A personal review of design creations

Raku And Metamorphosis
Dubai is the regional hub for creative talents and on the occasion on Dubai Design Week 2020, I wanted to highlight two specific ones: Michael Rice and Pallavi Dean.

Dubai Design Week 2020
After Helsinki, Mexico City, Dubai joins the cities hosting a physical and online Design Week. The sixth edition of Dubai Design Week will also mark the first major cultural event in the region since the pandemic.

Tanween 2020 By Tashkeel
14 limited edition, contemporary furniture and lighting design pieces reflecting the UAE’s rich heritage will be featured in the ‘Tanween by Tashkeel’ showcase at Dubai Design Week this year, including three new pieces conceived and produced by talented UAE-based emerging designers during the 2020 Tanween design programme at Tashkeel.

#Connected - Mesamachine, Stammtisch, Pink Moon and Stem
Third and last part of our series about #Connected exhibition. Here are the four remaining tables and seats produced by Benchmark Furniture with wood produced by American Hardwood Export Council for the show at the Design Museum until Oct. 11th.
Episode 3: Mesamachine by Jaime Hayon; Stammtisch by Sebastian Herkner, Pink Moon by Studiopepe and Stem by Heatherwick Studio.

#Connected - The Kadamba Gate, the Nordic Pioneer And Arco
Second part of our short series about Connected exhibition and the 9 tables and chairs created by designers during the lockdown. They had the support of the experts at Benchmark Furniture to produce their pieces now on show at the Design Museum until Oct. 11th.
Episode 2: The Kadamba Gate by Ini Archibong; The Nordic Pioneer by Maria Bruun and Arco by Maria Jeglinska-Adamczewska

#Connected - Humble Administrator Chair & Candy Cubicle
On the occasion of London Design Festival, nine imaginative, original tables and seating designs, created by nine leading international designers are on show at the Design Museum in London until October 11th.
Episode 1: Humble Administrator Chair & Table by Studio Swine & Candy Cubicle by Sabine Marcelis.

Venice Glass Week 2020 - Glass Utopia
At Venice Glass Week, DESIGN Canberra’s signature exhibition GLASS UTOPIA will be featuring 12 Italian and Australian designers in dialogue with twentieth-century design masters.

Helsinki Design Week 2020
A confirmed design event in 2020 is rare and it is great to announce that Helsinki Design Week 2020 is going ahead from 3 to 13 September.

‘Partu’ by Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen
On the occasion of Melbourne Design Week, the two Australian designers are unveiling “Partu”, a collection of objects made out of reused materials.

Lille, World Design Capital in 2020
After Turin, Seoul, Helsinki, Cape Town, Taipei and Mexico, Lille Metropole, the first French local authority to obtain this distinction, is the 2020 World Design Capital.