Mar 16, 2012 | Exhibitions & Events
Design Days Dubai is the Middle East’s and South Asia’s first fair dedicated to collectible and limited edition design, will showcase exclusive high-end design pieces by 22 international and regional design galleries.
The galleries, drawn from around the world, will present for the first time in Dubai the creative strides and investment opportunities offered by the purchase of high-end design, through an unmatched collection ranging from prototype work to 20th Century classics, with the collectibles ranging from €500 (approximately $655) to €300,000 (approximately $393,000).
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Feb 5, 2012 | Exhibitions & Events, Furniture
Pro-design group is one of the leading, or more accurately,”THE” leading supplier of luxury furniture brands in Kuwait. This Tuesday they will be holding an exceptional event to mark the opening of their latest three showrooms : Baker, Ralph Lauren Home, and Kenzo Maison. Pro-design group already has showrooms for Fendi Casa, Minotti, Baxter, Roche Bobois, in addition to a wide range of contract furniture for offices, restaurants, & outdoor such as Andreu World, Emu, Pedrali, Nurus, Wilkhahn, Capdell, Fantoni, among many others.
Baker is one of the most popular and high quality furniture brands originating from the United States. Baker builds furniture from more periods, styles, and international influences than any other maker. Whether a best of kind reproduction or an original from a celebrated designer, each item contributes to a sensibility that is uniquely Baker. This specific brand is mostly appreciated by furniture “ connoisseurs” who believe in timeless pieces. The brand is so versatile you can furnish an entire villa, a hotel, or any other space and rest assured every space will be able to be unique on its own.
The company selects each of its items for its own merit. With careful attention to scale, proportion, and ornamental detail, the line develops a rare sense of appropriateness. The result is furniture thought tempting today and timeless tomorrow.
One of the main reasons to go to Baker to furnish your home or office is the fact that they have one of the largest furniture collections from contemporary to traditional styles with a variety of price ranges.
Contemporary collections such as André Arbus, Archetype, Baker Classics Occasional, Barbara Barry, Bill Sofield, Laura Kirar, Lexicon, Thomas Pheasant, Tony Duquette and traditional collection includes Collector’s Edition, English Classics, Historic Charleston, Jacques Garcia, Michael S Smith, Special Selections, Stately Homes
Ralph Lauren Home is expected to be one of the biggest hits in Kuwait, people here already love it and are anticipating the opening. Ralph Lauren home will not only include furniture, but fabric, lighting, and bedding as well. Ralph Lauren Home is considered one of the top furniture brands from the U.S. making a boom worldwide due to its high quality, large comprehensive range, and already popular name in fashion.
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Jan 10, 2012 | Exhibitions & Events
A year of events in celebration of Gucci’s 90th anniversary will culminate with the official public opening of the GUCCI MUSEO inside the historic Palazzo della Mercanzia located in Florence’s Piazza Signoria.
A permanent exhibition from its rich and culturally significant archive, which has been preserved and amplified throughout the years, will be juxtaposed with contemporary art installations supported by the Pinault Foundation. An icon store, bookshop, caffè and gift shop complement the exhibition spaces to create a destination location for visitors.
The GUCCI MUSEO is divided into different thematic rooms inspired by the House’s iconic motifs and symbols.
The ground floor hosts the Gucci Caffè, a meeting space that not only welcomes visitors into the museum, but also provides a new and attractive gathering place for Florentines and visitors to the city alike.
In the spirit of today’s connected age, visitors may take advantage of a social area for a coffee or to go online using the museum’s wireless network.
In the adjacent space there is the bookstore, which will be managed in conjunction with Rizzoli, now coming to Florence adding to its other existing locations in New York, London and Milan. Thanks to this partnership, the GUCCI MUSEO will be offering publications for enthusiasts of art, fashion, photography and architecture, through a curated selection of contemporary and vintage works.
In the same space, a gift shop will offer the chance to purchase exclusive collectible items including iPhone and iPad cases, scented candles, bookmarks, totes, postcards, luxury stationery and chocolates all with the GUCCI MUSEO trademark.
Nearby, the Icon Store will offer the possibility to purchase from the exclusive Icon Collection of unique editions, including bags such as the New Jackie, the New Bamboo as well as the horsebit moccasin, the Flora scarf, all designed by Giannini with exclusive colors and detailing especially for the GUCCI MUSEO.
