Exploring the world’s most famous modern art and design school, Bauhaus: Art as Life is the biggest Bauhaus exhibition in the UK in over 40 years. From its avant-garde arts and crafts beginnings the Bauhaus shifted towards a more radical model of learning uniting art and technology. A driving force behind Modernism, it further sought…
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South West Design Forum has launched of a new identity. The organisation will now be known as Design South West, continuing in its role as the regional body that brings together seven locally-based design forums. Run by industry, for industry, the mission of Design South West is “Design, Better Connected”. The organization will promote and…
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31 May – 30 September 2012 Next spring the V&A presents Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary, the first major solo exhibition exploring the work of one of the most inventive and experimental design studios practising in Britain today. The exhibition will showcase the wide variety of projects conceived by British designer Thomas Heatherwick and his studio….
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William Klein, one of the 20th century’s most important and influential photographers and film-makers, will receive the Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award at the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards. An intimate exhibition of his work, curated by Michael Benson, will be shown as part of the Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House in London from…
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The Christian Louboutin exhibition will take place at the museum from 1 May-8 July 2012. The major retrospective exhibition is the centrepiece of the celebrations for the company’s 20th anniversary. Drawing from Christian Louboutin’s personal archive, the exhibition presents his celebrated shoe designs, referencing the origins of the iconic red sole, through to the latest…
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The Design Museum has launched its first iPad Collection App featuring 59 objects from the Design Museum’s collection. The App is a free download which explores key moments in design history through the extensive Design Museum Collection, classic pieces featured include: the Angelpoise lamp, the Dyson vacuum, the Thonet chair mould, The Face magazine, the…
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Pairings – conversations & collaborations at Stroud International Textiles Saturday May 5th People from different worlds have come together in highly successful art and science collaborations will be sharing their innovative and inspiring thinking on May 5th as part of the Pairings symposium organized by Stroud International Textiles. Helen Storey, Professor of Fashion and Science at London College of…
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DayFour ‘Modern Love’ is a new photography exhibition at theprintspace in east London, taking place from 12-27 April, 2012. Curated by independent photography publication DayFour, the images are taken from the ninth issue of the magazine, which also celebrates the theme of modern love. For the issue, DayFour contributors considered what, who and how we…
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British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age at the V&A in 2012 31 March – 12 August 2012: Sponsored by Ernst & Young The V&A’s major 2012 spring exhibition will showcase the best of British design and creative talent from the 1948 ‘Austerity Olympics’ to the summer of 2012. It will be the first comprehensive…
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SELECT SPRING 12: PAIRINGS II – conversations & collaborations: 28 April-27 May 2012 Museum in the Park, Stratford Park Stroud, Gloucestershire On 28 April 2012 Stroud International Textiles will open its latest exhibition Pairings II – conversations & collaborations, co-curated by Alice Kettle, one of the UK’s leading textile artists. Pairs of artist/makers will come together…
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