Surface Design Show 2010
There are two shows I attend year in year out without fail. The first is of course 100% Design, a round up of everything fabulous in the design industry. The second is The Surface Design Show, a more detailed, trade focussed event open to the public showcasing the current uses and trends in interior and exterior surfacing. A lot smaller that 100percent, this event is all about new product launches, samples to you door via a scan badge (:D) and an amazing seminar programme –
BRE Seminars
Day 1 (17th February)
11.30 – 12.00: Responsible Sourcing of Construction Products
13.00 – 13.30: Resource Efficiency
14.30 – 15.00: The Green Guide to Specification
15.30 – 16.00: ‘How Green is Green?’
Day 2 (18th February)
11.30 – 12.00: Environmental Profiles specifically focusing on flooring
13.00 – 13.30: Materials Fire-Testing and Certification
14.30 – 15.00: Environmental Profiles
15.30 – 16.00: BREEAM
The RIBA Lunchtime Portraits
Day 1 (17th February)
Future Intelligence in Material Application – Healthcare
13.00- 14.00: UCL Cancer Institute, with Neven Sidor at Grimshaw Architects and Prof. Mark Enright at Imperial College
Day 2 (18th February)
13.00 – 14.00: Sustainable Concretes and Surface Innovation – Housing
The Tarling Estate- with S333 Architects and Elaine Toogood at the Concrete Centre
The Construction Products Association Seminars
Day 1 (17th February)
14.00 – 14.30: The New Energy Efficiency Regulations 2010
Day 2 (18th February)
12.00 – 12.30: Responsible Sourcing
RIBA CPD Seminars
Day 1 (17th February)
12.00 – 12.30: Muraspec – Disability Discrimination Act and Colour Contrast CPD
15.00 – 15.30: Mapei – Epoxy Resin and Cementitious Flooring
Day 2 (18th February)
14.00 – 14.30: Schott Glass – Reflections in Glass
“Visitors already booked for 2010 include architects, designers and project managers from: Zaha Hadid Architects, Gensler, HOK, Foster & Partners, Will Alsop & RMJM, KCA International, PRP Architects, Nokia, Ford Motor Co, Aston Martin, Selfridges, Harrods, The London Regency Hotel, Southampton University Hospitals’ NHS Trust, London Underground and more!”
Business Design Centre
52 Upper Street
Islington
London
N1 0QH
Register here
Free Ben and Jerrys Ice Cream
Via Leap Anywhere’s twitter page
Tomorrow morning in Leicester Square -
“Get in the mood for summer extra early with a Ben and Jerrys ice cream on Fair Cone Day, when Leicester Square plays host to none other than the company’s co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield.”
Keep Warm
this weekend at the Small World Solar Stage and Festival Winter Warmer II. Small Worlds is a twice yearly festival group promoting sustainable living and creating nurturing communities in music.
“This is our big winter gathering of the year, it’s the event everyone makes it to.
A real chance to meet up with the summer friends we loose touch with over the winter.
A chance to smile, and mean it.
A chance to make plans and find you’ve just inspired others in theirs
But mostly a chance to celebrate in the way we love.”
£10
10pm to 10am Saturday 20th February 2010
Facebook Event
Bussey’s
133 Rye Lane
Peckham Rye
London SE15 4ST
Peckham Rye BR Station (Victoria & London Bridge) Buses and Night Buses
Hamilton Gallery
Image by Fashionindie.com
Currently showing ‘Something for Everyone’ a group exhibition of unseen work at the Gallery (ending January 16th), is it an extraordinary space. On immediate entrance you are at the top of a dual stair, set about a third above the floor of the first space,requiring you to descend into the space. Lit from above by a partial Skylight on the hip of the roof, a small corridor/Information area leads into another smaller space, this time entirely roofed in a triple peaked glass roof.
Here the overhead view is stunning, as the surrounding buildings range from two to six storeys, and the Gallery being of two heights – but both of one level is strikingly overlooked, yet welcomes this gaze in the use of the glazed roof over the main display space.
