Edwin Heathcote interviews Neville Brody, the inventor of the Anti-Design Festival about his event for this year’s London Design Festival. Brody, a designer who considers himself a ‘visual thinker,’ emerged in punk-era London, and has a unique take on design and his concept.
This month we highly recommend picking up a copy of Jennifer Hudson's "Designs for Small Spaces". "Design for Small Spaces" provides a consumer source to limited space solutions.
Editor and writer, Cliff Kuang, interviews young 'starchitect' Bjarke Ingels about his various upcoming projects. Ingles, 35, has become a highly influential and important contemporary architect, and his recent success has allowed him to establish a new office in NY on top of his current Denmark practice.
In this article by Alice Rawsthorn, she comments on the upcoming exhibition of the Vitra Design Museum- Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things- opening 20 August.
The exhibition will showcase designs of everyday useful inventions such as the corkscrew and coat hangers. Other inventions included are paper clips, clothespins, egg cartons, and velcro.
The 2010 James Dyson Award US national winner and shortlist has been announced. Christine Outram and a team of MIT students invented the Copenhagen Wheel, a wheel that turns a regular bike into a smart, electric hybrid.
The museum, designed by Davis Brody Bond Aedas, is set to be a memorial to honor those affected by the tragedy of 9/11. The aim for these architects is to create a space that will allow future generations to understand the happenings of that fateful day.
In a recent article for the Financial Time, Edwin Heathcote reflects on the latest exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The exhibition titled: 1:1 Architect Build Small Spaces is a unique installation exhibition of impermanent houses in the museum.
Currectly on view at the Hayward Gallery in London is an exhibition of fascinating installations by Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto titled “New Décor”. In his most recent article for the Financial Times, Edwin Heathcote discusses this exhibition and others and the theme of combining of art and the interior.
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In her latest article for the International Herald Tribune, Alice Rawsthorn considers some of the most important elements driving design right now including environmental sustainability, societal initiative, and scientific advances. However, she highlights the importance of lesser acknowledged creative trends focused on beauty, lusciousness, sensuality, and even fun.
In this recent article for the New York Times, Carol Vogel discusses Phillips de Pury & Company’s plans to open a new 25,000-square-foot exhibition space in New York City this autumn.
In her most recent article for the Financial Times, Nicole Swengley discusses the growing trend in contemporary design for “suitcase style” furniture.
The use of luggage as a decorative element in interior spaces is hardly a new idea. As Swengley points out, “interior designer Kelly Hoppen was stacking lacquered trunks in geometrically precise tiers more than a decade ago,” but many of the latest adaptations from designers go beyond the ornamental use of these travel cases by using them as material to create entirely new pieces of furniture.
In an $8m court case between Miami collector Craig Robins and New York art dearler David Zwiner, issues of a lack of transparency in the art market reign at the center that have implications for the design market as well. In a business where verbal agreements and handshakes dominate, the question arises as to whether or not this opacity should come to an end.
In the wake of the Milan Furniture Fair and travel chaos, Alice Rawsthorn’s most recent article for the International Herald Tribune offers an informative roundup of the event, including effects of the volcanic madness.
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At this year’s Milan Furniture Fair, Maarten Baas has unveiled his latest creation: an iPhone app of his renowned “Analog Digital Clock”.
Baas is best know for his handmade limited pieces that are mostly produced for museums and private collectors. The original "Analog Digital Clock" was created as part of Baas's series of "video art" electronics. It is a transformation of the traditional alarm clock where actors change the minutes on the clock manually. With this new iPhone app, he has turned a museum piece into a mass product that only costs a dollar.
Recently, the Financial Times featured a special section dedicated to Contemporary Design. The various articles covered a range of topics including a particularly interesting discussion from Edwin Heathcote on the status of Critical Design in today’s industry.
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