Clerkenwell - center of the universe. (for 1 week only. t's & c's apply.)

It's only bloomin'  Clerkenwell Design Week again. So backs are being broken and sweat is pouring all over the joint to make sure every showroom in Clerkenwell blows your mind. Or at the very least makes your eyebrows go up a bit.

Vitra's offering is an office that you can use if you like. It will be made up of the newest of the Bouroullec bro's designs.

And each evening they have a talk:

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Icon Magazine are having a competition that involves doodling and possibly winning a chair from either Vitra, Knoll, Kinnarps, Fritz Hansen, Arper or Kusch + Co. Doesn't  sound too hard. Do it. You could do with a chair.

Details are here: http://www.iconeye.com/news/design-%7C-latest-stories/icon-competition

 

Loads of sleb designers hanging about too. They'll mostly be talking about themselves or how offices have changed, but we all know they're here for the free drinks. So far have heard Patricia Urquiola, Erwan Bouroullec and Jay Osgerby will be around.

 

All the info is here: http://www.clerkenwelldesignweek.com/

Register for perks.

 

 

 


Vitra at Milan 2013

Here's a load of pictures from Day 1 of Furniture Fest 2013 for you to dribble over...........

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This stand must annoy people who have a crap display of chairs on shelves SO MUCH.  "Why didn't we think of making a wicked awesome stand?! Dammit!!"

 

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THIS is what you should be doing right now...

...go on. You've just done at least 40 hours of work for them, now use their computer to Gizoogle your favorite websites: http://www.gizoogle.net/

 

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Well bloomin done.

To all those who camped - well done you. Hope you have regained the feeling in your fingers and toes. And to all the others who got up extremely early on their day off and queued in the cold, well done you too. It's very unlikely any of you didn't go home with something you'll love, move house with and keep forever. (This is meant to refer to furniture, but if you hooked up witht he love of your life well done too.)

 

If you missed it, here's some pics to give you an idea of what it's like:

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We have film footage also. If we figure out how to upload it we will.

 

 

 


.03's got a dark side...

Maarten Van Severen's .03 is being launched in a  black/black colourway. It'll be priced the same as the standard versions: £324 or £339 for the stacking version. (plus VAT)

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We asked members of the public what they thought of this new, moody and suave version of the .03. Here's what they said:

 

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So there you go.

Available at selected retailers soon.

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SO ANGRY

This is the moment in that film* with that guy in it** when another guy*** gets so angry he throws his Meda chair through a window.

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He needs to CALM DOWN.

*Minority Report

**Tom Cruise

***Colin Farrell

 


Vitra Showroom Sale

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After a year off the Vitra UK showroom sale is back. You may know this already but the first 3 or 4 people get to buy 1 of the three or four 'Star Buys'. These are single items that have been priced stupidly low.  This year there are four: a set of Tip Tons for £99; an Eames Desk Unit for £199; a Park Swivel armchair for £399 and a Heart Cone Chair for £99.

So how early should you get there to try get one of this year's 'Star Buys'?:

In 2011 the first to queue arrived at about 9 or 10 the night before. The first in got a Coconut Chair for £99.

In 2010 the first two in got a Cite Chair for £99 and an Eames Lounge Chair for £199 respectively. They started queueing two days prior. They had tents (see below).

In 2009 the first to queue got a Polder Sofa for £100. He turned up the day before the sale.

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Who knows when you're supposed to turn up for these things. But one thing's for sure - you have to be a bit nuts.

 

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A room full of rain.

Not usually into hype, but being very close to the Barbican it felt amiss not to visit and curiosity won out - the Rain Room at the Curve Gallery is actually pretty cool.  Oh and the queue is nowhere near as bad as everyone says.

 

Just go.

 

 


Pink Apple Designs love you

Got a little announcement bubbling away, but to sweeten you up while it's simmering have a look at the Suita sofa below.

It's currently lounging about in the showroom at Pink Apple Designs.

So this is:

1 x open 2 seat with shelf at rear

1 x small chaise with high back

2 x Geometric D cushions

2 x Square Diamonds Cushions

1 x Retrospective Repeat cushions

 

All this for £2995 (inc VAT) to you lovelies - that's more than 60% off. Which is genuinely a bit mental.

Contact Lee@pinkappledesigns.co.uk for more information. And you really should as you're not going to see a bargain this good for a long, long, long time.

www.pinkappledesigns.co.uk

 

**Send an email with the subject "When is the Vitra UK showroom sale???" to info@vitra.com and you may well have your question answered. Soon.**

 

 


Illustrator needed!!

 

The Vitra showroom team is looking for a young illustrator who would like the chance to help design this year's Christmas window at the Vitra showroom in Clerkenwell.

The chosen illustrator must be able to work free-hand and at a large-scale.

Please send examples of your work to valerie.droulers@vitra.com by the 15th of October.