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United Micro Kingdom: A Design Fiction at the Design Museum in London, presents multiple perspectives on a fictional future for the United Kingdom, as imagined by designers and educators Dunne and Raby. The exhibition, which is open to the public until August 26th 2013, sees England devolved into four self contained counties or micro kingdoms, each free to experiment with governance, economy and lifestyle.
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Autumn of 2013 will see the late Isabella Blow’s wardrobe on show at Somerset House to celebrate her life and rich wardrobe; “one of the most important collections of the late 20th/ early 21st century” – Somerset House.
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Open from May 9th through to August 14th 2013, the exhibition ‘Punk: Chaos to Couture‘ will open at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and will showcase original punk garments from the 1970′s, the era of which this fashion was born, alongside recent fashion, illustrating how haute couture and ready-to-wear collections have ‘borrowed’ the aesthetics of punk.
Above: Bone Lmmp, Eirik Helgesen / The Puritan Light, Mary Argyrou
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Milan Design Week 2013 closed its doors for another year last night. Here we present some of the highlights from the Royal College of Art 2012 graduates in an exhibition entitled ‘Work’.
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Excitement is growing in anticipation of the opening of the new Chelsea Art Fair, which will take place at Chelsea Old Town Hall, King’s Road, London SW3 5EE between Thursday, April 11 to Sunday, April 14, 2013. 35 exhibitors from around the country and abroad, will show works by some of their best modern and contemporary artists in Chelsea. Some well-known, others new discoveries, but all works of art are specially selected to be first shown at this fair in London.
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As part of the upcoming 2013 edition of Ventura Lambrate, PADIGLIONEITALIA (the Italian Pavilion) has invited seventeen designers to consider food not just as a raw material, but also as a key element of the creative and productive process. The collective exhibition entitled FOODMADE, features designers and design studios including Whomade + Michela Milani, Leonardo Talarico, Antonio Aricò, Cristina Celestino, CTRLZAK, Gio Tirotto and Emanuele Magini.
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CIFF Future Fabrics is set to be the leading sustainable fabrics fair in Europe. In partnership with the London-based no-profit organisation The Sustainable Angle UK, the all-new trade fair and conference shines the spotlight on sustainable materials for the fashion and furniture industries.
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As a key driver for fashion business in Eastern Europe, Collection Premiere Moscow (CPM) displayed 1,600 collections from 31 countries, boasting high sales and positioning itself as one of the leading trade fairs in Russia.
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Here we highlight the fluxus art exhibition ’Tokyo: 1955–1970: A New Avant-Garde’ which is currently in its last week at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The interest in this particular movement seamlessly ties in with MPDClick’s ‘Avant Garde’ spring/summer 13 trend.
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2013’s hottest travel destination Sri Lanka is an emerging economy with huge socioeconomic and new commercial opportunities. A leader in green initiatives, this South Asian island nation has proven ethical and sustainable models from its premier fashion manufacturing and design education to tourism and development. As part of London Fashion Week, Sri Lanka’s IFS exhibition ‘Sustainable Futures in New Fashion’ and open table discussion entitled ‘Next Generation of Sustainability & Design – The Sri Lankan Perspective’ on February 14th, showcase how fashion can encompass sustainability, heritage crafts and state-of-the-art green manufacturing.
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