By Glenn Adamson How should we talk about design, today? The conceptual canon handed down from the past – functionalism, truth to materials, ergonomics, all the familiar vocabulary – remains instructive. But it is no longer fit for purpose. Knowing all we know about design and its freighted past, we need not only new […]
Conscious Actions is an outdoor installation designed by gt2P for the 2020 Miami Design District Commission, curated by Anava Projects. gt2P’s poetic design responds to a curatorial brief that asked the studio to reflect both on the energy we consume and the energy we contribute back to the world. Particularly in this moment, as people […]
Tales of Immensity is an experimental live performance initiated by Friedman Benda gallery and Manifest Institute. Combining voices from the Manifest Journal, design objects by prominent designer Misha Kahn, virtual environments by groundbreaking artist Shawn Maximo, and dance by acclaimed choreographer Renana Raz, the performance creates a series of visual […]
UGO LA PIETRA is one of the most original and definition defying of the Italian maestri. In this conversation La Pietra discusses his hugely diverse output, which spans art, architecture, design, and craft and which includes artefacts, installations, films, publications, education and more. His work is underpinned by an interest in research, and concepts of the […]
World premiere: Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, Máxima, opens the first 3D printed steel bridge in the oldest neighbourhood of Amsterdam. Dutch technology scale up MX3D today unveiled the world’s first stainless steel 3D printed bridge in the city center of Amsterdam. The futuristic multi award-winning bridge, designed by Joris Laarman Lab with […]
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Joep van Lieshout founded AVL (Atelier Van Lieshout) in 1995 and has been creating provocative objects, architecture, and sculpture ever since, with an eye toward deconstructing normative systems of value. His work, often imposing in scale, addresses some of the great themes of human life: fertility and destruction, desire and repulsion. Watch the conversation […]
Created in 2014 by Mexican artist Bosco Sodi, Fundación Casa Wabi, in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, is a non-profit, civil organization that aims to promote collaboration and social commitment through art. With five community-based programs including international artist residencies in Mexico and Japan, the foundation adopts its name from the concept “Wabi-Sabi,” which represents a […]
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