Agenda 2010
Design Miami
Miami Beach Convention Centre, Miami, USA
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.
SCOPE Miami 2010
Wynwood Gallery Arts District, Miami, USA
Miami in early December is where the international art crowd sets up camps (Art Miami, Pulse, Ink, Verge, Photo Miami ao) – although the only tents you are likely to find are those that figure in artworks. From the big boys and girls of the world art scene, the upcoming and emerging galleries and individual artists, there will be special events, talks, performances, and more than likely Pamela Anderson doing her modern muse turn. But digging through the flash and the brash (not to mention the hypnotic effects of people watching at such orgies), the collective feeling of all the individual fairs is a barometer for the art market.
Business of Design Week (BODW)
Hong Kong Design Centre, Hong Kong
The 9th edition of this international event on design, innovation and brands has Japan as a partner country and is themed ‘Lost and Found’. Speakers at the BODW Forum include Dai Fujiwara, Naoto Fukasawa, Kengo Kuma, Masakki Kanai of Muji, Toshio Yamagata from Shiseido, Manabu Kawada of Yamaha, Hitoshi Suyama from Nikon and contributions by Kigge Hvid of Denmark’s Index and Ascan Mergenthaler of Herzog & de Meuron. Another part of the programme sees the sixth DesignEd Asia Conference, jointly organised by School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Hong Kong Design Institute, and co-organised by Hong Kong Design Centre.
Maarten Van Severen .03
Design Museum, Ghent, Belgium
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.
Saint-Étienne International Design Biennial
Ancienne Manufacture d’Armes & other locations in the city, Saint-Étienne, France
The theme of the 6th edition of the Saint-Étienne International Design Biennial will be around Teleportation. Dealing with an extreme view of our society, a kind of ideal (or not) that we could yearn for and that could enable us to solve many issues we are faced with, from problems related to ecological emergencies and transport demand, to issues around new communication media and technologies and the continual pressure of lack of time on our daily lives. Numerous events make up the Biennial, with individual exhibition curators including Konstantin Grcic, Dunne & Raby and Constance Rubini.
FORMULA_X
Deutsches Architektur Zentrum, Berlin, Germany
It’s the turn of ecosistema urbano to go under the spotlight in this second instalment of DAZ’s new exhibition dedicated to the emerging generation of national and international architects. From new answers for conventional building tasks to futuristic concepts, the focus of each show is on individual design methodology and the design processes of the individual offices. The Spanish office is known largely for its urban interventions, combining architecture, landscape, urbanism and sociology through what it calls ‘creative urban sustainability’ and recent works have included Ecoboulevard in Madrid and the AirTree at the Expo 2010 in Shanghai.
The Global Africa Project
Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), New York, USA
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.
IHA 2010
Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), Frankfurt, Germany
Initiated, curated and organised as a joint venture between DAM (no relation, ed.) and DekaBank, which also finances the IHA, this award is given to a building that stands out for its special aesthetic appeal, pioneering design, integration into the cityscape, sustainability but also innovative technology and cost-effectiveness, with planners and developers awarded the prize jointly. Nominated buildings had to be at least 100m-high and commissioned in the last two years and this year’s five finalists include the Aqua Tower in Chicago by Studio Gang Architects (developer: Magellan Development Group) and The Met in Bangkok by WOHA Architects/ associated architects: Tandem Architects (developer: Pebble Bay Thailand).
Beijing/Midtown
The Architecture Foundation, London, UK
The UK premiere of Sarah Morris’s latest urban portrait Beijing (2008), with a glimpse of the Chinese centre of politics and culture at the time of its great global unveiling - the 2008 Olympic Games. Free of dialogue, candid moments include the President of China preparing for his Olympic address, a channel-surfing architect Jacques Herzog, and workers packing sweets in a downtown store – with other ‘cast’ members including Jackie Chan, Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster and Henry Kissinger. Beijing will be preceded by a screening of Morris’s first film Midtown (1998) and a Q&A with the artist.
World Architecture Festival
Centro des Convenciones Internacionales, Barcelona, Spain
One to get architects and lovers of architecture smacking their lips, the World Architecture Festival attracts over 1000 architects from 80 countries (including Isay Weinfeld from Brazil and household names such as Studio Daniel Libeskind, Zaha Hadid Architects and David Chipperfield Architects) for a programme that mixes exhibitions, seminars, competitions and networking opportunities among its many activities. The multimedia thematic exhibition Transformations relates to the way in which the built environment can be transformed by a combination of client commitment, architectural imagination, technological development and professional teamwork, while seminar speakers including Will Alsop, Josep Anton Acebillo and Jo Noero.
