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
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Bokeh at London Design Festival 2020
Bokeh, is the visual quality of the blurry areas in a photograph. The soft pleasing feel of bokeh guides us to focus our attention on the important elements. This year […]
Sep
20
Francesca Torzo at Maniera Gallery
For some time, Francesca Torzo has been studying and analysing the visual languages of architecture, with a particular focus on experimenting with the potential of materials. Yet, it is only the first […]
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
Roll Chair — Sancal
ROLL by MUT, 2020 Industrial “trompe l’oeil” What does Roll suggest you? Do you know what it’s for? Perhaps Roll chair’s complex simplicity may mislead you at first, as well […]
Bee Home — Space10
SPACE10 open-sources bee homes IKEA’s research and design lab SPACE10 has teamed up with Bakken & Bæck and designer Tanita Klein to launch an open source Bee Home. Bees are […]
Igman Mini — Zanat
ZANAT, Bosnian brand specialized in the production of wooden furnishing components and in carving art (declared UNESCO Heritage), presents IGMAN Mini by Harri Koskinen. The latest creation for the Igman […]
Faraway Pool — Zucchetti Kos
Zucchetti. Water Values. Since its inception, Zucchetti has enhanced the value of water by designing its paths with care and mastery. Since its iconic first collaboration with Studio Nizzoli, Zucchetti […]