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International Arts and Crafts

The Trafic parquet collection: a new language for spaces

Designers Marc and Paola Sadler draw on now-extinct urban scenarios to create an original and versatile product for Listone Giordano.

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The enormous range of material brought together and an international flavour are what give strength to a vast retrospective organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum dedicated to the Arts and Crafts movement. A collection of three hundred objects (furniture, fabrics, ceramics, glass, jewellery, architecture, photographs and books in a display designed by Allies and Morrison) describe the history of the movement established in defence of the craftsman, from its beginnings in Great Britain at the end of the nineteenth century to its development in Europe, Russia, United States and Japan.

Alongside the exhibition is a packed programme of events, for example every Sunday students from schools of applied arts are invited to improvise being “craftsmen for a day”. Dressed as carpenters, plumbers or decorators they create new objects and models (3, 10, 17, 24 April). Taking a deeper look at the subject from a theoretical and philosophical point of view is a conference (22 and 23 April) with international historians and curators. E.S.

International Arts and Crafts
Until 24.7.2005
Victoria & Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, London
T +44-020-79422000
http://www.vam.ac.uk
John Duncan, <i>St. Bride</i>, painting, 1913. The National Gallery of Scotland. © Estate of John Duncan 2004, DACS. © Courtesy of the Artist's Estate
John Duncan, St. Bride, painting, 1913. The National Gallery of Scotland. © Estate of John Duncan 2004, DACS. © Courtesy of the Artist's Estate
Mikuniso, view through dining room towards display of ceramics on shelves. Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art
Mikuniso, view through dining room towards display of ceramics on shelves. Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art

STARBOX 4160: Roller Blind Excellence

Mottura introduces STARBOX 4160: a system that marries sophisticated design and cutting-edge technology, for ultimate control of light and temperature.

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