5 New Design Exhibitions for July 2016
Inaugurated in July 212 BC* the Ludi Apollinares were Roman games staged in honour of Apollo and featuring a mix
Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden presents Self-Propelled. Or how the bicycle moves us
There are few more unpleasant emotions than the one deep in your stomach when you realise your bicycle has been
5 New Design Exhibitions for April 2016
If the etymologists are to be believed “April” has its origins in the Latin verb “aperire”. To uncover, to open.
smow blog compact: Staged Design Award @ Room + Style, Dresden
Since 2014 the Room + Style “lifestyle” fair in Dresden has been extended, if not enhanced, through the presentation of
5 New Design Exhibitions for September 2015
As old Mother Goose, allegedly, once claimed: Thirty days hath September, and the following five enticing new design and architecture
5 New Design Exhibitions for June 2015
“The real jewel of my disease-ridden woodlot is the prothonotary warbler”, confided the American author, ecologist and conservationist Aldo Leopold
smow blog compact: Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden Presents Parts of a Whole. Stories from the collection of the Kunstgewerbemuseum
By way of an addendum to an addendum to our 5 New Design Exhibitions for March 2015 post, until June
smow blog 2014. A pictorial review: September
Following on from the relative inactivity of August September saw us wind back up towards the 2014 autumn design festival
smow blog 2014. A pictorial review: August
August being holiday month our principle focus was board sports: Woody Skateboards for the summer and silbærg snowboards for the
smow blog 2014. A pictorial review: June
… had things not continued apace in June. A month which saw us trawl trough Berlin with Niek Wagemans looking
Okolo Offline Two – Collecting at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden
By way of an addendum to our “Five New Design Exhibitions for September 2014” post, until November 2nd the Kunstgewerbemuseum
At first glance by Daphna Laurens at “Trading Places. Designers meet the collection”, Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden
Back in February the participants of the exhibition “Trading Places. Designers meet the collection” at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden spent two
Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden: Trading Places. Designers meet the collection
Strolling through the corridors of the Dresden Museum of Decorative Arts, the Kunstgewerbemuseum, one comes across a presentation called “Thronfolge”
Tulga Beyerle: “I want to re-introduce Dresden to the Kunstgewerbemuseum”
Since January 2014 Vienna born designer, curator and author Tulga Beyerle has been Director of the Dresden Museum of Decorative
Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden. Summer Season Programme 2014. Or, Tulga Beyerle’s New Broom.
Introducing Tulga Beyerle as the new Director of the Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden, Hartwig Fischer, General Director of the executive Dresden State
5 New Design Exhibitions for May 2014
Mayday! Mayday! Don’t panic. It’s just a public holiday. You’ll survive. Barbecue something…… And afterwards, when everyone else is back
(smow) blog Design Calendar: March 4th 1951 – The exhibition “Models for industrial design from the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden” opens in Leipzig
“It is simple to prove that despite all distractions to the contrary from the cultural community in western Germany that