Somethings Lab
Designersblock friends and collaborators the Somethings Lab have curated an illustration exhibition that opens the Thursday the 3rd of November at the gallery in the Green and Fay store in Islington.
The exhibition features work from 7 artists from Italy France and the UK. Read More…
Bloomberg
Designersblock were delighted to visit the opening of the latest Bloomberg exhibition with our friends Valentina Gonzalez Wohlers and Emerald Faerie last week. Read More…
Designersblock together with the European Commission in the UK present a one day conference exploring key issues and opportunities facing Europe’s creative economies. Creativity will be the driver of future European economies but is it understood? In what ways will its impact be felt by traditional industries and infrastructures? The digital economy is already changing the marketplace for ideas. How will we be affected, as consumers and service providers? Where will we work and how can creativity revitalise our cities? What can Government and higher education learn if it is to effectively support entrepreneurialism and the growth of the creative economy? What does a new generation of creatives think? The day promises lively debate and original thought, involving 16 speakers from industry, education, government and across the creative sector.
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Kingston Market House
Today sees the launch of ‘Work Shop’ a retail project from Kingston University.
The launch takes place between 4.30 and 8 PM.
The Work Shop is part of the activity in around the town centre supported by Kingston First and Includes products from Nuu, All Lovely Stuff,, Rosemary Anrude, James Shaw, Kenyon Yeh, as well as products from alumni and staff of the university. Read More…
Quantam Parallelograph
We were delighted to award a New Designers associate prize to Patrick Stevenson-Keating from the Univerity of Dundee for his Quantum Parallelograph project. The device explores the possibility of alternate lives and encourages people of all ages to become involved in physics. Read More…
Stuart Melrose collaboration with Puff & Flock
Stuart Melrose – Surface
We were delighted to get out of London the other day and along to the Opening of Stuart Melrose: Surface at the the Willis Museum in Basignstoke.
Not only does the exhibition feature several example of Stuart’s very refined Corian Furniture but also collaborations with graphic artists Kev Munday, andDroog 79, as well as textile collective Puff & Flock.
We were particularly delighted to see the work with Puff & Flock as the collaboration came about as a result of the United presentation we put together for United Business Media as part of Interiors 2010 at the NEC in Birmingham back in January 2010.
The work looks stunning and deserves to be see as wide an audience as possible. The exhibition continues until July 23rd Read More…
Connecting Creativity at the Transport Museum
Designersblock in collaboration with Kingston University present ‘Connecting Creativity and Business’ bringing together professional and academic speakers who are influential in their fields to share experiences and insights.
The first of these events takes place on May 26th from 14.00 to 19.00 at the London Transport museum
Cubic Theatre
London Transport Museum
Covent Garden Piazza
WC2E 7BB
Connecting Creativity and Business will appeal to practitioners and students from across the Creative Industries, and interested observers and researchers in this sector are also welcome. Read More…
New Designers
Since our launch in 1998 Designersblock has provided support, advice and showcasing opportunities for new businesses and graduating students starting out on their professional careers. This year we have teamed up with New Designers to offer one graduate a fantastic package of support that includes exhibition space, mentoring and desk space at our Shoreditch offices.
The prize will be awarded on the 7th July during week 2 of New Designers. Now in its 26th year, New Designers at the Business Design Centre in Islington is unrivalled in Europe in bringing together such a broad cross-section of fresh, new design talent under one roof. Every July, over 3,500 newly graduated designers, representing the top 200 UK design courses, come together at New Designers to meet industry employers, media, trend predictors and a design hungry public.
Light Space Ventura Lambrate lights by Furniture Magpies
Designersblock Milano 2011 took place between April 12th and 17th in the Light Space a former warehouse in the Lambrate district in the north east of the city. We presented over 100 UK and international exhibitors kindly supported by UKTI in this wonderful former industrial space. Featuring exhibitors from UK, Poland, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, Israel, Korea, Cyprus, Austria, Australia, Germany, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia, Sweden, China, Finland and Portugal this was the 11th annual Designersblock show during the Milan furniture fair. Read More…
Bodging Milano at Clerkenwell design week
Clerkenwell Design Week takes place from the 24th until the 26th of May. We’ll be in the Farmiloe building on St John St where we will be showcasing the Bodging Milano project. Read More…