EMMY+GIJS+ALDO
Zuiderzee Museum, Enkhuizen, the Netherlands
‘Generations in design’ is a fitting umbrella for this exhibition, which for the first time brings together a selection of objects designed by Emmy van Leersum, Gijs Bakker and Aldo Bakker, parents and son who occupy a special position in Dutch design. With jewellery, user objects and furniture, curator Jan Boelen examines the relationship of object and user in a presentation of 3D objects, images and sound. The display of the various objects alternates with information on the design process and design research, with sources of inspirations, texts, sketches, interviews and quotes collected in an accompanying publication.
ANY DAY NOW: David Bowie - The London Years (1947 – 1974)
Proud Camden, London, UK
David Bowie's relationship with the camera in the early years of his career is documented in this exhibition, which promises rare and unseen portraits by photographers including Brian Duffy, Kenneth Pitt, Terry O'Neill, Denis Taylor, Ray Stevenson, Geoff MacCormack, David Bebbington, Jak Kilby and Bob Solly.
ORGATEC
Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany
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.
Dutch Design Week
Various locations throughout Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Inextricably linked with its country’s design culture, the Dutch city of Eindhoven plays host to 300 events during this extended week of design celebration. Encompassing industrial, concept, graphic, textile & fashion, spatial and food design, participants are a mix of established & emerging talent. The varied schedule of exhibitions, lectures, workshops, fashion shows and seminars includes the Oiva Toikka exhibition by Iittala , the social design project Design Circus Woensel-West and the opening of the designer Piet Hein Eek’s new location, where solo presentations by likes of Studio Job, Tom Dixon and Floris Hovers will also be held.
Rietveld's Universe
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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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.
Journeys: How Travelling Fruit, Ideas and Buildings Rearrange Our Environment
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Canada
Taking a different perspective on the topic of immigration, this exhibition looks at how movement impacts on the built environment. Examples range from the coconut that can drift freely on the ocean current and re-seed wherever it finds land, to government-enforced relocation. Using 15 ‘stories’ illustrated by photography, letters, objects and film, the show will question and debate issues raised by increased global movement, such as: what is the cultural significance of a border today? How does the drawing of a map change the reality on the ground? How do different cultural approaches to the use of public space define a city?
Fashion as a Starting Point
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
This showcase of four purchases from the H+F Fashion on the Edge Foundation collection features the work of Hussein Chalayan, Klavers van Engelen, Alet Pilon and Pyuupiru. Part of the five-year agreement that the Museum has entered into with H + F to monitor future developments at the interface of fashion art, its focus is on non-western designers, and the way designers in this presentation regularly use film, photography, installations and performances to express their ideas can also be seen in the IFFR film season devoted to the relationship between film and fashion.
Future Beauty
Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
This survey of avant-garde Japanese fashion from the early 1980s to the present day not only highlights the impact that Japanese designers made on the world of couture in the late 20th century, with the innovative work of Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto, but also features Kawakubo’s protégé, the techno-couturier Junya Watanabe, together with the acclaimed Jun Takahashi, and the new generation of radical designers including Tao Kurihara, Matohu and Mintdesigns. Curated by fashion historian Akiko Fukai, Director of the Kyoto Costume Institute, and designed by architect Sou Fujimoto, there’s also a full programme of talks, performances, workshops and late-night events.
Lisbon Architecture Triennial
Museu Colecção Berardo & other locations in the city, Lisbon, Portugal
With the theme Let’s Talk About Houses, this Triennial is intended to stimulate debate about the question of housing in the world today. Activities centre on three exhibitions, an international conference about the relationship between architecture and politics, with the overall event designed to be platform for discussion about questions involving the social aspect of architecture, its ethical component and the cultural importance of architecture today. Highlights include A House in Luanda: Patio and Pavilion, a design competition in collaboration with the Luanda Triennial for the construction of a controlled-cost, single-family dwelling for the city of Luanda.
Behaviour of Objects
Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, UK
The rAndom International team of Hannes Koch, Flo Ortkrass and Stuart Wood has its first gallery exhibition in London over the next month. Showing both 'Swarm Light' and 'Self Portrait', the studio's 'cultural melt' is not confined to white cubes, with rAndom also designing the set for Wayne McGregor/Random Dance's new production FAR, which premieres at Sadler's Wells in November (17-20).