Figures & Routines by Eva Berendes at Jacky Strenz Gallery - Sight Unseen
Plenty of great artists and art historians have pondered the idea of painting leaving behind or transcending the canvas, but when I visited the Berlin studio of Eva Berendes last winter and heard her talk about her own work's gradual journey beyond frames and stretchers, the first person who came to mind was Bruno Munari. In his amazing little book Design As Art, the Italian icon describes the idea behind his hanging mobiles — aka "Useless Machines" — as an attempt to liberate painting from…
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Lassu´ (Limited Edition) by Alessandro Mendini
Lassu (Limited Edition) by Alessandro Mendini for the Vitra Des sold by the modern archive
Design & Interiors
At the Swiss Institute, a Survey of Eccentric Chair Designs
Ryan Todd : Blog
To coincide with the Milan Furniture Fair, I was commissioned by YCN to produce a series of ‘Bright Ideas’ for GAP’s flagship store. The artwork became part of a kinetic sculpture, instore graphics...
The Triumph of Postmodernism
Studio Alchimia piece for a performance at the Fiorucci showroom in Milan, “Furnishings as Clothes”, 1982 http://thetriumphofpostmodernism.tumblr.com
Jane Dillon: Ahead of the Curve • V&A Blog
Here's a pop quiz for you.When was this chair designed? If you guessed 'last year,' Idon't blame you. It's got a fashion-forward pinkness about it, and the combination of circle, curve and triangular wedge has the minimal snap of the latest out of Milan. Or perhaps you went for '1981'?I wouldn't blame you. The chair does look pretty postmodern, and even bears a passing resemblance to Peter Shire's iconic 'Bel Air' chair of that year. Both the mystery chair and Shire's Postmodern design have…