Month of October, 2009

'Fruit & Flowers' at the Rove

15th October - 23rd December '09

The Rove Gallery, London

Now on show at the Rove Gallery in London is an exhibition of art and design entitled ‘Fruit and Flowers’ that focuses on contemporary society as much as it does on contemporary aesthetics.

A Discussion with Ronan Bouroullec

Part of Icon Magazine's 'Icon Minds' symposium

As part of Icon magazine’s first one-day symposium, editor Justin McGuirck sat down with furniture designer Ronan Bouroullec to discuss his work, career, and views on the position of a designer.

Event: 'Milano Design-in-the-City'

22nd - 25th October '09

‘Milano design-in-the-city’ is a new urban event dedicated to design enthusiasts. Conceived, coordinated and promoted by DesignPartners (organisers, of ZonaTortona Design), this four day event will exhibit innovative product design in over sixty showrooms and stores across the city.

Coral Table

CORAL TABLE
Limited Edition - MADE IN LONDON

Hand painted coral on an ivory setting in high gloss lacquer. MADE IN LONDON.
COFFEE TABLE: Dimensions: 41 x 110 x 75cm (hxwxd)
This table can be commissioned to any size

TRANSFORMATIONIST III chair, sub titled [Edifice Rex]

Designer

Hello, The attached images are of chairs I designed and in most cases built.

Andrea air purifier by Mathieu Lehanneur, 2009

New Product: 'Andrea' air purifier

This neat little invention from French designer Mathieu Lehanneur addresses one of today’s most pressing problems: our indoor air quality. By greatly improving on commonly used and generally hazardous products, this design cleans up design.

Wall to Wall at Established & Sons, 2009

Alkalay & Mer: Wall to Wall

13th October - 24th November '09

Established & Sons, London

Following on the international success of ‘Stack’, launched during Milan 2008, Shay Alkalay and Yael Mer have collaborated with Esablished & Sons again to create ‘Wall to Wall’, an innovative installation of brick flooring

Speakers from Nissan Event: 'East meets West'

For those who missed out, Nissan has posted videos online of their exclusive ‘East meets West’ event held during this year’s London Design Fesival.

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River and Rowing Museum designed by David Chipperfield, 1989-1997

David Chipperfield: Form Matters

21st October ’09 - 31st January ’10

Design Museum, London

Opening this week at the Design Museum in London is an exhibition of work by leading British architect David Chipperfield entitled ‘Form Matters’.

myPANTONE: New iPhone App for Designers

So we don’t typically plug these kinds of things on DeTnk but this new application for iPhones and iPod Touches has caught our attention as an extremely useful tool for designers in all walks of life.

Experience the Brompton Bike Tours

For those who didn’t make it out to the Brompton Bike Tours during this year’s London Design Festival here’s a video JAM created of the event.

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Chesterfield chest of drawers

The Chesterfield Chest of drawers is an object that explores the emerging trend of using technology within furniture objects, but uses furniture design to lead the implementation of the technology. At first the handles for the drawers are positioned so that the are embedded in the surface of the draw.