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Material Tendencies: Fabio Novembre

November, 05 2017

Italian architect and designer Fabio Novembre describes himself as a wise monkey who feels at home in the jungle. Maybe this is why some of his works err on the wild side.

Salon NY 2017: Preview

November, 03 2017

Select art and collectable design Fair Salon NY returns from 10 to 13 November; featuring innovative contemporary and iconic historical works from our favourite galleries.

Season VI – Sunday Brunch

November, 03 2017

Season VI
Piet Stockmans & Frederik Vercruysse
Duo Show
Blauw. Ceci n’est pas une couleur
Until 4 February 2018

Sunday Brunch : 19.X.2017,

Midden Heap by Misha Kahn

November, 03 2017

New York creative Misha Kahn mounts his current Friedman Benda Gallery solo show like a beach; one filled with consumer-grade trash. The setting is used to present a new eclectically bespoke collection.

From pop-up hotel to the relaxing pod

November, 02 2017

From the pop-up hotel project in the woods to the relaxing pod for a busy city life. Muhu pop-up hotel concept was the first experimentation in the frames of Human Cities project in 2015.

Brodie Neill’s Drop in the Ocean

November, 02 2017

We spoke with Australian designer Brodie Neill about his recent installation at the ME London hotel, focused on the impact of human activity on ocean waste

Oh couleurs! at the MADD Bordeaux

November, 01 2017

Curated by Constance Rubini with scenography by Pierre Charpin, the exhibition explores the way users interact with the colours in designed objects

Tal R Does “Academia”

October, 31 2017

The extensive work of the Danish artist is being displayed in a mid-career retrospective, the Academy of Tal R, at the Museum Boijmans van Beunigen in Rotterdam

Marriage Sauvage Style

October, 30 2017

French duo Atelier Sauvage was commissioned to replace the furniture in the wedding room of a 19th-century mairie in Paris. The result? They went to town on the town hall.

The Way Beyond Art at the Van Abbemuseum

October, 28 2017

The Eindhoven museum presents a new sprawling exhibition featuring its own collection. Curators Christiane Berndes and Steven ten Thije discuss the role of its other custodian: the community.

Camp David

October, 27 2017

Changing the co-working formula, Milk Group’s Mazdack Rassi and Erez Shternlicht open Camp David in…

Ruptura at Luciana Brito NY Project

October, 26 2017

São Paulo’s Luciana Brito teams up with New York Brazilian design gallery Espasso to mount the first in a series of three historical exhibitions combining art and design.

Kiki and Joost’s Tinkering Labs

October, 26 2017

For the 2017 edition of Dutch Design Week, Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk open up their studio and office space to the public with an exhibition titled The Tinkering Labs

Jean-François D’Or’s FRArGILE

October, 25 2017

This month, the Belgian designer becomes the curator of FRArGILE, an exhibition at the Maison des Arts in Schaerbeek that explores the fragility of an everyday material like clay

Sunbrella Shines at the DDW

October, 25 2017

Two projects by Charles Pétillon, Michiel de Greef and Dries van Wagenberg on view during the Dutch Design Week highlight the possibilities of Sunbrella fabrics

Atelier NL Rings the Alarm on Sand

October, 25 2017

The Dutch duo collected wild sand from around the globe to highlight the upcoming scarcity of one of the most valuable —and yet underrated— resources for contemporary life

François Daireaux’s Blow Firozabad Bangles

October, 24 2017

Daireaux’s solo exhibition at the mudac Lausanne reveals the singular but universal artistic vision through his comings and goings between the glassmaking cities of Firozabad and Meisenthal

The New Radicals of Arita

October, 23 2017

Six Netherlands-based artists and designers went to Arita, in Japan, for a porcelain residency. The results are showcased in New Radicals, an exhibition at this year’s Dutch Design Week.

The New and the New-New Dutch Icons

October, 23 2017

Who is the new Mondrian? 100 years after the birth of De Stijl, two exhibitions during this year’s Dutch Design Week try to find an answer to that question.

Oohs and Aahs at the DDW

October, 22 2017

Visiting most of the Dutch Design Week exhibitions is akin to stepping inside a DeLorean headed to 2037. But how did the more present-based displays fare in terms of audience response?

Ai Weiwei’s Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

October, 20 2017

Foremost artist and human rights activist Ai Wei Wei teams with various industry partners; the Public Art Fund and the City of New York to mount an extensive series of site-specific installations that address the pressing refugee crises.