INSIGHTS III: Five contemporary artists reveal their individual wit in an annual group show in Heidelberg

INSIGHTS III

After another year of intense traveling for their respective crafts, artists and longtime friends Sandro Kopp, Stefan Strumbel, SMASH137, Andreas von Chrzanowki and Ruediger Glatz are meeting up in Heidelberg for their third annual group show, INSIGHTS. As the name implies, the site-specific installation is a chance for these…

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Past Shock a CityVision project

Past Shock è un progetto curatoriale che nasce dall’intento di indagare in quale forma l’immaginario del retrofuturo abbia in qualche modo influenzato la nostra percezione del progresso.

Past Shock a CityVision project

Mela Enne

⌘ + N ( o CTRL + N ) è la combo-comando da tastiera per creare un nuovo documento, un nuovo file. Dopo 10 anni di condivisione, esperienze e attività, il gruppo creativo ELEKTRO DOMESTIK FORCE
ha inaugurato Melaenne: una esposizione check point, dove riportare, attraverso un percorso espressivo, gli sviluppi del gruppo dal 2003 ad oggi.

Mela Enne

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Gaetano Pesce: A conversation with a master designer in his NYC studio

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Gaetano Pesce

Gaetano Pesce is one of the most renowned living designers. Quintessentially creative, a tireless experimenter, natural born provocateur and intellectual, Pesce is now launching an interesting new project centered on the body. Galerie Basia Embiricos in Paris presents Pesce’s “Pieces for the Body”, a series of unique, handmade jewels…

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Academy of Arts and Design Exhibition 2012: The Prague school’s graduating talent on display at DOX

Academy of Arts and Design Exhibition 2012

by Adam Štěch Founded in 1885, Prague’s Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design is the most progressive art school in the Czech Republic today. Nestled among the ateliers and studios of prominent Czech artists and designers in the center of Prague, the school is housed within a neo-Renaissance palace built…

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House of Waris at Istanbul ’74: A grand exhibition of jewelry by Waris Ahluwalia

House of Waris at Istanbul '74

Currently showing at the Istanbul ’74 art space in the city’s Karaköy neighborhood, Waris Ahluwalia presents a selection of jewelry from his House of Waris collection. Exhibiting both new pieces and a curated sampling of past work, Ahluwalia’s international aesthetic jibes with the greater narrative of the ongoing Istanbul…

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In The Shadow of the Tree and the Knot of The Earth: Anish Kapoor gives a tour of his new works at London’s Lisson Gallery

In The Shadow of the Tree and the Knot of The Earth

To coincide with London’s Frieze Art Week, Lisson Gallery has opened a major exhibition new of work by one of the UK’s greatest living artists, Anish Kapoor. Just when it seemed that Kapoor had reached the limits of the art world’s highest echelons, perhaps quite literally with the Olympic…

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The Mirror

Okolo shines with an exhibition of diverse reflections for the Czech Designblok 2012

The Mirror

As a part of Prague’s annual design show, Designblok 2012, the Czech creative firm Okolo unveils its new exhibition, “The Mirror,” based around the relationship between design and mirrors. Opening today, 1 October and curated by one of Okolo’s founders, Cool Hunting contributor Adam Štěch and Klára Šumová, the…

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F*Sho

Cleveland’s fourth annual contemporary furniture show highlights local talent and hometown pride

F*Sho

Ohio’s North Coast recently hosted the fourth annual contemporary furniture show F*Sho on Friday 7 September 2012. Held in a former drill warehouse on the city’s east side, the one-day event featured work by 30 local furniture designers, including internationally known names such as Objeti and Stephen Yusko, younger…

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Carlo Scarpa: Venini 1932-1947

An exhibition of the Italian architect’s work with the Murano glass firm at La Biennale

Carlo Scarpa: Venini 1932-1947

Coinciding with the events of Venice Architecture Biennale, Venini presents an exhibition dedicated to its famous collaboration with Carlo Scarpa, artistic director of the glassware firm from 1932 to 1947. The exhibition of 300 pieces (large and small vases, containers, dishes and more) demonstrates how the direct relationship between…

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