Milan Design Workshops: Ross Lovegrove

11th - 17th September ’09

Scuola Politecnica di Design SPD
Via Ventura 15, Milan, Italy

As part of SPD’s SummerSchool 2009, London-based designer Ross Lovegrove will lead a one week design workshop on Luminocity.

The workshop will focus on designing lighting devices and bright installations for street furniture with the aim to emphasise various and unusual places in the city.

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Mint Tells Tales

16th July - 15th August '09

Mint
2 North Terrace, Empire House, London

For the grand opening of their new location Mint presents an exhibition exploring the personal narratives found in contemporary design. Curated by Lina Kanafani, the exhibition weaves together the modern day tales of new works from established and up-and-coming designers with unique stories to tell.

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Village Fête Jubilee

24th - 25th July '09

John Madejski Garden
V&A South Kensington, Cromwell Road, London

Forming part of the V&A’s Friday Late programme, The Village Fête at the V&A is one of the most eagerly anticipated cutting edge design events of the year.

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LightCycle

17 - 25 July '09

Guildford  Lane Gallery, 20-24
Guildford Lane, Melbourne, Australia

For this year’s State of Design festival ElectroLight presents LightCycle an exhibition of shortlisted entries from their most recent lighting competition.

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Designboom Mart

16th - 19th July '09

oyal Exhibition Building
Melbourne, Australia

For the first time visitors to the State of Design Festival will be able to buy design souvenirs and limited edition pieces directly from the designers themselves.

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Design Dinner featuring Editor of Cool Hunting, Tim Yu

16th July ’09, 6:30pm

In Comme’s stunning Grand Room, Cool Hunting’s cultural creator, Tim Yu will lead a discussion on the current patterns and future trends in art, design, culture and technology around the world.

Comme’s Executive Chef will design a sumptuous three-course dinner, served with matching wines, to complement the discussion.

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Design: Made: Trade

16th - 19th July '09

Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens
Melbourne, Australia

Forming part of State of Design Festival, Design: Made: Trade will showcase Australia's small manufacturers, product designers, and design makers to an audience of manufacturers, retailers and the public.

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The Porcini Range

by Memaké

Australian-based designers Memaké have come up with a series of lamps inspired by patterns that form in nature.

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Tomorrows Heirlooms

15th July - 3rd August ’09

Tomorrows Heirlooms
15th July - 3rd August ’09

Lightly presents their very own pop up gallery and shop showcasing ‘tomorrow’s heirlooms from yesteryear’.

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Drag Lamp

by Julien Carretero

Julien Carretero has designed a truly remarkable series of lamps inspired by the traditional plaster dragging technique.

Each lamp is created using two semi-circular shapes, aligned on a central axis of an apparatus, which drags plaster on top of each shape. The two halves are assembled together using the overload of dragged material.

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Melbourne Open House

19th July, ’09, 10:00am - 5:00pm

Melbourne Central Business District
Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne Open House is a free event giving Melbournians and visitors to the city a rare opportunity to discover the often hidden wealth of design, architectural, engineering and historic ‘gems’ nestled around the city.

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A Buggs Life

9th July - 19th August ‘09

Established & Sons presents A Buggs Life, a lighting installation by Sebastian Wrong.

Keeping with the humorous side of design, Sebastian Wrong’s new limited edition lamp is a play on the classic Bauhaus design of an opal glass, spherical lamp mutated by a pop culture reference.

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