Pieke Bergmans, Melted & Light Blubs
Pieke Bergmans talks to designguide.tv about 2 of her projects, Melted & Light blubs, which she presented during the Salone del mobile 2008. The Light Blubs are a series of crystal lamps, designed by Pieke Bergmans, in cooperation with Royal Crystal Leerdam. The lamps are all unique handcrafted crystal pieces, equipped with leds by Solid Lighting Design.
Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe
26th June - 21st September '08
Whitney Museum of American Art
945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street, New York, NY
The Whitney Museum of American Art in association with the Department of Special Collections of the Stanford University Libraries present an exhibition celebrating the results of more than five decades of Buckminster Fuller’s (1895-1983) life’s work.
Philippe Starck: Why Design?
The illustrious French designer, Philippe Starck, spends a full 18 minutes pondering the very notion of ‘Why design?'. Starck offers up some brilliant insights alongside catchy anecdotes - all in the name of a superior toothbrush.
Meta launch in Milan
Designguide.tv speaks with BarberOsgerby about their pieces for Meta and the concept behind the company.
Treating Design as Art: Paola Antonelli
Since she stepped back from practicing architecture in order to focus on writing about design, teaching and curating gallery exhibitions, Italian native Paola Antonelli has become a force to be reckoned with in the design world.
Victoria Wilmotte
A Domestic Landscape
Victoria Wilmotte is one of the latest new talents to graduate from the RCA's Design Products MA course. Her work is an exploration around the themes of sculpture, drawing, gesture and the industrial process.
Speaking on her most recent work, 'A Domestic Landscape', Victoria explains the infuences and concepts that informed her collection of ceramics, table and stools.
One Year On
10th - 13th July '08
Business Design Centre
52 Upper Street, Islington, London
Design authority Thorsten van Elten is the curator of this year’s ‘One Year On’, a satellite event running alongside New Designers. Specially selected designer-makers from last year's New Designers showcase collections destined for shops, galleries and private clients.
![[C]space, ‘AADRLTen’ Pavilion project, by Alan Dempsey and Alvin Huang](http://www.detnk.com/files/images/newcurrent.thumbnail.jpg "[C]space, ‘AADRLTen’ Pavilion project, by Alan Dempsey and Alvin Huang")
Last Chance to Visit This Year's London Festival of Architecture
20th June - 20th July '08
With over 600 exhibitions, lectures, public space installations, guided walks, bicycle rides, boat tours, parties, design workshops and debates, this year’s London Festival of Architecture is destined to have you spoiled for choice.
Buildering...experience a Fresh View
20th July '08, 10am - 6pm
Pollard Thomas Edwards architects (PTEa), in collaboration with The Castle Climbing Centre and engineers Price & Myers, are creating a unique climbing event which invites visitors to scale their office building and gain a ‘fresh view’ of the built landscape.
AskAnArchitect
17th July '08, 12 - 2pm
RMJM
83 Paul Street, London
This will be your final chance to catch the London Festival of Architecture's free lunchtime architecture and environmental surgeries at RMJM’s architects.
A New Energy for London: Free Tours of Battersea Power Station
19th July '08, 10am - 6pm
Battersea Power Station, Gate 2
188 Kirtling Street, London
This Saturday sees the derelict Battersea Power Station opening its (partial) doors once again, for the second of the two additional tours added for the London Festival of Architecture.
Lost Quarters: Southwark South Bank and Guy's Hospital Design Workshop
10th July '08, 1pm- 5pm
10 Keyworth Studios, 7th Floor, Keyworth Studios,
London South Bank University
This is the second part of two workshops with top designers/developers unveiling transformational ideas for neglected areas of London.
Vancouverism: Westcoast Architecture + City-Building
24th June - 20th July '08
Canada House
Trafalgar Square, Pall Mall East, London
Architectural and city-building innovations in Canada’s Pacific portal over the past half century have turned Vancouver into a verb, with architects and planners in the United States and the Middle East now speaking of “Vancouverizing” their own metropolises.
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