Action! Design over Time. The Museum of Modern Art announced Action! Design over Time, a new installation of the contemporary section of The Philip Johnson Architecture and Design Galleries, beginning on February 5, 2010. Organized by Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, and Patricia Juncosa-Vecchierini and Kate Carmody, Curatorial Assistants, Department of Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art, the installation brings together some 85 examples from the collection that reveal the dynamic and evolving nature of objects, providing a deeper understanding of contemporary design. Objects are not still, and yet design is often appreciated in terms of its static presence - both aesthetic and functional - in any given instant, without much consideration of the process of its making, trajectory in time, life cycle, or relationship with people. Some of the objects in the exhibition embody frozen moments in time, whether crafted by hand (like Ingo Maurer's Porca Miseria!
NOMADIC FURNITURE 3.0. Ethica » Blog Archive » Art Biotech. In basso una recensione al libro “Art Biotech”. Su alcuni dei problemi evidenziati dall’arte biotech, mi permetto di rinviare al mio “L’arbitrarietà del corpo umano”: Art BiotechRecensione di Cristina Trivellin e Martina Coletti[da: Testo originariamente pubblicato sulla rivista d’arte contemporanea D’Ars, n.190, Ottobre 2007] Art Biotech esce in Italia come primo testo che affronta le problematiche proposte da una nuova pratica artistica chiamata “bioarte” (o “arte biotecnologia” o “arte genetica”), e intende porsi come approfondimento teorico al catalogo della mostra “L’Art Biotech”, curata da Jens Hauser e svoltasi a Nantes nel 2003, che rappresenta una delle primissime mostre di “arte biotecnologica”. Una prima evidente distinzione con le precedenti forme d’arte si impone proprio a partire dall’oggetto preso in considerazione dalla bioarte.
WHAT IF... at the Science Gallery 2009. Home | Cooper Hewitt. Design For the Other 90% | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Gustavsbergs Konsthall TUMULT Exhibition. Matlida Haggärde, Report from within, 2013, photo Magnus Natschki How – Do – Know 31.1.2014 – 27.4.2014 Charlotta Bellander, Johan Bjärntoft, Lo Eklöw, Matilda Haggärde, Li Liang In the spring of 2014 we are presenting five craft artists who have either recently completed the master’s programme at HDK, the School of Design and Crafts at Gothenburg University, or who are currently enrolled in the programme.
The exhibition will focus on ceramic processes and the way in which experience of these processes is used in developing an artistic identity. The five craft artists present different approaches and results based on a profound exploration of the possibilities offered by the material – in this case clay. The exhibition is the result of collaboration between Gustavsbergs Konsthall and Mia E Göransson who is Professor of Ceramics at HDK. Zandra Ahl, Family Outlet, © Zandra Ahl FAMILY OUTLET 5.10.2013 – 5.1.2014 Zandra Ahl Is it possible to question prejudice and xenophobia with jewellery? Scientists team-up with designers at new exhibition - myScience / science wire. Mad Hatter’s nuclear themed tea party Leading scientists at the University of Sheffield have used artistic flair to showcase the impact of future scientific developments, as part of a pioneering new exhibition in London, which kicked-off yesterday (Monday 15 March 2010. In a groundbreaking new partnership, a group of leading science researchers from the University collaborated with a designer from the Royal College of Art, in a bid to visualise the potential impact of scientific developments.
The results are being showcased in the IMPACT! Exhibition at the Royal College of Art between 16 and 21 March 2010, which offers a powerful insight into how today´s research might transform people´s experience of the world. Taking the form of a `Mad Hatter´s tea party,´ the display features placemats mapping sites of potential new nuclear reactors, upon which dinner plates showcase quirky benefits of nuclear power. The IMPACT! Adhocracy | Istanbul Design Biennial. One of the two exhibitions at the Istanbul Design Biennial is Adhocracy, hosted in the Galata Greek Primary School’s 2,300 square metres. Reuniting over 60 projects by 120 designers, architects, “Adhocracy”, curated by Joseph Grima in collaboration with an international curatorial team, surveys the contemporary design scene in the wake of a wave of social and technological revolutions that have transformed the realm of design in recent years.
The exhibition argues that rather than in finished products, the maximum expression of design today is to be found in processes—systems, tools, networks and platforms that involve users in the process of definition of the end product. The exhibition charts the migration of the epicentre of production from the factory floor to back to the craftsman’s workshop. ‘Isn’t It Romantic,’ a Contemporary Design Show, Opens in Cologne. iF - International Forum Design Hannover: Homepage. 3D Printshow 2012. No.5 Sub-Theme Exhibition：WHAT IF - Beijing International Design Triennial. Exhibition Space: about 900 square meters Curatorial team: Fiona Raby Partner of Dunne & Raby, Reader in Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art, London Professor of Industrial Design at the University of Applied Arts,Vienna Anthony Dunne Partner of Dunne & Raby, Professor and Head of the Design Interactions Department at the Royal College of Art in London Jin Jiangbo Chinese New Media Artist, Director of the Shanghai Creative Designers Association, Visiting scholar of the University of Auckland, New Zealand Interpretation of the Theme Do we design for how the world is now?
The projects in this exhibition ask ‘what if…?’ For a while now, we’ve been very interested in the space between reality and the impossible, a space of dreams, hopes, and fears. There are no solutions here, or even answers, just lots of questions, thoughts, ideas and possibilities, all expressed through the language of design. Science and Design. Evidence Dolls by Dunne and Raby uses 100 plastic dolls to provoke discussion about the impact of genetic technology on young single women Tomorrow night Wellcome Collection’s Supper Club welcomes designers Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby, the duo behind our stunning new window display, ‘What If…’. It’s an interesting project, largely because when one thinks of design in a product sense, one usually thinks of technology rather than science. So when I met Dunne, Raby and the ‘What If…’ designers at the display’s launch party, what I wanted to know is: what can design and science teach each other?
“Designers normally work at the end of the process, where the science has become a technology, which has already become a product,” Anthony Dunne told me. “Designers are usually brought in to make the product easier to use, to look good, to be consumable.” ‘What If…’ explores what might happen if designers and scientists interacted earlier: what sort of role might design play? Consumer engagement. SAFE: Design Takes On Risk. SAFE: Design Takes On Risk, the first major design exhibition at MoMA since its reopening in November 2004, presents more than 300 contemporary products and prototypes designed to protect body and mind from dangerous or stressful circumstances, respond to emergencies, ensure clarity of information, and provide a sense of comfort and security.
These objects address the spectrum of human fears and worries, from the most mundane to the most exceptional, from the dread of darkness and loneliness to the threat of earthquakes and terrorist attacks. The exhibition covers all forms of design, from manufactured products to information architecture. Featured products include refugee shelters, demining equipment, baby strollers, and protective sports gear. Designers are trained to balance risk with protection and to mediate between disruptive change and normalcy; good design goes hand in hand with personal needs, providing protection and security without sacrificing innovation and invention.