Brigitte Martin's Blog Posts Tagged 'London' (11)

"If this was my garden studio, I'd never leave"

One Dezeen reader has serious envy for one of the 24 projects shortlisted in a competition to find London's best house extensions. …

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Added by Brigitte Martin on December 8, 2016 at 9:25am — No Comments

2016 MARZEE GRADUATE PRIZE

Wei Zhou

The Cages, 2016, necklace; silver, wood, parchment, thread

MARZEE GRADUATE PRIZE

The Marzee International Graduate Show is an annual event and the highlight of our exhibition calendar. In organizing this unique event, we hope…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on November 12, 2016 at 8:30am — No Comments

Mischer'Traxler's interactive Curiosity Cloud installation is "like being in a dream"

Viennese design duo Mischer'Traxler explain why they filled a room at London's V&A Museum with hundreds of fluttering insects in our latest movie for Champagne brand Perrier-Jouët.

Added by Brigitte Martin on September 11, 2016 at 10:39am — No Comments

A Curious Turn: Moving Mechanical Sculpture – The Crafts Council exhibition at Habitat

Five Artists Reflect on their Waning Powers. Paul Spooner, 1983

A Curious Turn, an exhibition by Crafts Council at Habitat, explores the resurgence in automata making over the last 30 years and features works by the leading makers of these amazing moving mechanical…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on August 26, 2016 at 6:58am — No Comments

The London Design Festival - September 17-25, 2016

The London Design Festival is an annual event, held to celebrate and promote London as the design capital of the world and as the gateway to the international creative community. The next Festival will be held 17-25 September 2016.

Go to Festival's website…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on August 26, 2016 at 6:00am — No Comments

Glenn Adamson on New York and London’s Distinct Museum Cultures

by Seph Rodney

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Added by Brigitte Martin on May 5, 2016 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

London Craft Week: May 3-7, 2016

London Craft Week 2015 from London Craft Week on Vimeo.…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on February 16, 2016 at 7:10am — No Comments

Designer Surplus as a Resource: Fashion by Katie Jones

KICKBACK, SCOOTCHIE AND THE SUNDANCE KID

Stylist: Emma Slade Edmondson

Photographer: Rachel Manns

MUA & hair: Nat Van Zee

Set Designers: Spenser Walton…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 31, 2016 at 10:00am — No Comments

New British Passports Celebrate the Arts and Human Ingenuity

Way to go Britain: A new passport is launched in Britain every five years with updated security and anti-forgery features. The UK Passport Office just unveiled its latest version, …

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Added by Brigitte Martin on November 4, 2015 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Mad Kid's Bedroom Wall Pot - Grayson Perry

Mad Kid's Bedroom Wall Pot, Grayson Perry, 1996. Image © Nick Moss

Grayson Perry was never motivated by a desire to work in clay as such, but chose pottery because studio ceramics was in ‘thrall to a formal idea’. Having gained pottery skills at evening classes,…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on September 15, 2015 at 9:20am — No Comments

What is Luxury? A V&A and Crafts Council Exhibition

25 April – 27 September 2015

A V&A and Crafts Council Exhibition

What is Luxury? interrogates how luxury is made and understood. Luxury has a long history of controversy. More recently, the increase in prominence and growth of…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on July 14, 2015 at 8:00am — No Comments