Calendar of Events

-AUSTRIA
Lightart Biennale Austria
Event
Sept – Nov
“Lightart Biennale Austria 2010″ is a non-commercial exhibition of lightart. There are light-artists as well as visual artists who uses light as an art-medium.

-CANADA
Western Red Cedar Architectural Design Awards
Competition
The Western Red Cedar Lumber Association (www.realcedar.org) sponsors the Architectural Design Awards “to recognize innovative design using one of the world’s most unique building materials, Western.
Western Red Cedar for your next project, call 1 866 778 9096 or www.realcedar.org.

-FRANCE
Biennale Internationale Design Saint Etienne
Event
Nov – Dec
Cité du design, Ancienne Manufacture d’Armes de Saint-Etienne, 3, rue Javelin Pagnon, 42000 Saint-Etienne, France
Tel : +33 (0)4 77 49 74 70
Saint Étienne International Design Biennial is a unique event in the domain of design. The Biennial democratizes design and makes it accessible to all kinds of audiences, proving that this creative discipline can take many forms, and is often driven by human aspects, including its uses by humans. The theme of the 2010 biennial is around teleportation. It intends to explore paths of discoveries that will tend in their extreme expression to lead to a possible teleportation as the dematerialization of movement which appears to be an incredibly revealing notion of our era.

-Germany
DMY International Design Festival
Am Flutgraben 3, D-12435 Berlin, Germany
Phone: +49.30.53 01 48 88
At the yearly DMY International Design Festival Berlin both renowned and young, experimental designers launch new products, prototypes and foresighted projects. The exhibition is accompanied by a wide program of symposia, designer-talks and workshops, able to reflect current topics of contemporary design and to reveal necessary future trends of design and its related disciplines.

imm Cologne
Fair
phone +49 1805 91 3131
imm cologne showcases the home interiors of the future. The important suppliers from Germany, the rest of Europe and all over the world will present their latest products here. imm cologne is the central meeting place for suppliers and decision-makers.

-ITALY
Association of Design
Competition
Decembre-Janvier
Telephone Info +39 041 5218711 – Email Info info@labiennale.org
International Architecture Exhibition
Design Award and Competitions, aims to highlight the excellent qualifications of best designs, design concepts and design oriented products.

La Biennale di Venezia – 12th International Architecture
Exhibition
Aug – Nov
The 12th International Architecture Exhibition is directed by Kazuyo Sejima and titled “People meet in architecture”.

-SPAIN
Lamp Lighting Award
Competition
“Lamp Lighting” award projects that have successfully met the architectural lighting needs of an interior or exterior space, having created a positive synergy between architecture, interior design, landscaping and lighting. The Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards value the creativity, innovation and sustainability of lighting projects, regardless of the manufacturer or the brand of lights used in the project.

-SWEDEN
Stockholm Furniture Fair
February
Stockholm Furniture Fair, Stockholmsmässan AB, 125 80 STOCKHOLM, Besöksadress Mässvägen 1, Älvsjö
Tel +46 8 749 41 00 furniturefair@stockholmsmassan.se

-UK

London Design Week 2010
March, 2010
Design Centre Chelsea Harbour, London SW10.
Interior design exhibition featuring the latest fabrics, wall coverings, furniture, lighting, kitchens, outdoor living, tiles and carpets.

RIBA
Competition
66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD, UK
Tel: +44 (0)207 580 5533
The Royal Institute of British Architects champions better buildings, communities and the environment through architecture and our members.

-US
New York International Gift Fair
Fair
Jan. 29 – Feb. 3, 2011
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Piers 92 & 94
New York

National Design Triennial
Exhibition
2 East 91st Street New York, NY 10128
The National Design Triennial explores the work of designers addressing human and environmental problems across many fields of the design practice, from architecture and products to fashion, graphics, new media, and landscapes.


eVolo Skyscraper Competition

Competition
July – Jan
The annual eVolo Skyscraper Competition is a forum for the discussion, development, and promotion of innovative concepts for vertical density. It examines the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and the city.


The Art of Photography Show

Aug – Nov
Art of Photography Show, 8030 La Mesa Blvd, Suite 200, La Mesa, CA 91942 USA
Phone: (619) 825-5575
The mission for this annual project is to create an ideal forum for photographers to exhibit and sell their work, reaching a very large community of art collectors, affluent individuals, corporate heads, civic leaders and very influential people who make up the Art of Photography Show audience.

JAPAN
DESIGNTIDE TOKYO
Exhibition
November
Otsuka bldg #201, 1-13-6, Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 Japan Japan
TEL : +81(0)3 – 6459 – 2970
DESIGNTIDE TOKYO is a trade show to present new products and to set forth new scenes.
While it focuses on interior design and commercial products, the event presents carefully selected design products
from various fields. DESIGNTIDE TOKYO also functions as an exhibition to showcase
the devoted designers’ new ideas and their unique perspectives to the world.

TOKYO DESIGN WEEK
Environmental Design Exhibition
November
1-17-11 Minamiaoyama Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0062 Japan
TEL:03-3470-7699  E-mail:contact@tdwa.com
The main venue of TOKYO DESINGERS WEEK 2010 is “Environment Design Exhibition Tent” Tent. It will be a place for corporation organizations and individual designers to introduce various design approaches of “living environment” to visitors.