2012-12-31

Faculty Positions


Emily Carr University of Art + Design, a world-renowned learning community dedicated to research and the education of artists and designers, invites applications for full-time, tenure-track faculty positions in the following areas of expertise. 

2012-12-27

imm cologne

Gandia Blasco


Koelnmesse is looking forward to a very successful imm cologne 2013 (January 14th-20th): a total of 1,050 exhibitors from more than 50 countries have confirmed their attendance. Together with the international kitchen event LivingKitchen, the trade fair will be filling the 280,000 square metres of gross floor space.

2012-12-21

Triggering reality



TRIGGERING REALITY. New conditions for art and architecture in the Netherlands, proposed by the Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato, Italy from the 16th of December 2012 to the 10th of March 2013, the reality of space is questioned, investigated, reproduced, represented and criticized by artists and architects that have long searched to redefine themselves and their role in society.
La mostra "triggering reality. Nuove condizioni per l'arte e l'architettura in Olanda". proposta dal Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci di Prato dal 16 dicembre al 10 marzo 2013, racconta la realtà dello spazio contemporaneo, messo alla prova, investigato, riprodotto da artisti e architetti in cerca di una ridefinizione del loro stesso ruolo sociale.

2012-12-19

Splinter

Photo credits: Yoneo Kawabe

Splinter is the newest collection by Nendo. Each piece has the appearance of being splintered with wood that is peeling away from itself. In woodworking, a splintered or broken piece of timber is generally deemed defective. But not for Nendo.  

2012-12-18

inside. istantanea d'architettura


Ultimi giorni per visitare "inside. istantanea d'architettura", la rassegna fotografica dedicata all'Architettura e al Paesaggio contemporanei, che si terrà fino al 22 dicembre presso la sede signorile del XVIII secolo di Palazzo Fici a Marsala.

2012-12-17

freeDom

 
Libero design, libera creatività, libertà di vendere.
Sono aperte le iscrizioni all’evento più libero della Design Week di Milano nell’evento e nella location più prestigiosa della zona Tortona.

2012-12-14

Parsons the New School for Design opens new academic center in Paris


Parsons the New School for Design has announced it will establish a new academic center in Paris, opening in Summer 2013, which will build upon its long history of engagement and exchange with this world capital for art and culture. 

2012-12-13

Eco-resort of Parque de Pedras Salgadas

Photo credits: FG + SG

The new eco-resort of Parque de Pedras Salgadas in the North of Portugal was recently completed by the architects Luís Rebelo de Andrade and Diogo Aguiar. It consists of a set of small houses suspended in pillars in perfect harmony with the surrounding outstanding nature.

2012-12-12

New India Designscape

Triennale Design Museum porta avanti il ciclo dedicato al nuovo design internazionale negli spazi del MINI&Triennale CreativeSet proponendo, dal 14 dicembre 2012 al 24 febbraio 2013, un'inedita selezione dei più interessanti lavori dei designer indiani contemporanei, a cura di Simona Romano con la collaborazione di Avnish Mehta.

2012-12-10

La città che cambia

Martedì 11 dicembre alle 19 si terrà l'ultimo incontro del progetto "La città che cambia" ospitato nello spazio Valcucine Milano Brera.

2012-12-07

Elding Oscarson

Photo credits by Åke E:son Lindman
Elding Oscarson is the joint operation between Johan Oscarson and Jonas Elding. Jonas Elding was an associate at Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA) in Tokyo for seven years, during which time he led the design for the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. Johan Oscarson was an associate at Sandellsandberg in Stockholm for seven years, and led the designs for Villa Nilsson and the interior for the OMX headquarters. The collaboration combines substantial experience from employments in Sweden and Japan, covering both local and international architecture, from large projects to small ones – museums, theaters, private houses, interiors, furniture, and product design. 
"We want to continue to challenge an eclectic array of architecture and design tasks, to see how our joint effort can contribute to new solutions, ways to live, and spaces to enjoy. We feel successful when we surprise ourselves; when our projects are highly relevant to the user, the site, or other parameters that make every project unique, real, and story-telling."

