Raw Edges, From Flat to Full

8 - 25 September '11

For the occasion of Design September 2011; Paris based FAT Galerie, Brussels based designart dealer Victor Hunt and select store Hunting and Collecting are pleased to announce their collaboration for the “Raw Edges, from flat to full” exhibition representing an extensive overview of Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay’s most recent works, among which the Coiling Collection, Volume, Tailored Wood, Tailored Stool, Pleated Pleat and the Grove Revolving Trees.

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LEGO ‘Greenhouse’ by Sebastian Bergne Comes to Covent Garden

15 - 25 September '11

London

LEGO commissioned the designer, Sebastian Bergne, to create a public installation using the iconic bricks, as part of the London Design Festival 2011. Entitled the “LEGO Greenhouse”, this large-scale installation will be on display in the North Piazza, Covent Garden from 15th to 25th September 2011.

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Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams

27 August '11 - 20 February '12

San Francisco

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will host 'Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams' from 27th of August through the 20th of February 2012. The exhibition include 200-plus sketches, prototypes, and original products will be organized into sections, elucidating the designer's modernist philosophy.

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'Modern by Design' at the High MOA

4 June - 21 August 2011

Atlanta

The High Museum of Art has commissioned two new major works by Dutch designer Joris Laarman and the Japanese design collective nendo which are presented to the public for the first time in the exhibition “Modern by Design,” on view from June 4 through August 21, 2011.

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Talk to Me: Design and the Communication between People and Objects

24 July - 7 November '11

New York

The exhibition Talk to Me: Design and the Communication between People and Objects opened this past week at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The design exhibition highlights the groundbreaking ways in which objects help people interact with complex systems and networks.

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"Glass Session" by ESAD Reims at Villa Noailles

1 July - 2 October '11

For the 6th edition of Design Parade, Villa Noailles has invited the Ecole Supérieure d’Art et de Design in Reims (Reims School of Art and Design) to exhibit a selection of works, the result of two workshops which took place in 2011, with blown glass as the theme.

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Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec at Centre Pompidou-Metz

7 October '11 – 30 july '12

Metz
France

The Centre Pompidou-Metz presents the first major retrospective in France dedicated to the work of Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec.

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Casts and Moulds at the Aram Gallery

28 July - 27 August '11

London

The Aram Gallery presents Casts and Moulds, the next instalment in its on-going exhibition series, Prototypes and Experiments. The sixth show focuses on casting and moulding as a means of manufacture. Each exhibitor was selected because they are exemplary of the scope in moulding across design disciplines; product, furniture, jewellery and architecture.

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James Rigler : The Lost World

at Marsden Woo Gallery

London

The Marsden Woo Gallery is currently exhibiting the work of Royal College of Art alumni James Rigler in the exhibition The Lost World.

Rigler’s artefacts have a strange familiarity; they resemble things we know we’ve seen before, but find it hard to pinpoint where. Exaggerated and emphatic, each piece is a synthesis of historical forms and cultural ideas that carry with them a multiplicity of associations.

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Premsela presents 'Basic Instincts'

through July 31 '11

Villa Elisabeth
Berlin

Premsela, the Netherlands Institute for Design and Fashion, presents 'Basic Instincts'; a multi disciplinary show featuring 50 designers. The exhibition combines fashion design, art, architecture and product design, and aims to represent the diversity of Dutch creative culture.

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The Power of Making

September 6 '11 - January 2 '12

V&A
London

The V&A are working together with The Crafts Council to present ‘The power of Making’; an exhibition which aims to highlight the importance and resurgence of craft and making skills in contemporary design, art and beyond.

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Sydney Design 2011

July 30 - August 14 '11

Locations across Sydney

Sydney is gearing up for its annual festival of design; featuring over 100 events, including inspiring exhibitions, workshops, master classes, talks, installations and tours.

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Kenneth Grange : Making Britain Modern

July 20 - October 30 '11

Design Museum
London

Later this month, The Design Museum will open 'Making Britain Modern', a retrospective of the 50 year career of one of Britain's leading product and industrial designers, Kenneth Grange. A designer whose iconic works have become part of and then shaped, the visual landscape of everyday life in the UK.

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Konstantin Grcic: 'Champions'

through July 23 '11

Galerie Kreo
Paris

Currently showing at Galerie Kreo, is a new collection of lacquered tables by Konstantin Grcic. Entitled 'Champions', the tables take their form and colours from the world of high performance sports.

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Sotheby's presents 'Material Worlds'

July 28 - September 30 '11

Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire,
UK

Sotheby's has announced the line-up for 'Material Worlds', its second outdoor selling exhibition set in the stunning grounds of medieval Sudeley Castle.

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