MAKE ME. The Emergence of BUTCH-CRAFT in Contemporary Design is a new exhibition opening September 15 at Moss . Through the infusion of a cerebral yet virile narrative applied to rough work crafted in wood, iron, steel, marble, rush, paint, boiled leather, clay, baked agricultural waste, plant-life, gypsum drywall, and blood, sweat and tears. This exhibition introduces new studio work by: – Peter Marigold – Oscar Magnus Narud –... 

Terence Conran of The Conran Shop has chosen 54 key pieces of furniture of the 20th century to be part of the Conran Classics Collection. The Conran Classics will be on display in an exhibition at The Conran Shop Chelsea and The Conran Shop, Marylebone from September 10, 2010 – November 1, 2010. In celebration of the new collection and exhibition, members of the Conran…  Read More →

FORM 2010 , held August 13-14, 2010 in St. Louis, MO, was the first installment of an annual contemporary furniture, functional object and architectural design show bringing together some of the best architects and designers local to the St. Louis area and beyond. Presented by The Luminary Center for the Arts , FORM acts as a platform to encourage interaction with contemporary design, support independent designers, and increase awareness locally... 

The Philip Johnson Glass House. Photo: Eirik Johnson Modern Views is an exhibition and auction to benefit the Mies van der Rohe’s 1951 Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois and Philip Johnson’s 1949 Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut. Works donated by 100 architects, artists and designers will be on exhibit online beginning September 7, 2010 and will eventually be sold at Sotheby’s on October 6, 2010. Among the leading artists and... 

During Milan Design Week, Gio Tirotto and Hafsteinn Juliusson exhibited pieces that represented a clash of urban environment and contemporary living. The designers displayed interior and urban furniture, jewelry, apparel and accessories united by a language in the balance between art and design. Vespino Observing some behaviors, understanding their smartness. Re-interpreting the “habit” of temporary seat on your Vespa, presenting it again... 

The Shanghai World Expo 2010 has a showcase of buildings designed by a variety of architects around the world, on display until October 31, 2010. You can think of it as an Olympics with architecture instead of athletes. Here is a sampling of the amazing pavilions . United Kingdom, Thomas Heatherwick Australia, Wood Marsh and Think!OTS Austria, SPAN & ZEYTINOGLU China, He Jingtang Denmark, BIG , ARUP and 2+1 Germany and China, Markus Heinsdorff... 

Barry Friedman, Ltd. will present a solo exhibition of the works of American designer Wendell Castle, whose work marries sculpture with furniture. The exhibition will feature a group of 12 unique, stack-laminated wood chairs that were created post-2008. Here are a few of the pieces that will be in the exhibit. What: Works by Wendell Castle When: May 6, 2010 – June 26, 2010 Where: Barry Friedman Ltd., 515 West 26th Street, New York, New... 

The National Geographic Museum will open a new exhibition this Wednesday, April 28 called Design for the Other 90% , a touring exhibition from the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. The exhibition takes a look at designers who are developing solutions that address basic needs for the vast majority of the world’s population not traditionally served by professional designers. Of the world’s 6.5 billion people, 90% have... 

USIN-e , Amaury Poudray and Rémi Bouhaniche, will show works this Spring at The Gallery in Brussels. Amaury and Rémi both attended the Ecole Supérieure d’Art et de Design in Saint Etienne, France, and after a period of study in the United States and India respectively, decided to start a common creative activity — USIN-e. Their work has been featured at numerous exhibits…  Read More →

Particle by Bethan Laura Wood is a furniture collection that was designed during her residency at Design Museum in London. The visual aesthetic of the furniture system is inspired by the crates and unpacking materials she saw at Butler’s Wharf, the location of the museum. She has re-purposed wood laminates to give them a more striking appearance in order to encourage others to rethink the idea of beauty. The wood laminates have been laser... 

Industry Gallery in Washington DC will present Hands On , new work by Tejo Remy & René Veenhuizen the first solo U.S. exhibition for renowned and innovative Dutch designer Tejo Remy, a founding designer at Droog and René Veenhuizen, his design partner of the past decade. The exhibition will premiere four prototypes for a new series of poured concrete furniture. It will also feature works the duo has created for the public and private... 

Dutch designer Joris Laarman will unveil new works at Friedman Benda tonight, including his Leaf Table (above) and a number of other works. If his name sounds familiar to you, he is the designer behind the bone furniture we featured back in 2007. The bone furniture algorithm revolutionized design back in 2006 — it translated the complexity, proportion and functionality of human bone and tree growth into a chair form. What: New work by... 

During Milan Design Week, the guys from La Bolleur are turning Zona Tortona into a literal playground with their Mini Golf installation. You can find their space at Via Vogehra 11 in Milan, Italy. Make sure that you’re up to par! It has been five years since Timon van der Hijden, Zowie Jannink and Steie van Vugt decided to change the scene at La Bolleur — a former brothel in the city of Eindhoven. They literally transformed this... 

Volume Gallery , Chicago’s newest cutting-edge design gallery, debuts with an exhibition of new works by American designer Jonathan Nesci, aptly titled: THE NEW, March 19-23, 2010. Volume Gallery will take over the Andrew Rafacz Gallery for the first in an ongoing series highlighting freshly commissioned work from American contemporary designers. Each piece in THE NEW is born from Nesci’s observations of the world around us and the banal... 

Meret Oppenheim. Object. 1936. Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon. http://www.moma.org ©2009 Design Milk | Posted by Erin in Art | Permalink | No comments | Tweet This | Share on Facebook Facebook – Design Milk – Social Networks – Online Communities – Protocols  Read More →