Creative Playboy: Ron Arad may not be a familiar name to most of the population, but in the art and design world, he’s regarded as a bit of a bad-boy genius, known both for blending the worlds of design, art and architecture and a strong personality. On a recent July morning at MoMA, though, during… Continue reading “No Discipline” at MoMA
Category: Art
Design for a Living World at the Cooper-Hewitt: Not to be Missed
Not to be missed: Design for a Living World at the Cooper-Hewitt, organized by The Nature Conservancy, through January 2010. Ten leading designers have been commissioned to develop new uses for sustainably grown and harvested materials in order to tell a unique story about the life-cycle of materials and the power of conservation and design.… Continue reading Design for a Living World at the Cooper-Hewitt: Not to be Missed
Camouflage by Desiree Palmen
Surprisingly (but logically), Dutch photographer Desiree Palmen‘s “Camouflage” series (above) was inspired by a love of biology. While studying art at the Academie of Arts and doing post-graduate work at Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht (specializing in sculpture), Palmen says: “I maintained a special interest in biology, in particular the strange forms and behaviour… Continue reading Camouflage by Desiree Palmen
A Trio Of Great Design Books
I recently reviewed three great titles for Clear Magazine: Spacecraft 2, KarimSpace, and Marcel Wanders: Behind the Ceiling. Check out snippets from the reviews below! Spacecraft 2: More Fleeting Architecture and Hideouts Published by Gestalten / $75 / 280 pages Pushing the limits of classical architecture and satisfying the changing spatial needs of modern life,… Continue reading A Trio Of Great Design Books
“Castles in the Air” by Atticus Adams
The latest installation by Pittsburgh-based artist Atticus Adams is called “Castles in the Air,” 2009. Set in Pittsburgh’s Mattress Factory Museum this past May thru June, the installation – which for me simultaneously calls to mind elements as disparate as underwater plantlife, fashion and biology – is made of coated and uncoated aluminum mesh, monofilament,… Continue reading “Castles in the Air” by Atticus Adams