June Diary
Diary editor Johanna Agerman | johanna@icon-magazine.co.uk LONDON FESTIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE 19 JUNE – 4 JULY The city-wide biennial will take over London for 19 days this summer under the banner The Welcoming City (a nod to the 2012 Olympic slogan, London Welcomes the World). The festival will focus on different London neighbourhoods across three weekends: the West End; High Street 2012 (the route through the East End from the City to the Olympic site); and the Bankside Urban Forest.
Diary editor Johanna Agerman | johanna@icon-magazine.co.uk
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LONDON FESTIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE 19 JUNE – 4 JULY The city-wide biennial will take over London for 19 days this summer under the banner The Welcoming City (a nod to the 2012 Olympic slogan, London Welcomes the World). The festival will focus on different London neighbourhoods across three weekends: the West End; High Street 2012 (the route through the East End from the City to the Olympic site); and the Bankside Urban Forest. Core events include the International Architecture Student Festival, Love Your Street and Open Studios, for which designers open their offices to the public. There will also be a plethora of fringe activities including talks, debates, guided tours and a folded bike race. Various venues across London www.lfa2010.org |
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| DESIGN MIAMI/BASEL 15-19 JUNE Design Miami/Basel in Switzerland is back once again. The highlights of the event, where some of the world’s best design galleries exhibit, will be the commissioned projects by the Designers of the Future Award-winners. They all have a strong interest in digital design and include Berlin-based studio Beta Tank, London artist Graham Hudson, Boston-LA duo Zigelbaum & Coelho and London-Berlin practice Random International. Hall 5, Messe Basel, Basel, Switzerland www.designmiami.com |
1:1 – ARCHITECTS BUILD SMALL SPACES 15 JUNE – 30 AUGUST The Victoria and Albert Museum has commissioned seven architects to build their first structures in the UK. Architects from Japan (Terunobu Fujimori and Sou Fujimoto ), Brazil, India and Norway have designed spaces of retreat within the museum. Built at full size, visitors can enjoy the pieces first hand – a far cry from the mediated experience of drawings and models found elsewhere in the institution. Victoria and Albert Museum, London www.vam.ac.uk festival.com |
RCA SHOW TWO 23 JUNE – 4 JULY The annual Royal College of Art show is a good place to uncover the next generation of designers. This year’s crop no doubt hopes to emulate the success of 2009 graduate Min-Kyu Choi, whose folding plug went on to win the Brit Insurance Design of the Year award. This time around, Arriva Routemaster buses will ferry visitors from the show in Kensington to the brand new painting and sculpture department in Battersea. Royal College of Art, Kensington/Battersea www.rca.ac.uk |
| BELGRADE DESIGN WEEK 29 MAY – 6 JUNE An intense week of seminars, talks and exhibitions. Various venues in Belgrade www.belgradedesign week.com |
YES IS MORE 1 JUNE, 6.30PM Fresh from the Shanghai Expo, Bjarke Ingels discusses BIG’s bold and optimistic designs. RIBA, London www.architecture.com |
BRUCE NAUMAN: DAYS 2 JUNE – 23 AUGUST The American artist plays a continuous stream of voices reciting the days of the week in random order. The Museum of Modern Art, New York www.moma.org |
| FRANCIS ALŸS 15 JUNE – 5 SEPTEMBER Retrospective of the Belgian artist known for pushing ice through the streets of Mexico City. Tate Modern, London www.tate.org.uk |
WOLFGANG TILLMANS 26 JUNE – 29 AUGUST Exhibition of the Turner Prize-winning photographer. Serpentine Gallery, London www.serpentinegallery.org |
FREE RANGE 4-26 JUNE Graduate art and design show of more than 100 universities. Old Truman Brewery, London www.free-range.org.uk |
| DMY INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FESTIVAL BERLIN 9-13 JUNE A platform for the Berlin design scene. Various venues in Berlin dmy-berlin.com |
RAY LOWRY: LONDON CALLING 18 JUNE – 4 JULY Thirty contemporary artists have interpreted Lowry’s famous 1979 album cover for The Clash. Idea Generation Gallery, London www.ideageneration.co.uk |
ICON/IITTALA PUB QUIZ 29 JUNE The second installment of our friendly quiz. Venue TBC, sign up here: www.iconeye.com/ pubquiz |
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June Diary