A personal review of design creations
American Design Auction by Piasa
Despite the current lockdown in France, Piasa is going ahead with its American Design Auction. Here is a personal selection…
Design Your Christmas 2020 - Episode 2
Celebrating the first Advent, the tradition sees the first of four candles to be lit on the family table… Here’s the reason why this week’s selection is focused on table accessories and objects.
Design Your Christmas 2020 - Episode 1
A week ahead of the first Advent, I am starting a four-part series with design creations and objects that could find their place under the Christmas tree. These creations (new and old) are all original pieces and should match every type of budget. Enjoy the selection and the holiday season.
Design & The Wondrous: On The Nature Of Ornament
For its the second temporary exhibition, the Centre Pompidou X West Bund Museum features more than 100 pieces from the Centre Pompidou and contemporary Chinese designers.
Pepai Jangala Carroll Announced As 2021 JamFactory Icon
The Australian painter and ceramic artist is the first Aboriginal artist to be celebrated in this series of exhibitions that launched in 2013. It is a great opportunity to review his work.
Middle Eastern Design Auction at Christie’s
Christie’s celebrates its 15th sale season with a revisited approach to its traditional sale format, including a newly curated design section to its longstanding Middle Eastern Modern & Contemporary Art auction. For the first time the auction will offer a section of Middle Eastern Design curated by Viktor Udzenija.
Phillips Design Auction - November 2020
The Design Auction season is back on track and Phillips present an exceptional line up of creations by design icons of the 20th century on November 12th in London.
'Please Sit Here' By American Hardwood Export Council
At Dubai Design Week, ‘Please Sit Here’ has been conceived as a response to the reduction in our freedom and the need for behavioural change brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Aljoud Lootah, Khalid Shafar and Hamad Khoory were challenged to Develop Socially Distanced Outdoor Seating.
Raku And Metamorphosis
Dubai is the regional hub for creative talents and on the occasion on Dubai Design Week 2020, I wanted to highlight two specific ones: Michael Rice and Pallavi Dean.
Dubai Design Week 2020
After Helsinki, Mexico City, Dubai joins the cities hosting a physical and online Design Week. The sixth edition of Dubai Design Week will also mark the first major cultural event in the region since the pandemic.