smow blog 2015. A pictorial review: October
Normally October is all about design festivals, October 2015 wasn’t. On the one hand we weren’t at that many this
5 New Design Exhibitions for December 2015
December can be a trying month: always having to think of others; always having to patronise bars and restaurants you’ve
smow blog Interview: Eames Demetrios – I don’t think Charles and Ray were ever satisfied with their own work, they were always trying to make it better
In our post from the Barbican Art Gallery exhibition “The World of Charles and Ray Eames” we noted the disappointing
The World of Charles and Ray Eames @ The Barbican Art Gallery, London
“The World of Charles and Ray Eames” It is inherent in the nature of America’s most productive 20th century creatives
5 New Design Exhibitions for October 2015
We’re fairly certain most museum curators aren’t inherently nocturnal, it is however noticeable that the longer the nights become, the
smow blog Design Calendar: May 25th 1915 – Happy Birthday Robin Day!
“Rare is the human backside that hasn’t found solace and support in Mr. Day’s most famous creation”, thus, with just
5 New Design Exhibitions for April 2015
“Who’s the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?” asks Obi-Wan Kenobi, more or less rhetorically, in
smow blog compact: Then and Now – 50 Years of The London College of Furniture
For an institution associated with so many interesting and important figures in the UK furniture industry, there is a remarkable
(smow) blog compact: Constructing Worlds – Photography and Architecture in the Modern Age at the Barbican Art Gallery, London
As many of you will be aware, among the myriad of things that regularly get our goat, architecture photography is
5 New Design Exhibitions for September 2014
The inescapable chill in the morning air and the deep-seated boredom in the eyes of school aged children can only
5 New Design Exhibitions for July 2014
Tradition being the predictable beast that it is, July and August tend to be quiet months in the design universe
London Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things
In 2015 the London Design Museum will move to its new home in West Kensington. Ahead of the move the
The courage of ones convictions: Le Corbusier retrospective in London
For the first time in over 20 years London is hosting a retrospective of the work of Swiss architect and
Brit Insurance Design of the Year Award: Part 1
The shortlist for the Brit Insurance Design of the Year Award 2009 have been announced; and among the high caliber