FOLD is an upholstery chair. To challenge myself, I worked with three obstructions in my process. I would use upholstery in a different and modern way. I wanted the chair to be foldable and to have references to Scandinavian and japanese design.

The frame consists of 10 mm plywood which is cut into six profiles. These are assembled with hinges. The shell consists of six pieces of hard plastic, which is padded with 3 mm foam on both sides of the plastic. Finally the chair is upholstered with woolen felt. All …

Design Real is the first design-focused show to be presented at the Serpentine and represents the development of the Gallery’s long-standing commitment to design through the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion programme, which celebrates its tenth year in 2010. Design Real is curated by Konstantin Grcic and designed in collaboration with Alex Rich and Jürg Lehni.

Helicoid stair case Model M400, by Roger Tallon, France, c1964.
We have 19 steps plus a landing step, each 20 cm high, which would allow a staircase of up to 400 cm or possibly even two smaller staircases. The central pole has been fabricated to fit our gallery and is approximately 250 cm high.

Roger Tallon has been a leading figure in French industrial since the 1950s. He studied engineering in Paris before joining Studio Avas in 1951. He left Avas soon after to join Technes, a design consultancy established by Jacques …

Barbican Art Gallery stages the first major survey in the UK of the internationally acclaimed, London-based design maverick Ron Arad.

Ron Arad: Restless explores three decades of Arad’s designs from his early post-punk approach of assembling products from readymade parts to his exclusive and highly polished sculptural furnishings. Featuring a dramatic exhibition design by Ron Arad Associates using the latest LED display technology, Ron Arad: Restless also includes architectural designs and immediately recognisable mass produced pieces. Highlighting the significance of experimentation, process and materials in Arad’s work, the exhibition offers a timely …

The auction house, Perre Bergé Associés, will open next Monday 15/02 a great modern art sale at Palais de Tokyo, Paris. The Auction will be held to finance racism prevention association SOS Racisme.
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Ceramic Art London is now in its sixth year and recognised as the leading international fair for contemporary ceramics, with over 75 ceramic artists displaying a varied selection of exciting and challenging work.

To the Spanish-Catalan artist Joan Miró (1893-1983) everything was alive. He worked with his art like a gardener weeds and fertilises his plants. Miró’s studio was like a vegetable garden and his artworks like plants. Miró opens up to the material’s inner life and force, allowing the works to grow forth. His works show us how everything grows and changes.

The galerie Michel Rein is pleased to welcome Carlier | Gebauer (Berlin) for the second edition of Berlin-Paris, a gallery exchange. Open from the 29th January to 27th February 2010, the group show is built around a common project between the two galleries and presents the works of Saâdane Afif, Rosa Barba, Michel François, Mathew Hale, Santu Mofokeng and Elisa Pône.
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