Last month, major American craftsperson David Wiseman revealed his new Los Angeles studio complex – before renovations – with a soft opening exhibition that surveys 14-years of his career.
Breathing Heart is an installation by German multimedia artist Johanna Keimeyer that asks visitors to look inside themselves, literally. An inflated structure is matched by the sensorial qualities of light, sound, scent, and rhythm for full scenographic effect. First mounted during Art Basel, the project – captured in film – travels to New York this month.
Leading trend forecaster and frequent talent maker, Lidewij Edelkoort returns to London Design Festival this month with a special showcase of 15 avant-garde projects by emerging designers, just out of school. Mounted at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London from 4-23 September, the Graduate(s) exhibit takes the pulse of the European design zeitgeist.
Last weekend, Robert Wilson welcomed over 1,200 guests to the 24th Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit, raising funds for the institution’s year-round programming. The event brought the creative and philanthropic worlds together for a night of performances, installations; an auction; dinner and dancing. Aptly, this year’s edition had a strong political focus.
New York’s The Future Perfect invited For Reference principal Leilani Zahn to curate Outlines in their ‘secret’ office space, from New York Design Week (NYCxDesign)… Read more
Born in Sarajevo and raised in New England, Brooklyn-based designer Benjamin Kicic works at the junction of functionalism and cultural semiotics. The RISD-trained talent’s oeuvre straddles… Read more
New York’s Chamber Gallery hosted the Loewe’s Craft Prize exhibition. Championing its own age-old artisanal production techniques, the Spanish fashion house and foundation showcased a selection of 26 finalists pushing the envelope of independent contemporary practice.
Shelving units are often seen as miniaturised versions of buildings. Subject to similar architectonic constraints, this type of furniture also benefits from similar formal attributes:… Read more
Founded in 2007, Friedman Benda has emerged as one of New York’s leading design galleries. Born out of the tradition of Barry Friedman’s art gallery,… Read more
Sight Unseen Offsite returned for its fourth New York Design Week edition with a reduced yet highly-curated selection of industry-defining independent practices.
Exploring the concepts of ephemerality, consumption and waste, Marcin Rusak submerges flowers into furniture-encased resin slabs. On show at Twenty First Gallery till 16 June, the Flora Noir series is both an ode to family history and nature.
Modifying the everyday, even just slightly, can have surprising effects. For reformed architect-turned-artist Alex Schweder, reexamining the mundane through strategic experimentation reveals how buildings perform… Read more