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Some might say there's never been a bigger need for culture at a time when two of Europe's biggest countries are going through political upheaval. For those seeking solace in sport and there are rich pickings on offer as Euro 2024 reaches its climax, not to mention Wimbledon or the second week of the Tour de France. There's certainly no reason why you can't make your own pick 'n' mix from all the topics mentioned and add something a la carte from our menu of cultural offerings this week. DesignBarbie®: The Exhibition at the Design Museum (London UK)A major exhibition exploring the design evolu...
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Whether it’s being a president, an astronaut, a fashionista or a doctor, Barbie has done it all. A new exhibition celebrating the iconic doll's 65th anniversary will open at London's Design Museum on Friday 5 July for a seven-month run. The show presents 250 objects from Barbie's world, including 180 dolls spanning seven decades - and Ken and friends also make an appearance. "From the perspective of the Design Museum, what we really wanted to do is to look at Barbie through a design lens," explained the show's curator Danielle Thom. "[What] a lot of people don't know is how these dolls come in...
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Nilufer Danis, the Turkish award winning garden designer, has recreated the essence of the world-famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in the grounds of the palace of one England’s most notoriously anti-Catholic monarchs, King Henry VIII. The garden is a star attraction at the annual Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, the mischievous little sibling of the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show. Over the years Hampton has earned an international reputation for experimentation and cutting-edge design with a twist. Other gardens jockeying for prominence at the Festival include the Lion King Anniversar...
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In a leafy corner of Hampstead, north London, is a terrace of three houses that bring together controversy, trailblazing modernist design and a James Bond villain who took on 007 in the 1964 film Goldfinger – the third instalment of the all-conquering spy movie franchise. In the middle of the three houses sits 2 Willow Road, the modernist masterpiece home of Hungarian born, French educated architect and leading light of the British modernist movement, Ernő Goldfinger. His very personal ode to European modernism heralded the birth, or at least the difficult early childhood, of the British moder...
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Go into any bookshop and you’ll see a smorgasbord of design styles. There will be the big, bold, blocky text covers; the abstract image covers; the hand-drawn lettering in twee frame covers; the photograph covers. All of these are trying to communicate something to you. It’s the publishers' first opportunity to impress upon readers information about genre, themes, similar books, and even the reader’s own age and gender. A good cover can help a book reach its intended audience, while a bad cover might be the reason a new author never gets the opportunity to publish a follow-up. Cannes Film Fest...
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The Study Pavilion on the campus of the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany, designed by architects Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke, has been crowned the winner of this year's EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture. Revealed by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe and the European Commission, the German project is being rewarded for its innovative approach to sustainability and for creating a welcoming and interactive space for study, collaboration, and community gatherings. Düsing and Hacke, who founded their studios in 2015 and won the competition for the study centre in 2015, are the youn...
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Since its inception in 1988, the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture, also known as the Mies van der Rohe Award, has celebrated excellence in architectural works built across Europe. Co-organised by the European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, the prize is set to announce its winner for its 2024 edition on 14 May at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona. A jury have whittled down 362 nominees to a shortlist of 40, competing for the main €60,000 prize. The award also includes the Emerging Architect Prize (€30 000). The awarded projects are not only judged on their aesthe...
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The world’s largest design festival, Milan Design Week, opens its doors to the public from Tuesday 16 until Sunday 21 April. Hailed as one of the world’s premier showcases of cutting-edge design and creative thinking, Milan Design Week, or Salone Internazionale del Mobile di Milano, has become a byword for style and substance - a riot of creativity and culture spread across the historic Italian city. More than 1,900 exhibitors, including 600 young talents under 35 and 22 design schools will take part in the 62nd edition of the Salone del Mobile.Milano. The world famous furniture fair, which is...
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