Christien Meindertsma, Redesigning Reality
Christien Meindertsma defies all trends and at a time when design becomes more and more institutionalized she stays obstinately free and single, letting her instincts and personal experiences inform and guide her positions.
Guillaume Désanges on art and racism in France
Guillaume Désanges is an independent curator and notably in charge of La Verrière, the exhibition space for contemporary art attached to Fondation d'entreprise Hermès in Brussels.
Cultural Calendar
Oct
10
Klaas Rommelaere at The Texture museum in Kortrijk
Klaas Rommelaere presents his larger-than-life embroidered puppets in Texture in Kortrijk The Texture museum in Kortrijk is collaborating with Be-Part, Platform for contemporary art in organising a solo exhibition this […]
Current
Faye Toogood, Assemblage 6: Unlearning
Friedman Benda, New York
Current
Risquons-Tout at Wiels
Risquons-Tout is an ambitious, thematic exhibition that explores the potential of risk, transgression and unpredictability. It examines how art challenges the homogenisation of thought in the now infamous echo chambers of […]
Current
Paolo Gonzato – Baracche
Camp Design Gallery Milan Camp Design Gallery Milan shows new pieces by Paolo Gonzato from the series Baracche.When in 2016 Paolo Gonzato designed the first series of Baracche as part of […]
Sep
26
Raupenimmersattism – SAVVY Contemporary Berlin
Berlin non-profit art space SAVVY Contemporary has moved to a new location at Reinickendorfer Straße 17 in Berlin-Wedding. The re-opening is marked by the exhibition “Raupenimmersattism. The Affluent Society as Consumed Society or […]
Past
The Misused Ironmongery X London Design Festival
Taiwanese industrial designer Liang-Jung Chen first started paying a great amount of attention to hardware when she was living in the countryside of Taiwan. ‘It all started with designers’ geeky […]
Long Reads
Spatial Graphic Design
The new Studio Thonik
Design agency thonik has reinvented itself. The development of a studio on the Wibautstraat in Amsterdam marks thonik’s first foray into three-dimensional design. The building is an eye catcher, manifesto, […]
Guillaume Désanges on art and racism in France
Guillaume Désanges is an independent curator and notably in charge of La Verrière, the exhibition space for contemporary art attached to Fondation d'entreprise Hermès in Brussels.
Guillaume has a reputation for putting on complex and difficult exhibitions packed with meaning and signification. In 2019 he started a series of cycles at the exhibition space, each one […]
VIRGIL ABLOH – Pinking Virgil: The B-side
Crass and commercial or millenial and revolutionizing?
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 […]
Research & Realities
Printing Microalgae
How sustainable is the colour dye in your top? Where did it come from and how long will its hue last in the wash before inevitably fading? We pick out colours for their shades and aesthetics, but it seems rare that we choose colours based on their pigment origins.
TotoMoxtle
Corn is one of the top three most-grown plants in the world, however its main purpose is not to supply food for people but to be used to make biofuels, […]
This is Copper
There is a problem within sustainable fuel industries whereby the main two factors that tend to effect change within them is either economic incentive or public perception. The difficulty is […]
Productivity
BIM (Building Information Modelling)
BIM (Building Information Modelling) is a digital 3D model providing all relevant data and specific product references. It is fast becoming the standard for interior design, thanks to its ability […]
Villeroy & Boch
Estetic bathroom porcelain from Gustavsberg allowed Jon Eliason to create a delightful bathroom. The organic shapes generate a sense of lightness and are available in three finishes: classic polished white, […]
Kaldewei
BIM (Building Information Modelling) will be the future andard for project planning, coordination, and cost control in construction. Recognising this, premium manufacturer Kaldewei has already picked up on this hot […]
Jon Eliason
Villeroy & Boch Gustavsberg, one of Scandinavia’s leading bathroom manufacturers, combines smart solutions in its new Estetic series of sanitary ware, and the designer behind it is Jon Eliason. With […]