‘Fluida’ lamp by Studio Natural for Martinelli Luce

Studio Natural’s ‘Fluida’ table lamp for Italian lighting brand Martinelli Luce expands and contracts depending on the need.

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Detail from In the air, ‘Travel Cut-out Prints’ by OKOLO

Czech design collective OKOLO have designed three cut-out prints inspired by the golden age of jetset travelling for Here & There, an NYCxDesign Week 2013 exhibition at Various Projects curated by designer Jonah Takagi.

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‘Bill’ Lamp by David Irwin

David Irwin’s ‘Bill’ table lamp explores the use of a new type of plywood, UPM grada 1000, to produce a distinctively formed diffuser which takes its cue from the bill of a birds beak.

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Photo tour of May Design Week 2013

London’s first May Design Series featuring four of the city’s districts, 200 exhibitors, speakers in the Conversation Series, the kbb Innovation Awards, and more, took place from May 19 to 21, 2013. Join us on our photographic journey through the exhibition halls of the main events; The Arc Show, KBB LDN, DX Freight and INTERIORS LDN. In the following three Facebook albums we have published no less than 377 images featuring some of the best manufacturers and the novelties they presented at this first edition of the May Design Series. Enjoy!

> to Architonic’s tour of May Design Series 2013, Part 1
Including: astro, vanlux, ecosense, erco, iGuzzini, inflate, KKDC Limited, LED Light Sheet, Lucifero’s, DX Freight, DX Freight/ Architonic, Armourcoat, Artwood, Getama, Hitch Mylius, Ilias Ernst, Ligne Roset, Mosaico Digitale, PP Møbler, Rock Galpin, OZZ Grace & Webb Limited.

> to Architonic’s tour of May Design Series 2013, Part 2
Including: Badgers of Bohemia, Cass, Deadgood, Evoni Design, Artline, invisible city, James UK, Jay Watson Design, Jay Watson Design, KBB Magazine, Nobody & Co., out of the dark, out of the dark, Patinas, Reeve, Rolf Benz, Sharon Marston, Thonet.

> to Architonic’s tour of May Design Series 2013, Part 3
Including: Timorous Beasties, Tisca Tiara, Venini, Vive, Vondom, Adamsez, abode, Aran Cucine, Arredo3, Custom made kitchens, Dallmer, Doca, Fisher & Paykal, Leicht, Poggenpohl, trend, Vasco, Vitra, Hansgrohe.

Whiter than White, Materials Council’s inaugural exhibition

Materials Council is running drop-in ‘Council Meetings’ at Clerkenwell Design Week 2013. Attendees are invited to come down and get free materials advice on current projects. Situated in the new materials and surfaces pavilion, Covered at Charterhouse Square, Materials Council will be relocating their studio for the duration of the show and will also be displaying a selection of materials from their Whiter than White exhibition, Materials Council’s inaugural exhibition launched last September. The show takes place around the Clerkenwell area of London between 21-23 May, 2013. Entrance is free and fast-tracked with registration. Registration for Clerkenwell Design Week 2013 is open now.

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“The Next Wave: Industrial Design Innovation in the 21st Century” is on view at the Washington, DC-area cultural center Artisphere

A recent panel discussion at Washington DC’s International Design Festival got to grips with the somewhat provocative question, “What Happened to American Design?”, the implication being it doesn’t enjoy the singular, coherent identity of other national design cultures. Here, journalist and panel moderator David Sokol outlines and extends the debate.

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Two brand new Architonic apps will be launched at ICFF 2013 – ‘Best American Design Brands’ and ‘Best Canadian Design Brands’

With an expanded North American sales team, a bigger presence at this year’s ICFF in New York, and two brand-new apps – ‘Best American Design Brands’ and ‘Best Canadian Design Brands’ – Architonic has gone all transatlantic. (by Simon Keane-Cowell)

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Belgrade is set to become the site of the first Zaha Hadid project in the region, the 94,000-square-metre ‘Beko Masterplan’

If you were to create a global map showing the key cities through which game-changing creative ideas flow and where new thinking about products and processes are generated, one of its nodes would undoubtedly be Belgrade. In eight short years, Belgrade Design Week has put the Serbian capital on the creative map, playing annual host to an unmissable pow-wow of the finest creative minds around. (by Simon Keane-Cowell)

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