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For the want of a nail the shoe was lost... ..and so the rhyme goes, a ramshackle chain of events that ultimately see a battle lost and a kingdom conquered. Ok.... ok, so humour us for a moment: dismissing the tenuous shoe analogy and the context being that of a horse shoe, we can all concede (rather clumsily) that...

Sancal have come leaps and bounds in the past 40 years from a humble 3 person family affair to one of the leading contemporary furniture design and manufacturers, exporting from Spain to the world. The third instalment of their newsletter: "NOW" is out and well worth a look.  A good read, really. Download it here or flip through it online.

We've had dancing, renovating, cooking, singing, sewing, exercising and now: designing in Design for Life. In the eternal quest by television production houses to roll out newer, more appealing reality content, the wheel has finally spun around to the intriguing world of product design...  and not before time! The inescapable Philippe Starck fronts this BBC production that see’s 12 hopefuls...

Think advertising, architecture, design, fashion and film, and you’ve barely scratched the surface of Creative Sydney. Beneath this record breaking rainfall and in the midst of the current cold snap that has beseiged Sydney these past two weeks, there is so much going on in the world of art, creativity and design that the resilient Sydney creative scene cannot be...

"Design a chair and/or table."  It's that simple. An easy brief?  Andreu World invite you to find out! Celebrating it's 10th Birthday in 2010, the annual Andreu World Design Competition is again open to all designers and design students... internationally. The winner will walk away with €4000 whilst second place will rightfully collect the tidy sum of €3000. Take...

Image Copyright: Owen Lynch From May 12th until August 1st, some of Sydney's most hidden, evocative locations are being made publicly accessible for the 17th Biennale of Sydney. Based on the curatorial theme THE BEAUTY OF DISTANCE: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age, recent and new works by Australian artists will be showcased alongside international artists at Sydney’s leading...

That's the word from renowned retail design guru and brand strategist:  Mark Landini from Landini Associates On April 27th, KE-ZU played host to the Retail Design Institute as they presented Landini talking on the shifts and trends in current retail design practice. The insightful presentation explored the social impact of brand awareness, how to maximise on brand loyalty and...

So You Think You Can Dance has seen recent success both here and abroad, though amongst the dance community opinion is divided on whether the platform is a true and positive reflection of the artform.  Whichever side of the rehearsal room you find yourself warming up on, it has become undeniable that the spotlight has definitely been thrown onto...

Design association RED in collaboration with ICEX, the Spanish Embassy's Economic and Commercial Office in New York and Surface Magazine, is running an exhibition lounge in the Grand Hotel Tribeca, New York City, comprising entirely Spanish products The event, which opened on the 13 May, coinciding with the ICFF fair, exhibits 16 Spanish companies:  including Bd Barcelona,  LZF Lamps...

Milan has been and gone, the volcanic ash has (for now) shown signs of settling, and it's already half way through May... That means that it's International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) time in New York! In two days time, the curtain goes up on the 22nd ICFF exhibition showcasing 590 of the latest and most exciting names in contemporary furniture...