Covering an array of disciplines, from furniture design to contemporary fashion, UK designers and architects are pushing the boundaries of their practice and looking to the future with their innovation and high standards of production. Our cultural relations work extends to all areas of UK architecture, design and fashion to showcase the most exciting and best work in partnership.

For more than 60 years the British Council has been collecting works of art, craft and design to promote abroad the achievements of British artists, craft practitioners and designers.

Since 1938 the British Council has been responsible for the British Pavilion in Venice, showing British artists at the longest-running, most prestigious international art biennial in the world: the Venice Biennale of Art. From 1991 the British Pavilion has also been home to architecture exhibitions in the alternate years to the Art Biennale.

At the 13th edition of the Venice Biennale of Architecture and Design, in 2012, the UK showed through the Venice Takeaway exhibition, proposals for British architecture inspired by an ambitious global research project. The aim was to inject new ideas into the UK and create a platform for discussion about what and who makes great architecture.
UK@THE VENICE BIENNALE

WATCH VENICE TAKEAWAY ON YOUTUBE

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The 14th International Architecture Exhibition, directed by Rem Koolhaas, will be held from Saturday 7th June to Sunday 23rd November 2014

OTHER EVENTS:

The International Fashion Showcase, launched by the British Fashion Council and the British Council will again take place during London Fashion Week, on 15-19 February, where the work of over 110 international emerging designers will be displayed. The public, together with international press and buyers, will have the opportunity to explore these innovative collections throughout the month of February. To know more

ONLINE RESOURCES:

• Everything Forever Now is a touring exhibition supported by the British Council showcasing contemporary approaches and innovations in sustainable design and utilising new technologies. Watch the video to know more
• Discover more about UK designers, architects and design movements through Design in Britain, our online research archive of modern and contemporary design developed in partnership with the Design Museum.
• Architecture, Design, Fashion Newsletter
  Every six months we publish a newsletter about our current projects and events, as well providing information about British architecture, design and fashion across the globe. We work on the production of each newsletter with an emerging graphic designer or agency and for this edition we commissioned Simon Elvins.
  If you would like to receive the newsletter (click below to see it), please contact arts@britishcouncil.org

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