Another Kountry

4th February - 31st March '09

Established & Sons LIMITED
2-3 Duke Street, St. James’s, London

Established & Sons LIMITED presents Another Kountry, an installation of important limited edition works by Seattle-based artist, designer, and furniture maker, Roy McMakin.

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Azure Trade Talks

6th February '09

Interior Design Show ’09: KRUPS stage
100 Princes’ Boulevard, Exhibition Place, Toronto

Forming part of Toronto’s Interior Design Show 2009, Azure Magazine is hosting a series of Talks offering an opportunity to learn about the inspiration, ideas, and design philosophies directly from some of the world’s most celebrated architects and designers.

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Secret Le Corbusier/Secret Barbican

21st February - 24th May '09 (Saturday's Only)

Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London

To coincide with the exhibition Le Corbusier – The Art of Architecture, the Barbican presents Secret Le Corbusier/Secret Barbican every Saturday from the 21st February - 24th May ‘09.

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Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2009

12th February - 14th June '09

Design Museum
Shad Thames, London

For its second year running the shortlist for the Brit Insurance Designs of the year Award will be on show at the Design Museum, London.

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Stockholm Design Week

4th-8th February ’09

Stockholm Exhibition Centre
Mässvägen 1, Älvsjö 125 80 Stockholm

February sees The Stockholm Design Week, Sweden's biggest annual celebration of design. The festival is a spectacular celebration of world-class talent across the city. Highlights including events such as the Stockholm furniture fair and Northern Light Fair. 

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Under Construction

4th- 8th February '09

Stockholm Exhibition Centre
Mässvägen 1, Älvsjö 125 80 Stockholm

If you are heading down to this year’s Stockholm furniture fair be sure to check out Under Construction (stand V)!:59), an exhibition featuring student work from the Faculty of Design at The Oslo Academy of the Arts.

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Good or Bad Design? The Verdict(s)

by Alice Rawsthorn for the International Herald Tribune

In her latest article published January 30th, 2009 for the International Herald Tribune, Alice Rawsthorn gets to the bottom of the seemingly simple albeit extremely complex question, what is good design?

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8 1/2 – Pierre Charpin

1st February - 28th March '09

Galerie Kreo
31 rue Dauphine, Paris

Galerie Kreo presents ‘8 ½’ an exhibition featuring new limited edition works by Pierre Charpin.

Through an exploration into materiality, colour, volume and functionality Charpin’s new collection of seemingly simple objects, invite both a structural and sensory understanding.

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DeTnk: same great taste, fewer calories...

14th January '09

Here at the office we have been keeping a close eye on the peaks and slumps of the global financial markets and have witnessed the mood shifting from a culture of excess to one of a certain frugality, or should we say, austerity. 

Pre-Christmas discounting, non-existent bonuses, and a shift from Champagne to Prosecco... need we say more?

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