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Thomas Heatherwick awarded Guild Mark The Furniture Makers’ Company has awarded Thomas Heatherwick a Bespoke Guild Mark for his Friction Table. He was presented the award at the Evolution of Tradition exhibition at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, where a 1:2 scale model of the table was on show. The piece of furniture was recognised for its pivoting mechanism that can transform from a circle of 1.8m diameter into an ellipse of over four metres long. The biggest design challenge was to balance the friction within the 212 pivot points, which is where the name originated. The exhibition featured 28 pieces from 15 designer-makers, including Tim Gosling, John Makepeace OBE and Katie Walker. Heatherwick will be profi led in the December issue of Studio magazine.
dcch.co.uk/evolution-of-tradition-programme/ heatherwick.com
Tom Dixon appoints new CEO Alessandro Vergano has been appointed as the new CEO of Tom Dixon. Formerly chief marketing offi cer at Swarovski, Vergano plans to expand the London- based lighting, furniture, and home accessories brand’s global reach and grow the business across all three sectors. His time will be spent between London and Hong Kong. “I’m delighted to welcome Alessandro to the elaborate and curious world of Tom Dixon. With our ambitious plans and unique proposition, we needed to fi nd someone with exceptional energy and a global outlook to lead the company into its next phase of development,” says Tom Dixon, creative director of his eponymous brand. “Alessandro’s international and diverse experience means that he is perfectly placed to be the partner in crime for our new adventures.”
tomdixon.net
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Ikea innovation lab releases co-living publication and podcast
The Progress 1000
The Evening Standard has announced its list of the 1000 most infl uential Londoners, celebrating leading fi gures from politics, business, media, technology, and the arts. The Progress 1000 features 30 names from the design industry, including the director of the Design Museum, Deyan Sudjic (pictured), furniture designer Matthew Hilton, and industrial designer Paul Priestman. Within the architecture category, Amanda Levete CBE – who designed the £54.5 million extension to the V&A – and David Adjaye, the Mayor of London’s newly appointed design advocate have been selected. Also on the list is Eric Parry, who designed the 1 Undershaft skyscraper (also known as The Trellis) which is soon to be UK’s second tallest building.
standard.co.uk/news/the1000
Ikea’s innovation lab Space10, in collaboration with Urgent. Agency, has released IMAGINE, a publication and podcast exploring how shared living can be designed. The 160-page document comprises articles, interviews, and case studies, focusing on how co-living spaces can not only be more affordable but also enable a better and more sustainable life for residents. IMAGINE strives to inspire a discussion about the possibility of (re-)designing and building new urban realities that promote a sense of well-being and improve the liveability, accessibility, and resource effi ciency of inhabited spaces. The One Shared House 2030 project will be shown at the Home Futures exhibition at London’s Design Museum between 7 November 2018 and 24 March 2019.
space10.io/collection/imagine-exploring-the-brave-new-world- of-shared-living/
designmuseum.org/exhibitions/future-exhibitions/home-futures
Image credit: Muhsin Akgü n
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