn.  

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Compas table, jean prouve, dorotheum

THE RESULTS ARE IN: Dorotheum's Design sale

18 May '10

Dorotheum
Vienna

Dorotheum's latest Design sale took place the 18th of May in Vienna and ended with good results.  This sale titled, Design, gave collectors an opportunity to focus purchases on high quality works.  

Over all 176 lots were sold of the total 357. This auction house focuses on middle market sales, and this shows the market still has room for improvement.

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Italian fish, a chair, ron arad, sothebys, design

THE RESULTS ARE IN: Sotheby's Fine 20th Century Design sale

19 May '10

Sotheby’s
London

Sotheby's latest Design sale took place the 19th of May in London and ended with good results.  This sale titled, Fine 20th Century design, gave collectors an opportunity to focus purchases on high quality works.  

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Tassenkast by Lotty Lindeman, 2010

A New Handle On Luggage

Article by Nicole Swengley for the Financial Times

In her most recent article for the Financial Times, Nicole Swengley discusses the growing trend in contemporary design for “suitcase style” furniture.

The use of luggage as a decorative element in interior spaces is hardly a new idea. As Swengley points out, “interior designer Kelly Hoppen was stacking lacquered trunks in geometrically precise tiers more than a decade ago,” but many of the latest adaptations from designers go beyond the ornamental use of these travel cases by using them as material to create entirely new pieces of furniture.

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The Art Newspaper, Charlotte Burns, Art market transparency

A Call for Transparency in the Art Market

By Charlotte Burns for The Art Newspaper

In an $8m court case between Miami collector Craig Robins and New York art dearler David Zwiner, issues of a lack of transparency in the art market reign at the center that have implications for the design market as well.  In a business where verbal agreements and handshakes dominate, the question arises as to whether or not this opacity should come to an end.

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