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ExperimentaDesign 09

EXD'09 / LISBOA, until 8 November

Speed and acceleration, that’s what the body experienced during the ExperimentaDesign opening days, a whirlwind of events hitting the streets of Lisbon. If a few years ago the secret word was ‘Matter’, this year’s edition is about ‘Time’.

Under the ticking title ‘It’s About Time’ the opening ...

Photos & text: Walter Bettens, Open Talks with Alice Rawsthorn and Joseph Grima, backed up by Emily King and Nacho Carbonell Lisbon, city of tascas Design Indaba founder Ravi Naidoo Stops and Thinks at the Open Talks Michael Young at the Lisbon Confere

Helsinki: Almost the World Design Capital 2012


With just a few weeks to go before the official announcement of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) if Helsinki or Eindhoven may wear the crown of World Design Capital 2012 - and while there’s still some lobbying to be done - during the Helsinki Design Week 09 ...

Design guru Eero Aernio demonstrating his white SwanXL at Martela showroom Helsinki Design Week 09.

China Granite Project

Max Lamb

19 - 27 September
20 Hoxton Square, London

Contrary to the expectations of his name, Max Lamb is very much a mineral man. During the upcoming London Design Festival, the non-Mandarin speaking British designer will be showing the results of his latest quarry. Working in close collaboration with a small stone yard, An Li Stone in ...

Per fare un Albero…

The Milan Municipality and Fiat for the Milanese Summer

The new Fiat 500C, via Montenapoleone and the Milanese Summer. Until September 30th, the street par excellence of Milan’s fashion hub will host the initiative “Per fare un albero” (“To make a tree”), the result of an idea of the Municipality of Milan – Department for Design, Events and Fashion ...

Design Parade 04

All exhibits remain open until 20 September. 

As for its former editions, the opening weekend of this 4th Design Parade at the Villa Noailles in Hyères (Var, France) was a celebration on design - offering an eclectic mix - by inaugurating its summer-long exhibitions and appointing its design awards. The ‘grand exhibition’ this year was ...

photos: Walter Bettens