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Designer, artist, illustrator, and ceramicist Jaime Hayón's upcoming solo exhibition and seminar at London's Design Festival are must-sees. Jaime’s forms are decorative, fluid and sensuous and his objects and products always have a luxurious feel—whether a highly glossy vase, a smoothly polished metal lamp, or deliciously upholstered leather chair. This year he won Elle Decor's Best Bathroom award for his beautifully seductive designs produced with ArtQuitect (pictured far left, click images for detail). He also received rave reviews at the Milan fair this year for Showtime (far right), his new line of furniture for Bd Ediciones de Diseño, which highlight Jamie’s flamboyant side with oversized upholstered armchairs and a bold blue cabinet with many different legs. For Jaime the key is diversity—why just have four legs all the same when you can have 20 legs, all different?
After working in LA, Paris, Hong Kong and as head of Design at Fabrica (Benetton's communication research center in Italy) for several years, the Spanish Designer is now based in Barcelona, but will be in London for the Design Festival. His show opens 23 September 2006 and runs through 14 November 2006 at The Aram Gallery and he will be taking part in the Festival Design Talks at the Old Truman Brewery on 20 September 2006. Visit the festival website to reserve a seat.
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The second year of the Brit Insurance Designs Awards has sneaked up on us rather steathily and The Design Museum in London once again plays host to a wonderful collection of the past year's designs nominated in seven categories by the great and good of the design world. The overall 2009 award has been won, unsurprisingly, by Shepard Fairey for his already iconic poster...
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