Catalan designer Eugeni Quitllet has been awarded with Designer of the Year accolade at Maison & Objet Paris in January. Save the date: M&O Paris 22–26 January 2016.
Heart of Glass workshops at ECAL University of Art and Design Lausanne provide a hub for experimenting with glass processes and moulds.
Glass collection of Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Sweden, consists of 3.500 glass works. Curator Anders Bengtsson talks about the collection and contemporary Swedish glass.
Contemporary glass collection of the Swiss museum Mudac is one the largest in Europe. Mudac’s former curator Bettina Schumi reveals the early days and future visions of the collection.
In an interview, Gabrielle Scarpa of Italian fragrance house Acqua di Parma talks about the house’s century in the Italian style and fine craftsmanship.
Furniture house Glas Italia explore unique properties of glass in minimalist furniture with designers such as Patricia Urquiola, Piero Lissoni and Nendo.
GlassLab by Corning Museum of Glass in New York provides designers a platform to experiment with molten glass. The GlassLab founders talk about matching traditional techniques and top-notch contemporary designers.
Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Israel shows a site-specific screen installation 17 Screens by French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. Until 26 March 2016.
Gallery Haus am Waldsee in Berlin, Germany, exhibits porcelain and glass from ceramist Stefanie Hering, founder of German porcelain house Hering Berlin. Until 7 February 2016.
For an exhibition ‘Zone de Confort,’ Studio GGVS approached design objects of comfort as archaeologists. The exhibition at Galerie Poirel in Nancy, France, runs from 12 November 2015–17 April 2016.
Finnish furniture company Nikari has its roots in fine carpentry, natural varnishes and local wood, and its future in collaborations with designers such as Jasper Morrison and Alfredo Häberli.
Matching something of a Southern cultural renaissance in its namesake city – at the heart of North Carolina’s thriving Triangle region – The Durham Hotel… Read more