Paul S. Briggs has developed a trenchant body of work over the past few years, deploying foundational techniques of coiling and slab-building to powerfully metaphorical effect. His work touches on brutal realities, such as mass incarceration, while also engaging histories of abstraction and architecture. Join us for a deep exploration of this artist’s technical, aesthetic, […]
Michael Bierut and Paula Scher of Pentagram are two of the world’s leading graphic designers, who have done much to define and reflect on their own discipline. Join us to hear their thoughts on what makes graphics different from other fields of design; the importance of typography as a foundation for their work; and how […]
Michele Oka Doner is a true polymath, and long an exemplar of fluidity between creative disciplines. She has worked in numerous materials (ceramic, metals, wax, and more) and in many genres, from figural sculpture to functional furniture to public art. Animating it all are her multifarious sources, which seem to encompass life in all its […]
Studio Swine (Super Wide Interdisciplinary New Explorers) is a collective established in 2011 by Azusa Murakami (JP) and Alexander Groves (UK). Their work straddles between the spheres of sculpture, installations and cinema, blending poetry and research into immersive experiences. The studio adopts an unique approach to each work, drawing on the distinctive resources and vernacular […]
“Can buildings heal?” was the fundamental question that led Michael Murphy to found the non-profit architectural practice MASS Design Group in 2008. Now a collaborative of over 140 architects, designers, planners, and strategists, with offices in Boston and Kigali, they define their mission as researching, building, and advocating for architecture that promotes justice and human […]
Humberto Campana, whose work with his brother Fernando has defined avant-garde design practice in Brazil for three decades, talked about the way Estudio Campana has formed its vocabulary through partnerships with international manufacturing and local artisans. Watch the conversation here: About Design in Dialogue Inaugurated in April 2020 in response to the pandemic […]
Jonathan Trayte brings a unique sensibility to the design discipline. His works provide nuanced witness to an age of overabundance; they are exuberant, mordantly witty, with an undertow of melancholy. The compositions, with their intuitive and improbable juxtapositions, recall surrealism while also roaming freely through contemporary pop iconography. Trayte is also a prodigious maker, and […]
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields acquires work by Shiro Kuramata […]
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Dutch graphic designer Irma Boom has designed over 300 books and is generally regarded as an artist in her field. Considering all aspects of the architecture of the book, including its cover, spine, pages, ink, color, surface, texture and size, as sites for reinvention, she is always experimental and challenges how we understand the printed […]
Design in Dialogue welcomes Philippe Starck to the series. The eminent French creator joined us for a wide-ranging conversation, touching on his own entry into the design world, his belief in democratic objects, his predictions about the dematerialized future of the discipline, and many other topics. Don’t miss this inspiring conversation. Watch the conversation […]
The London-based studio Random International is at the forefront of interactive and immersive art experiences. In celebrated projects such as the Rain Room, Swarm, and Our Future Selves, they have found ways to humanize the technology that strongly shapes our society, creating emotional yet physically intense experiences. We are joined by the studio’s founders, Florian Ortkrass […]
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