Month of June, 2010

Bagalight Candelabra

An elegant classic - but with candles that go on and off with the flick of a switch.
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Bagalight Old School

An old fashioned, scalloped shade - reminiscent of something Granny might have had.

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Bagalight Swing

A dark night, a far off cry, a swinging bulb - fear not, it's only a Bagalight!
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All new Bagalights

A dark night, a far off cry, a swinging bulb - fear not, it's only a Bagalight!

Xavier Veilhan - Le Mobile (3), Wright Private Paris Collection sale, Sold ($63,700)

In this recent article for The Art Newspaper, Brooks Mason surveys the design market through the month of June. With several major auctions alongside Design Miami Basel, the design market experienced several volatile movements.

CHAIT [mortar & pestle]

Made of dalbergia sissoo wood, using an ancient technique of lathe-turning with resin color application.

Richard Sweeney - Paper Sculptures, New Designers

New Designers 2010

1-11 July '10

Business Design Center
London, UK

The New Designers summer exhibition runs from July 1 to July 11 in London. Now in its 25th year, the 2010 New Designers will feature a range of displays including textiles, fashion, ceramics, and furniture from UKs leading talent in the field of design.

Katsura - Ishimoto Yasuhiro, Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The Picture of Modernism in Japan

30 June - 12 September '10

Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Houston, Texas

Photographer Ishimoto Yashiro will be featured in a new exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston opening June 30.

The Lace Maker

24 June - 31 July '10

Marsden Woo Gallery
London, UK

In his latest exhibition at Marsden Woo Gallery beginning June 24, Tord Boontje overturns the conventional uses of lace and explores its boundaries.

Moma/P.S. 1 Young Architects

30 June - Ongoing '10

Moma
New York City

The 11th annual Moma/P.S.1 Young Architects Program will open its summer exhibition June 30. The objective for the Young Architects Program is to provide visitors with an outdoor summer escape from the urban intensity of New York City by making use of the pre-existing space and available materials.

A Facelift for Apartment 50

15 July - 15 August '10

Apartment 50
Radiant City, Marseille

This year, Jasper Morrison introduced Studio Bouroullec to the owners of Apartment 50, an apartment built and decorated by Jean Prouve and Charlotte Perriand in Marseille, France.

DeTnk Collectors Club

22 June '10

DeTnk is proud to announce the launch of its new Collectors Club.

This member’s society will give DeTnk’s most loyal followers the opportunity to shop the site’s extensive Collecting Design Market with special discounts and offers on an ever-increasing selection of cutting-edge design. It will also give them access to a continuously growing range of special events and services.

Joshua Prince-Ramus: Building a theater that remakes itself

Joshua Prince-Ramus feels that architects can re-engineer their design process, and challenge the boundaries of design in a magnificent way as a result. Speaking at TEDxSMU, Dallas, he talks through his re-creation of the local Wyly Theater as a giant "theatrical machine" that reconfigures itself at the touch of a button.

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