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  • Upcoming Event – London Design Festival

    Upcoming Event – London Design Festival

    Upcoming Event – London Design Festival

    The London Design Festival (Sept 13th-Sept 16th) kicks off London’s fall creative season, alongside London Fashion Week, the Frieze Art Fair and the London Film Festival.

    Established in 2003, London Design Festival’s role is to celebrate and promote London as the world’s design capital and gateway to the International design community and with last year’s Festival attracting an audience of over 350,000 people, from over 60 countries, it is well on it’s way to achieving that goal!

    With over 300 events and exhibitions scheduled at the central hub at the V&A, and at the Design Districts (including the Brompton Design District, the Shoreditch Design Triangle, Fitzrovia Now, the Chelsea Design Quarter, and the Clerkenwell Design Quarter), this is the standout design show of the year !

  • Design Miami/Basel 2014

    Design Miami/Basel 2014

    Design Miami/Basel 2014 has opened at the Hall 1 Süd, Messe in Basel, Switzerland!

    Design Miami/ Basel’s gallery program is supported by a stimulating
    week of design commissions and collaborations. Highlights include a technically
    audacious design commission Triangular Series for the entrance hall, design
    collaborations sponsored by Audi and Swarovski, talks with leading industry figures,
    and satellite events showcasing new technology and challenging ideas.

    If you are in the area, make sure to see Design Miami/Basel !

    More about this event here after the break… (more…)

  • Heston Blumenthal’s The Perfectionists’ Cafe designed by AfroditiKrassa Opens at Heathrow

    Heston Blumenthal’s The Perfectionists’ Cafe designed by AfroditiKrassa Opens at Heathrow

    Heston Blumenthal’s The Perfectionists’ Cafe designed by AfroditiKrassa Opens at Heathrow

    Heston Blumenthal’s new restaurant,The Perfectionists’ Café, designed by leading London-based restaurant and hospitality design specialist AfroditiKrassa, is now open at Heathrow’s newly-redeveloped Terminal 2.


    AfroditiKrassa’s design concept for The Perfectionists’ Café is taken from the menu itself – Modern British signature dishes of the 1960s and 1970s and a celebration of travel in that era. To drive the design language, AfroditiKrassa looked for inspiration in iconic movie and TV references such as Mad Men and Catch Me If You Can. Inspiration was also drawn from influential furniture and interior designer Verner Panton, and the colourful, humorous and ironic work of American graphic designer Saul Bass, who created the branding for various airlines in those decades.

    “I have a simple challenge each time, to design the true category definer. It takes come guts to want to challenge the status quo, yet this is where my studio operates, this is where interior design gets really exciting because it becomes much more than colours, finishes and trends. I want to turn spaces into three-dimensional stories infused with meaning, innovation and timeless value,” says Studio Founder, Afroditi Krassa.

    Celebrating its famous chef, Blumenthal, the open and theatrical kitchen anchors the space and creates a centre point from which the layout radiates. The kitchen is divided in zones: the ice cream parlour offers Blumenthal’s iconic liquid nitrogen ice cream, a first in an airport. Located in decanters the nitrogen is brought to the working station through bespoke pipes. Progressing into the space, there is a bar with a bakery and deli offer. Food is always in prime position in the space and reflects Heston Blumenthal’s passion for its art. The protagonist of the kitchen is the exposed wood fired oven, again, a first within an airport. Finally, a retail space dedicated to the famous chef is located at the entrance.

    “This restaurant design extends beyond the layout, the colour and the finishes; it is the sound of the space, the smell of the kitchen, the weight of furniture and the clever lighting on the dishes that accentuate the creativity behind the cooking. We picked up on the multi-sensorial element of Heston’s cooking and set ourselves a brief that challenged the boundaries of restaurant design. I wanted this restaurant not to feel like a compromise, as so many airport restaurants do, but a destination; a place that has a real sense of arrival and a buzz of optimism running through its DNA, just like the food you are about to be served,” explains Krassa.
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    Hopefully, I will travel through Heathrow soon so that I can check The Perfectionists’ Cafe out !

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    *Images courtesy of Camron PR

  • Upcoming Event – WANTEDDESIGN 2014

    Upcoming Event – WANTEDDESIGN 2014

    Upcoming Event – WANTEDDesign 2014

    WANTEDDesign, the inspirational and energetic platform for the design community, students, the media, design institutions, and design lovers alike, takes place May 16th-19th in NYC.

