1. SuperChristmasMarket

    Title: SuperChristmasMarket
    Location: Somerset House - WC2R 1LA
    Description: Simon Donald, Robert Archard, Alexandre Bettler, Isabel Costa Lucio, Carl Clerkin, Bernadette Deddens, Simon Donald, Martino Gamper, Gemma Gourlay, Sena Gu, Jon Harrison, Ikik Ceramics, Out of Office, David Weatherhead and Joe Wentworth.
    Start Time: 10:00
    Date: 2008-12-19

    Shopping highlights include: The Clamp Nut Cracker by Simon Donald, available in either walnut or beech wood and personalised wooden name brooches and necklaces by Lady Luck Rules OK.

    Other designers in Super Christmas Market include: Robert Archard, Alexandre Bettler, Isabel Costa Lucio, Carl Clerkin, Bernadette Deddens, Simon Donald, Martino Gamper, Gemma Gourlay, Sena Gu, Jon Harrison, Ikik Ceramics, Out of Office, David Weatherhead and Joe Wentworth.

    Super Christmas Market is designed by Mark Garside and curated by Somerset House with Vicky and Jess.

    Cash or cheque only
    Friday 19 December, 6 – 9 pm
    Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 December, 10am – 6pm
    Ticket £2, which includes entrance to the Wouldn’t it be nice… exhibition.
    Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA. www.somersethouse.org.uk, 020 7845 4600
    Nearest tube: Holborn, Embankment, Temple


  2. Forever

    Forever
    21 November 2008 - 1 February 2009
    John Madejski Garden
    Admission free

    A large video wall will generate infinite variations of digital animations responding to the rhythm of a single soundtrack. Each music video will be different, presenting a unique reaction to the track. The bespoke generative design system at the heart of Forever will spawn countless reactive music videos, everyday, forever.

    Title: Forever
    Location: V&A John Madejski Garden
    Description: This winter the V&A John Madejski Garden will come alive with the latest digital commission by Universal Everything , a multidisciplinary design studio founded by creative director Matt Pyke in 2004.
    Start Time: 8pm
    Date: 2008-11-21


  3. Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2007

    Title: Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2007
    Location: Cafe Oto, Dalston
    Description: The Helvetic Centre and the Swiss Federal Office of Culture would like to invite you to the opening on the 19 November 2008 at 7pm. Hans Muster, director of Helvetic Centre will have a few words and guests from Switzerland will introduce the competition and the catalogue.
    Please reserve Saturday afternoon 29 November for there will be a workshop held in the exhibition with guests from London and Switzerland. For further information go to www.helveticcentre.ch
    Start Date: 2008-11-19
    Start Time: 19:00
    End Date: 2008-11-30


  4. Reflect Please at Nothing Works

    Title: Reflect Please at Nothing Works
    Location: Shoreditch Town Hall
    Description: Alexandre Bettler will present his recent project: Reflect Please at Nothing Works, curated by Michael Czerwinski and Amanprit Sandu from the Design Museum.


    Start Time: 19:00
    Date: 2008-09-18


  5. OKAY Studio - Under the Same Roof

    Title: OKAY Studio - Under the Same Roof
    Location: ARAM Gallery


    Description: OKAY Studio is a collective of individual designers sharing a bit more then a workspace. Each has broken their own ground, with some also working for leading design studios while others work on consultancy projects. But they share the drive to generate self-initiated projects, produce work with their own clients and exhibit in galleries and museums internationally. This will be the first curated exhibition of the group.

    Start Date: 2008-09-18

    OKAY STUDIO
    UNDER THE SAME ROOF

    NEW WORK BY:
    Shay Alkalay
    Tomas Alonso
    Jordi Canudas
    Mathias Hahn
    Peter Marigold
    Yael Mer
    Oscar Narud
    Hiroko Shiratori
    Jorre van Ast


  6. CLOSING Prototypes and Experiments

    Title: CLOSING Prototypes and Experiments
    Location: The Aram Gallery - Drury Lane
    Description: So these are the last two weeks to see unique work by Åbäke, Jorre van Ast, Sebastian Bergne, Jurgen Bey, Martino Gamper, El Ultimo Grito, Gitta Gschwendtner, Ineke Hans, Matthew Hilton, Michael Marriott, Ben Panayi, Tomek Rygalik and Floris Schoonderbeek.
    ?The first round of our long-term and ever-changing exhibition of pieces sourced directly from designers’ studios.
    Date: 2008-08-30


    The Aram Gallery is initiating a series of displays made up of prototypes and experiments sourced from designers’ studios. The displays will form a long-term and ever-changing exhibition, with a new piece brought into the gallery each time another is sold or returned to its owner.

    It includes work by a.b.a.k.e., Jorre van Ast, Sebastian Bergne, Jurgen Bey, Martino Gamper, Thomas Gardner, El Ultimo Grito, Gitta Gschwendtner, Ineke Hans, Matthew Hilton, Michael Marriott, Ben Panayi, Tomek Rygalik and Floris Schoonderbeek.