Review

EVENT:

Design Business Association Presentation Skills, on 13 July, aims to equip design practitioners with client-handling skills, from setting objectives to achieving the desired outcome from meetings.

Details: www.dba.org.uk.

EXHIBITIONS:

The Stars Shine All Day Too, from 7 to 29 July, showcases work from paper cutter Rob Ryan.

Venue: Seventeen Gallery, 17 Kingsland Road, London E2.

Details: www.seventeengallery.com.

Parliament, by Helen Maynard, runs from 7 to 14 July. This photographic exhibition captures the spirit of a working European parliament, providing an insight into an enigmatic governing body.

Venue: The European Commission Office, 8 Storey’s Gate, London SW1.

Details: www.helenmaynard.com.

Top Notch, organised by the Design Centre North, showcases work from product and furniture designers across the North West.

Running concurrently is Design Mart – The Best of Young British Design, which exhibits work by designers who have graduated within the past five years. Both exhibitions run from 8 July to 18 August.

Venue: The Design Centre, 11 Shambles Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S70 2SQ.

Details: www.designcentrenorth.com.

NEW MEDIA:

Exprimenta Under the Radar, until 28 August, is a collaboration between some of Australia’s leading contemporary artists, which has transformed the gallery into an arcade of interactivity.

Venue: Fact, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool, L1 4DQ.

 Details: www.fact.co.uk.