    Adding fresh direction to this year’s show, programs will follow the daily themes of Design Around the World, Designing, Making, Transforming, and What’s Next in the U.S.A.?, with each day featuring supporting conversations.

    Beyond the talks, set to take place in Grimshaw’s Conversation Room, and the show’s nearly 60+ exhibitors, attendees can preview prototype products in the Launch Pad and check out the visionary outcomes from the Design Schools Workskhop – “The Future of Paper”– that includes participating schools from around the world.

    Part of NYCxDESIGN, WANTEDDesign will officially open on Friday, May 16th, to press, bloggers, interior designers, and VIPs. All programs take place during the three days from May 17th to May 19th at the Terminal Stores – The Tunnel, 269 11th Avenue, between 27th and 28th streets in New York City.

    The event is free to the trade (registration required); general public ($20 online, $25 at the door).

    Visitors’ information – at a glance:

    Friday, May 16
    • Starting 12pm — Bloggers “First Look”
    • Starting 2pm — Press preview
    • Starting 4pm — VIP Interior designers preview
    • 7am–10pm — VIP opening night celebration (by invitation only)

    Saturday/Sunday, May 17/18
    • 10–7pm (trade and general public)

    Monday, May 19
    • 10–7pm – (trade)

     

     

     

  • PechaKucha Miami

    It was a beautiful evening for #PechaKucha Miami #MiamiDesignDistrict

    The Miami Design District x AIGA x PechaKucha Miami Typography:The Bold and the Beautiful event packed a design school semester’s worth of typography knowledge into one concise hour!

    In the PechaKucha traditional format,the presenters showed 20 images for 20 seconds and included such talks as Augusto Mendoza’s loving tribute to the Futura font, Dr. Amanda Alders Pike’s review of the effects of colors and Cushy Gig’s Alex Vahan’s meditation on his evolution as a graffiti artist.

    Taking place at the Rooftop Garden in the Miami Design District,you couldn’t have asked for a better setting to gather to share typography-love !

  • MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT PRESENTS TYPOGRAPHY: THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

     

    MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT PRESENTS TYPOGRAPHY: THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL APRIL 9th

    An evening program exploring the topic of Typography with a cast of Miami characters including professors, entrepreneurs and publishers // 6 Luminaries x 20 Slides x 20 Seconds

    (Miami, FL) On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 from 7 PM to 9P M on the Rooftop Garden in the Miami Design District, PechaKucha Miami will present its 26th volume on the topic of Typography in collaboration with the Miami Design District and American Institute of Graphic Arts Miami Chapter. Type bombards our daily life in a way that is inescapable. From the exquisite to the mundane, the bold and the beautiful, type plays a very important role in our lives because what we see is almost as important as what we read. Back to back, six speakers will present 20 images each for 20 seconds exploring the importance of type in our visual landscape. Music will be provided by DJ Andie Sweetswirl and photography by Peter Vahan.

    Speakers include:
     JILL C. WEISBERG // Creative Director of Schrift & Farbe with over 12 years of industry experience designing print and digital media.
     ERIC LANDERS // Teaches a variety of courses from three-dimensional design to interactive media and his personal work elucidates conditions and issues related to American culture.
     ALEX VAHAN // A creative force behind Cushy Gigs which provides a wide spectrum of design services from printing, multiple silkscreen press, street mural painting and hand painted signage.
     DR. AMANDA ALDERS PIKE // She has exhibited, published, and taught internationally on topics related to creativity and is currently President of the Florida Art Therapy Association.
     AUGUSTO MENDOZA // He strives to promote printed matter through blogging, publishing and events. Also, he has curated a selection of photography, graphic design and editorials that strive to inspire and educate.
     JESSY NITE // A multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer specializing in interactive, experiential and site-specific installation.

    For more information, please contact:
    Lauren Junge / Nadine Johnson & Associates Inc. / Lauren@NadineJohnson.com / 212.228.5555

    For more information from PechaKucha Miami, including photos by Peter Vahan, please click here.

  • TEFAF : ADDICTED TO VINTAGE – TRENDS IN 20th CENTURY DESIGN

    TEFAF : ADDICTED TO VINTAGE – TRENDS IN 20th CENTURY DESIGN

    TEFAF : ADDICTED TO VINTAGE – TRENDS IN 20th CENTURY DESIGN
    This TEFAF art symposium is not to be missed !