Daelim Contemporary Art Museum
Seoul
A major retrospective of pioneering industrial designer Dieter Rams has just opened at Daelim Contemporary Art Museum in Seoul. The show is also part of a three-part exhibition on design leaders that began at Daelim in September entitled 'Three Super Creators'.
Danish Architecture Centre
Copenhagen
The Danish Architecture Centre presents 'Playing Seriously', an exhibition telling the story behind the furniture creations of Vitra; via personal stories, film, tableaus, furniture and architecture models. The show aims to provide a narration of Vitra’s design universe and the mutual connection between their architecture and furniture.
Geffrye Museum
London
Kei Ito has created a new commission for The Geffrye Museum, as part of 'Museumaker', a prestigious national project, involving sixteen cultural institutions, which aims to unlock the creative potential of collections; through interchanges between museums and contemporary design and craft.
National Museum of Singapore
Little Thoughts Group is a collective of 20 industrial designers based in Singapore who come together, outside of their day to day industry roles, to create new design work that is based upon embracing "the beauty of an idea; small sparks that have the potential to ignite into something bigger."
Musée des Arts et Decoratifs
Paris
The current exhibition at Musée des Arts et Decoratifs, looks back at the 30 years following the Second World War and presents the fascinating changes and design innovations that came out of this period; designs which are still relevant today.
Johanssen Gallery
Berlin
Don't miss Italian studio Carnovsky's current exhibition at Johanssen Gallery, Berlin, where they show their latest designs of fantastical wallpaper, which reveal different layers of image according to the colour of light shone upon it.
DMY Design Gallery
Berlin
Conceptual product design practice Beta Tank have their first solo show in Germany at DMY Design Gallery. The exhibition title 'Thoughts In Objects' reflects their focus on creating design objects which are not only collectable but engage with social commentary.
Barbican Gallery
London
The current exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion, explores the unique sensibility of Japanese design through its embodiment in avant-garde fashion, and is the first exhibition in Europe to comprehensively survey it’s evolution.
Paris
German designer Valentin Loellamnn presents his M&Mme collection at Gallerie Gosserez, Paris.
The collection of furniture pieces has been conceived to be an evolving family of objects, beginning with the founding members exhibited here; two distinct cabinets with drawers, and a bench, produced in bankirai wood with a polyester skin.
Design Museum
London
The Design Museum celebrates the prolific career of the Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel in this his first UK retrospective.
Regarded as one of the leading designers of the twentieth century, Crouwel embraced a new modernity to produce typographic designs that captured the essence of the emerging computer and space age of the early 1960s.
Rotterdam
Joost van Bleiswijk and Kiki van Eijk present new work at VIVID in Rotterdam
For this exhibition Van Bleiswijk worked only with thick steel plates and a blowtorch to create the 'no screw no glue rough' edition. These industrial pieces provide a stark contrast to Kiki's delicate objects, from the series 'Floating Frames', crafted from brass wire with ceramic elements.
Swarovsky Crystal Palace
Design Miami
"Falling Light" is an installation, consisting of 50 ceiling suspended mechanical devices each incorporating a custom cut Swarovski crystal optical lens, a computer programmed motor and a white LED.
The Design Museum
London
The Design Museum presents a major exhibition on John Pawson. Often labelled a ‘minimalist’, he is known for his rigorous process of design. By reducing and editing he creates architecture and product designs of visual clarity, simplicity and grace.
Miami
Design On/Site showcases small-scale yet high-level exhibitions of new work by individual designers or studios presented by design galleries, guerilla dealers or independent curators.
Brussels
Trained as a theatre director and actor, Christophe Coppens' design practice ranges from outlandish fashion accessories to furniture and housewares. On December 5 '10 in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Atelier Coppens, Pierre Berge is hosting an auction of various prototypes and collectables from Coppens' sweeping collection.
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