Via Botta 8, 20135 Milan
Love Design is an exhibition that explores the multifaceted relationship between design and positive feelings such as affection, desire, pleasure and romance, but also jealousy, distance, separation and pain.
Sotheby’s Kiddell Gallery
New Bond Street, London W1
Renowned curator Janice Blackburn presents ‘Small Show Huge Talent', a mixed media exhibition featuring the work of 6 international artists and designers including Katie Alderman, Tamsin Van Essen, Simon Hasan, Marie Retpen, Stephen Johnson and Regine Petersen.
Design Critic Don Norman, author of The Design of Everyday Things, takes a look into design that makes people happy.
A far cry from his notoriously negative views of the profession, Norman directs his attention toward beauty, fun, pleasure and emotion, naming the three key emotional cues that a well-designed product must have to succeed.
Jeanne Tan from Design.NL sits down with legendary trend forecaster Li Edelkoort for a chat about the current state of design.
Discussing topics ranging from the current crisis to greedy graduates, Edelkoort discloses why she thinks creatives are more than equipped to get through these times.
Alice Twemlow’s article “Design Criticism’s Winding Road” is an inspiring account of the early days of critical writing in design.
Wright
1440 West Hubbard Street, Chicago, IL
Works by cutting-edge contemporary designers including, Marc Newson, Philippe Starck and Maarten Baas will be offered at the upcoming Wright: Modern Design Auction.
Sebastian + Barquet
544 West 24th Street, New York
In honour of George Nakashima’s legacy of excellent design, Sebastian + Barquet present an exhibition devoted to his work.
One of the most significant craftsmen of the American modernist era, Nakashima is known for his exceptional use of wood and his belief in the integrity of his material and design.
Centre Pompidou
rue Saint-Martin, Paris, France
For the first time in France, the Centre Pompidou has devoted a monograph to the British industrial designer and architect Ron Arad.
The Lighthouse
11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow
As part of their series of exhibitions profiling exciting young designers based in Lausanne, Switzerland, The Lighthouse presents Mapping the Field: new work by industrial designer Adrien Rovero.
The Slovenian Lighting Guerrilla and Serbian Belgrade of Light festivals announce an open invitation for proposals for their upcoming exhibition Recycling-Lights.
Entrants are invited to submit a lighting design inspired by the connection between recycling and light. The proposed products should be finished and functional (lighting) objects.
Designhuis Eindhoven
Stadhuisplein 3, Eindhoven, NL
Following its success at the Institut Néerlandais in Paris, the Designhuis Eindhoven will present ‘Archeology of the Future: 20 Years of Trend Forecasting with Li Edelkoort’.
Swiss designer Alfredo Häberli talks with Sabine Trieloff on the occasion of Häberli's exhibition at the Museum of Design in Zurich, Switzerland.
As one of today’s most innovative and successful designers, Häberli offers a glimpse into his process and inspirations and how it all came to be.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents an exhibition celebrating the results of more than five decades of Buckminster Fuller’s (1895-1983) life’s work.
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