Assuming that our interview with Moritz Walther from Depot Basel has inspired one or the other of you to visit their forthcoming exhibition, here is the full programme:

Depot Basel 08: Handwerk & Szenographie / Craft & Scenography

11.06.2012 - 11.07.2012

Opening: Mo 11.6.2012, 14.00 – 20.00

Afterparty with sausage & beer at SommerResidenz

WITH/MIT

PERSONAL CONTENT
A C E, Bastard Collection, Bashko Trybek, Charlotte Talbot, Clemence Seilles, Dik Scheepers, Earnest Studio & Emilie Pallard, Johannes Nagel, Julia Walter, Kaspar Hamacher, Tina Roeder, Tobias Schäfer, Valentin Loellmann

IN Residence
WITH ‘ANOTHER TERRA’
Tomás Alonso, BCXSY, Pieke Bergmans, Julien Carretero, Maarten De Ceulaer, FormaFantasma,
Glithero, Pepe Heykoop Lanzavecchia+Wai, Tomáš Libertiny, Philippe Malouin, Jo Meesters, Minale-Maeda, Mischer’Traxler, Liliana Ovalle, Raw Edges Design-Studio, Studio Besau-Marguerre, Anke WeissLIBRARY
LaVague

SELECTED
Michael Schoner, NOMAN, OSΔOOS, Giorgia Zanellato, Terrazzo ProjectINSTALLATIONS
Kasper Hamacher & John Franzen, Oeuffice, Judith Seng

INFRASTRUCTURE
Damien Gernay , Florian Hauswirth, Max Lipsey, Mieke Meijer, Tristan Cochrane, Camille Blin, Julien Renault, Charlotte Dumoncel d‘ArgenceSEATS
Christian Horisberger , Sibylle Stoeckli
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PERFORMANCE
Judith Seng with dancer Barbara Berti
Monday 11 June
7 PM
Tuesday 12 June
4 PM
_________TALK
Tido von Oppeln
Judith Seng
Marcel Frey
Burkhard Meltzer
Wednesday 13 June
2 PM
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GUIDED TOUR BY
Matylda Krzykowski
Monday 11 June
5 PM
Tuesday 12 June
3 PM
Wednesday 13 June
1 PM
Thursday 14 June
5 PM

As traditional the main DMY Berlin 2012 festival week will be accompanied by a bright and varied series of Satellite events at locations throughout the city.

If we’ve correctly counted there are 37 this year.And to help us, and you, keep track of what is happening where, we’ve constructed a simple Google Map.

Yes, we could have built an App.No, we don’t know how to do that.

No, we don’t have a budget for such.No, we don’t have a smart phone or tablet between us.

But. Everyone can read and understand a map. And you can find our map at DMY Berlin Satellites 2012

Enjoyable as the exhibition “Bauhaus: Art as Life” at the Barbican Centre in London is…..

…..wandering round the exhibition one can’t help feeling that one is under constant observation.

Which is a little unnerving.

Our full report, and more photos, ASAP….

 

The things one finds in a flea market in Berlin. A fully upholstered Eames Rocking Side Chair produced by Herman Miller & “Fehlbaum Productions”

Nothing against the RAR, but this RSR was a true delight to see…

Look who fluttered into our office this morning!

Our old friend the Hummingbird Mechthild by Christoph Schmidt.

We first met Mechtchild at the Marianne Brandt Contest 2010 in Chemnitz.
And were instantly entranced.

And now with May round the corner; and appropriately enough the Bauhaus exhibition “Art is Life” opening in the London Barbican in a couple of days….Mechthild popped in to say a quick hello, on the way back to Hamburg from her winter break in Africa.

Which was as lovely as it was unexpected.

We hope she becomes a regular visitor. And brings few chums. Because in a swarm, the effect is so much better.

Mechthild by Christoph Schmidt getting to know the (smow) office…..

…. System USM Haller…. … catching up with an old chum…

… and enthralling us all with photos from her flight over Sachsen

Coming back from the preview of “The Essence of Things: Design and the Art of Reduction” at the Grassi Museum Leipzig yesterday we stumbled across what is without question the biggest Tag we have ever seen.

Now it may look opulent and expansive; but as anyone in Leipzig can confirm, compared to the normal ORG Tags… this is pure reduction.

The initial rooms in MOST Milan were given over to the concepts founder - Tom Dixon.

In itself no bad thing. Especially when one found oneself confronted by rooms full of delightful objects such as Etch Light Web Copper.

We’re planning publishing our MOST review for next week - we need to finish typing up a couple of interviews first - but didn’t want to deny you a further impression of what was on display.

Although the Nils Holger Moormann stand in Mian was very much an homage on Pressed Chair by Harry Thaler … there were also a couple of other new products.

Including Paul & Paula by Matthias Ferwagner.

Looking a bit like a cross between Kampenwand and the Eames LTR Paul & Paula are two folding, occasional side tables.

Nothing complicated. Nothing clever.

Just a good practical design and a product that really no home should be without.

Apart from the fact they always throw an excellent party during Stockholm Design Week, Swedish producer Offecct are worth keeping any eye on because they produce some really interesting furniture from a very good pool of international designers.

Among the products Offecct presented in Milan, Smallroom by Ineke Hans particularly caught our attention.

Our picture probably isn’t the best, but we’re sure you get the idea.

In addition to being perfect for lobbies/waiting rooms, shops or in an open office space, Smallroom is available with an optional in-built plant pot holder.

Need we say more?