Contemporary Design News
News of Contemporary Design, Architecture and Interiors
New of important design and architecture events and exhibitions, in the UK, Europe and around the world, that you can visit now.
7-9 June 2023
The theme of the 3daysofdesign 2023 festival in Copenhagen is 'Where Would We Be Without You'. This year, over 290 emerging and established design brands from Denmark will showcase their furniture, lighting, accessories and materials. Venues include showrooms, shops, workshops and the streets of 13 Design Districts around Copenhagen. Photo - Festival identity created by Rasmus Hjorshøj. 3daysofdesign
1 - 25 June 2023
The forth edition of the London Design Biennale takes place at Somerset house and its artistic director is the Nieuwe Instituut, the Netherlands national museum and institute for architecture, design and digital culture, led by General and Artistic Director, Aric Chen. The Biennale's theme is collaboration and it brings together design participants from around the world. London Design Biennale
7 April - 30 July 2023
Ai Weiwei: Making Sense is the artist's first exhibition focusing on design and architecture, displaying unseen works. Hundreds of thousands of objects are laid out over five expansive 'fields'. The field works are: Still Life, displaying 4,000 tools from the stone age; Left Right Studio Material, displaying the remains of Ai's sculptures from his 'Left Right' studio in Beijing; Sprouts, 250,000 hand crafted porcelain spouts form the Song dynasty; Untitled (Porcelain Balls), around 200,000 cannon balls also from the Song dynasty; Untitled (Lego Incident), lego pieces donated by the public. Other works on display by Ai include Water Lilies #1, a 15m high re-creation of French Impressionist Claude Monet's famous painting, made from almost 650,000 lego pieces Photo Ed Reeve. Design Museum
20 May - 26 November 2023
The 18th International Architecture Exhibition themed 'The Laboratory of the Future' is curated by academic, educator and best selling novelist Lesley Lokko and organised by the La Biennale of Venice. The spotlight this year is on Africa, with over half of the 89 contributors of the main show from Africa or the African Diaspora. Photo of Padiglione Centrale Giardini by Francesco Galli. Venice Biennale
13 May - 14 July 2023
The Gagosian gallery at 976 and 980 Madison Avenue, New York, will exhibit works by Donald Judd dating from 1965 to 1991. The exhibition features objects made from anodized and painted aluminum, galvanized iron, colored plexiglass, and plywood together with one of Donald Judd's largest series of prints. Main image is Donald Judd, untitled, 1991, clear anodized aluminum with transparent green over black plexiglass, 9 3/4 × 39 1/4 × 9 3/4 inches (24.9 × 99.9 × 24.9 cm) © Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo Martin Wong. Courtesy Gagosian. Gagosian
10 May - 7 August 2023
The Centre Pompidou in Paris will host the largest retrospective of Norman Foster's contribution to architecture spanning six decades. The exhibition, covering almost 2,200 square meters, reveals how the architect 'sought to challenge conventions, reinvent building types and demonstrate an architecture of light and lightness, inspired by nature, which can be about joy as well as being eco-friendly'. Photo © Daniel Jamme / Eiffage. Norman Foster, Centre Pompidou
25 March - 3 October 2023
The Garden Futures exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum explores the history and future of modern gardens. The exhibition explores various gardens including vertical urban farms, contemporary community gardens and gardens by designers and artists. After the show closes at the Vitra Design Museum it is expected to move to other venues around Europe. © Vitra, Photo: Dejan Jovanovic. Vitra Design Museum
18 March - 16 September 2023
An exhibition about 'architecture born of craftsmanship' is to exhibit architecture models from the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. The models are working models that counter the abstraction of computer assisted drafting by their solidity and texture. The venue, which was designed by Zumthor, is the Werkraum Bregenzerwald in the Bregenz Forest, Austria. Photo Peter Loewy for Werkraum Bregenzerwald. Werkraum Bregenzerwald
18 March - 1 October 2023
Stately Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, England, continues the Devonshire family's tradition of supporting creativity by commissioning contemporary designers. 'Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chartworth', places works by 16 international artists and designers into the historic context of the house, creating unexpected connections. Photo Chatsworth House Trust. Chatsworth
19 June 2022 - 31 December 2024
An exhibition about the design of the future takes place at the Design Museum Danmark. 'The Future is Present' exhibition aims to show examples of designers working to shape a better future by exploring different approached to challenges such as climate crisis, refugee flows, surveillance and pandemics. Design Museum Danmark
27 May 2023 - 14 January 2024
The Tate St Ives presents an exhibition of the revolutionary approach of The Casablanca Art School, which proposed a bold new visual culture following Morocco's independence in 1956. The School explored the combination of traditional Berber skills with modernist influences from Europe and North Africa, creating a new perspective for the post-colonial era. Photo © Mohammed Chabâa Estate. Tate St Ives
19 February - 29 July 2023
The Museum of Modern Art features a new exhibition, Architecture Now: New York, New Publics. The exhibition features 12 recently completed projects and is the first in a series that showcases emerging talent and groundbreaking projects in contemporary architecture. Photo: Iwan Baan. MoMA