I really liked Mayfair Lady 5 by Miles Aldridge – It is a stunning Photograph and I’m really feeling the blue thing at the moment but to be frank nothing in particular tickled my fancy. Hopefully when I return for the ‘Maastricht 2010′ Exhbit in March, Although most of my tastes are contemporary and innovative designs, I have a great love for the Classics.
NYE Sorted?
“Seductive Alchemy is back with another NYE party! Happy Noir Eve is a hark back to the old Victorian era, where Zeppelins hover across the London Skyline, and clockwork servants scuttle around in the basement.”
This is another one of our concept events, and we’ve got an amazing line-up:
Richard Stark – Opera singer
Andrew Hubbard -Violinist
Steph West – Harpist
Firecat Masquerade – Fire spining
Etheric Chemistry – Alchemists
Madame De’la Cartomancer – Tarot
Pettigrew and Jones – Match-making service
Lord Frobisher-Pilbeam – Lord of the manor
Lady Frobisher-Pilbeam – Hostess for the evening
Doktor Von Science – Personal Physician & Alchemist
DJs
Ms C DJ (Chloe Thomas)
Shane Watcha
DJ Darlo
Clint Lee
Ben Jurassik
And a whole lot more…
Early bird tickets: £10
Ticket site
Discount code: alchemist
SORTED!
End of the Month Line Up
Sorry for the Silence, I went back the Middlesex in September and its been a bit of a haul to get things bak on track.
Of course getting on track has meant in terms of blogging – I’ve managed to keep up my social responsibilities (!) just not told anyone what’s happening! So what happening this weekend?
image :MOT International
“Involving much more than mere photography, her practice entails a conceptual strategy that incorporates performance, theater, painting, sculpture, and sociology. The resulting photographic image represents these elements in one captured moment with all its beautiful ambiguity and intrigue. It is a ‘play-still.’”
54 Regents Studios,
8 Andrews Road,
London E8 4QN
Today, the Going out in London Group are hosting the awesome Croydon Tramlink Pub Crawl from Croydon to Wimbledon from 2pm they plan to meet at The Porter And Sorter, Station Rd, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 6BT, round the back of the station near the cab rank. A full list of the route can be found on the facebook page. Have a great time if you plan to Go, they are a lovely bunch.
Om Liquid at inSpiral lounge is also tonight for those of you that prefer Techno to trams.
“8pm to 2am – Free entry
Enjoy a warm drop of liquid techno with progressive vibes featuring residents Liquid Ross and Aliji and special guest Digoa from the exciting new label Microbiotic
The last Om liquid of 2009. Come and join us for a sensible drop of Liquid.”
Hi Internet, just a quick update from MBHQ!
You’ve no doubt by now noticed that the sites got a bit of a re-design and some things got changed around last week. We wanted to highlight two changes to make sure everyone knows what changed.
The first and biggest is COMMENTS! Registration is no longer required to post a comment on any post. Of course if you already have an account you can still login to ensure your comments are attributed to you, but those who don’t can now post a comment without any long term commitment. Also, on the right you can see some of the recent comments so you’ll always know what the active discussions are. This was the most requested thing we’ve heard from people since our last redesign and we’re excited to see where it leads.
The next change is also something that was heavily requested, and that is a change to the ADS on the sites. You’ll immediately notice fewer of them, but what might not be as obvious is those smaller square ones to the right are specific to this city only and are being sold for a flat rate for a period of time rather than a confusing CPM/traffic/network model. Depending on the city, these range from $7-$175 for a full week. If you purchase one, during that time your ad will be the only one in that spot and will show on every page. We set these up both to make it easier for smaller local businesses to get their ads on our site, and also to help us bring in ads that relate better to our local audiences. Also, keeping these sites online is expensive and every little bit helps.
There are a bunch of other things we changed (including this broadcast function so we can more easily update everyone) but we’ll leave those to you to investigate and take advantage of. Hope you like it, and we look forward to seeing you in the comments!!
Love,
The folks at MBHQ
Shhhh… I wanna tell you a secret
But if I told you it all it would’nt be a secret anymore.
