Design took over Lisbon for the second edition of Lisbon Design Week, which was on view across 80 different venues in this beautiful city, from May 22-26, 2024.

During a ceremony at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris last week, the LOEWE FOUNDATION announced the winner and special mentions of the 2024 LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize.

The 3rd edition of the Mayrit Biennale opens its doors to the public on May 22nd, with exhibitions and events taking place across Madrid through May 26th, 2024.

As the 2024 LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Winner is about to be announced, we look back to a conversation held in 2023 between Sheila Loewe and Ernst Gamperl, who reflected on the impact of this global platform for contemporary craft – and where it is going next. This conversation was moderated by Emma Crichton Miller and originally published in our 2023 issue: TLmag39: The Culture of the Object.

The Isamu Noguchi Museum in New York presents Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within, a major retrospective of the ground-breaking abstract artist (1922-2011) from Hawaii, most celebrated for her masterful “closed form” ceramic vessels.

For her first solo exhibition with Maria Wettergren Gallery, textile designer and artist Margrethe Odgaard presents “Dear Miaojin”, a series of work made in response to the epistolary book “Last Words from Montmartre,” by the Taiwanese artist Qiu Maiojin.

Bela Silva presents a vibrant, colourful collection of work inspired by the cultural and natural life of Brazil at the MAC Niteroi, Oscar Niemeyer’s iconic modernist building. The exhibition is on view through May 12.

For TLmag39: The Culture of the Object, studio d-o-t-s explored what agrarian traditions can teach design, looking at the work of Emma Brushi and Fernando Laposse, both of whom are designing and making objects in collaboration with local farmers and crops.

Heritage(s) Surrealiste(s) was an exhibition curated by Jean-François Declercq for Milan Design Week and presented at the Baranzate Ateliers as part of the Fuorisalone.

For the 2024 edition of Milan Design Week, Roca showcases their company-wide initiatives for decarbonation and circularity with an installation titled “Sparking Change”, designed by Mario Cucinella Architects.

From April 15 to September 15, 2024, the Triennale Milano is presenting the exhibition: Inga Sempé: La casa imperfetta. Curated by Marco Sammicheli, Director of the Museo del Design of the Triennale Milano, the exhibition opens to coincide with the museum’s programming for Milan Design Week 2024.

For TLmag39: The Culture of the Object, Emanuele Quinz spoke with Marco Sammicheli, Curator and Director of Design at the Triennale de Milano, about design, the culture of the object and its relationship to the museum.