Milan’s historic Fonderia Artistica Battaglia launches its inaugural residency program, appointing Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte Artistic Director of the Design Department. The exhibition L’Ultima Cera features the work of the first resident: Anton Alvarez.
Lena Peters is a ceramicist whose works play with folkloric narratives. Her interest in folklore, mythology, history and nature results in work that dances between the real and the unreal, creating illustrative objects which work to embody her storytelling.
Siah Armajani: Follow This Line is the first comprehensive US retrospective devoted to the work of Minneapolis-based artist Siah Armajani. Born in Tehran in 1939, Armajani moved to Minnesota in 1960 to attend Macalester College in St. Paul. He has lived and worked in the Twin Cities ever since, while exhibiting internationally.
The Vitra Design Museum exhibition »Seats of Power« demonstrates how closely the history of chairs and sitting has always been associated with expressions of power. The origins of the modern chair can be traced back to the thrones of antiquity. Over a long period, chairs were reserved for rulers and the upper echelons of society.
In 2002 Galerie VIVID presented 'Letters van Crouwel' an exhibition about the fonts Wim Crouwel designed. Again in 2008 VIVID organized an exhibition about the posters Wim Crouwel designed.
Galerie VIVID is proud to present for the third time the work of Wim Crouwel in the exhibition 'Beyond Modernism'. This time the focus will be the catalogues he designed.
Volume Gallery is pleased to announce The Sun and The Moon, a series of woven and painted works by Christy Matson. Opening on November 2, 2018, this exhibition presents new pieces by Matson.
Architectures is an art collection of functional sculptures designed by Karl Lagerfeld and inspired by Antiquity, referred to as the origin of beauty, culture and modernity by the designer.
The musée des Arts Décoratifs et du Design (madd-bordeaux) has invited the designer Martin Szekely to show his work in its new exhibition space, a former jail located behind the hôtel de Lalande.
For the start their fall programming, Demisch Danant , are to present New Forms in French Modernity, an exhibition featuring the influential work of Jacques Dumond and Joseph-André Motte in the 1950s and early 1960s and their exploration of new materials in post-war society.
R & Company is thrilled to announce Known Unknown a survey of new work by Rogan Gregory. This is Rogan’s second solo exhibition with the gallery and takes place at the 64 White Street location in the three story atrium and lower level gallery. This iambic title Known Unknown provokes a discussion of the dichotomy between juxtaposing states of reality.
With the exhibition »Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design«, running from 29 September 2018 to 10 March 2019, the Vitra Design Museum will present the first large retrospective focussing on the designer, author, and activist Victor J. Papanek (1923–1998).
The Vitra Design Museum exhibition »Christien Meindertsma: Beyond the Surface«, is the Dutch designer's first solo presentation outside her native country. The exhibition will be shown from 18 August 2018 until 20 January 2019 at the Vitra Design Museum Gallery. For Christien Meindertsma, the creation of a product is only one element of the design process.
Situated between the capitalist West and the socialist East, Yugoslavia’s architects responded to contradictory demands and influences, developing a postwar architecture both in line with and distinct from the design approaches seen elsewhere in Europe and beyond.
Open Objects is an ongoing and continuous exploration and approach to design encompassing the practice of Jonathan Muecke. Tracing a decade of work, these objects are the manifestation of his philosophical and practical approach to design. Open Objects create layers of exploration: between the objects within the group and within each individual object.
Carpenters Workshop Gallery | Paris presents Supernova, a solo show of new works by the Lebanese design-duo david/nicolas from 6 September to 6 October 2018.
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