Exhibitions

Bauhaus: art as life by Carmody Groarke
and A Practice For Everyday Life

Bauhaus art as life by Carmody Groarke and A Practice For Everyday Life

Architects Carmody Groarke and graphic designers A Practice For Everyday Life used Bauhaus-style colours and typography for the design of an exhibition about the celebrated art school at the Barbican gallery in London. More »

Designed in Hackney: Designs of the Year
exhibition by Michael Marriott

Designs of the Year exhibition by Michael Marriott

Designed in Hackney: Hoxton-based designer Michael Marriott created a landscape of cardboard tubes to display items on show at this year’s Designs of the Year exhibition at London’s Design Museum. The winning entries for each category will be revealed at an awards ceremony tomorrow evening. More »

Public House by Lee Broom
at Ventura Lambrate

Public House by Lee Broom

Milan 2012: British designer Lee Broom is showcasing furniture and lighting at an exhibition styled like a British public house at Ventura Lambrate in Milan this week. More »

Chers Voisins by Maison Martin Margiela

Chers Voisins by Maison Martin Margiela

Milan 2012: wonky curtains, a disco ball and framed X-ray photographs can be found at the temporary apartment in Milan where design brand Maison Martin Margiela are presenting new furniture this week. More »

Too Fat To Fail at The Proposal by Jeremie
Maret, Lenny Staples and Christian Weber

Too Fat To Fail at The Proposal by Jeremie Maret, Lenny Staples and Christian Weber

An inflatable naked man bulges against the walls of this gallery where visitors can stay the night, either on the floor of one gallery or in a van outside. More »

Inside award winner: V&A Ceramics
Study Galleries by OPERA Amsterdam

V&A Ceramics Study Galleries

Inside 2011: the Ceramics Study Galleries at the Victoria & Albert museum in London by OPERA Amsterdam have just been announced as the winner of the display category at the inaugural Inside awards in Barcelona. More »

Eduardo Souto de Moura Concursos 1979-2010
by André Campos and Pedro Guedes Oliveira

Eduardo Souto de Moura Concursos 1979-2010 by Andre Campos and Pedro Guedes Oliveira

Sketches by this year’s Pritzker Prize Laureate Eduardo Souto de Moura covered several curving walls at the Portuguese architect’s former school in Porto last month (photos by José Campos). More »

Silent Heroes: Objects, as told by Zhou Xun

Silent Heroes: Objects, as told by Zhou Xun

Beijing Design Week 2011: here are some pictures of an exhibition curated by Beijing Design Week‘s creative director Aric Chen, where the childhood possessions of a Chinese actress were arranged beside illustrations of piecharts and explosions. More »

OMA/Progress at the Barbican

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An exhibition documenting the working processes of international architecture practice OMA opens at the Barbican Art Gallery in London tomorrow. Update: watch Rem Koolhaas give us a private tour of the show on Dezeen ScreenMore »

Dezeen Screen: Junya Ishigami at the Barbican

Dezeen Screen: Junya Ishigami at the Barbican

Dezeen Screen: here’s a movie about the almost invisible installation by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami that’s on show at the Barbican art gallery in London. Watch the movie »