2012-12-06

Farewell to Oscar Niemeyer


Born in 1907, Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho died yesterday (december 5th). He is considered one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. His exploration of the aesthetic possibilities of reinforced concrete and use of unconventional, abstract patterns were highly infuential on the architecture of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

2012-12-05

MFA in Transmedia Design

University of Tennessee School of Art offers new MFA concentration. The Transmedia Design program, a merger of the Graphic Design and 4D graduate programs within the School of Art, is seeking interested applicants for its inaugural year. The three-year MFA encourages critical research and investigation into contemporary issues informing design and time-based media. Students are encouraged to make lasting connections between traditional and emerging practices, collaborative modes of expression, and alternative problem-solving methods. Studio work spans many areas including interaction design, design strategy, social change, video, film, performance, gaming, storytelling, identity and branding, sound art, information design, and motion. Advanced research into theories of systems, sequencing and space are undertaken in upper division courses.

2012-12-04

100 designer x 100 macchinine


È 100% ToBeUs: cento designer per 100 nuove macchinine, dal 5 dicembre al 13 gennaio, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia di Milano. 

Lagostore Roma


Prosegue il fitto calendario di aperture che LAGO si era prefissata per questo 2012. Ultima, in ordine di tempo, è l’inaugurazione del flagship store che si terrà questo giovedì 6 dicembre in via di Ripetta 136 a Roma a partire dalle ore 18.30.

2012-12-03

Art and the Public Domain

Phytosensors detecting toxicity released from a flash flood along the Sudbury River. "The Cloud of Unknowing", a project by Dan Borelli (MDesS '12), focuses on the impact of climate change and subsequent extreme events on existing contaminated sites such as the Nyanza Chemical Waste Dump in Ashland, MA

Seeking to engage with the public and social realm—physical or virtual—with a view to shaping and transforming human action and historical experience, the Art and the Public Domain concentration of the Masters in Design Studies (MDesS) program gathers creative and ambitious individuals from all backgrounds and academic disciplines with a keen interest in contemporary issues of urban, historical, aesthetic, and technological culture, and with a predilection for intervention, exhibition, and public work.

2012-11-30

L'Italia di Le Corbusier


Le Corbusier, pseudonym of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris: architect, sculptor, painter, brilliant thinker of his time, a father of modern town planning and a master of the Modern Movement along with Mies van der Rohe, Gropius, Lloyd Wright and Aalto. MAXXI Architettura is devoting to this figure the exhibition L’Italia di Le Corbusier curated by Marida Talamona (18 October 2012 – 17 February 2013).
Le Corbusier, dal 1920 pseudonimo di Charles-Édouard Jeanneret: architetto, scultore, pittore, geniale pensatore del suo tempo, padre della moderna urbanistica e maestro del Movimento Moderno con Mies van der Rohe, Gropius, Lloyd Wright e Aalto. Il MAXXI Architettura gli ha dedicato la mostra L’Italia di Le Corbusier a cura di Marida Talamona (18 ottobre 2012 – 17 febbraio 2013).

2012-11-29

Writers' windows by Matteo Pericoli


On November 27th the third floor of "Casa dei libri" opened its door. The space was created by the writer Andrea Kerbaker in Milan.

2012-11-28

Design Miami


The eighth edition of Design Miami/, the global forum for design, will see a significant increase in exhibiting galleries specializing in 20th and 21st century collectible design. Held December 5-9, 2012 in Miami Beach, Florida, this year’s program will see a 25% increase in galleries, representing both emerging and iconic design works from around the globe.

2012-11-27

Restructura

A Torino dal 29 novembre al 2 dicembre torna il salone-evento dedicato all’edilizia e all’architettura sostenibile. L’obiettivo: raccontare agli operatori del settore e agli utenti finali, i privati, gli aggiornamenti sui sistemi costruttivi e le novità sui materiali e le attrezzature, concentrando sempre di più l’attenzione su eco-sostenibilità ed efficienza energetica.

2012-11-26

RI3. RIduci RIusa RIcrea


Sette, Corriere della Sera e SetteGreen, in occasione della 2a edizione dei SetteGreen Awards, presentano una inedita collezione di scatti realizzati da Chris Broadbent per il 15° anniversario di Conai, Consorzio Nazionale Imballaggi.

