Sun, sea, sand and Design Miami relocates next to its Art cousin for this year’s edition of the event. Features include the Designer of the Year Award; Design Talks with panel discussions and interviews with those from the worlds of art, architecture and design; live demonstrations by invited emerging and established designers in Design Performances; Design On/Site showcasing small-scale exhibitions of new work by individual designers or studios presented by design galleries, guerrilla dealers or independent curators; and at its heart, a number of international Design Galleries that mainly deal with design objects from the advent of modernism to the present day.

Five years after the death of Belgian designer Maarten Van Severen, this exhibition pays homage to his most successful furniture design: the chair .03, which was first produced by the designer himself and subsequently Top Mouton (now Aiki) and then marketed by Vitra in 1998 after three years of product development. With a set-up created by David Van Severen and Jan Lenaerts, sketches, prototypes, photographs and audiovisual materials show the processes behind its creation. The exhibition was initiated by The Maarten Van Severen Foundation, an association founded by family and friends with the purpose of managing and opening up the designer's artistic legacy. 

Featuring the work over 100 artists working in Africa, Europe, Asia, the United States, and the Caribbean, through ceramics, basketry, textiles, jewellery, furniture, and fashion, as well as selective examples of architecture, photography, painting, and sculpture, this exhibition actively challenges conventional notions of a singular African aesthetic or identity, and reflects the integration of African art and design without making the usual distinctions between ‘professional’ and ‘artisan’. Those featured include the likes of Yinka Shonibare and Kehinde Wiley, alongside the Gahaya Links Weaving Association, a collaborative of Hutu and Tutsi women working in traditional basketry techniques in Rwanda.

The many needs of the ‘workplace’ or ‘business environment’ come together in this fair that attract s professionals in sectors ranging from office furnishing & furniture to architects, interior designers, corporate consultants, facility managers and users & purchasers in various contract markets. The key slogan of this year’s edition is ‘Working Time is Living Time’, and a supporting programme of talks and events include the ULTIMA OFFICE Trendforum 2010, the Best Office Award, INSIGHT COLOGNE, which allows visitors to experience the versatility of modern office architecture at around 15 selected locations, and a Competence Centre offering solution overviews for acoustics & interior design, architecture & media technology and lighting.

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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.

In creation, manufacturing and marketing, this exhibition takes an in-depth look at the renaissance in furniture design in France over a 30-year period. The advent of new materials – foams, plastics, elastic meshes and Formica – prompted the emergence of new furniture catering to the needs of a comfort-conscious clientele and the contribution of new talents, including Pierre Paulin, Olivier Mourgue, André Fermigier and Roger Tallon, as well as the importance of the design manufacturers, retailers and publishers (Roche-Bobois, Roset and Mobilier International) are all highlighted.

For its first show at this gallery, Dutch design studio Makkink & Bey (Rianne Makkink & Jurgen Bey) has created a site-specific walk through the three-dimensional landscape of a rural village. Resonate with the designers’ narrative based processes, Mohair woollen blankets hang on a clothesline giving shape to the space and dividing it. The woollen blankets were produced at the Audax Textielmuseum’s workshop, Textilelab, in Tilburg, Netherlands, and the five patterns and ten colour combinations are limited to 20 pieces of each, which are available exclusively at HELMRINDERKNECHT.

It’s 25th anniversary time for Verona’s interiors fair, which along with its mix of traditional & avant-garde, classic & contemporary, prides itself on the quality of its 700 exhibitors in 18 categories fields from kitchens & bathrooms to lighting, furniture, textiles and flooring. Abitare also presents a rich selection of cultural exhibitions, with this year’s edition featuring Living Utopia curated by Alessandro Mendini. Uncovering the emotional story of 100 Italian objects of different shapes and origin, the circuit reflects not only on the great transformations of the last two decades or so, but invites the viewer to rethink our relationship with the environment, and the objects that surround us.

Across the Belgian capital more than 100 locations will host nearly 80 events that encompass design in the form of furniture, objects, industrial products, graphics and architecture. Featuring both national & international talent, the likes of Michele de Lucchi, Harri Koskinen, Ineke Hans and Kiki Van Eijk take part in exhibitions, conferences, debates, open studios, film screenings and city tours. Other highlights include FIGHTING THE BOX, where 20 Belgian designers (Bram Boo, Marina Bautier, Alain Berteau, Benoît Deneufbourg, Nathalie Dewez, Nedda El-Asmar, Stefan Schöning, Diane Steverlynck, Danny Venlet and Sylvain Willenz, ao) will reveal the stories & processes behind their product work.

Design, architecture and fashion meet up for this week-long series of exhibitions, seminars, workshops, catwalk shows and open days. With the city’s eyes already on its role as World Design Capital in 2012, the events of this year are centred on the theme of storytelling. Collaborative partners include the Dutch Design Week and the Nordic Fashion Association, with one of the special features, Design Exchange, reflecting the spirit of ‘Open Helsinki’ through its use of Facebook to generate design-related content. Elsewhere, the Designpartners100 exhibition curated by Kari Korkman will present an overview of new design at the Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre during the Habitare trade fair (1 – 5 September).