VIRGIL ABLOH – Pinking Virgil: The B-side
Some call him crass and commercial, others see him more as the millennial Karl Lagerfeld, but whatever your viewpoint, Virgil Abloh has managed to revolutionize streetwear borrowing tactics and an intelligence that speaks across generations. His passion for merchandise and fusing high with low might offend the stodgiest of us, but it also broadens the cultural public, spreading a new word to a maximum audience.
“Proper Omelette” by Emma Jääskeläinen
Kiasma Commission by Kordelin
Cultural Calendar
Past
Playground – The design of sneakers
Museum of Decorative Arts and Design Bordeaux
Current
From Thonet to ‘Dutch Design’ – 125 Years of Living at the Stedelijk
Starting this summer, the Stedelijk presents an extensive selection of design from its world-class collection. The show features over 300 objects that over the past 125 years were landmarks of […]
Past
Rinus Van De Velde, Ashtrays
König London
Current
Casa Mutina
Mutina has opened its first space in the heart of Milan, designed by Patricia Urquiola. With Casa Mutina, the company gets closer to the nerve centres of design and comes into direct […]
Current
Minia Biabiany, Musa Nuit
La Verrière Brussels
Oct
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Thomas Demand, “House of Cards”
In the autumn of 2020, M is presenting a major solo exhibition of Thomas Demand’s work, with a focus on his relationship to architecture. Spread across three rooms, M is exhibiting his […]
Long Reads
Locating Design
KIM1995: staying put
“Do you really need to fly to talk to your colleagues?” According to the Caribbean artist and designer KIM1995, the answer is no. In the era of digital communication, in which information moves quickly, KIM1995 has decided to practice a concept she calls “Sustainable Immobility.” So as not...
REM KOOLHAAS’ RURAL SUBLIME
Or the capitalist industrialization of the countryside
Countryside, The Future at New York’s Guggenheim sees the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas heading out of the cities for new pastures. But in a show that he describes as being about sociology, anthropology and politics, is its meaning or relevance like trying to find a needle in a haystack?
Domestic Chaos
What’s so great about streamlining?
Imagine if Albert Einstein had lived with the queen of decluttering Marie Kondo. A slight tension might have arisen when, in between Kondo organising categories of joyful order, Einstein was wandering around the house muttering his oft-quoted remark, “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered...
Research & Realities
Eternall Light and a Spotless Mirror
Light can be many things to many people; it can be a symbol of enlightenment, it can provide a source of energy to help plants grow, and, clearly without it […]
Familiar emotion in a new material
Five years ago, Ann Demeulemeester left her fashion house. After 30 years of tireless creating at the fast pace that characterizes fashion, she decided it was time for a different […]
Rudbish
A conceptual visualization of waste finding it’s way back onto your place. The project by chef and designer Diedriek Schneemann and photographer Aldwin van Krimpen responds to the Nature/Nurture theme […]
Productivity
FORNASETTI
Last spring, Fornasetti presented an exhibition in the nave at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris, with more than a thousand pieces, both historical and new creations for the table and for […]
Smeg 50s Retro Style collection
Together with Matteo Bazzicalupo and Raffaella Mangiarotti of deepdesign, Smeg delved into the not- too-distant past and re-emerged with sinuous lines and warm colours, put together with the latest technology. […]
From: Smeg
valerie_objects
valerie_objects is a newly presented collection initiated by Axel Van Den Bossche, Frank Lambert, and art director Veerle Wenes. With the mission of translating signature works into affordable design objects, […]
STEINBEISSER
Steinbeisser, founded by Martin Kullik and Jouw Wijnsma, is a creative studio that aims to challenge the contemporary eating culture. Having launched the initiative Experimental Gastronomy at the Lloyd Hotel […]
From: Steinbeisser