Simon Davidson est un photographe australien qui nous propose de découvrir l’univers des courses de voitures à travers des clichés maîtrisés de burnouts. Montrant des voitures en action et captant des instants avec beaucoup de talent, le rendu est à découvrir sur cette série.
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A couple of centuries ago, when the Revolutionary War was in full swing, the British commandeered a patch of farmland in the East River and used it to launch amphibious attacks on Manhattan. Today we know it as Randall’s Island, and a new crop of Brits have seized it for friendly, aboveground purposes: an international contemporary art fair. The first edition of Frieze New York opens Friday in Randall’s Island Park. Nearly 200 galleries will showcase works inside a light-infused temporary structure designed by New York-based Solid Objectives–Indeburg Liu (SO–IL).
“We build a very big fair and to try and find a spot for it isn’t easy,” Frieze New York co-director Amanda Sharp tells us. “It has to be a space that is accessible, that has a little bit of romance and panache about it, that feels in tune with the idea that perhaps Frieze is more of an innovation.” Determined to avoid setting up shop in a hangar on the Hudson, Sharp and co-director Matthew Slotover scouted fresh locales, including one they had never heard of: Randall’s Island. “I go out there, I get out there very easily, and I’m basically standing on the river, in this beautiful open green space, looking back at this fantastic view,” says Sharp, who also discovered “a bit of grittiness” reminiscent of ’70s New York and films such as The French Connection, which was shot on the island. “So it is unknown, but oddly enough, it’s very familiar. It has a little bit of magic about it, and that’s what we were looking for,” she adds. “If you build a fair with really good galleries, I assume that really good collectors will come because they like to see good art, but if you make it an event, perhaps you open art up to more people, and that really excites me.”
Above: A rendering of the fair’s temporary structure. (Courtesy SO–IL and Frieze New York)
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I wouldn’t have guessed that Portuguese designer Rui Alves would produce work under My Own Super Studio, but insofar as his friendly demeanor matched that of his unassuming furniture, the moniker is intended to suggest humility as opposed to narcissism.
We weren’t the only ones who were impressed by Alves’ beautifully-executed woodwork at the SaloneSatellite this year: the organizers saw fit to include his “Woodpecker” design (above and below) in the Best-in-Show section in the far corner.
It’s an elegant interchangeable home organization solution, taking trestle legs as inspiration for a versatile countertop or standalone unit, where the horizontal beam has three vertical points of attachment and a horizontal one. The various appendages—a coatrack, a knife block, a mushroom-shaped storage unit, a lamp, flat surfaces, etc.—and legs themselves are plug-and-play to maximize the functionality of the minimalist form.
The “AA” chair is named for its strut-like legs.
The “Lapa” armchair & matching ottoman
Scrivo questo articolo dopo la prima visita a zona Ventura Lambrate durante la settimana del design milanese 2012. La curiosità era tanta perché dal 2010, anno di nascita, ad oggi il progetto ha riscosso molti consensi e punta a ritrovare quell’energia creativa originaria del Fuorisalone, che sta sfumando sotto i colpi di tanti inserimenti istituzionali e commerciali che a volte poco centrano con il design.
Forse le mie aspettative erano troppo alte, ma sono rimasto deluso da zona Ventura Lambrate nonostante tutti continuano a parlarne molto bene; e non lo dico per fare semplicemente il bastian contrario.
L’ambientazione è affascinante: sono stati usati ex edifici manifatturieri oggetto di ottimi progetti di recupero, c’è tanta bella gente, gli eventi non mancano e passeggiare per la zona è indubbiamente un piacere. Tuttavia, il design che ho visto non mi ha impressionato.
Per fare una sintesi malvagia, credo che escludendo lampade, tappeti e cose note (come quelle del bravissimo Jaime Hayon) restasse ben poco da vedere. Questo è il mio punto di vista, spiegato dal fatto che Elmanco si interessa più al disegno industriale che all’artigianato e all’arte, o perlomeno a quei casi in cui l’ handmade può avere una sua chiara funzionalità oppure essere l’apripista di produzioni in serie.
La sensazione che invece ho avuto era che a Ventura Lambrate si facesse a gara a chi trovasse l’idea più sorprendente e originale perché tanti progetti avevano un senso solo calati in quella situazione, mentre in ambienti più quotidiani e ordinari avrebbero avuto ben poca ragione di esistere.
Quest’anno non ho visitato il Salone del Mobile, concentrandomi sul Fuorisalone in città, ma in fin dei conti sono rimasto deluso sia dagli eccessi commercial – popolari di Zona Tortona che dall’autoreferenzialità dei designer – artisti – provocatori di Ventura Lambrate.
Non voglio certo dire di ignorare il Fuorisalone, anche perché gli eventi e le serate possono essere molto divertenti, ma è meglio non aspettarsi troppo.
Le North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences a commissionné cette oeuvre “Patterned by Nature” par Plebian Design. Cette installation célèbre la complexité de la nature à travers la recherche scientifique avec la création un ruban composé de verres LCD émettant des animations.
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Will Avenir live happily after in the strong yet graceful arms of Adobe Garamond Pro? Can Martha Stewart-y Archer ever make it work with Eurostile? See for yourself by playing Type Connection, a fontastic online dating game created by Aura Seltzer, an MFA student in graphic design at the Maryland Institute College of Art. “Type Connection stems from an idea I had that typefaces’ personalities on paper are really very similar to those of people,” Seltzer told Mohawk Fine Papers’ Felt & Wire blog recently. “Typefaces also have certain physiques, voices, and virtues, and in certain designs, they would benefit from companionship.” Choose a single and get ready to mingle by selecting one of four strategies for finding a good match for your bachelor or bachelorette typeface. In addition to honing typeface-pairing skills, players explore typographic terminology and brush up on type history. Meanwhile, you’ll never look at Gil Sans the same way again—the British octogenarian is revealed to be an emotional eater who wears quirky spectacles.
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Most of us have a good handle on what the Japanese, Scandinavian or Italian design aesthetics are. But countries like China and India, with populations that far outstrip the previous three, have yet to make an aesthetic dent on the world stage of industrial design. That will change, slowly but surely; and while it’s early days yet, an Indian brand named Arttd’inox has launched its maiden flagship store in New Delhi to celebrate Indian craftsmanship and design.
After being introduced to the Brooklyn Nets and their new logo and color scheme, they’ve continued their media onslaught with a recently released commercial aimed at drumming up ticket sales at the newly built Barclays Center.
The royal conclusion to this series of photos.
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