2011-10-06 11:20:50 // David Trubridge
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David Trubridge on free trade, the battle lines drawn between environmentalism and capitalism, and the elephant in the room.
2011-09-01 10:17:19 // David Trubridge
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Describing big business as the brat kids and governments as the ineffectual parents, David Trubridge explores why it is, despite numerous warnings from the scientific community, world governments have failed to take any significant action to prevent climate change, pollution and environmental desecration.
2011-05-09 13:30:07 // Design Daily Team
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As part of the inaugural 2011 Formica Formations competition, experienced and emerging designers in New Zealand are getting set to pit their design talents against 10 of the world’s best architects. And they’ll be doing so under the watchful eyes of local designer David Trubridge, and Formica’ s U.S. Vice President of Design Renée Hytry Derrington, who have both been named as two of the judges for the competition.
2011-04-07 11:14:35 // Design Daily Team
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2011 marks the 50th year of the famed Milan Design Week, and organisers are celebrating the monumental milestone by giving it the theme, "50 Years Young". No doubt it's gonna be a biggie, and some Kiwi designers getting set to be a part of the celebrations. With the Milan Furniture Fair component kicking off next week, designers Tim Wigmore, David Trubridge and Rebecca Asquith have offered us a sneak peak of come very cool pieces they'll be displaying.
2011-03-01 10:16:48 // Deirdre Robert
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Crystal chandeliers, fringed lampshades, Scandinavian wood— French design certainly has its signature elements. So when Paris-based husband-and-wife team Rod Fry and Laurence Varga conceived the idea of a company that would showcase the best New Zealand designs, products and visual arts to the discerning French market, and eventually greater Europe, they quickly discovered that broadening the taste of the French design palate takes time.
2010-10-20 10:40:08 // Vicki Holder
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Marrying form and function, Marcus Halliday of Halliday & Baillie pursues a timewarp of classic perfection for his architectural hardware designs in New Zealand.
2010-07-14 15:21:59 // Design Daily Team
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Lovers of David Trubridge’s work can catch up with his latest pieces and some of the best that he exhibited recently at the Milan Fair at an exhibition at Simon James Design in Auckland starting July 22 until August 21. The exhibition will feature a selection of new lighting including a new coloured version of his coral lights, an extension of his Ebb range and a new plinth in woven translucent material for Cloudy Bay.
