The Design Crack Guide to Design Events
CHINA DESIGN NOW at PAM
China Design Now is a broad review of China’s contemporary design, fashion, and architecture which is on exhibit at PAM in Portland, OR through the next few months.
The show is broken into three categories which revolve around the three major cities: Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing. From what i’ve seen, there is no real opportunity to [...]
urbanSHED International Design Competition
NYC is sponsoring a design competition focused on re-inventing the construction sheds that cover sidewalks all over New York. The competition brief claims that over a million linear feet of the shed structures exist at any given time around the city. I’m really looking forward to the entrants simply because this is one design problem [...]
ZonaTortona 2009
The Milan Furniture Fair is coming up quite soon, and with this comes the best Design Crack event of the year: The Zona Tortona. But don’t take my word for it. Check out Wallpaper*s sneak peek at the event that is any interior designer’s must see.
ZonaTortona 2009 – Interiors – Wallpaper.com – International Design Interiors [...]
List of Exhibitors (Norway – the official site in the UK)
Sorry to be all Norway-centric today, but i had to include a list of the fabulous Norse designers who will bee representing at 100% Design, London. the designers run the board from furniture to housewares. By the way, i’ve been updating all of my rss feeds looking for fresh material. One thing i’m focusing on [...]
Party Dress: Come Party in London This Friday
I remember when I was fourteen years old and in junior high school I used to say to me fiends in a stupid, boyish way, “This weekend, there’ll be a party in my pants!. Of course, I didn’t literally mean there will be an actual party, with guests, and drinks, and snacks… in my pants. [...]
ADC Young Guns 6: Enter today if you have what it takes
The Art Director’s Club has created one of the most exciting and diverse design competitions known. No competition has brought together all creative fields to find out who the freshest talent is until the ADC Young Guns was created.
"ADC Young Guns exists to identify the vanguard of creative professionals who let loose their imaginations, [...]
Danish Edge – From HANDCRAFT to MINDCRAFT
"12 of Denmark’s leading and most talented young craftspeople and designers are involved in the MINDCRAFT exhibition. The 12 craftspeople and designers are exponents of the development from HANDCRAFT to MINDCRAFT that is currently changing Danish crafts from an area that is predominantly concerned with materials, techniques and utilitarian value to [...]
Event: Istanbul Biennial
What:
“From the very beginning, the Biennial project has been clearly defined and structured beyond a conventional exhibition model. It embraced the rationale of merging it with the vibrancy of real urban life: from research to the development of the project; selection of venues and forms of actions and presentations in these sites; dialogues and collaborations [...]
Event: Vienna Design Weeks 2007
What:
“The VIENNA DESIGN WEEKs from 3 to 21 October 2007 will concentrate all the dynamic variety of contemporary Austrian design under a single roof for the first time. It will represent a self-confident [...]
Event: Icograda World Design Congress 2007
What:
“The Icograda World Congress in La Habana will celebrate fresh perspectives on the intersection of contemporary culture and the evolution of design. It aims to address the influence culture has on design, how design is shaping urban identities and the opportunity to use design as an economic development tool. It will also offer participants a [...]
Event: Designboost
What:
“Designboost is a completely novel concept on the Swedish design market.
It will be annual, different, international and will penetrate questions of current interest on design in a broad perspective and put them on the agenda in the society at large.
It consists of three different parts; boost meetings (formerly known as workshops), boost chats (formerly known [...]
Event: Designblok Prague
What:
“The 9th annual days of design in Prague Designblok´07 will take place in the first week of October from 2. – 7. 10. 2007. The whole city of Prague will turn into one design melting pot, especially the design subburbs as Karlin, Holesovice, Old Town and Vinohrady where most of the Designblok´07 participants have their [...]
Event: Sarasota International Design Summit
What:
“At Designing for Life, the 2007 Sarasota International Design Summit, you’ll meet visionary thinkers and practitioners who are using the power of design to solve global business and lifestyle challenges. Together with our featured presenters and breakout session leaders, we’ll explore the new products, services and business models that are shaping how we will live, [...]
Event: Design Thinkers
What:
“Attracting nearly 1,000 participants and a full line-up of fascinating speakers, DesignThinkers [...]
Event: On the Waterfront
What:
“Commensurate with this year’s AIA150 celebration, the AIA Committee on Design is focusing on waterfront cities. Two design conferences and an ideas competition comprise its focus. The COD’s spring conference was held in Miami, and now the COD moves to Minneapolis for its fall conference, On the Waterfront: Renaissance Through Design Excellence. Both cities experienced a [...]
Event: Live Green, Live Well- Green Design and Home Furnishings Show
What:
“Live Green, Live Well will be the first trade and home show solely dedicated to green furnishings and design. The show will offer a full range of home furnishings products from established and emerging manufacturers. Attendees will discover hundreds of innovative and practical ways to incorporate a sustainable philosophy into their business and personal lives. [...]
