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DESIGN MIAMI DESIGNER OF THE YEAR JURY

daniel — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:10:37 +0000

Daniel Charny was invited to be on the Design Miami Designer of the Year Award Jury 2010 alongside Anniina Koivu, Cédric Morisset, Alexander von Vegesack, Ambra Medda & Wava Carpenter and 2008 winners Fernando & Humberto Campana. The nominations have all gone in and voting has happened as well.

INEKE HANS MIND-SETS

daniel — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:03:04 +0000

18th September – 30th October

The Aram Gallery presents Mind-Sets, a review of Dutch designer Ineke Hans’s work and her first solo exhibition in the UK. Mind-Sets is an introspective exhibition exploring Ineke Hans’s working process, her thoughts, fascinations and motives in design. This will be the 30th show curated by Daniel Charny at TAG since 2002.

DIALOGUES BY EUG STUDIO AT THE ARAM GALLERY

daniel — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:23:54 +0000

With the arrival of Abandon Architectures, El Ultimo Grito’s new book, The Aram Gallery is pleased to present three recent collections of work in blown-glass, resin coated cardboard and honeycomb mounted photographs reusing famous quotes. The works from 2009/10 have not yet been shown in the UK.Exhibition continues until 1st May 2010

Curator Daniel Charny
Director Zeev Aram

DIALOGUES has been kindly supported by Kingston University, London

PROTOTYPES & EXPERIMENTS IV: METAL & FORM

daniel — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:27:04 +0000

The Aram Gallery is delighted to open the fourth in the ongoing series Prototypes and Experiments with a new batch of exhibits sourced from the studios of emerging and established designers. This time there are a significant number of objects exploring ideas in metal.

Until 6th March 2010

THE INCIDENTAL SHORTLISTED IN BRIT INSURANCE DESIGNS OF THE YEAR 2010

daniel — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:33:34 +0000

Concept and creative direction by Daniel Charny, From Now On.

Commissioned and produced by: British Council, Arts & Architecture. Project development and design: Åbäke, BERG and Editing consultant Damian Barr. LDF version design team included: Jérôme Rigaud, Bannocks&H ill, Jonathan Attenborough and Oliver Bishop-Young.

Shortlisted in the Design Museum’s Interactive category, The Incidental is a community-generated website and news pamphlet was created for Milan and London Design Festival by and for the design community. It was developed as a new service replacing the traditional gallery exhibition model of previous years and was the fruit of a rich collaboration between curators, writers, digital and graphic designers. First launched in April 2009, for the Milan Furniture Fair it reached an estimated 20,000 people from over 50 countries, offering opinion, reviews, news and recommendations by tapping into peoples reactions to what they were experiencing in the fair events. During the 2009 London Design Festival The Incidental included an open-house publishing base and encouraged people to drop by, comment, record, tweet, email, text and use a mixture of digital and physical forms of communication to add to the user-generated content, which was then distributed through the four editions, daily redesigned, self printed, folded and packaged during the festival.

NOMINATED BY DANIEL CHARNY

CURATING CONTEMPORARY DESIGN

daniel — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:34:36 +0000

Daniel Charny was invited to give a talk about curating contemporary design at Barcelona’s Industrial Design Association based in the beautiful FAD complex by the MACBA. Chaired by Dr. Viviana Narotzky of ADI FAD, Charny reviewed his experience from recent years and presented current thoughts of working in the field of curating contemporary design using examples from projects involving Spanish designers in shows such as the group show Conversational Spanish, Stage by Jaime Hayon, Tenerife Design Festival and most recently the solo show of Javier Mariscal – Drawing Life for the Design Museum London. PODCAST OF TALK

GRASSWORKS BY JAIR STRASCHNOW

daniel — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:52:15 +0000

17 September – 28 November 2009

Amsterdam based designer Jair Straschnow has designed a series of experiments in self-assembly furniture. Grassworks is range that is designed to be simple, intelligent, beautiful, space-saving and wholly sustainable.

The furniture is made from bamboo laminate sheets which use an interlocking system of component parts for assembly, with dry mechanical fastening rather than glue and screws. The interlocking components allow the furniture to be flat packed.
Listed as part of London Design Festival 2009

MARISCAL DRAWING LIFE

daniel — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:48:55 +0000

1st July to 1st November 2009

The Design Museum presents the first UK retrospective of Spanish designer and artist Javier Mariscal. Regarded as one the world’s most innovative and original designers of our time, Mariscal’s rich and diverse body of work spans kooky cartoon characters to stunning interiors, from furniture to graphic design and corporate identities.The exhibition and graphics will be designed by Mariscal, promising an immersive experience for the visitor into the world and mind of Mariscal. Mariscal will also design and paint an elaborate mural for the exterior of the Design Museum showcasing his unique vision and signature design style.
Mariscal Drawing Life Blog

PODCAST MARISCAL AND DANIEL CHARNY AT THE DESIGN MUSEUM

daniel — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:41:44 +0000

DRAWING LIFE at the Design Museum is a comprehensive review and unique installation of Javier Mariscals work. Curator Daniel Charny walks through the exhibition with Mariscal as they discuss the various elements of the show, design process and passion for Drawing in this podcast produced by Marcus Fairs for Dezeen

MY PERFECT NEIGHBOURS at the Korean Cultural Centre

daniel — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:42:59 +0000

The Korean Design Foundation have invited Daniel Charny as guest curator, along side artist curator Zinoo Park, to nominate projects that deal with ‘sharing’. The international collaborative exhibition will open during the London Design Festival at the central space of the Korean Cultural Center near Trafalgar Square. Charny chose four projects that are all to do with sharing physical space: Wallfa by Jordi Canudas; Drop by Olivia Decaris; Landspace by Nic Rysenbry and YOUMAY by Walking Chair. The exhibition will include a rich selection of European and South Korean designers conducting live events and presenting exciting new work of an experimental nature. It is part of the KDF’s ongoing international programme DesignMADE.

Exhibition open: 22nd September – 8th October 2009