Attention All Art Lovers!

Nicola Rose, Fragment of the Wild 1.  oil and sand on canvas, 40 x 40 cm, £450, Foss Fine Art

Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London

7 - 10 March 2013

Spring is just around the corner, which can mean only one thing – it’s nearly time for a glorious arty day out in Battersea Park. Just like the happy kite flier in our campaign image, you can enjoy a fun day out browsing and buying original paintings, prints, photography and sculpture, all priced from £40 - £4,000. With 116 galleries all under one roof, becoming an art collector is a walk in the park!

 

Charity Private View

Wednesday 6 March, 5:30 - 9:30pm
Want to be the first through the doors, enjoy complimentary Laithwaite’s Wine, and support a great cause at the same time? This Spring’s Charity Private View benefits Missing People, whose team is on hand 24 hours a day providing support to the estimated 250,000 people who go missing each year in the UK, and their families.

Tickets cost £25 and are available to buy from Missing People at www.missingpeople.org.uk/affordableartfair or contact Missing People on 020 8392 4517.

Panatone announces Fashion Colour Report Fall 2013

 

Pantone, the global authority on colour and provider of professional colour standards for the design industries, has today unveiled the Pantone Fashion Colour Report Fall 2013, an overview of designers’ use of colour in upcoming collections. Released on the first day of New York Fashion Week, the Fashion Colour Report features the top ten colours for women’s and men’s fashion for AW13, along with designer sketches, quotes and headshots. This season shows a shift towards a unisex colour palette, with Emerald, Mykonos Blue and Acai included among this season's selections. The report is available for free download from Pantone's website.

http://www.pantone.co.uk/pages/pantone/index.aspx

February 2013, Design Diary

 

 

 

 

 

SURFACE DESIGN SHOW

Business Design Centre, London
5-9 February 2013
www.surfacedesignshow.co

 

STOCKHOLM FURNITURE FAIR

Stockholm
5-9 February 2013
www.stockholmfurniturefair.se

 

OFFICE INTERIORS

Earl’s court – London
13-14 February 2013
www.officeinteriors.co.uk

ABIMAD

Sao Paulo, Brazil
19-22 February 2013
www.abimad.com.br

Surface Design Show 2013

With more exhibiting companies than ever before, displaying the latest surface solutions, Surface Design Show 2013 is not too be missed. If you haven't already registered make sure you register now.

Entertaining evening events, informative seminars and groundbreaking new materials are among the attractions in store at Surface Design Show 2013.

The latest surface solutions will be on display from over 100 leading companies in the industry. Surface Design also has many first time exhibitors, new to the design world. Discover these new companies and have their materials specified in your next project.  To view all of the exhibitors visit www.surfacedesignshow.com/exhibitors

Light reflecting concrete & textiles made from tree bark fleece are among products on show in Future Thinking; a display of emerging materials.  All of the Future Thinking materials are on show in the UK for the very first time - take a look and see how you can incorporate them in your next project.at  www.surfacedesignshow.com/futurethinking

Janine Stone Launches the Young Interior Designer Award 2013