Milan Furniture Fair 2016: High Five!
To the casual observer selecting five outstanding products from the Milan Furniture Fair is a neigh on impossible task, so
(smow) blog Design Calendar: August 9th 1878 – Happy Birthday Eileen Gray!
As previously noted in these pages the (hi)story of modernism is largely one of successful male/female partnerships, the most famous
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Since the late 1950s Bavarian porcelain manufacturer Rosenthal has cooperated with an impressive roster of international designers to create new
Konstantin Grcic – Panorama @ Vitra Design Museum
One of the first telephone calls Mateo Kries and Marc Zehntner made upon assuming leadership of the Vitra Design Museum
(smow) blog compact: Pegasus Home Desk by Ippolito Fleitz Group / Tilla Goldberg for ClassiCon
The first post in our, hopefully short, new series “Things we missed at IMM Cologne 2014” is devoted to the
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Revolutions in design and architecture invariably involve a new material. The oldest examples of this phenomenon being found in the
Centre Pompidou Paris: Eileen Gray. A Retrospective.
From February 20th until May 20th 2013 the Centre Pompidou Paris is presenting a major retrospective devoted to the Irish
V&A Museum London: British Design 1948-2012. Innovation in the Modern Age
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Dark Lime Vitra Panton Chair Cocktail Competition: Jay Osgerby’s Caipirissima
London based design studio Barber Osgerby stands as a testament to the fact that high quality work will always win
Christmas is coming the goose is getting fat … here you can hang your Christmas hat
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Happy Safer Internet Day 2010 – Think before you Post
9th February 2010, Brussels Under the motto “Think before you Post” the from the EU funded Safer Internet Day 2010
smow am rhein: ClassiCon
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Twas the month before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Save
new at smow: Eileen Gray
As we stood looking at some mighty fine, but horribly over-carved, wooden furniture at the Salone in Milan a female