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. […]
Read More… from Design in Dialogue #68: Formafantasma (Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin)
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 […]
Samuel Ross has risen to fame over the past few years on the strength of his material-intensive streetwear line A-Cold-Wall*, his collaborations with brands such as Nike and Oakley, and his design firm SR_A, launched at the Serpentine to mark his reception of the 2019 Hublot Design Prize. This stellar British designer joined us to […]
Georgianna Stout is a founding partner and creative director at 2×4. She leads diverse projects from extensive retail and architectural projects to large-scale strategy, brand identity, packaging, digital, exhibition and environmental graphics/wayfinding programs. Georgie joined us to share a broad range of her work for design-driven brands and discuss the next chapter for 2×4. […]
April Greiman, the California-based artist and designer, has had a leading role in shaping visual culture for over forty years. We began with her works of the mid-1980s, which were among the first digital graphics ever made, and also expressed a pioneering feminist vision; then continued to her more recent forays into the domains of […]
Architects Billie Tsien & Tod Williams have been at the forefront of crafting buildings for the past 30 years. As an act of profound optimism, they view architecture as having the potential to give a sense of grace to life. Speaking of their work on public buildings, they shed light on their studio practice where […]
Read More… from Design in Dialogue #60: Billie Tsien & Tod Williams
Hella Jongerius’s process-driven approach calls into question many of the standard presumptions of the design profession. In our interview, she discussed her critique of contemporary culture’s obsession with the new, and her ongoing attempt to “search beyond appearances,” transcending industrial systems of production: “a search for quality, for oxygen.” Watch the conversation here: […]
