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From pop-up hotel to the relaxing pod

Array — November, 02 2017

From the pop-up hotel project in the woods to the relaxing pod for a busy city life. Muhu pop-up hotel concept was the first experimentation in the frames of Human Cities project in 2015.

Brodie Neill’s Drop in the Ocean

Array — November, 02 2017

We spoke with Australian designer Brodie Neill about his recent installation at the ME London hotel, focused on the impact of human activity on ocean waste

Oh couleurs! at the MADD Bordeaux

Array — November, 01 2017

Curated by Constance Rubini with scenography by Pierre Charpin, the exhibition explores the way users interact with the colours in designed objects

Tal R Does “Academia”

Array — October, 31 2017

The extensive work of the Danish artist is being displayed in a mid-career retrospective, the Academy of Tal R, at the Museum Boijmans van Beunigen in Rotterdam

Marriage Sauvage Style

Array — October, 30 2017

French duo Atelier Sauvage was commissioned to replace the furniture in the wedding room of a 19th-century mairie in Paris. The result? They went to town on the town hall.

The Way Beyond Art at the Van Abbemuseum

Array — October, 28 2017

The Eindhoven museum presents a new sprawling exhibition featuring its own collection. Curators Christiane Berndes and Steven ten Thije discuss the role of its other custodian: the community.

Camp David

Array — October, 27 2017

Changing the co-working formula, Milk Group’s Mazdack Rassi and Erez Shternlicht open Camp David in…

Ruptura at Luciana Brito NY Project

Array — October, 26 2017

São Paulo’s Luciana Brito teams up with New York Brazilian design gallery Espasso to mount the first in a series of three historical exhibitions combining art and design.

Kiki and Joost’s Tinkering Labs

Array — October, 26 2017

For the 2017 edition of Dutch Design Week, Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk open up their studio and office space to the public with an exhibition titled The Tinkering Labs

Human Cities Exhibition at Biennale Internationale Saint-Etienne 2017

Array — October, 25 2017

After Milan and Belgrade, the exhibition  of the project  Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale was set up in Biennale Internationale Saint-Etienne 2017 from 9th March to 9th April 2017. To maximize the visibility and exchanges with the public,

Jean-François D’Or’s FRArGILE

Array — 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

Array — 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

Array — 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

Array — 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

Array — 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

Array — 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

Array — 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

Array — 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

Array — 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

Array — 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

Array — 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

Array — 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.