Paris
From 20th May to 23rd July 2011, Galerie BSL will exhibit part of its outstanding collection of vintage Italian lights with a selection conceived around the maestro Gino Sarfatti.
New York
The much-anticipated 2011 ICFF Editors Awards were bestowed in 16 categories. The ICFF Editors Awards Ceremony took place during the 23rd annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair [ICFF] at the ICFF Exhibitors Reception at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
Mexico City
Earlier this year the Museo Soumaya opened in the Polanco district of Mexico City. The museum was created to display the 66,000 piece fine art collection of the world's richest man Carlos Slim and his late wife Soumaya (after whom the museum is named).
Just months after the Carnegie Museum of Art announced its purchase of Mathias Bengtsson's 'Slice Chair' (#15 of 20) the Milwaukee Art Museum has also added one of the chairs to their collection.
Levittown, NY
USA
On Saturday April 23rd 2011 Droog in collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro hosted Open House a social design experiment exploring the future possibility of domestic service spaces.
Ulm
Germany
The Ulm School of Design is often referred to as the most influential postwar / post bauhaus German design institution.
Shutting down only 15 years after it opened in 1953, the school's legacy continues to influence the international design community.
The waterways of the five Olympic host boroughs will be host to a floating cinema developed by artists Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie (known collectively as Somewhere), and designed by Hackney based architects Studio Weave, during the summer 2011.
Perpetually on the lookout for new ways to live, sleep, create and work, Mathieu Lehanneur turns the advertising agency JWT (Neuilly/Seine) into a "digital plant station", a new reflection from the designer about contemporary working styles and the necessary invented depictions of them when applied to the professional world of communications.
As the design world takes over Milan, we have compiled a list of must see shows, restaurants and showrooms.
If you have little time to spend in Milan over the week, head to the centre where you will find large show rooms from design manufacturers such as Cassina, Meritalia, and B&B Italia.
As the spring season is beginning it's decent on the northern hemisphere, it is time to get outside for picnics in the park and reading in the sun. This month DeTnk recommends Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Lustre By Dana Thomas, an enjoyable read on how the luxury industry has evolved in the past couple decades.
London
In the shadow of Les Collections du Château de Gourdon, Phillips de Pury will host their first design auction of the year on the 7th of April in London. The auction features 154 lots with a low estimate of £1,934,500 and a high estimate of £ 2,912,500.
London
The Serpentine Gallery has revealed the plans for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 by world-renowned Swiss architect Peter Zumthor.
This year’s Pavilion is the 11th commission in the Gallery’s annual series, the world’s first and most ambitious architectural programme of its kind. It will be the architect’s first completed building in the UK and will include a specially created garden by the influential Dutch designer Piet Oudolf.
During Salone del Mobile in Milan in 2011, Droog will present furniture and accessories designed for download by EventArchitectuur and Minale-Maeda, including CNC cut tables, cupboards, desks, side tables, shelves, couches and 3D printed electrical outlets, flowers and charms.
Amanda Levete Architects have proposed a £35 million ($56 million) plan that will include a large courtyard featuring an irregular geometric motif that will respond to the V&A's historic façade.
London
The Themes & variations gallery based in Notting Hill has announced their newest addition to the shop - the 'Cake Stool' by the Campana Brothers.
The Brazilian design duo selected various predatory animal stuffed toys fusing them together to form a chair that resembles the corner of my childhood bedroom.
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