A personal review of design creations
Summer Design Exhibitions - From Thonet To 'Dutch Design’
In Amsterdam, the Stedelijk presents an extensive selection of design from its world-class collection. The show features over 300 objects that over the past 125 years were landmarks of design innovation and excellence.
Episode 4: From Thonet to ‘Dutch Design’ – 125 Years of Living
Summer Design Exhibitions: Craft & Glass At Museum Of Arts And Design
An ode to clay, fibre, metal, wood and glass. In two exhibitions, the MAD New York acknowledges the importance of craft in the design world and market and display the amazing work of Beth Lipman.
‘Craft Front & Center’ & Beth Lipman.
Phillips Design Auction New York - June 2021
The calendar of design auctions is now also back to normal and before the Summer break, here is one at Phillips New York.
DZign 2020+1, The First Algerian-French Design Biennale
Initially planned a year ago, the first design biennale to ‘rethink the city’ in the capital of Algiers is finally going ahead, and set to take place from 27 May 2021.
Vaarnii: Brutally Finnish
Finland is a country of contrasts where the snowy white mixes with greenish forests, where typically urban-based technologies are based in the middle of the countryside… Vaarnii, a new furniture brand, takes its DNA from wood, that material that has shaped Finland’s economy, lifestyle and culture.
Le Design Français at Piasa
On May 5th, Piasa Auction House in Paris presents a new selection of design creations from French iconic names from the 20th Century. Here is my very personal selection.
‘Life’ By Olaffur Eliasson At The Fondation Beyeler
If you need to add one reason to visit or return to the Fondation Beyeler, here is stunning one: LIFE by Olafur Eliasson… an artwork open night and day, inside and outside the building…