London
During Clerkenwell Design Week, May 22nd - 24th 2012, the new contemporary design company
Singularité will present the Bay Collection" by Marie Dessuant at the House of Detention.
Holland
booo studio is a new company based in Holland and composed by an team coming from different fields and countries to work in between avantgarde design and mass production industry.
New York City
The NoMad Hotel is housed in a turn-of-the-century Beaux-Arts building that has been fully restored to its original grandeur with interiors by French designer Jacques Garcia.
London
From May 3rd through June 16th 2012 Marsden Woo Gallery are presenting new works by Chun Liao.
Liao’s beautiful new vessels evoke her feelings on the subject of time. Her subconscious thoughts are traced by her minimal, richly coloured and captivating work, through which a highly personal poeticism radiates.
London
From the 11th - the 14th of May 2012 the UK Crafts Council will once again host "Collect," the leading international art fair for museum-quality contemporary craft, showcasing the very best ceramic, glass, jewellery, textiles, wood, furniture, silver and fine metalwork by both new talent and established artists.
London
From 10 am - 8 pm on Thursday May 10th 2012 The Trade Commission of the French Embassy will be hosting an exhibition from 15 exceptional French craftsmen for the 2012 French Design Forum.
Paris
Until the 21st July 2012, Galerie BSL is hosting the first individual exhibition by the Franco-Lebanese designer Charles Kalpakian.
The 29 year old designer, a former graffiti artist with a passion for French decorative arts, reveals a unique world, the foundation stones of a design language which blends historical and geographical references in a completely new way.
Washington DC
INDUSTRY Gallery announces SPUN, an installation by Mathias Bengtsson, May 12 to June 29, 2012.
Milan
This year at Salone in Milan Casamania introduced their 2012 design collection Furnish Without Limits. The collection will be available from the DeTnk shop in the coming months once pricing is finalised. If you would like to secure a piece before then, please email us with your request at info at detnk.com.
We are delighted to announce the launch of the 2012 DeTnk Collectible Design Market Report, a holistic analysis of the emerging collectible design market.
Moscow
Rem Koolhaas' OMA has unveiled concepts for a new building in Gorky Park that will house Garage (not a car park), a major non-profit arts project based in Moscow, dedicated to exploring and developing contemporary culture.
Milan
The venue for Royal College of Art show 'Paradise' in Ventura Lambrate this past year in Milan left a lot to be desired. Despite being in such an uninspired, uncomfortable setting the work of RCA students elevated the mood and at times made the dreary surroundings irrelevant. One such work was 'Making Money in Milan' by Nic Wallenberg, Sam Weller and Petter Thörne.
London
Despite news of Britain entering a double-dip recession Phillips de Pury London announces that they have had the " most successful Design sale to date." With sales totalling £4,658,800 ($7,540,734) and selling 91% by value and 79% by lot, this sale is definitely a landmark in the collectible design market.
Galerie Gosserez have revealed two new exclusive pieces : a by candlestick by David Taylor and a bookshelf by french designer Damien Gernay.
Milan
Favoris is the one entitled to special treatment due to merit and beauty and also the one who boasts a privileged place near the “all-powerful”. But Favoris is also, and this is less known, the French name commonly used to describe the long piece of hair on each side of the face and its eventual growth into a beard.
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