Glenn Adamson in conversation with Stephen Burks, who spoke about his globe-spanning and pluralistic design practice, which often involves intensive collaboration with traditional artisans. Burks also previewed a new collaboration with the Crafts Program at Berea College, which reflects the ethnic diversity of Appalachia. Watch the conversation here: About Design in Dialogue Inaugurated […]
Design critic Glenn Adamson in conversation with Sarah Schleuning, Interim Chief Curator and The Margot B. Perot Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the Dallas Museum of Art, who discussed recent exhibition projects including Iris Van Herpen, Women + Design, and Speechless: Different by Design. Watch the conversation here: About Design […]
Alice Stori Liechtenstein and Marlène Huissoud joined us to discuss Walden, an upcoming virtual exhibition at Schloß Hollenegg for Design in Austria, curated by Lichtenstein and featuring Huissoud’s innovative bio-designs. Watch the conversation here: About Design in Dialogue Inaugurated on April 1, 2020, Design in Dialogue is a series of online interviews hosted […]
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Design critic Glenn Adamson in conversation with James Wines, a living legend in the combined fields of art and architecture, who conducted us on a wide-ranging tour of his work with SITE (Sculpture in the Environment), established five decades ago in 1970. Watch the conversation here: About Design in Dialogue Inaugurated in April […]
Design critic Glenn Adamson in conversation with Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, curator of contemporary design at the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, who tooke us behind the scenes of her new exhibition project Willi Smith: Street Couture. Watch the conversation here: About Design in Dialogue Inaugurated on April 1, 2020, Design in Dialogue is […]
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Design critic Glenn Adamson in conversation with Libby Sellers, the leading independent design curator, discussed projects including her 2019 show An Accelerated Culture, and share thoughts on autonomy and creative practice at times of disruption. Watch the conversation here: About Design in Dialogue Inaugurated on April 1, 2020, Design in Dialogue is a […]
Design critic Glenn Adamson in conversation with Ron Arad, a leading figure in international architecture and design since 1981. Arad spoke to us from London about his wide-ranging and adventurous career, at the intersection of sculptural form, advanced technology, and poetic expression… and we sang Happy Birthday to Ron! Watch the conversation here: […]
Design critic Glenn Adamson in conversation with Leo Orta and Victor Miklos Andersen (OrtaMiklos), a partnership formed at the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2015, who are finding explosive energy in the combination of objects and performance. Watch the conversation here: About Design in Dialogue Inaugurated in April 2020 in response to the pandemic […]
Design critic Glenn Adamson in conversation with Najla El Zein, who talked about her body of work, “Transition,” in which design and functionality take on rich psychological and autobiographical dimensions. Watch the conversation here: About Design in Dialogue Inaugurated in April 2020 in response to the pandemic lockdown, Design in Dialogue began as […]
Design critic Glenn Adamson in conversation with London-based designer Faye Toogood. Toogood was born in the UK in 1977 and graduated with a BA in the History of Art in 1998 from Bristol University. She founded “Studio Toogood” in 2008 and “Faye Toogood” in 2010, both in London. Watch the conversation here: About […]
Design critic Glenn Adamson in conversation with Zoë Ryan, John H. Bryan Chair and Curator of Architecture and Design, The Art Institute of Chicago. Zoë Ryan discussed the Art Institute of Chicago exhibition “In a Cloud, in a Wall, in a Chair: Six Modernists in Mexico at Midcentury.” Watch the conversation here: About […]
Chris Schanck shared the compelling story of his Detroit studio, where he creates furniture, sculpture and other objects out of salvaged and inexpensive materials. Working with a team of artisans – including women from the Bangladeshi immigrant community – he transforms these “poor” materials into works of aesthetic power and poetic resonance. Watch the […]
Misha Kahn took us behind the scenes of his exhibition “Soft Bodies/Hard Spaces,” featuring his groundbreaking and richly varied furniture designs. Explaining both the process and the inventive thinking behind these works, he described the objects as communicating a 21st century humanism, vividly departing from the modernist design legacy. Watch the conversation here: […]
