In 1999 Clémence Krzentowski and her husband Didier founded Galerie Kreo in Paris. It immediately set a template for international design, serving as a “laboratory-space” for a newly ambitious field. Over the years since, Kreo has remained central to design discourse, presenting figures such as Virgil Abloh, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Konstantin Grcic, Hella Jongerius, […]
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Having been director of San Francisco’s 2AES/Center for Critical Architecture, New York’s Storefront for Art & Architecture, and Chicago’s Graham Foundation since 2006, Sarah Herda knows a lot about cities. As the current co-director of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, she will be in discussion with architect and 2021 CAB artistic director David Brown to discuss […]
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Suvi Saloniemi, Chief Curator at Design Museum Helsinki, is an inspirational innovator who often stages encounters between design and other art forms, such as music and contemporary art. She joined us to discuss the new architecture and design museum for Helsinki, currently in development, as well as her thoughts on curatorial response to the events […]
This week, Design in Dialogue offers something different: a three-part interview with the great luminary of Italian design and architecture, Andrea Branzi. In this important series of conversations, Dr. Catharine Rossi – a UK-based design historian, and Professor of Architecture at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) Canterbury – speaks with Branzi about his […]
Malene Barnett is an artist, self-described activist, and authority on the cultural traditions and practices of art in the African diaspora and how it translates into her vision of the modern black experience. From her sculptural ceramic tiles and vessels to mixed media paintings to handwoven rugs, Malene continues to evolve her craft and share […]
Paul Cocksedge, the prolific and innovative British designer, will join us to talk about his process-driven approach to object-making at all scales. Cocksedge generates dramatic and unprecedented forms through acts of ingenious transformation, foregrounding the pure physicality of light, weight, and temperature. In this conversation, he shared insights about his experimental methodology and also reflect […]
Omar Sosa, co-founder of Apartamento, “The burgeoning indie design movement’s official international look book,”according to The New York Times, is an art director, creative director, and editor of a number of books and publications. He consults for design, lifestyle and real estate companies under Apartamento’s design agency Apartamento Studios and was in conversation with Stephen […]
Formafantasma (Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin) are experimental materialists, animated by a holistic and ecological vision. In their conversation with Glenn Adamson, Formafantasma discussed their recent research-driven projects Cambio and Ore Streams, which consider the commodity flow in timber and electronics, respectively – cross-section cut through the complex and problematic systems in which we live. […]
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With influences ranging from Isamu Noguchi to Constantin Brâncuși – and the Bamum, Dogon, Baoulé, Senufo, Dan, and Mossi works of his personal collection – Thaddeus Mosley‘s sculptures mark an inflection point in the history of American abstraction. These “sculptural improvisations,” as he calls them, takes cues from the modernist traditions of jazz. From his […]
Amie Siegel brought a new vantage point to our series, as an artist who has deeply considered design as one aspect of her subject matter. Our conversation focused primarily on a series of works, among them: Quarry (2015), which tracks the passage of marble from its underground source in Vermont to real estate developments in […]
As president of the Rio World Heritage Institute and the Mayor’s Special Advisor for Urban Issues, Washington Fajardo created policies and finance solutions to preserve heritage, regenerate buildings and places, and improve public services in Rio de Janeiro. His innovative initiatives revived cultural heritage and the rehabilitation of historic buildings. Now using the latest 3D […]
Stefan Sagmeister began his career as the enfant terrible of graphic design, bringing a new emotional intensity to the discipline. He has remained a provocateur while continually broadening the range and vocabulary of his work – encompassing installations, exhibitions, and films – always showing his distinctive touch, humorous, arresting, and insightful. Watch the conversation […]
