January Diary
Diary editor Johanna Agerman | johanna@icon-magazine.co.uk IMM COLOGNE 2010 18 – 24 JANUARY The week-long design extravaganza that is IMM Cologne begins with an big inaugural bash on Monday 18 January.
Diary editor Johanna Agerman | johanna@icon-magazine.co.uk
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IMM COLOGNE 2010 18 – 24 JANUARY The week-long design extravaganza that is IMM Cologne begins with an big inaugural bash on Monday 18 January. The D3 design talents showcase is usually well worth a visit and features alongside the “Boulevard of Innovations” and Pure Village sections. Architectural, gallery and gastronomic tours of the city will also be running as part of the festival, but be sure to book early as places get snapped up quick (there isn’t much to do in Cologne after hours). If you manage to trawl through all 11 halls of exhibition space, try to get across town to the Passagen fringe events as well. Cologne, Germany Design Museum, London www.imm-cologne.com |
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| IANNIS XENAKIS: COMPOSER, ARCHITECT, VISIONARY 15 JANUARY – 8 APRIL One of the 20th century’s most committed modernists, a revolutionary engineer, architect and composer, Iannis Xenakis designed the Philips Pavilion for Le Corbusier and was a major figure in electronic, avant-garde classical music. His sketches for buildings and structures, notation for compositions and works that combine architecture and music will all be on show. The Drawing Centre, New York www.drawingcenter.org |
DESIGN REAL: SEMINARS EVERY SATURDAY, 3PM Throughout January, the Serpentine Gallery will be holding Saturday seminars by designers, curators and critics. The Mobile Studio, Emily King, Richard Rhys, Celine Condorelli and Markus Miessen all feature in the January programme and will be discussing their work in a specially designed space by Design Real curator Konstantin Grcic. Don’t miss the evening seminar on Thursday 21 January at 7pm with Alex Rich and Jürg Lehni. Serpentine Gallery, London www.serpentinegallery.org |
MAISON&OBJET 22-26 JANUARY New Year design stimulation from the biannual Parisian fair. There was no detailed plan of events available when we went to press, but apparently the emphasis is on “stability, renewed serenity and harmonious sensuality”. No, we don’t know what that means either – maybe something to do with wind chimes. If you get through the seven halls of exhibitions take a look at the shops and galleries around the city which usually also get involved. Villepinte Exhibition Centre, Paris www.maison-objet.com |
| ART, ARCHITECTURE & INNOVATION 21 JANUARY – 7 FEBRUARY Celebrating 50 years of the Guggenheim. New Media Theatre, New York www.guggenheim.org |
GORDON GILL LECTURE 21 JANUARY, 7PM Stateside talk by the architect on his past works. Magnolia Theatre, West Village, Dallas dallasarchitectureforum.org |
WOLF PRIX 13 JANUARY, 6PM The German architect and 1960s bad boy talks deconstructionism. AA, London www.aaschool.ac.uk |
| INTERIOR DESIGN SHOW 10 21-24 JANUARY Toronto-based contemporary design event. Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto www.interiordesignshow.com |
OPEN:POLAND 27 JANUARY A Polish panel and the series’ co-curator discuss the country’s 21st-century urban development. Arup, London www.architecture.com |
MICHAEL RAKOWITZ 22 JANUARY – 3 MAY New project on science fiction and Saddam Hussein. Tate Modern, London www.tate.org.uk |
| EWAN GIBBS: SAN FRANCISCO 16 JANUARY – 20 JUNE 18 drawings of the city for the SFMOMA’s 75th. SFMOMA, San Francisco www.sfmoma.org |
CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI AND HANS ULRICH OBRIST TUESDAY 26 JANUARY EThe French artist discusses his work. Victoria & Albert Museum, London www.vam.ac.uk |
ALAN FLETCHER: RETROSPECTIVE 21 JANUARY – 3 APRIL 50 Years of Graphic Work (and Play) goes up north. CUBE, Manchester www.cube.org.uk |
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