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london design festival 15-23 september 2018.

london design festival 15-23 september 2018.

Sep 15, 2018

london design festival celebrates and promotes london as the design capital of the world and as the gateway to the international creative community. the festival returns to venues and institutions across the city from 15-23 september 2018.

London Design Festival stages five major trade shows, known as Design Destinations. These are the commercial pillars of the Festival and are key meeting places for designers, manufacturers, buyers, specifiers, the media and design enthusiasts to discover new product releases and identify current trends. The design destinations are: 100% design, decorex, designjunction, focus 18, and london design fair #LDF18

happenings at the london design festival 2018.

happenings at the london design festival 2018.

Sep 5, 2018

london design festival celebrates and promotes london as the design capital of the world and as the gateway to the international creative community. the festival returns to venues and institutions across the city from 15-23 september 2018.

london design festival stages five major trade shows, known as design destinations. these are the commercial pillars of the festival and are key meeting places for designers, manufacturers, buyers, specifiers, the media and design enthusiasts to discover new product releases and identify current trends. the design destinations are: 100% design, decorex, designjunction, focus 18, and london design fair

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wanteddesign manhattan.

wanteddesign manhattan.

May 20, 2017

wanteddesign manhattan is a platform dedicated to promoting design and fostering the international creative community at large throughout the year.

wanteddesign brooklyn.

wanteddesign brooklyn.

May 17, 2017

wanteddesign brooklyn is a hub for multidisciplinary creative thinkers and makers. it offers 360-degree experiences of artistic innovation.

wanteddesign store opening in seaport.

wanteddesign store opening in seaport.

May 3, 2017

wanteddesign store to open in manhattan, at seaport, 
on may 3rd, 2017

wanteddesign keeps on growing its retail activities for design lovers! as of may 3rd, design centered retail will return to seaport with two new permanent stores, located side-by-side on the beautiful, historical fulton street:

– one large store dedicated to home & lifestyle

– a design market with a wide range of accessories, home decor items, jewelry, tableware, kids creative items and stationery and books.

based in the historical seaport, the wanteddesign store will become the destination for all design lovers based in this revived downtown historical area and the not to be missed shopping stop for visitors.

in conjunction with nycxdesign, we are also happy to invite you to join odile hainaut and claire pijoulat, co-founders of wanteddesign, for the closing celebration of nycxdesign on wednesday, may 24th, from 6 to 9pm, at seaport, 19 fulton street.

design shanghai 2017.

design shanghai 2017.

Mar 8, 2017

design shanghai, asia’s leading international design event organized by media 10, will be returning to the historic shanghai exhibition centre from 8th to 11th march 2017 stronger than ever. reinforced by the success of a record-breaking 2016 edition, design shanghai has successfully matured and, in a few short years, earned its place alongside the most established design events in the world.

attracting over 46,000 visitors from 70 countries and regions, design shanghai offers the perfect platform for world-renowned designers and architects from across asia and the west, highly influential property developers, as well as hotel groups, buyers, retailers, specifiers, key decision makers and journalists.

how to be creative & successful when you are dyslexic.

how to be creative & successful when you are dyslexic.

Sep 24, 2016

join grant gibson as he chairs a discussion, hosted by design week.

panel: tom raffield – steam bent lighting & furniture, margaret rooke – writer, kristjana s williams – fine art, terence woodgate, rdi – industrial design.

media partner: design week

supported by: kings place events

games open doors at dubai design week.

games open doors at dubai design week.

Nov 25, 2015

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abwab (arabic for ‘doors’) comprised six country pavilions each created in response to the theme ‘games: the element of play in culture’ to celebrate dubai’s inaugural design week. six countries in the middle east north africa and south asia (menasa) region – jordan, kuwait, pakistan, saudi arabia, tunisia and the uae – curated six 50 square-metre pavilions at the newly built d3 (dubai design district) to showcase the work of home-grown designers, design studios and curators.

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d3 | dubai design district | courtesy of dubai design district

“abwab represents a direct portal to the region’s local design talent, which can benefit from a such international and culturally lively display as the dubai design week,” said a statement from the show’s organizers.

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the pavilions themselves were designed by loci architecture + design studio under the creative direction of rawan kashkoush and comprised structures made from polycarbonate panels filled with sand, creating different patterns for each country.

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the kuwaiti pavilion, curated by architect waleed shaalan, was entitled tagga in tagga (move by move) and centred on a series of pictograms designed by graphic designer osama hadeed designed to simply communicate traditional kuwaiti games to younger generations so they would not be lost.

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the tunisian pavilion curated by chacha atallah, founder of architectural firm, fleury atalah, comprised 999, a game by haythem zakaria and karim ben amor. a single wooden module, repeated 999 times, could be endlessly combined to create different three-dimensional structures.

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under the curatorial eye of arini creative platforms, jordanian designers dina haddadin, omar al-zo’bi, rand el haj hassan and rula yaghmour drew inspiration from the kite-flying, mountain hiking and the swings or ‘murjeiha’ of their childhood to create the untitled swing project, a collection of swings separated by white cotton curtains whose movement triggered an audio soundscape.

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the saudi arabian pavilion took traditional local game um tse as its inspiration and included ‘male’ and ‘female’ saddle-inspired floor seats designed by ayah al bitar as game pieces inspired by differing gender roles in the country – the ‘male’ pieces were free to move, whereas the ‘female’ pieces were attached to the ceiling as swings, thus restricting their movement.

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the phrase ‘all work and no play makes jack a dull boy,’ provided the inspiration for the mobius design studio curated uae pavilion. different experiences housed in the space invited participation and sensory stimulation in different ways.