2012-11-23

Four-cornered villa

© kuvio.com

The cross-like shape of this simple villa reaches towards four very different views. The space is open and defined at the same time. The exterior is treated black and the interior is very light. The building is well insulated and heated by wood only. There is no electricity or running water. The simple and ascetic life at the countryside differs dramatically from the hectic city life.

2012-11-21

Anouk Vogel

© Jeroen Musch

Anouk Vogel's projects often oscillate between design and art.
She was born and grew up in Geneva, Switzerland. She studied landscape architecture at the Metropolitan University of Manchester in England where she graduated in 2001 with Honours and Distinction. After her studies she moved to the Netherlands. In 2007, after a few years of working for various firms like West 8, Bureau B+B and Inside/Outside, she set up her own landscape architecture practice in Amsterdam.

2012-11-20

Open Design Italia

Federica Bubani

Over 80 designers will participate in the third edition of Open Design Italia 2012: the contest/exhibition/market that will connect local designers, companies and makers. The event will take place in Venice from November 23rd to 25th.



2012-11-19

Un designer per le imprese


Dal 20 novembre presso la Triennale di Milano apre una mostra che coinvolge 150 designers e 25 aziende lombarde.

Clean Beaches Design Challenge

Cultural Entrepreneurship students investigate mircroplastic debris on an Oregon Beach. Photo: Laura DeVito '13
The Master of Fine Arts in Collaborative Design at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) in partnership with SOLVE is issuing the Clean Beaches Design Challenge, inviting teams of college students to design innovative solutions to clean up tsunami and other marine debris on Oregon beaches.

2012-11-17

Istanbul: a week full of art


Art Istanbul: the first week-long celebration of contemporary culture held in one of the world's most extraordinary and culturally-rich cities. Art Istanbul will host a number of cultural activities, namely Turkey's leading international art fair, Contemporary Istanbul, and will also provide access to new cultural offerings, discussions and education programme working with the most prestigious institutions, museums, cultural centers and leading commercial galleries between November 19th and 25th.

2012-11-16

Hepworth Wakefield Gallery


The Hepworth Wakefield is Yorkshire’s inspiring new art gallery, celebrating the area’s unique artistic legacy and exploring the work of major contemporary artists. Designed by David Chipperfield Architects, the ten superb gallery spaces make this one of the UK’s largest purpose-built galleries outside London. The gallery brings together work from Wakefield’s art collection, exhibitions by contemporary artists and rarely seen works by Barbara Hepworth.

2012-11-14

Bord de mer

© Gabriele Basilico

Il Museo Pignatelli di Napoli ospiterà fino al 6 gennaio la mostra Bord de mer dedicata a Gabriele Basilico, a cura di Achille Bonito Oliva, con il progetto scientifico e il coordinamento di Umberto Zanetti.

2012-11-13

Design Achievement Awards


Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the winners of its 12th annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA) at the DesignThinkers 2012 conference in Toronto, Ontario.

2012-11-12

La Cantina Bortolin Angelo

Monica Margarido
Sono stati recentemente resi noti i risultati del concorso "La Cantina Bortolin Angelo", bandito da Bortolin Angelo Spumanti Sas con il coordinamento di Agatv (associazione giovani architetti treviso).

2012-11-08

PARATISSIMA…C’EST MOI!


Dal 7 all’11 novembre, si svolgerà l’ottava edizione di Paratissima. Nata come manifestazione off di Artissima, fiera internazionale di arte contemporanea, è diventata in pochi anni uno degli eventi di riferimento nel panorama artistico a livello nazionale. 

Results: Prodotti Tipici Industriali Design Contest

La sfida era ambiziosa: mettere in relazione le imprese piemontesi con designer di tutta Italia con l’obiettivo di valorizzare l’apporto che i progettisti possono dare nell’ideazione di oggetti d’uso quotidiano, partendo da semilavorati di origine industriale. 

10 x 10 Drawing the City


One hundred celebrity architects and artists, including Lord Foster, Zaha Hadid and Jake & Dinos Chapman, have all been let loose in London’s West End with pens, pencils, paintbrushes & sketchpads. Their diverse artistic interpretations of the cityscape has been brought together in a unique exhibition that is entitled 10 x 10 Drawing the City and runs for two weeks from November 1st to November 13th at Somerset House on the Strand.

