TALK: Biomimicry in Design: Learning from Nature
23rd September '09, 9:00am - 5:00pm
The Design Council
34 Bow Street, London
As part of their week-long programme of one-day conferences, Greengaged presents Biomimicry in Design: Learning from Nature.
Curated by Michael Pawlyn, founder of Exploration Architecture, this day long event will introduce the concept of biomimicry in design through a series of talks, discussions and workshops.
Design Less Ordinary
23rd - 27th September '09
The Brick Lane Gallery
196 Brick Lane, London
The Brick Lane Gallery presents an exciting exhibition entitled “Design Less Ordinary” featuring 30 new works from a variety of London-based product and furniture designers, including Ryan Frank, Michael Antrobus, and Helena Karelson
Design Museum has its Eye Set on New Sites
18th September '09
It's Official, plans for a new headquarters for the Design Museum on the site of the former
Commonwealth Institute in Kensington High Street were given the A-OK by the planning committee of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea late wednesday night.
The move will give the Design Museum three times more space and enable the organisation
Mint Escapes
19th – 27th September ‘09
Mint
2 North Terrace, London
For the third in the series of Design Tribe exhibitions, produced alongside Max Fraser’s first edition of the London Design Guide, Mint presents “The Escapists”.
The Soyuz Chair
THE SOYUZ CHAIR. Living-room physics
RECLINING CHAIR DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ASTRONAUT JEAN PIERRE HAIGNERE WHO LIFT OFF TWICE FROM EARTH WITH THE SOYUZ ROCKET
Space tourism is a great success .The possibilities of weightlessness, to feel the thrill of liftoff and to finally meet the unknown doesn’t have to be a fantasy anymore. But space tourism is still just for the few.
Bjarke Ingels: 3 Warp-Speed Architecture Tales
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels (BIG) gives a fascinating run down of his playful and practical approach to architecture.
Open House London, 2009
19th - 20th September '09
Various Venues across London,
Open House London, the capital’s biggest architecture festival, throws open the
doors of hundreds of buildings of architectural significance, giving Londoners the chance to see the best of the city’s architecture.
Roughed Up: Rabih Hage Designs Revisited
25th September-26th October ‘09
Rabih Hage
69-71 Sloane Avenue, London,
For this year’s London Design Festival, Rabih Hage Gallery presents an exhibition of pieces from the Rabih Hage collection that have been reworked and “Roughed Up” to capture a new definition of luxury.
The Results Are In: Pierre Bergé & Associés Wish List- Li Edelkoort Auction
16th September ’09
Although Sunday’s ambitious auction broke no records it did offer a fresh new approach to the contemporary design auction.
Phillips de Pury NOW Auction
26th September '09
Phillips de Pury & Company
Howick Place, London
For the inaugural auction of their new series of ‘Theme Auctions’, Phillips de Pury & Company presents NOW: Art of the 21st Century.
The New Modernists
17th – 26th September ‘09
Viaduct
1–10 Summer Street, London
For the second in the series of Design Tribe exhibitions, inspired by the first edition of Max Fraser’s London Design Guide, Viaduct presents “The New Modernists”.
London Design Festival 2009
19th September - 27th September ‘09
Various venues
This month sees the London Design Festival, the UK’s biggest annual celebration of design, take over the city for the 7th year running.
LAST CHANCE: Competition: New Seating Fabric for Transport for London
Deadline: September 14th ’09, 5:00pm
If you are looking for a little design project to keep yourself occupied over the summer, Transport for London has launched a competition to design a brand new seating fabric for their underground system.
The Revivalists
28th August - 3rd October ‘09
Contemporary Applied Arts
2 Percy Street, London
As a physical manifestation of one of the Design Tribe editorials published in the first edition of Max Fraser’s London Design Guide, Contemporary Applied Arts presents “The Revivalists”.
Design Auction: Few and Far
16th September '09, 6:00pm
Few and Far
242 Brompton Road, London SW3 2BB
This wednesday Few are Far will host their very own design auction. Run by an ex Sotheby’s auctioneer, the sale will offer works by a range of designers including Andrée Putman, Nigel Coates, Vico Magistretti, Xavier Lust, Julian Stair among others.
Viewing will take place 14th - 15th September ’09.
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