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
Year: 2009
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
A Room with a View
iukbox presents Better View blinds by Finnish designer Elina Aalto. The series of perforated black out roller blinds allow light to seep in through cutouts, creating images of the city by night. Four city patterns (limited editions of 1000 each) are available currently: Paris, Tokyo, Helsinki and Stockholm. This fall, iukbox and Aalto plan to… Continue reading A Room with a View