Workshop: Think Global, Act Local

Think Global, Act Local. I like to do this workshop, all free of charge, to be held June 16 to 19 in Frosinone intervene where some famous team of design such as design Gum, Marco Mazzei, Not Design, Zo-Loft, DeZing Studio and many others. Learn more about how to participate in workshops. I must point out with pleasure... 

Substantive design: an ancient technique for modern design

Doors, cabinets, wall panels and decorative products made ​​from the substantive the furniture design make it unique. The inlay technique, made ​​in series, we rediscover the contemporary. Substantive design is a young company founded in 2008 by the passion of Michael Cammarelle. He, 32 year-old, is a graduate... 

Oriental Ideas: Chinese art treasures

Lily Pond is a colorful, fancy Sushi Set by Alessi and comes from the new series OrienTales. The lovely Lily Bird soy sauce container means and the Chopsticks (look closely) are small goldfish. The design is from the series OrienTales Stefano Giovannoni and Rumiko Takeda. The products rely on art treasures of Chinese culture... 

Pop art, cartoons and Punk

Just in case someone very spontaneous visit Washington should: When Irvine Contemporary work by James Marshall displayed. Marshall, born in 1968, can be inspired by pop culture, street art and the urban punk scene. Shaped him has probably also the assistant-time with Takashi Murakami, which is connected to his work with... 

Utopia Matters: The aesthetic tradition and craftsmanship

The exhibition Utopia Matters work with the Les Primitifs, Nazarene, Pre-Raphaelites, William Morris and Arts and Crafts, of the Cornish Colony, of Neo-Impressionism, De Stijl, Bauhaus and Russian Constructivism. Has long been the utopia serves as a starting point for artistic debate but also as a model for artists communities.... 

Coop Gallery – into art & furniture

Three weeks of shows at The Coop Gallery into art & furniture sculptures, assemblages and paper cuts from Nándor Angstenberger and Toshifumi Hirose.

Peter Nitsch: Living in Bangkok – Urban Identities

One can say many things about Bangkok, but that the city is certainly not beautiful. It’s loud, crowded, and architecturally a real wild. And it smells very fragrant and complex-to food, fuel and incense. But it is fascinating. Photographer Peter Nitsch, in his book “Bangkok – Urban identity” –... 

Vienna Design Week: Insights and outlook

After a successful debut last year also took place in October this again a “Vienna Design Week”. The event, which has as its goal, both informative and critical and artistic and experimental to be revealed this year numerous works of designers from Germany and abroad. 10 days was insufficient time to discuss... 

Pictoplasma Festival 2011

From 6 to 10 April 2011 loads the Pictoplasma Festival again illustrators, animators and fans, in the creation of Characters – anthropomorphic figures with reduced face – to deepen. Simplified character representations change since the turn of the century visual culture. Pictograms with vibrant trains experienced... 

Art for the Road

The Foundation Art Forum Berlin People’s Bank shows until 8 May 2011 posters from the Prints Cabinet of the State Art Collections Dresden. The exhibit shows art for the street about a hundred, some very rarely seen posters. Curated by Dr. Karin Kolb and Dr. Hans-Ulrich Lehmann exhibition offers the possibility of...