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Sep 6, 2011 | Exhibitions & Events
If you are lucky enough to be in France or Europe for that matter, and would like to be up to date on all the latest design products, Maison & Objet is an event not to be missed.
With record attendance from overseas export buyers (Japan + 42%, USA + 25%,Russia + 29%) and a breakdown that is increasingly heading toward a balance between French and foreign visitors, MAISON&OBJET is now definitively taking its place as THE global pole for home-fashion in Paris, Capitale de la Création. Its long-term strategy, based on a high-quality offer, creativity, and the convergence of the arts of living, has anticipated everyone’s expectations: those of the most demanding buyers, the most cutting-edge specifiers, and the end consumer looking for excellence and modernity.
Fair reserved for professionals only.
Information, e-plan, badges, trends book can all be purchased online or at the exhibition.
Paris Nord Villepinte
Dates :
from Friday 09th to Tuesday 13th September, 2011
Opening hours: :
from 09:30 to 19:00, closing at 18:00 the last day
Venue and address: :
Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition center
Halls 1, 2, 3, 4, 5A, 5B, 6, 7, 8
Sectors/Fairs: :
Hall 1. ethnic chic.MIC
Hall 2. textile
Hall 3. la table
Hall 4. Craft, l’espace métiers d’art
Halls 4 & 5A & 5B. côté déco
Halls 5A & 6. accessoires maison
Hall 6. (placette) MAISON&OBJET musées
Hall 7. scènes d’intérieur
Hall 7. MAISON&OBJET | projets |
Hall 7. now! design à vivre
Halls . MAISON&OBJET outdoor_indoor
All practical information: www.maison-objet.com
Maison & Objet
Sep 2, 2011 | Exhibitions & Events
Andreu World is a Soanish brand known worldwide for high quality contract furniture such as tables and chairs. Every year they arrange a contest to allow designers and design students from all ages and origins to participate and submit their chair or table design. You still have the chance to participate. below are the details, you can also check their facebook page or website for additional details. The pieces will be viewed by some of the world’s greatest designers.
From Andreu World:
Contestants: Designers of all ages, professionals and students from all fields of designs from around the world.
Design object: Chair and/or table
Prizes: 1st prize 3.000 euros, 2nd prize 1.000 euros, and 4 special mentions.
Deadline: September, 2011
In order to participate, contestants must design an item of furniture (seat or table) that contemplates all the specifications outlined by Andreu World, SA in the product .
This year’s jury:
Paolo Moroni, founder of the Sawaya & Moroni Architecture and InteriorDesign studio, Gabriele Schiavon from the La Granja Design Collective;Tobias Lutz, Director of Architonic website; interior design professional Bernadí Olegué and Paloma Leyra, editor of Harper’s Bazaar/Spain, comprise this year’s jury.
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Aug 31, 2011 | Exhibitions & Events, Furniture
This year Roche Bobois Paris, one of the world’s leading furniture brands, celebrates the 40th birthday of its iconic sofa composition, the Mah Jong. The Mah Jong is without a doubt one of the trendiest and most flexible sofa compositions ever created.
In the 1970s, Hans Hopfer’s innovative informal approach to comfort had a profound influence on the way people furnished and arranged their living space. In 1971, he created the Mah Jong, a sofa based on total freedom of function and form.
By encouraging people to arrange the elements as suits them best, it could change the landscape of the living room, offering a whole new approach to the way we view and arrange the spaces in which we live. The composition options are almost limitless, giving one the opportunity to completely reorganize one’s living space, thereby redefining the original meaning of the term “sofa”.
At angles or overlaid, the Mah Jong allows limitless options of composition. It can be armchair, sofa, lounge chair or bed; a space in which to rest, to play or to lounge. It encourages experimentation and breaks the rules of formal living, reflecting the nonconformist era in which it was born.
Over the years, Roche Bobois has called upon those with creative talent to “dress” special editions of the Mah Jong. Each of these artistic collaborators has managed to express a new seductive and surprising facet of the Mah Jong without changing the core design. Roche Bobois collaborated with Kenzo Maison, Missoni, and Jean Paul Gaultier, to create 3 of their finest editions shown in the photos here.
Roche Bobois in Kuwait is located at the Seven Zones Design Center in Shoueikh. You can check their facebook page or the website of Pro-design group.
To contact them call on: +965 2 22 58 68 0 or email: [email protected]
