Creative Review reviews RCA Show

Creative Review has visited the Royal College of Art's SHOW Two and comments upon some of the great works on show. A  selection of some of the best bits from the Communication Art and Design exhibitions are displayed on their web site including Daniel Frost's exquisite pencil crayon drawings, who focusses upon horses and has also illustrated several moments from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.

Also Xavier Antin looks as new ways to print, including a manual on how to recondition various desktop printers to achieve different effects.

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Research reveals events sector is boosting economy

The trade body for the events industry, Eventia has announced the overall value of the conference and business events market is worth £18.8 billion to the UK economy.
Eventia hopes that the findings from its UK Events Market Trend Survey (UKEMTS) will confirm the importance of the events sector to the national economy.
Other findings include the news that the number of events held at each venue had dropped slightly to 379 compared to 391 in 2008. However, many venue providers are optimistic about the future with 65 per cent of the venues planning to invest in their property in 2010, and nine per cent spending more than £1 million to do it.
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Beautiful surfaces by Anne Kyyrö Quinn

Anne Kyyrö Quinn is a London based artist who uses textiles to create surfaces that resemble artworks more than conventional fabrics. Creating contemporary fabrics, each is cut, sewn and finished by hand from a unique choice of luxury natural materials and then crafted into interior textiles. The result is a stunning finish and beautiful addition to any interior. Her designs can be seen in such places as Bovis Lend Lease's offices and the Icehouse in Camden.

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Inhabitat reports on Dwell on Design Event in Los Angeles

Inhabitat reports on the Dwell on Design event, commenting 'This past weekend's Dwell on Design event was bigger and better than ever before, with over 20,000 attendees pouring into the Los Angeles Convention center to check out the state of the art in modern design. Inhabitat was on-site with our own booth (thanks to Touch) and on-stage during our Design Innovation panel featuring Zoe Melo and Ruth Oh, a judge and designer from this year’s Spring Greening Contest.

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Axor Teams Up With Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec

Luxury bathroom brand Axor has teamed up with French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for their newest collection called Axor Bouroullec. Design Milk comments 'The collection features more than 70 pieces from wash basins to bath tubs to fixtures, giving you the freedom to design the bathroom of your dreams. Just the amazing amount of sink configurations is enough to make your head explode!'

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D&AD Student Awards Winners Announced

D&AD has announced the winners of the Student Awards with first prize going to Jessica Reynolds and Serena Wise of Kingston University who won the coveted Student of the Year award for their IKEA colour wheel project.

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Tom Haines Ad for Surreal House Exhibition

The Barbican Centre is promoting its new exhibition 'Surreal House' with an ad directed by Tom Haines. Beatifully composed.

Fluffy McCloud by Conor Finnegan

Sweet little animation of Fluffy McCloud by Conor Finnegan. The mix of cut paper claymation and real video gives this piece a simplistic but innovative quality and is probably set to gain a cult following.
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FLUFFY MC CLOUD from conorfinnegan on Vimeo.

England defeat recreated by Lego

This clip even brought a smile to the faces of the England supporters in our office.

Go to the cinema in luxury at the Aubin Cinema

If you love cinema in great surroundings get down to the Aubin Cinema. Run in conjunction with Shoreditch House private members' club, the Aubin Cinema provides an unrivalled level of comfort and style for up to 45 cinema-goers. What better way to enjoy a film than from velvet sofas and chairs, plumped up with Aubin & Wills cushions?

Upcoming films include Tetro, Rumble Fish, Whatever Works, Dogtooth, Shrek, Lebanon and more. Get down there before the season finishes.

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Henning Larsen Architects win prize for Pebbles Design

Henning Larsen Architects has won first prize for its significant design concept for a new aquarium in the Georgian seaport of Batumi. They commnet, 'The 2,000 m2 aquarium will replace the previous aquarium of the port and will be situated on the beach side of Rustaveli Str. adjacent to Batumi 6 May Park featuring a Dolphinarium and Zoo.

Inspired by the characteristic pebbles of the Batumi beach, continually shaped by the wash of the waves through millennia, the building stands out as an iconic rock formation visible from both land and sea. The formation constitutes four self-supporting exhibition areas where each of the four stones represents a unique marine biotype – the Aegean Sea & the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Black Sea & the Red Sea and finally the more interactive exhibition space for teaching and “edutainment”.'

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Dyson launches new bladeless fans

Dyson has added two new fans to its bladeless range. Using Air Multiplier™ technology to draw in air and amplify it, from 15 to 18 times, these Dyson Air Multiplier™ fans have no blades or grille offering a safe and easy to clean alternative to traditional fans - and if that's not enough, they look great as well.

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