As Little Design As Possible

The Work of Dieter Rams

Sophie Lovell, a contributor to the DeTnk Collectible Market Report, has authored As Little Design As Possible - The Work of Dieter Rams published by Phaidon. The book is a comprehensive monograph on highly influential product designer Dieter Rams (b.1932); including newly-commissioned photographs of Dieter Rams’s house and the Braun archive: a never-before-seen glimpse of the world’s most complete collection of Rams’s designs

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Weekly news, discounts and updates

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Focus: Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Weekly Designer Bio

1868 - 1928

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born in Glasgow in 1868 and died in London on 10th December 1928. His personality is one of those that characterize the period immediately preceding the Modern Movement.

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Focus: Charlotte Perriand

Weekly Designer Bio

1903-1999

Charlotte Perriand from the first decades of the twentieth century, brought about a profound change in aesthetic values and gave birth to a truly modern sensitivity towards everyday life.

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Skin Collection

by Pepe Heykoop

Pepe Heykoop premiered his new furniture collection, the Skin Collection, this past June at DMY Berlin. Most recently, the series of leather waste furniture has been on view at the Rad Gallery in London.

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Balloon Factory by Object Design League

the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Chicago

Balloons are familiar and loved objects, but few people realize that with some amateur kitchen chemistry techniques, the process for manufacturing them can be replicated on a small scale.

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DeTnk Market Report: Update

January 2011 - May 2011

Released to DeTnk Collectible Design Market Report Subscribers last month, we are pleased to announce to the public the DeTnk Market Report update.

The Design Market Report update includes data compiled from all design auction sales for the first five months of 2011 revealing the current trends of the collectible design market.

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BarberOsgerby reveal 2012 Olympic Torch Design

8 June '11

London

BarberOsgerby revealed the prototype for the 2012 Olympic torch today. The design connects the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay to each of the 8,000 Torchbearers and their community.

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'the empty chair' by Maarten Baas

for Amnesty International

On invitation of Amnesty International, and in honor of the Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, Maarten Baas has designed The Empty Chair.

Amnesty International invited Maarten Baas to design a piece to support their campaign against the increased suppression of writers, journalists, artists and activists.

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The Cube by Electrolux

The Cube by Electrolux is a unique temporary dining concept that opened its doors for the first time on April 1st. The Electrolux “Cube” will pop up on a series of landmark sites across Europe over the course of 2011, starting with a placement on top of the Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium.

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"Italian Lights" Rare 1950s - 1980s lighting

20 May - 23 July 11

Paris

From 20th May to 23rd July 2011, Galerie BSL will exhibit part of its outstanding collection of vintage Italian lights with a selection conceived around the maestro Gino Sarfatti.

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ICFF Editors Awards Announced

2011

New York

The much-anticipated 2011 ICFF Editors Awards were bestowed in 16 categories. The ICFF Editors Awards Ceremony took place during the 23rd annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair [ICFF] at the ICFF Exhibitors Reception at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

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Museo Soumaya opens in Mexico City

Mexico City

Earlier this year the Museo Soumaya opened in the Polanco district of Mexico City. The museum was created to display the 66,000 piece fine art collection of the world's richest man Carlos Slim and his late wife Soumaya (after whom the museum is named).

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Milwaukee Art Museum Aquires Aluminum Slice Chair

by Mathias Bengtsson

Just months after the Carnegie Museum of Art announced its purchase of Mathias Bengtsson's 'Slice Chair' (#15 of 20) the Milwaukee Art Museum has also added one of the chairs to their collection.

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Open House 2011

by Droog led by Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Levittown, NY
USA

On Saturday April 23rd 2011 Droog in collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro hosted Open House a social design experiment exploring the future possibility of domestic service spaces.

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