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Shows
7-9 February 2012
Surface Design Show
Launched in 2004, the Surface Design Show is the leading event for architects and interior designers to find innovative surface solutions for the built environment.
Organiser: Montgomery
Venue: Business Design Centre, London
29 February - 1 March 2012
The Arc Show
The ARC Show brings together the entire spectrum of lighting disciplines for two days of sourcing, networking and celebrating, whether you are involved in lighting projects within the public and local authority sectors, or the creation of world leading retail environments.
Organiser: UBM
Venue: Business Design Centre, London
20-21 March 2012
Design Means Business
Design Means Business will feature speakers from Intercontinental Hotels and Elmwood Design, as well as welcoming back experts from Aston Martin, Procter & Gamble and Herman Miller.
The two-day event is an opportunity to listen, learn and be inspired by experts on design.
The conference programme will cover a wide range of design subjects, with inspiring keynote speakers and examples of some of the most innovative and creative companies in the UK.
Organiser: Design Network North
Venue: Northern Design Centre, Gateshead
www..designmeansbusiness.org.uk
22-24 May 2012
Clerkenwell Design Week
Clerkenwell is home to over 60 showrooms and a multitude of architectural and creative practices. This cultural hub is the perfect location to host an international festival that celebrates all disciplines of design.
Organiser: Clerkenwell Design Week
Venue: Clerkenwell, London
27-30 June 2012
New Designers Part One
Fresh, new design talent showcasing the best in graduate design. Part One covers textiles, fashion & accessories, contemporary applied arts, ceramics and glass, jewellery and precious metalwork, plus the One Year On exhibition.
Organiser: Upper Street Events
Venue: Business Design Centre, London
4-7 July 2012
New Designers Part Two
Fresh, new design talent showcasing the best in graduate design. Part Two covers product and industrial design, furniture design, visual communications (including graphic design and illustration), spatial design plus the One Year On exhibition.
Organiser: Upper Street Events
Venue: Business Design Centre, London
Exhibitions
2 March 2011-30 January 2012
Standard Deviations: Types and Families in Contemporary Design
Standard Deviations showcases unique objects and designs in the Museum's collection, including an important recent acquisition of 23 digital typefaces, on view for the first time.
Organiser: MoMA
Venue: MoMA, New York
www.moma.org
18 November 2011 - 25 February 2012
Catwalk to Cover: A Front Row Seat
This new exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum will put the whole process from catwalk to cover under the microscope. The viewer will get an insight into the often chaotic world that makes up the glamorous fashion shows we see on TV and in magazines.
Organiser: The Fashion and Textile Museum
Venue: The Fashion and Textile Museum, London
2 February 2011 - Ongoing
Plywood: Material, Process, Form
This exhibition features examples from MoMA’s collection of modern designs that take advantage of the formal and aesthetic possibilities offered by plywood, from around 1930 through the 1950s. Archival photographs illuminate the process of design and manufacture in plywood. Iconic furniture by Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen and Arne Jacobsen appear alongside organic platters by Tapio Wirkkala (1951), Sori Yanagi’s Butterfly Stool (1956), an architectural model for a prefabricated house by Marcel Breuer (1943), and experimental designs for plywood in the aeronautics industry.
Organiser: MoMA
Venue: MoMA, New York
www.moma.org
16 November 2011 - 4 March 2012
Terence Conran: The Way We Live Now
The Design Museum marks Sir Terence Conran's 80th birthday with a major exhibition that explores his unique impact on contemporary life in Britain. The exhibition looks at his impact and legacy, whilst also showing his design approach and inspirations.
Organiser: The Design Museum
Venue: The Design Museum, London
16 March - 3 April 2012
Coexistence
Coexistence are hosting an exhibition by the British furniture brand MARK. Titled INPUT, it is a collaboration with the Danish textiles company Kvadrat and will show what goes into a piece of high-quality contract furniture in four areas: Design, Skills, Materials and Teamwork.
The event will also see the launch of a new design for MARK by Tomoko Azumi, The Verso chair. Work by Dylan Freeth, Sam Johnson and Gala Wright will also feature in a range of exhibits using Kvadrat fabrics.
Organiser: Coexistence
Venue: 288 Upper Street, Islington
25 January 2012 - 10 June 2012
Under the Sea
Like many people, artists and designers are fascinated by the shapes and forms found in ocean plants and animals. The works on display here are all inspired by giants of the deep, jewel-like fishes and other weird and wonderful marine life. Under the Sea includes natural history specimens and historic art from Sheffield’s collections alongside contemporary works of art, craft and design.
Organiser: Museums Sheffield
Venue: Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
28 March 2012 - 1 July 2012
Christian Louboutin
The Design Museum presents the first UK retrospective of iconic French shoe designer Christian Louboutin, celebrating a career which has pushed the boundaries of high fashion shoe design. This exhibition celebrates his career to date and showcases 20 years of designs and inspiration.
Organiser: The Design Museum
Venue: The Design Museum, London
8 February 2012 - 15 July 2012
Designs of the Year 2012
The Design Museum’s Design Awards, ‘the Oscars of the design world’, showcase the most innovative and progressive designs from around the world, spanning seven categories: architecture, digital, fashion, furniture, graphics, transport and product. A high profile judging panel will decide the best entries in each of the seven categories.
Organiser: The Design Museum
Venue: The Design Museum, London
31 March 2012 - 12 August 2012
British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age
The V&A's major Spring exhibition will showcase the best of British design and creative talent from the 1948 "Austerity Olympics" to the summer of 2012. It will be the first comprehensive exhibition to examine the way in which UK artists and designers have produced innovative works from post-war to the present day.
Organiser: The V&A Museum
Venue: The V&A, London
Competitions
24 February 2012 - Submission of entries
Design Innovation in Plastics
This competition is open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students registered in the UK for the academic year 2011-12. The brief is to design a product to help those with physical or cognitive impairments that is also appealing to the mass market. The awards ceremony will be held on 29 June 2012.
Organiser: Design Innovation in Plastics
Venue: IOM3, London
www.designinnovationplastics.org
Installations
26 March 2010 - 1 June 2012
Enchanted Palace
Kensington Palace is currently being brought to life with a multi-sensory exhibition which combines fashion installations, performance and interactive theatre from Wildworks.
Organiser: Wildworks
Venue: Kensington Palace, London
www.hrp.org.uk
18 June 2011 - Ongoing
Swarm Study/III
The V&A has unveiled Swarm Study/III, a new interactive light installation by Random International. The piece overhangs the staircase that adjoins the Architecture and Ceramics galleries, and will be on display for the next three years. Controlled by a complex algorithm, the installation translates collective behavioural patterns found in nature into moving light.
Organiser: The V&A Museum
Venue: The V&A Museum, London
Competition
The Ergonomics Design Award
If you can demonstrate the application of ergonomics to the highest standard in a product or design, then submit an application for this prestigious award. Full details and application form is available from the IEHF website.
Deadline: 1 February 2012
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