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Jean-François D’Or’s FRArGILE

October, 25 2017

This month, the Belgian designer becomes the curator of FRArGILE, an exhibition at the Maison des Arts in Schaerbeek that explores the fragility of an everyday material like clay

Sunbrella Shines at the DDW

October, 25 2017

Two projects by Charles Pétillon, Michiel de Greef and Dries van Wagenberg on view during the Dutch Design Week highlight the possibilities of Sunbrella fabrics

Atelier NL Rings the Alarm on Sand

October, 25 2017

The Dutch duo collected wild sand from around the globe to highlight the upcoming scarcity of one of the most valuable —and yet underrated— resources for contemporary life

François Daireaux’s Blow Firozabad Bangles

October, 24 2017

Daireaux’s solo exhibition at the mudac Lausanne reveals the singular but universal artistic vision through his comings and goings between the glassmaking cities of Firozabad and Meisenthal

The New Radicals of Arita

October, 23 2017

Six Netherlands-based artists and designers went to Arita, in Japan, for a porcelain residency. The results are showcased in New Radicals, an exhibition at this year’s Dutch Design Week.

The New and the New-New Dutch Icons

October, 23 2017

Who is the new Mondrian? 100 years after the birth of De Stijl, two exhibitions during this year’s Dutch Design Week try to find an answer to that question.

Oohs and Aahs at the DDW

October, 22 2017

Visiting most of the Dutch Design Week exhibitions is akin to stepping inside a DeLorean headed to 2037. But how did the more present-based displays fare in terms of audience response?

Ai Weiwei’s Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

October, 20 2017

Foremost artist and human rights activist Ai Wei Wei teams with various industry partners; the Public Art Fund and the City of New York to mount an extensive series of site-specific installations that address the pressing refugee crises.

Sonic Arcade at MAD

October, 19 2017

This autumn and winter, New York’s MAD Museum dedicates the majority of its galleries to an immersive series of interactive installations that reveal the wide history and application of sound art.

Human Cities Bilbao Event 2017

October, 19 2017

Human Cities _Challenging The City Scale/ Event Bilbao 2017 Bilbao 15-18 November 2017 The travelling Human Cities exhibition in 2016-2018 presents the process and results of co-creating activities in the experimental Labs of all the Human Cities partners in ten different European cities.

Rabih Hage on Design Collecting

October, 19 2017

The RIBA-chartered architect talks about the 2017 design market Detnk report —and advises future collectors where to look for sound investments in design collecting

FH Joaneum interview with Frank van Hasselt

October, 18 2017

Frank van Hasselt is Chief Executive of Clear Village, a London-based charity that helps communities build a better future through creative regeneration. At the Graz symposium “Five Days in Jakomini”-experimentation labs he talks about the Clear Village charity and how stealing from other cities can be a good thing.

Altercartography

October, 18 2017

MASTERCLASS TITLE: “Altercartography” DATES: From 9/5/2016 to 12/5/2016. 09:00 to 14:00 LOCATION: BIZKAIA ARETOA, UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY (UPV-EHU), Bilbao. AND STREETS OF BILBAO GIVEN BY the artist of international prestige,

“Walking the Streets!”

October, 18 2017

Experiment “Walking the streets!” was carried out in Bilbao La Vieja, San Francisco y Zabala neighbourhoods in the framework of the Human Cities project in Bilboa.   The initial goal is to develop,

Spazio Nobile Heads to Art Elysées, Paris

October, 17 2017

At the Paris fair, Brussels-based gallery Spazio Nobile is showcasing contemporary pieces that explore the alchemy between the organic and the material

Jean-François Declercq’s Itinérance

October, 16 2017

At Art Elysées, the Atelier Jespers gallerist is presenting Itinérance 01, a selection of work from Belgian designers of different generations

Formafantasma and Dzek Look at Columbus

October, 16 2017

For Exhibit Columbus, the Italian duo and London-based manufacturer Dzek worked together to honour the city’s brick architecture heritage with the help of Mount Etna

Dogstudio: Wildly Moving

October, 15 2017

We talked with Gilles Bazelaire and Gaëtan Libertiaux, from digital juggernaut Dogstudio, about their faith in Namur as a creative hub and the importance of print publications –even today

In Geoffrey Farmer’s Mirror

October, 15 2017

The Vancouver-based artist turned the Canadian pavilion, currently being dismantled for restoration, into a celebration of personal, artistic and national resilience

Strange Days

October, 13 2017

Last month, New York lighting designer Bec Brittain invited fellow craft-led designers Material Lust and Alex P. White to showcase as part of Strange Days, a sensuous deco-eques interior showcase.

Spazio Nobile at Art Elysées, Art & Design

October, 13 2017

Exhibition,
19– 23.10.2017
Spazio Nobile at Art Elysées Art & Design
Pavilion C –  310C
19-23.10.2017, 11.00-20.00
Spazio Nobile will showcase contemporary unique pieces and limited editions exploring the organic and material alchemy.

Season VI – Sunday Brunch

Season VI
Piet Stockmans & Frederik Vercruysse
Duo Show
Blauw. Ceci n’est pas une couleur
Until 4 February 2018

Sunday Brunch : 15.X.2017,

Mini Living Urban Cabin at A/D/O

October, 12 2017

Mini Living teams up with New York firm Bureau V to mount the second iteration of Urban Cabin, a series of site-specific micro house installations addressing key question about the future of city living.