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Christian Louboutin

01 May – 09 July 2012 at The Design Museum

The Design Museum presents iconic French shoe designer Christian Louboutin, celebrating a career which has pushed the boundaries of high fashion shoe design. This exhibition celebrates Louboutin’s career showcasing twenty years of designs and inspiration, revealing the artistry and theatricality of his shoe design from stilettos to lace-up boots, studded sneakers and bejewelled pumps. Be taken on a magical journey of style, glamour, power, femininity and elegance.

This looks like an amazing exhibition and do let us know if you've been lucky enough to visit it already.

 

Made North Designer Showcase

The Made North Designers showcase has come to Wakefield! Since it's launch back in February at the Made North conference it has been traveling around the UK & will end in London later this year. The Exhibition is promoting the brilliant furniture / product / graphic designer's that can be found in the north.

It celebrates designers who are using innovation, technology & new processes to create new ideas & products. If you've got a spare afternoon in Wakefield I'd recommend popping in.

The exhibition runs from April 16th - June 8th, at Beam.

 

Life Online

A group of Tigerprinters will be attending the late night opening of Life Online tonight at the Media Museum in Bradford.

We've been waiting a long time to see this exhibition which officially opens Friday 30th March.

"In March 2012, we will open the world's first gallery dedicated to exploring the social, technological and cultural impact of the internet. This permanent gallery will trace the history of the internet, uncover how it has changed people's lives and track the latest trends.

The gallery will bring together historically significant content, multimedia displays, and a programme of special exhibitions exploring contemporary trends and issues related to how the internet and the web are changing society.

Life Online will be powered by the ideas, thoughts and opinions of our physical and virtual visitors, ultimately creating an invaluable public archive of society's relationship with the internet and the web in the 21st century".

In addition the Media Museum will be hosting the TEDx Bradford event Friday 30th March 1-6pm and we will be sure to bring you a few snippets from the events in the next few days.

 

Out of Sync

  © Somerset House
  © Somerset House

London based Chilean artist Fernando Casasempere’s large scale courtyard installation at Somerset House recreates the joy we feel at the site of blossoming daffodils signalling the end of winter and the beginning of spring. 10,000 ceramic daffodils, placed in a naturalistic setting within The Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court, remind us of the wonder and accuracy of nature’s clock, against the backdrop of an ever changing environment.

The exhibition is free to all and will be open until 27th April during the hours 10am - 6pm.

Check out the full details from Somerset House here.

 

The Faberge Big Egg Hunt

The Big Egg Hunt presented by Faberge sees 209 giant egg sculptures placed high and low across central London for over 6 weeks. These stunning pieces of unique and extraordinary art will capture the imagination of London; each one finely designed, crafted and decorated by leading artists from around the world. 

Each two and a half foot fiberglass sculpture will take its place in the hunt throughout the 12 egg zones across London, and come together for The Grand Eggstavaganza on the Easter weekend. View the entire collection in all its speggtacular glory from Thursday 5 ^th to Monday 9 ^th April.

A Golden Collection of 30 eggs will be sold at live auction on 20 ^th March with the rest of the eggs sold online. All proceeds from the auction go to charities Elephant Family and Action for Children.

Below are a selection my favourite designs starting with Sophie Conran and  'The First Spring'.

        Diane Von Furstenberg - "Love is Life"

Rob Ryan - "The Birds Promise"

MUMO for Wolf & Badger - "Sao Paulo Skyline".

 

Natalie Guy - "Love and Flourish"

 

Salvador Dali at Nunnington Hall

An exhibition by one of the world’s most famous surrealist artists has gone on display in North Yorkshire.

Nunnington Hall, near Helmsley is playing host to an exhibition of works by Salvador Dali, until Sunday, March 18.

Dali’s work is probably best known for its inclusion of lobster telephones and melting clocks depicted within surreal landscapes.

The exhibition is open daily, except Mondays, from 11am to 5pm. Normal admission applies.

Donna Wilson

  © Donna Wilson

  © Donna Wilson

Scottish designer Donna Wilson brings her playful textiles to Yorkshire Sculpture Park this winter, drawing inspiration from the landscape to create an eccentric world of knitted trees and curiosities featuring her trademark patterns and colours alongside exclusive limited edition prints. Named ‘Designer of the Year 2010’ by Elle Decoration, Donna is known for her knitted creatures, textiles, home-wares and furniture.

The exhibition will run until 26th February 2012 so plenty of time to plan your visit.

Tigerprint are delighted to be sponsoring an event at Huddersfield University which will see Donna give a professional practice talk today. Unfortunately tickets for the event are now sold out but we will hopefully bring you a few pics from the event tomorrow.

 

Donna Wilson at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

  © Donna Wilson

  © Donna Wilson

Scottish designer Donna Wilson brings her playful textiles to Yorkshire Sculpture Park this winter, drawing inspiration from the landscape to create an eccentric world of knitted trees and curiosities featuring her trademark patterns and colours alongside exclusive limited edition prints. Named ‘Designer of the Year 2010’ by Elle Decoration, Donna is known for her knitted creatures, textiles, home-wares and furniture.

The exhibition will run until 26th February 2012 so plenty of time to plan your visit.

Tigerprint are delighted to be sponsoring an event at Huddersfield University which will see Donna give a professional practice talk. To find out more and book your place head here.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

At the weekend I was lucky enough to visit the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and it was a bright and crisp day - perfect.

On this visit I was particularly taken by the sculptures of Jaume Plensa, whose work you can see above in my pics.

"YSP presents an extraordinary body of new and recent work by renowned Spanish artist Jaume Plensa. Encouraging tactile and sensory exploration, this vibrant exhibition includes a 50-metre curtain of poetry made of suspended steel letters, large illuminated sculptures in the landscape, and engraved gongs that visitors can strike to fill the gallery with sound".

The work of Jaume Plensa is on display until 22nd January 2012 more info here.

Definitely worth a visit and the sculptures outside look amazing both by day and night, so worth sticking around to watch the sun set. You can always keep warm with a hot chocolate from the cafe!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and don't forget final few days for the Fun Pet Photography Competition.

Vic

Alice in Wonderland

If you ever needed an excuse to visit Tate Liverpool then do I have one for you. Opening Friday 4th November is Alice in Wonderland.

"Lewis Carroll’s timeless novels, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, have fascinated children and adults alike since their publication over 150 years ago. Alice in Wonderland at Tate Liverpool is the first exhibition of its kind to explore how Lewis Carroll’s stories have influenced the visual arts, inspiring generations of artists. The exhibition will provide insight into the creation of the novels and the inspiration they have provided for artists through the decades.

The starting point for the exhibition is Carroll’s original manuscript, written in 1864 as a present for ten year old Alice Liddell.  Carroll’s own illustrations ensured that images were central to the story, creating a visual world which took on a life of its own.

Alice in Wonderland will offer visitors a rare opportunity to view Carroll’s own drawings and photographs, alongside Victorian Alice memorabilia and John Tenniel’s preliminary drawings for the first edition of the novel".

Find out more details here.