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Jmitchell
Six of the best: stacking chairs
The best stackable, portable designer chairs, perfect for easy transportation and storage
In the Making at the Design Museum with Barber & Osgerby
On at the Design Museum in London, Barber & Osgerby’s In The Making show explores the design duo’s fascination with the making process via unfinished objects, from pure high-tech silicon to how they put the swirl in a glass marble. Editor Johnny Tucker caught up with the design pair separately and asked them to question each other about the subject via Blueprint. You’re reading their answers at the same time as they are
Photographing the Berlin wall – or where it once stood
Photographer Paul Raftery revisits the site of the Berlin Wall and documents the huge changes that have taken place in the once divided city since the wall came down in 1989
Libby Sellers chooses her must-see art and design events
Formerly senior curator of the Design Museum in London, Libby Sellers launched her eponymous venue in 2007 as a platform to support and promote progressive and critical design in a commercial gallery. Working with some of Europe’s most engaging designers — including Aldo Bakker, Formafantasma, Simon Hasan, Max Lamb, M/M (Paris) and Paola Petrobelli — the gallery has since produced unique and editioned works presented
through exhibitions and site-specific installations internationally. libbysellers.com
Designer furniture inspired by drawing at Gallery Libby Sellers
London gallery presents Drawn From, a exhibition of objects with ‘linear qualities’
Video: Alison Killing on the future of architecture
Competition-winning film by Alison Killing, who runs Rotterdam-based Killing Architects, discusses the shifting role of the architect and the challenges for young practices
Hella Jongerius joins Danskina as design director
One of Holland’s most highly regarded designers, Jongerius promises to take the textile company in a new direction
The final frontier in conference centre design?
Cosmic-themed conference centre designed by Liong Lie Architects aims at making business conferences less boring
Author Nathan Silver responds to review of his book Adhocism
Co-author, along with Charles Jencks, of the recently reissued book Adhocism: The Case for Improvisation criticises review by Thomas Wensing, published in issue 330 of Blueprint, calling it ‘a catalogue of false suppositions’.
Oil painting wins best record cover of the last year
Work by Michael Kagan, used as cover art for new album by London band White Lies, wins at Best Art Vinyl 2013 competition