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Collect: the International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects
Monday, April 27, 2009 11:47 AM

15 May 2009 to 17 May 2009 The Saatchi Gallery Duke of Yorks's Building, Kings Road, SW3 4SQ 020 7823 2363 At Collect, you can view and buy the best in international contemporary crafts. Organised by the Crafts Council, the show brings together work by more than 300 artists. Expect to see a huge variety of objects, from ceramics and glass to jewellery, silver... Read More...

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Filed under: london, the saatchi gallery, galleries, furniture, textiles, ceramics, european, japan, silver, alasdhair willis, glass, hayward gallery, usa, australia, crafts, wood, mary portas, contemporary objects, yellow door, jewellery, collect:the international art fair, annie carlano, scandinavia, mint museum, ralp rugoff, fine metalwork, crafts council

Design Cities
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:40 PM

5 September 2008 to 4 January 2009 Design Museum Shad Thames Bermondsey SE1 2YD The exhibition looks at how these cities contributed to the evolution of design and how design, in turn, shaped contemporary culture. Design Cities tells the story of contemporary design by focusing on 7 cities at their creative heights: London, Vienna, Dessau, Paris, Los Angeles... Read More...

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Filed under: london, milan, paris, furniture, le corbusier in paris, charles and ray eames in la, objects, los angeles, design museum, fashio, the great exhibition in london, tokyo, bauhaus in dessau, textiles, the creative explosion in tokyo, the milan scene, vienna, contemporary design, industrial pieces, design cities, prints, adolf loos in vienna, 7 cities, dessau

Choosing the Chintz: Men, Women and Furnishing the Home from 1850 to the Present
Friday, December 19, 2008 11:39 AM

14 October 2008 to 22 February 2009 14 Oct 2008 - 22 Feb 2009 Tue - Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Mon, Sun, Spring Bank Holiday, Summer Bank Holiday 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Closed Mon, Fri, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day The Geffrye Museum 136 Kingsland Road London E2 8EA Choosing the Chintz explores how our relationship with home furnishing... Read More...

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Filed under: photographs, film, home decoration, companionate marriage, londonon, the geffrye museum, women and furnishing the home, trade catalogues, 1850 to present, domestic harmony, personal diaries, men, furniture, choosing the chintz, post war years