TLmag 33 Extended: New Age of Humanism

Martin Bethenod, Managing Director for the Bourse de Commerce – Museum of the Pinault Collection, wrote an essay for the launch of Ronan Bouroullec’s collection of furnishings for the tiny chapel of Mont Saint-Michel de Brasparts in Brittany.

Oltre Terra is an ongoing investigation conducted by Formafantasma focused on the history, ecology, and global dynamics of the production and distribution of wool products and sheep farming. A new exhibition is on view at the National Museum of Oslo through October 1st.

TLmag spoke with Los Angeles-based, multi-disciplinary artist, Azadeh Shladovsky, whose layered work explores ideas of visual consciousness, questioning not only how we see, but in some cases who or what we allow ourselves to see.

The Desire in the Habitual, the Obsessive in the Familiar, the Implicit in the Excessive – Objects from the Galila Barzilaï Hollander Collection is an in-depth exhibition that questions our perception, dependence and use of everyday objects.

An unique exhibition that shines a light on Lebanon’s design history as well as its contemporary creative scene is now on view at the CID Grand Hornu.

In the Spring of 2020, at the height of global lockdowns, Marc Fuestel interviewed Kenya Hara about one of his new projects: High Resolution Tour. With its subtle images and thoughtful, personal texts, High Resolution Tour was just the thing the world needed to be absorbed by and reflect upon – putting forward essential questions about reconsidering how and why we travel.

Studio Wieki Somers (Wieki Somers and Dylan van den Berg) were invited to curate the design section of The Roaring Twenties, an exhibition which explores parallel themes between the 1920s and 2020s in Design, Art and Fashion.

The Mingei International Museum in San Diego, California, re-opened its doors to the public in September 2021 after an extensive 3-year renovation led by architect Jennifer Luce, principal of Luce et studio. With its dynamic, welcoming space & contemporary vision, the museum shines a light on the beauty of craft and the handmade.

Humbly but wittily defined by its chef, Riccardo Camanini, Lido 84 provides exactly what one seeks when going to a restaurant: to be refreshed and feel regenerated through superb food and clever dishes.

”My interest is focused on anthropomorphic” TLmag spoke to Vincenzo De Cotiis about his show Éternel at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery.

Norwegian sound artist Jana Winderen brings the audio topography and richness of oceans, rivers, lakes and glaciers to the surface. Creating intensely moving experiences, her works may be viewed as a call to action in light of climate change and other urgent environmental issues.

Fairphone is an Amsterdam-based social enterprise and smartphone manufacturer that tries to flip the industry that is hugely (environmentally) damaging.