James Stirling: Notes from the archive exhibition
Housed in his own building at Tate Britain, this compendium of sketches, drawings and models produced by Stirling and his studio is one for the purists.
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Mundvoll grocery store and café; photo: Lena Reiner
María Meller and Mirja Sick of Joint Perspectives have designed the interior for a new grocery store and café in Friedrichshafen, on the edge of Lake Constance. The concept behind the store was to recreate the feel of a traditional local shop, with fresh ingredients and a friendly atmosphere. Situated within the campus of Zeppelin University, the café offers students a place to hang out and enjoy drinks, snacks and lunch.
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The House of Detention - a new venue at Clerkenwell Design Week
The second edition of Clerkenwell Design Week featured an impressive line up of events, workshops and presentations as well as a diverse array of products on show at local stores and showrooms and at the two main sites, including a new venue housed in a former prison.
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Architectural installation studio AtelierChanChan has created a conceptual temporary exhibition in a derelict building in Dalston, North London.
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This biannual furniture fair moved from Dulwich to the home of cricket for its summer edition and filled the Nursery Pavilion with covetable design classics.
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Presentation by Pinch at Spazio Botta
This year, Milan welcomed visitors to the Internazionale Salone del Mobile for the 50th time and, as ever, there was a spectacular selection of events to enjoy around the city’s streets, courtyards and showrooms. With designers seemingly responding to the rather more reserved recent societal attitude to consumption there was a refreshing lack of flamboyance and a more appropriate focus on invention, quality and longevity. What follows is an edited roundup of some of my favourites from the week.
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