Urbanism 12 November
Urbis Design Day 
Urbis has always been a supporter of young designers and this year we welcome HP as our partner in HP Future Designers, a new event for Urbis Designday 2010. HP Future Designers will exhibit work from New Zealand’s leading young designers. Hand picked by the Urbis team, these students will surely be the next big thing. Designday visitors can nominate their favourite Future Designer, and one lucky voter will win a HP Vivian Tam notebook.
There are many more exciting developments in store, so mark 20 March in your diary now. We look forward to seeing you at Urbis Designday 2010.
Pop (Up) Culture 1 
Just in time for Christmas, Signature Prints is opening a pop-up store at the Axis Building, 1 Cleveland Road, Parnell, Auckland, featuring a wide range of Florence Broadhurst fabrics, wallpapers, limited edition artwork and home accessories. It runs 5-13 December.
The indomitable Australian wallpaper designer Florence Broadhurst produced distinctive work throughout the 1960s and 70s that is unmistakably feminine and echoes earlier decorative eras from art nouveau to pop art.
Signature Prints has this newly released Florence Broadhurst ‘Elba’ handbag (RRP $445) to give away. Just email sam.eichblatt@agm.co.nz the names of three Florence Broadhurst fabric collections stocked by Signature Prints, with Urbanism in the subject line. Entries close 25 November.
>> Visit http://www.signatureprints.com.auPop (Up) Culture 2 
The pop-up phenomenon has clearly hit with a vengeance – and while it may be a sign of the lingering recession, it’s also a cause for joy if you like a good bargain. Get along to Hopetown’s three-day pre-summer sale, which has the label’s Spring/Summer 09 collection at wholesale prices. It starts today and ends on Saturday 14, so be quick.
Studio 58, Suite 2,
58 Surrey Crescent,
Grey Lynn, Auckland
Pop (Up) culture 3 
There’s also the Alexandra Owen pop-up store which opened last weekend and will run until the 28th of November. Find it at 8 Railway Street, Newmarket.
>> Visit www.alexandraowen.co.nzPrince with a purpose 
He may be better known for awkward diplomatic gaffes, but Prince Philip is also a strong advocate of design, recently celebrating 50 years as patron of the Prince Philip Designer’s Prize – England’s longest running design award. This year’s winner was Andrew Ritchie, creator of the folding Brompton bicycle. In this interview with design commentator Kevin McCloud, HRH offers his perspective on half a century of campaigning:
>> Visit http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/Design-Council/Files/Landing-pages/Prince-Philip-Designers-PrizeDouble trouble 
Two of New Zealand’s most iconoclastic artists are on show at the recently launched The Department Store in Takapuna throughout the summer months. Alongside My Sister, My Self, a new sculptural piece by Michael Parekowhai, photographer Derek Henderson – he of The Terrible Boredom of Paradise, a photo-documentary of a roadtrip through our forgotten hinterland – exhibits a selection of his work spanning 20 years.
>> Visit www.thedepartmentstore.co.nzPlus, look out for our story on The Department Store in the next issue of Urbis, out 30 November.
East goes east 
Berlin is a perennial favourite city in the Urbis offices, and not just for the currywurst and Pils. This week marks 20 years since the wall dividing East and West came down, in its wake creating one of the most energetic cultural and design destinations on the planet. Granted, it’s not the most accessible hotspot from this part of the world, but you can still get a taste of the International Design Festival Berlin which takes place every Northern spring and is now touring Asia until early December. Currently showing at the Seoul Design Olympiad, it travels to Singapore on the 20 November, and back to Seoul on the 2 December.
>> Visit http://dmy-berlin.com/en/projects/dmy-asia-exhbition-tour-2009/
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