VCR Home Page Blog: October 2007

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Friday, October 26, 2007

Magistretti Design Awards

The Milan showroom of de Padova displays the winning entries in the first Premio Vico Magistretti design competition. Line Depping of Denmark received first prize for her "Borrod" table.

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Journal Pick

The International Journal of Design publishes research papers in all fields of design, including industrial design, visual communication design and architectural design.

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Artek Aware

Alice Rawsthorn of the New York Times interviews Artek's creative director Tom Dixon and managing director Mirkku Kullberg about the sustainability goals of the Finnish company.

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Design Promotion

Business Week reports on a $40-million British Design Council program that promotes the use of design by small businesses to help spur national economic growth.

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Paris by Design

The Galeries nationales du Grand Palais in Paris brings together objects and household furniture from the Industrial Revolution to the present day in an exhibit titled Design Contre Design (Design by Design). To January 7, 2008.

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Greenbuild Chicago

The theme of this year's Chicago Greenbuild conference is "Accelerating Green Communities." The event includes educational sessions, speakers, tours, exhibits and a trade fair. November 7-9.

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Book Pick

Furniture Design, a new book by Jim Postell, associate professor at the University of Cincinnati, covers furniture history, technology, aesthetics, the human body, architectural production, interior design, industrial design and art.

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Dutch Design Week

This year's Eindhoven-based Dutch Design Festival includes the "Dutch Living Room," an exhibit featuring the work of local design firms. October 20-28.

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Red Dot Reports

Red Dot reports on colour, form, material and furniture design trends (good and bad) from its 2007 awards submissions.

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Sedo Sofa Sales

Contact Éditorial in Montreal to purchase a "Sedo" extra-deep sofa designed for Mobilier d'ici à demain at SIDIM 2006.

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ROM Adds Modern

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto opens the Sigmund Samuel Gallery of Canada on October 6, 2007. While primarily showcasing Canada’s colonial past, for the first time the ROM will show modern Canadian furniture and decorative arts in the new wing.

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Carlo Bimbi Interviewed

Italy's Idea Magazine provides the transcript of an extensive interview with Carlo Bimbi, the Florence-based furniture designer whose clients include Arketipo, Bosal, Casprini, La Falegnami, Falegnameria 1946, Segis and Dema.

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ICFF Joins Materials

George Little Management, the operators of New York's International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), have announced that the 2008 fair will include Materials Matter, a trade show of cutting edge materials.

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ICFF Prototype Award

Designers whose furniture prototypes are selected for ICFF Studio will be awarded a display space at ICFF, New York, May 17-20, 2008. Submission deadline January 15, 2008.

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