This exhibition is the major show in Dutch Design Double's 2010 focus on architect and designer Gerrit Th. Rietveld (1888-1964). Realised in collaboration with the Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rietveld's work is placed in a broad context that puts emphasis on the person, his working manner and in comparison with famous contemporaries like Wright, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe. In addition, the Stedelijk Museum will presents a symposium on research into the metal Rietveld chairs; a Rietveld room will be displayed at Elle Inside; a Rietveld concert will be performed by C-mon & Kypski; and visitors can visit the many building designed by Rietveld in and around Amsterdam and Utrecht.

Dutch Design Double is a celebration of Dutch design that takes place between 1 September - 31 October 2010 and features more than 20 design events in the Dutch cities of Utrecht and Amsterdam.

Against the backdrop of a former power plant (Kraftwerk), DMY aims to give its offer of contemporary design projects a unique platform. Reuniting its component parts in one venue, the established brands and designers of the Allstars section will rub shoulders with the experimental endeavours of the Youngsters. The Festival is supported by a number of symposiums, workshops and other design-fuelled events, and for a taste of what’s to come DMY is organising an exhibition during Milan design week called Made in Berlin – Open Process, featuring seven new products and design editions by designers living & working in Berlin.

2010 is the inauguration year of the Design Museum Holon and in this, the opening exhibition, it seems fitting to focus on design that can be seen as culturally significant for the times we live in. Some 100 products are presented, broken into eight distinct categories: New Essentialism, Mutant Remix, Of the Body, Social Anxiety, Beyond the Designer, Super Beauty, Craft Economy and Design Lab. Objects showcased range from ordinary household items such as plastic chairs and printed wallpaper through to technological designs that offer life-saving abilities.

After having answered the question What is Italian Design? through the Seven Obsessions of Italian Design and Series, Off Series, this latest exhibition presents a third interpretation of Italian design. Arranged sequentially, the show focuses on the histories and stories originating from individual objects and the network of relations and connections they form. With a selection of works by masters, artists and young designers the content aims to reveal an alternative definition of the identity and essence of Italian design, which is staged using an installation by Pierre Charpin.

Just the mere mention of a cup and a game with two halves gives this edition of the Design Indaba an extra thrill. Becoming an 'event' for local & global creative industries, in its relatively short history the Conference’s initial nine speakers has grown to today’s 40, and the Expo’s wide-ranging perspective on craft, product, industrial, fashion, film, animation, graphic, jewellery and architectural design, among many other disciplines, seeks to maintain the organisation’s original mantra of a ‘benchmark against best-of-class’.

It's barometer time and the international furnishings and interior design trade fair has made reclaiming top German and international brands a main priority. One of the most important developments is the creation of Pure Village, a literal crossroads juxtaposing the established design brands of Hall 11, selected names from Design Post (including Arco, Arper, Desalto, Kvadrat, Linteloo, Matteo Grassi, Montis, Moroso and Nya Nordiska) and the D3 Design Talents section. An invigorated sounding off-programme by Passagen will also provide temporary installations, exhibitions & events at galleries, showrooms, cultural institutions, museums and other locations throughout the city.

Under the curatorship of Konstantin Grcic, Design Real is the Serpentine Gallery’s first exhibition devoted to contemporary design. The renowned industrial designer will present a selection of ‘real’ items: mass-produced objects with a practical function in everyday life. From furniture and household products to technical and industrial innovations, featured works include those by Zaha Hadid, Ross Lovegrove, Jasper Morrisson, Yves Behar, Naoto Fukasawa and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec; alongside a municipal recycling bin and a Volvo trail light. Grcic has designed a research space in the Gallery’s central space especially for the exhibition and its dedicated website is an integral part of the overall concept.

In the mid-1960s designers defied conventions in the field of interiors with formless furniture. Inspired by art they experimented with material in order to find alternatives to furniture existing at the time. This exhibition shows the validity of the maxim ‘form follows material’ that redefined the relationship between form and material. Seating objects by the likes of Gunnar A. Andersen, Gaetano Pesce and Ron Arad appear alongside the work of Jerszy Seymour and Big Game, with space also given to the computer-generated ‘Blobjects’ of Karim Rashid.

With the choice of Spring, the organisers of this annual showcase of Czech design have taken a promisingly upbeat response to the theme of crisis and focused their attentions on possibilities of renaissance. Participants include showrooms, galleries & stores for design, interior accessories and fashion, and the event will also incorporate presentations from individual designers & studios, design schools and other institutions. The accompanying programme takes place in different inspirational ‘Superstudios’, and alongside premieres from Czech manufacturers such as footwear producer Botas, lighting specialist Eco, and watchmaker Prim, international brands such as Artemide, Zumtobel and Vitra will also be taking part.

Later this month Danish designer Nina Tolstrup of Studiomama will be exhibiting a collection of furniture pieces made from reclaimed pallets. Aside from the obvious sustainable connection, the social aspects of the project are built in rather than added on.

You can buy pieces of the Pallet Collection pre-made, but with the assembly guidelines also sold online, the furniture can be recreated from your local pallet source. And giving further flesh to the project, Tolstrup allowed photographer and gallerist Cecilia Glik to teach unemployed workers in the Lugano district of Buenos Aires how to make the furniture, which is then sold through local networks or globally online.

The show in London takes place during the London Design Festival and will include a set of limited edition pallet chairs by British artists Gavin Turk and Cornelia Parker, which will be auctioned on the Studiomama website with proceeds going directly to the community project in Buenos Aires.