October Diary
Diary editor Johanna Agerman | johanna@icon-magazine.co.uk ICON MINDS: THE ESSENTIAL TALKS 14 OCTOBER Icon leaps off the page and into a former garage for our first-ever symposium: Icon Minds, in association with Austin-Smith: Lord.
Diary editor Johanna Agerman | johanna@icon-magazine.co.uk
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ICON MINDS: THE ESSENTIAL TALKS 14 OCTOBER Icon leaps off the page and into a former garage for our first-ever symposium: Icon Minds, in association with Austin-Smith: Lord. It will be a day of talks and debates with some of the brightest minds in architecture and design. Speakers include designer Ronan Bouroullec, architects Farshid Moussavi and Julien de Smedt, conceptual designers Dunne & Raby, novelist Bruce Sterling, architectural theorist Charles Jencks and Storefront for Art and Architecture’s Joseph Grima. As capacity is small, the event is by invite only, but look out for the full coverage on iconeye.com and in the next issue of icon. Village Underground, London www.iconeye.com/iconminds |
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| DAVID CHIPPERFIELD: FORM MATTERS 21 OCTOBER – 31 JANUARY The Design Museum is striking while the iron’s hot with its Chipperfield retrospective. The British architect is on a roll, what with winning the Stirling Prize last year and opening a slew of high-profile museums this year. Most recent is his universally admired reconstruction of the Neues Museum in Berlin, which had not been restored since its bombing in the Second World War. Icon’s Edwin Heathcote described it as “one of the richest, most resonant interiors I can remember” (icon 070). The Neues will be the centrepiece of the exhibition, no doubt because of its complexity, but also look out for the Louis Kahn-esque Hepworth Museum Design Museum, London www.designmuseum.org |
ARCHITECTURE + ART (PART 2) 19 OCTOBER – 2 NOVEMBER 7PM The Architecture Foundation presents the second part of its interdisciplinary talk series. First out are Tirana mayor Edi Rama and filmmaker Anri Sala, who discuss urban politics. Artist Rirkrit Tiravanija and French architect François Roche come together to talk about The Land development in Thailand, then architect Adam Caruso and artist Thomas Demand round off with a conversation on their collaboration. Tate Modern, London www.tate.org.uk |
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 17–25 OCTOBER Expect to see a healthy variety of fashion, products and textile design from about 1,500 exhibitors dotted around Eindhoven for this week-long event. The graduation exhibition by students from the Design Academy Eindhoven, who show their work in the academy’s dedicated gallery, is enough reason to go. Its alumni include some of the world’s most interesting young designers, such as Maarten Baas and Marije Vogelzang. Various venues, Eindhoven www.dutchdesignweek.nl |
| DESIGN USA: CONTEMPORARY INNOVATION 16 OCTOBER – 4 APRIL Celebrations as the National Design Awards turn ten. Cooper-Hewitt, New York www.cooperhewitt.org |
ART & DESIGN LONDON 14–18 OCTOBER The annual extravaganza showcases design as art. Berkeley Square, London www.padlondon.net |
AUTOPROGETTAZIONE REVISITED 3-27 OCTOBER Easy to assemble furniture by Enzo Mari and friends. AA Gallery, London www.aaschool.ac.uk |
| ECO HOME 13 OCTOBER – 7 FEBRUARY There is more to eco design than hemp and hype. Geffrye Museum, London www.geffrye-museum.org.uk |
UNILEVER SERIES: MIROSLAW BALKA 13 OCTOBER – 5 APRIL The Polish artist gets a stab at the Turbine Hall. Tate Modern, London www.tate.org.uk |
EVOLUTION OF THE SKYSCRAPER 22–23 OCTOBER This conference explores all aspects of skyscrapers, in the city that invented them. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago www.iit.edu |
| VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 1–11 OCTOBER The third Vienna design festival is dedicated to looking at how products shape everyday life. Various locations, Vienna www.viennadesignweek.at |
FRIEZE ART FAIR 15–18 OCTOBER 150 galleries from around the world gather in a tent. Regent’s Park, London www.friezeartfair.com |
100% DESIGN TOKYO 30 OCTOBER – 3 NOVEMBER The centrepiece of Asia’s liveliest design week. Jingu Gaien, Tokyo www.100percentdesign.jp |
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