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and finally, the pakistan pavilion, entitled ‘daalaan’ was curated by salman jawed and featured works by a multidisciplinary team of eight designers and included hanging fabric panels silk-screened with natural dyes to evoke the busy courtyards of pakistani homes and traditional games rendered in high-quality natural materials such as wood and bronze.

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dubai design week 2015 preview.

dubai design week 2015 preview.

Oct 23, 2015

above> dubai design district (d3) aerial render

The inaugural Dubai Design Week, held in partnership with Dubai Design District (d3), will take place from 26 > 31 October 2015.

Held under the Patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-Chairman of Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, the Design Week is also supported by both the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (DCAA), and the Dubai Design and Fashion Council (DDFC).

Creating a point of time that encourages the growth of the design industry in Dubai, Dubai Design Week will not only establish the city as the regional capital for design, but also as a global meeting point for the international design community. Design-dedicated events, activities and projects within d3 and across the city will celebrate the best in design both regionally and internationally.

Dubai Design Week is owned and managed by the Art Dubai Group, a joint venture company between the Dubai International Financial Centre and Middle East Fairs Ltd.

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antonio o’connell + pepsi + liter of light. design week mexico 2015.

antonio o’connell + pepsi + liter of light. design week mexico 2015.

Oct 21, 2015

Mexico City hosts Design Week Mexico. One of the exhibitions is called ‘Light in the Darkness’- where Mexican artist Antonio O’Connell contemplates the idea of living without light. He has partnered with Pepsi and Liter of Light to bring “Ignite the Light” – a program that fuses art, philanthropy and social commentary and action.

Pepsi, through their Pepsi Challenge, a worldwide initiative bringing attention to communities that lack access to electricity and basic lighting solutions. Liter of Light, using empty recycled plastic bottles, innovative designs and simple circuitry, builds solar lights for day and night with zero carbon emissions.

“Light in the Darkness” is a a large scale, mixed media art installation that mirrors Liter of Light’s core work, the use of recycled plastic bottles to transform colors and lights in unexpected ways, illuminating an otherwise ordinary space and shedding light on the millions of people who live without it on a daily basis.

We talk to the artist.

[DesignApplause] Antonio, please tell us about the concept behind ‘Light in the Darkness’.
[Antonio O’Connell] We live in a world of great social contrasts where imagination is a luxury for some but a necessity for others. Many of us take for granted that we open a faucet and we have running water or turn a switch and have light. I thought of the idea of living without light and remembered a quote by Gaston Bachelard in his book “Poetics of Space”: “The house we were born in is more than an embodiment of home, it is also an embodiment of dreams”.

So “Light in the Darkness”” alludes to the ephemeral construction of “favelas” and shanty towns but with a vision of hope when light is provided to homes with Pepsi® PET bottles by the “Liter of Light” Foundation. Light transforms a dark place into a place of fantasy where new forms and colors are possible and the hope to dream farther.

[DA] What has this particular project taught you?
[AO] I wasn’t aware of the “Liter of Light” foundation and their simple but innovative way to bring light into communities that have none. By participating in this Pepsi® global initiative I was inspired by the wonderful job their doing and felt motivated to be a part of it.

[DA] You’re both an architect and an artist. Tell us what each discipline means to you and how they play off the other for you.
[AO] For me it’s hard to tell them apart because I see my work as it is. I guess it depends on the context you view the work it can be experimental Architecture or Installation Art. You can think its Art but then again isn’t Architecture a form of Art? I left my “conventional” architectural work since 2006 and began to focus on more conceptual and/or experimental work.

[DA] What’s the process of concept to the finished piece in your Architecture or Art? Do you use the computer or old school methods?
[AO] The concept is always embedded in the finished piece, even during the process, which is usually hand crafted from sketching to modeling to building. I don’t use computers because my work is very intuitive and hands on, besides it alludes to the self building in marginalized communities as well as the hand craft of the traditional construction workers in Mexico.

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[DA] Who has inspired and influenced you in both Architecture and Art?
[[AO] Influence and inspiration comes from everywhere not just Architecture and Art, but to name a few, in Architecture it has been Enric Miralles which I had the chance to meet and study a small course, the Deconstructive movement as well as the Russian Constructivists, Vladimir Tatlin, Peter Eisenman, Archigram, Lebbeus Woods, Thom Mayne, Rem Koolhaas, Coop Himmelblau, Samuel Mockbee, Hundertwasser, Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, the Mexican architects Luis Barragán and Juan O’Gorman. In Art there are many as well but usually artists trained as architects or their work related to Architecture: Gordon Matta-Clark, Kurt Schwitters, Situationist International, Bauhaus, Tadashi Kawamata, Ai Wei Wei, Richard Serra, Joseph Beuys, Francis Alÿs, González Gortázar, Mathias Goeritz, the Mexican Muralist Movement, Gabriel Orozco, to name a few.

[DA] Design Week Mexico goes back to 2009. Have you been involved with this event before? Can you tell us about the evolution over the past seven years and how the city and world responds to a design week?
[AO] This is the first time that I’ve been involved with Design Week Mexico. I don’t really know about the evolution of Design Week Mexico during these years, I just know it has grown a lot. People are more aware about design and interested to see what’s being done. This makes it a great opportunity to present this project with Pepsi® that blends design, art and architecture with a social cause benefit program.

[DA] What other architecture & design events have been able to attend?
[AO] I was invited to a work for Kartell Loves Mexico design event.

[DA] Anything else you wish to say that we haven’t talked about?
[AO] I am very happy to take part in such an important initiative like Pepsi Challenge and be able to support the efforts of “Liter of Light” to bring attention to important matters like access to basic services for those in need.

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