2012-11-07

LINEA NUDA. UNA VISIONE SCOMPOSTA



Venerdì 9 novembre alle ore 18.30 presso OLINDA ARCHITETTURA SOSTENIBILE in via Rocciamelone 12D (TO) inaugura la personale di Frederic Anderson: La linea nuda - una visione scomposta.

Design for Travel in the Modern Age

 


Design has shaped and continues to transform our travel experiences. The moment you step into the airport, station or port you're entering a world that is curated and planned by designers: from the signage and layout, to the form and function of suitcases, to the style and dimension of your seat.

2012-11-06

Prodotti Tipici Industriali design contest


Il 7 novembre alle ore 18.00 presso la sede dell’Unione Industriale di Torino, avrà luogo la premiazione del primo concorso promosso da Torino Lab, in collaborazione con l’Unione Industriale di Torino, dal titolo “Prodotti Tipici Industriali design contest”. 

2012-11-05

Torino Design Week


Dal 5 al 10 novembre avrà luogo la quinta edizione della TORINO DESIGN WEEK, quest’anno dedicata al tema del lavoro e dello sviluppo d’impresa.

2012-11-04

Conferenze di architettura contemporanea

Nei giorni 8, 14, 22 e 29 novembre, presso il Politecnico di Milano (Aula Rogers, via Ampère 2), sono state organizzate delle conferenze con alcuni protagonisti del panorama architettonico internazionale.
Ian Ritchie aprirà le danze l'8 novembre alle ore 17; seguiranno Odile Decq, Patrik Schumacher e Benedetta Tagliabue.

La partecipazione è libera, previa registrazione.

2012-11-02

Farewell to Gae Aulenti


La Signora dell'Architettura è morta nella notte di mercoledì nella sua casa milanese.
The Lady of Architecture died on wednesday night in her house in Milan.

Digital Futures

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C Clarke

2012-10-31

New Urban Village in Christchurch

Whakaaturanga Kāinga Nohoanga (The new urban village project) is an international competition to design and build a new place for living in Christchurch's Central City.

2012-10-29

Alessandro Gottardo shouts out loud


Alessandro Gottardo was born in Pordenone in 1977. He studied in Venice and in Milan and he won numerous awards, particularly in the United States. Though his young age, he has already found a place in the history of visual communications. Among the others he worked for: Among the others he worked for: United Airlines, Volkswagen, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, Esquire, Newsweek, National Geographic, The New Yorker, Le Monde, The Economist, Guardian, Random House, Penguin Books.

2012-10-27

Low Cost Design Exhibition


Low Cost Design is a touring art exhibition with more than five hundred pieces and structures. These objects are related to the change in the use of manufactures or parts of the territory, through the aware actions of people, from all over the world. Pieces and structures, born to solve a specific task, are transformed into other problem solvers: the merit belongs to all of us, spontaneously creative artists. 

2012-10-26

POP ART DESIGN


Pop Art is widely regarded as the most significant artistic movement since 1945. Reflecting on the cult of celebrity, commodity fetishism and media reproduction that permeated everyday life in the postwar era, Pop Art continues to shape our society’s cultural self-understanding to this day. A central characteristic of Pop Art was the dialogue between design and art, which is now being explored in “Pop Art Design” at the Vitra Design Museum as the first-ever comprehensive exhibition on the topic. 

2012-10-24

FRAME MOOOI AWARD


Frame and Moooi are both leaders in the design industry; glossy pages of Frame magazine focus on cutting-edge interiors, while Moooi strives to create spectacular furnishings and lighting. Combining the interests of both organizations, the Frame Moooi Award was launched to target interior designers and architects who custom created a lamp or furnishing for a specific interior. There’s just one condition: these must be products that can lead a life outside the interior for which they were designed.

2012-10-22

Odile Decq - Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo


Martedì 23 ottobre, presso l'auditorium della Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, si terrà la conferenza organizzata da alessiostudio all'interno del ciclo "d'ARCHITETTURA - esempi di qualità della stagione 2012/2013".