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Ole Bouman named as director of V&A-backed design museum in China
Ambra Medda joins Christie’s design department
Driade appoints David Chipperfield as artistic director
Salone del Mobile president Claudio Luti resigns after boardroom shakeup
Piero Gandini to sell Italian lighting brand Flos to private equity fund
BlueFocus Communication Group to acquire Yves Béhar’s Fuseproject design studio
Fab and One Nordic announce new design brand Hem
Online furniture retailer Fab buys design-led manufacturer One Nordic
Italian design production “could disappear,” says Alberto Alessi
Haworth buys Poltrona Frau to create global furniture brand
“Fab did rely too heavily on kitsch” says co-founder Bradford Shellhammer
Vitra acquires Artek
Fab co-founder returns with Bezar, a new marketplace for emerging designers
Fab.com in reported $15 million acquisition talks
Lighting has “passed from electricity into electronics” says Piero Gandini of Flos
Design brands attack UK government over copyright law delay
Herman Miller to buy contemporary furniture retailer Design Within Reach
Aedas dumps UK business to focus on “high-density urban high-rise”
Artek appoints Marianne Goebl as managing director
“All the design companies together make 10% of what Ikea makes,” says Vitra’s Rolf Fehlbaum
Artek buys factory where Alvar Aalto developed his furniture
Fab “taking a break” from selling designers’ work in Europe
Driade to relaunch after financial rescue
