Designworld. The international thematic review of contemporary design, DesignWorld, illuminates the meanings of design on societal, ecological and individual levels.
The exhibition follows on from the ‘Safe – Design takes on Risk’ exhibition organised at the New York MoMA in 2005, addressing issues that are always topical. Design is viewed from the premise of the basic needs of man and society, as well as reflecting on the various possible ways in which design can make an impact in a changing world. Vienna Design Week - Talkin about a (design) revolution. Nr. 15 DESIGNING CRITICAL DESIGN. Jurgen Bey deel 1. The Machine – Designing a new industrial revolution. Exhibition venue: C-mine (Genk) The industrial revolution was a revolution for engineers.
Now designers are at the forefront of a new revolution. They are part of networks that enable them to develop new materials and systems, build their own machines, and seek new tools for production and distribution. These developments offer an alternative to mass production and open paths to a new economy and society. New machines impact society.
The Machine is an interactive exhibition, accompanied by an extensive program for a diverse audience. Participating designers of the exhibition are: Juan Montero Valdes (ES/GB), Mischer’Traxler (AT), Tal Erez (IL), Thomas Vailly (FR), Thomas Maincent (FR), Studio Homunculus (NL), Unfold (BE), Eugenia Morpurgo (IT), Maya Ben David (IL), Jon Stam (CA/NL), Itay Ohaly (IL), Christian Fiebig (DE), The Creative Factory (FR/IL), Formafantasma (IT/NL), Sofie Lachaert (BE). Opening 03.06.2012 at 6pm at C-mine. Www.the-machine.be Photo: Thomas Maincent – Spiderfarm. Design d’aujourd’hui. Non so a voi, ma a me quando dicevano design veniva subito in mente una lampada, o simil accessorio d’uso quotidiano, un po’ strana ultra-colorata e dalle linee avveniristiche.
Mi sbagliavo. «D.Day» è la mostra che nella “galerie sud” del Centro Pompidou, consacrato all’arte moderna, espone l’opera di una quindicina di designer internazionali e sottolinea la vitalità di questo tipo di progettazione e i suoi numerosi campi d’applicazione. FREAK SHOW. Curated by Sophie Lovell With works by: Auger-Loizeau, Pieke Bergmans, Dunne & Raby, El Ultimo Grito, Martí Guixé, Stuart Haygarth, Kueng Caputo, Mathieu Lehanneur, Studio Makkink & Bey, Jerszy Seymour 13 November 2010–29 January 2011 This group show is brought to you by the well-known design author and critic Sophie Lovell.
Freak Show: Strategies for (Dis)engagement in Design is a selling exhibition of objects by a very special selection of international designers that think differently and who challenge the system. Ultrabody. [DESIGN]CRISIS. New energy in design and art. From October 29 2011 until February 26 2012 Photo: Lotte Stekelenburg.
Design and the Elastic Mind. Reviews: Design and the Elastic Mind. In the past few decades, individuals have experienced dramatic changes in some of the most established dimensions of human life: time, space, matter, and individuality.
Working across several time zones, traveling with relative ease between satellite maps and nanoscale images, gleefully drowning in information, acting fast in order to preserve some slow downtime, people cope daily with dozens of changes in scale. Minds adapt and acquire enough elasticity to be able to synthesize such abundance. One of design's most fundamental tasks is to stand between revolutions and life, and to help people deal with change. Designers have coped with these displacements by contributing thoughtful concepts that can provide guidance and ease as science and technology evolve.
Several of them—the Mosaic graphic user's interface for the Internet, for instance—have truly changed the world. Brian Moroz Brian Moroz began his academic career in film. Not really. Smell +. Fertility Object. PainStation. Industrious Artefacts. The evolution of crafts As a component of The Year of Doing, the Zuiderzee Museum in Enkhuizen is organizing the exhibition INDUSTRIOUS|Artefacts, the evolution of crafts, in which guest curators Rianne Makkink and Jurgen Bey (Studio Makkink & Bey), by means of current work of various designers, show how historical crafts in the former Zuiderzee region have evolved and how they influence contemporary design and industrial processes.
The exhibition runs up to 12 February 2012. In the previous century, the reclamation of land by closing off the Zuiderzee had an enormous impact on the local economy and culture. Old crafts were no longer what they had been. Picture 137 « INDUSTRIOUS. Studio Makkink & Bey and the Zuiderzee Museum in Enkhuizen present ‘Industrious|Artefacts’, the evolution of crafts.
The exhibition opens May 27, 2011 through February 12, 2012. Industrious Artefacts, the evolution of crafts shows the development of industrial processes. Guest curators Jurgen Bey and Rianne Makkink make connections between production processes from past and present. To this end, they invited national and international designers / artists who are reinventing these industrial systems in various machines, installations and designs. The Afsluitdijk barrier dam that closed off the Zuiderzee sea in the last century, had a tremendous impact on local economy and culture and brought prosperity to the area.