Beirut
Earlier this month Smogallery, in Beirut, challenged a group of Lebanon's top designers and artists to transform a pair of old bench legs into a contemporary design work. The resulting show, entitled 'Pieds d'Oeuvre', reveals the talent of these designers and the diversity of creative approaches employed by the various participants.
In the last of three articles design writer, Nicole Swengley, looks at the role of museums in underpinning the market for 3D printed objects.
London
Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to announce Important Nordic Design, an academic exploration into 20th century and contemporary Nordic design and culture curated by acclaimed architect Lee F. Mindel, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and whose firm Shelton, Mindel & Associates is the winner of the 2011 Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Interior Design.
London
The science museum is please to announce their new show 'Hidden Heroes - The Genius of Everyday Things' which examines the inspiration involved in items whose design and purpose are so well matched that they remain uncelebrated, but heavily used, in the fabric of our lives. The show runs from 9 November 2011 to 5 June 2012.
Paris
On the afternoon of November 23rd 2011 Christie's will be hosting a 20th Century Decorative Arts auction. One may find it hard to be struck with inspiration amongst the very safe selection of lots on offer in this auction.
In the second of a series of three articles, design writer Nicole Swengley considers the investment potential of 3D printed designs.
Rapid-manufacturing techniques such as 3D printing are revolutionising the way things are made. And, as the technology develops, it is likely to have a big impact on both the collectables market and mass production.
During an interview in 2010, the technological philosopher Peter Sloderdijk analysed,
‘Man is a pupil of the air,’ said Herder. Within lies the great issue of contemporary politics: to make an international climatic policy possible from the idea according to which we belong more to the air that we breathe than to the ground on which we walk. The air is our true home. What emerges is a victory of subtle air over solid earth, a phenomenon of a reversal of values proper to Taoist thinking which has taught for a long time that the subtle is always more real than the solid."
Minneapolis
USA
Organised by the Walker Art Centre and the Cooper-Hewitt, Graphic Design: Now in Production is is the largest museum exhibition on the subject since the Walker’s seminal 1989 exhibition Graphic Design in America: A Visual Language History, and the Cooper-Hewitt’s 1996 comprehensive survey, Mixing Messages: Graphic Design in Contemporary Culture.
In the first of three articles design writer, Nicole Swengley, explores the brave new world of 3D printed design.
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