swiss designers saturday 08: christophe marchand chair

Marchand Chair by Christophe Marchand

At Designers’ Saturday Langenthal Christophe Marchand displayed a range of recently produced furniture. Pieces on display included his ‘marchand’, ‘e6’ and ‘samurai 4 legs’ chairs. marchand created an installation consisting of models, prototypes and 3d animations, where visitors were able to gain an inside view of his design process.
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'Casa Rotterdam'

CASA ROTTERDAM presented by VIVID gallery
archivio di stato, torino
november 6 – 13, 2008

on the occasion of Torino world design capital 2008, Rotterdam based design gallery, VIVID is currently presenting an exhibition of works by dutch designers in the city. ‘Casa Rotterdam’ aims to explore the contrasts and similarities between the design culture of Torino and cities like Rotterdam. while Torino is the world design capital, many designers from around the world are showing their own design culture and this exhibit serves to provide o look at the contemporary design scene in Rotterdam and The Netherlands.

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karim rashid at instituto tomie ohtake, sao paulo

Karim Rashid – art and design in a global world
at: instituto tomie ohtake, sao paulo from: october 24th, 2008 – january 4th, 2009

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new work by martin creed


‘work no. 925’, 2008 by Martin Creed

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tokyo design week 08: rie yagura at claska hotel

Stool by Rie Yagura

worms of lint-like material are intertwined and pressed together to form a stool

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