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GRAY’s top picks for events, fairs, and happenings on the international design scene.

STOCKHOLM DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE TALKS

DIGITAL | FEBRUARY 8–10

Recent COVID-19 restrictions have prompted the annual Stockholm Design Week (SDW) and Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair to postpone the majority of its live programming until September, but to mark the event’s 20th anniversary, SDW is presenting its popular Design & Architecture Talks in a digital format. With speakers including architecture critic Beatrice Galilee, interior architect Åke Axelsson, the founders of design studio Front, and more, the talks and panels will address topics that range from the importance of sustainable design to the role of NFTs in the fields of architecture and interior design. stockholmdesignweek.com

MODERNISM WEEK

PALM SPRINGS | FEBRUARY 17–27

Modernism Week celebrates midcentury-modern architecture, art, interiors, and landscape design in Palm Springs. The annual 11-day festival features more than 350 events, including tours of iconic homes, a classic car show, garden walks, nightly parties, and a special series of compelling talks with worldclass speakers, including the keynote presentation, “Making Architecture,” by Chicago-based architect Jeanne Gang, founder of Studio Gang. All events are open to the public. A portion of ticket proceeds benefits Modernism Week (a nonprofit organization) and other local preservation, neighborhood, and community groups. modernismweek.com

MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK

MELBOURNE | MARCH 17–27

Australia’s leading international design event returns with a dynamic program that will transform the country’s second-largest city into a bustling hub for the creatively inclined. Themed “Design the World You Want,” Melbourne Design Week will offer exhibitions, talks, films, tours, and workshops, including the biennial Australian Furniture Design Award and a series of showroom activations. Extensive programming responding to the theme—and addressing issues including sustainability, technology, the circular economy, and First Nations knowledge and thinking— will be presented at a host of hubs. designweek.melbourne

IN THE DESIGN LOUNGE

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S3 E1 | Architect Jakob Lange, partner at Bjarke Ingels Group and head of special projects division BIG Ideas, is currently creating a 3D-printed infrastructure for living on the moon.

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HOT NEW NEXT

CALL FOR ENTRIES: GRAY IS SEARCHING NORTH AMERICA FOR THE NEXT BIG THING IN PRODUCT DESIGN

LIVE EVENT SERIES BEGINS APRIL 28

GRAY’S Hot New Next design pitch competition returns in 2022 to identify North America’s most innovative emerging product designs. With live events held in Seattle, Portland, New York, and Los Angeles, contestants will present their new or conceptual product design to a panel of experts. Winners of each will move on to the final round in Vancouver this fall.

DETAILS: graymag.com/hot-new-next SAVE THE DATE: First event: April 28, Seattle Design Center

dowbuilt. Partners / Craftsmen. dowbuilt.com

Shown at top of story: Pond[er] (by Taylor Knights and James Carey), the winning design for the 2021 National Gallery of Victoria (NGA) Architecture Commission, will be on display at NGV International in Melbourne through August 28, 2022.