What i can tell you however is that if you were to be near the Millenium Bridge on Monday at about 7pm, you might see something very interesting.
and bring a banana!!
Shoppers delight tonight !
Time: 19:45 – 22:00
Location: Opposite the Band Stand/ Public loos on Serpentine Rod
Hyde Park!
Hungry Elephant in the City
Caught on Lens: Wandsworth
December 1936: An elephant stops a tram on Grays Inn Road, London, to cadge an apple from the driver.
Cute … innit? ;-)
Via: telegraph
PirateCon 2009
Wooohoooppppeeeeedo!!!
London, don’t be too scared if you come across a pirate or 200 this weekend, Its Pirate Festival weekend on Southbank, and today is of course Piratecon :D
We’ll be back reaking pirate havock on the banks of the Thames from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th Sunday.
This year all profits will be split between the Golden Hinde Educational Trust and the The Jubilee Sailing Trust (a registered charity that owns and operates Lord Nelson and Tenacious, the only two tall ships in the world designed and built to enable people of all physical abilities to sail side-by-side as equals.)
Let the feather adorned buckled boot madness commence – London Pirate Festival
Start Time:
06 June 2009 11:30 – 23:00
Location:
Southbank Old thames side inn
Clink street MAP (next to the bloody great pirate ship)
THE Labour Party
I have been dismally disappointed by the Labour Part ever since I can remember. It started when they stole my parents from me for most of my Childhood on the promise of a bright and better Country.
Then John Smith Died.
Then came the Joker…
And it got worse and worse and worse… until finally about 5 years ago I realised that they are a bunch of Tories wearing red ties. But anyway, enough about me, I just like to complain and do nothing.
Check these guys out THE Labour party.
June 5th 2009
Time 10:00 pm – 7:00 am
Title The Death and Astonishing Resurrection of THE Labour Party
Location London & Brighton pub, 139 Queens Road, Peckham, London SE15 2ND
Speaker Mister Mayhem
Phone Contact 07 769 695 359
Topic / Issue Race & Class
Sponsor The Government of the Dead
Waking Walbrook
“If there were water…
If there were only water amongst the rock…
If there were the sound of water only
TS Eliot, The Wasteland
The Walbrook River was one of the largest and most important rivers in London. A Roman river, the Walbrook takes us back to ancient London, when south of the river was a group of islands, and much of what we now understand as this city was more marsh than land.
The Walbrook has been lost for over 5 centuries. With the help of a dowser, artist Amy Sharrocks has re-mapped this river, and is attempting to reclaim this great body of water with a huge public walk along its course.”
Amy Sharrocks has re-mapped the ancient buried Walbrook River from its source in Islington its mouth at the River Thames. Participents are asked to wear blue and be llosely tied at the waist, the idea being that this will be a process of re remembering the boy of water using a body of blue people!!!
A lovely Idea, I really hope they get a good turn out…
Details:
Artsadmin | Toynbee Studios | 28 Commercial Street | London | E1 6AB
Box office 020 7650 2350 | Online booking
Tel 020 7247 5102 | Fax 020 7247 5103 | Textphone 020 7247 5182 | admin@artsadmin.co.uk
Just Pose Right for It
McDonald’s installed an interesting LED screen at Piccadilly Circus… see for yourself.
Just pose rightly for it ;)
Happy posing.
News Courtesy: Patrick Semaan
Anarchy Conference 2009
I like Anarchy. Its good. Its doing something at least for what you believe in and from what I have experienced there can be a whole lot of fun involved if you’re not taking it all incredibly seriously…
So with that I bring to you the Anarchist Movement Conference 2009. Take a look at the call to the Movement …
“The anarchist ideals of mutual aid, solidarity and the desire to live as equals have been echoed throughout our history, in every country, by women and men, regardless of race or ethnicity. We have a proud history, this conference is both about recognizing where we have come from and organizing where we want to go. Be a part of it!”
6th-7th June 2009
Queen Mary and Westfield College
London
E1 4NS
http://www.conference09.org.uk
