Of all the illustrious achievements of science and technology, the creation of artificial light is at the top of the list. Today the miracle of light is far less about our ability to transform night into day at the flick of a switch, but more so about the innovative ways in which we use, harness and deliver it.
From the collection of ‘Custom Made’ furniture by British designer Karen Ryan, this amalgamation of abandoned or ‘misfit’ chairs is created to form a new structure, unique and again valued.
Peel Gallery
4411 Montrose Houston, Texas 77006
The Dutch design couple, Alissia Melka-Teichroew and Jan Habraken, have joined forces for an exhibition of their work at the Peel Gallery in Houston, Texas.
Neues Museum
Luitpoldstraße 5, 90402 Nuremberg, Germany
This marvelous presentation of German design offers a thematic cross-section of classic and contemporary works by German designers and producers.
Focussing on the social-cultural and ecological aspects of design, Lotte Van Laatum’s geographical wooden chopping boards and, in particular her tree cabinet made from dutch elm, demonstrate how simple methods of biomimicry can create truly elegant design.
As part of an exploration into theoretical issues surrounding visual cultures and sustainability, Anne Marchand, a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary, Canada, has realized a series of examples which offer disparate, unvalued goods a chance at a second life.
In an industry that has become obsessed with chairs, whether it be the organic curves of the Eames Rocker, the elegance of Mies van der Röhe's Barcelona chair or the simplicity of Verner Panton's S-shaped chair, it is surprising to think that the most used and globally recognised seat is the Monobloc, or as we know it, your everyday white plastic chair.
New York Times columnist David Pogue takes aim at technology’s worst interface-design offenders.
He even goes as far as breaking into song, in this lively, memorable presentation on the importance of simplicity as it relates to tech design.
SCI-Arc Gallery
350 Merrick Street, Los Angeles
Using architecture as a form of applied design research, San Francisco based architecture and design practice IwamotoScott in collaboration with Buro Happold have created Voussoir Cloud, a site-specific installation at the SCI-Arc Gallery.
PS1 Outdoor Courtyard
22-25 Jackson Ave. Long Island City, New York.
The Young Architects Program, jointly presented by MoMA and P.S.1, enables emerging architects to design creative interpretations of P.S.1's large entrance courtyard.
At their simplest, books are bound pages of Times New Roman drivel, at their most elaborate, they are rich creative explorations at the heart of the graphic medium. In the main, authors get paid a pittance writing them and graphic designers over-indulge their time creating them. What for? Well, for the love of books.
On a warm summer's day, we headed to Sudeley Castle in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire to see the sculptures and installations on display as part of the 'Reconstruction #3, Artists' Playground' exhibition.
Badisches Landesmuseum
Museum at Market Square, Karlsruhe, Germany
For those of you in and around Karlsruhe this weekend why not take advantage of your last chance to check out Design+Emotion.
Each discarded plate is individually chosen and used as a canvas full of its original language of domestic aesthetics. These existing aesthetics are juxtaposed with emotive words that are both ironic and poignant. The words become the only remnant of the original pattern as the remaining surface is removed.
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