(jiří macek) The river has become livelier with the sun beating down upon the city. I could not resist going back to the Městské zásahy exhibition at the Dox gallery, where I found a project that turns the Vltava River into a gigantic swan thanks to a floating flower market.   ...more

(jiří macek) The tenderness of glass objects inspired by the world of natural-science studies and presented by Danish artist Steffen Dam in the prestigious Heller Gallery in New York took my breath away. However, his peculiar concept of working with glass has a more profound message.   ...more

(jiří macek) The Městské zásahy exhibition at the Dox gallery in Prague includes several interesting projects that solve the neglected situations of many public spaces in Prague. One of them is the new visual concept of prefabs designed by Maxim Velčovský, who decided to dress this type of residential house in a project entitled Fasádor.   ...more

(adam štěch) The Bouroullec brothers prove their unquestioned and privileged status on the worldwide designer scene with their exhibition at the Kreo gallery. However, they do not demonstrate it on a monumental scale, but on a very sophisticated and intimate scale through patient work.   ...more

(adam štěch) Swedish designer Greta Magnusson Grossman, who has worked all her life in the USA, symbolically returns to her homeland. The Museum of Architecture in Stockholm pays homage to the authentic designer with the first retrospective exhibition of her works in Sweden.   ...more

(adam štěch) One can now admire one of the most original approaches to design and fine arts in general from the second half of the last century in its complexity - a surreal and humorous production by the Lalannes is currently exhibited in the Museé des Arts décoratifs in the form of a large retrospective exhibition.   ...more

(Ivo Křen) Visitors still have an opportunity to see a unique exhibition that presents the development of modern designer forms of metallurgically shaped glass in the 20th and 21st centuries in the Východočeské muzeum in Pardubice until January 10, 2010. The exhibition includes 630 exhibits and glass designs from over 120 designers that guide visitors through the history of the legendary glass factory in Škrdlovice stretching back 68 years.   ...more

(jiří macek) Okolo, a group of curators that includes our editor colleague Adam Štěch, has prepared a sample of contemporary Czech design pieces, the creation of which played a significant role in the upcoming Design Supermarket. The collection is about people who roll up their sleeves with increasing frequency.   ...more

(jana zielinski) Nail scissors, pincers, lunch boxes, bottles, and other objects of everyday use represent samples from an original exhibition of anonymous design entitled the Creation of Centennial Values, which can be currently seen in the Vessel Gallery in London.  ...more

(jana zielinski) These fantastic, spectacular vases were designed by the British architectural duo of Barber and Osgerby for the prestigious Italian brand of Venini. Venini has its headquarters on the famous glassmaker island of Murano, which is close to Venice. The company masters ancient glassmaking methods, including glass colouring. Coloured glass has recently experienced a huge comeback - the unique blown vases by Barber and Osgerby, entitled Lanterne Marine, are the proof.   ...more