The art-filled public spaces of Hotel Matilda provided the central hub for the recent SMART San Miguel Art festival. The boutique hotel and passion project of art collector
Over the past decade, Absolut became more synonymous with college parties and dance club bottle service than with its artistically-inclined, sustainably-minded Swedish roots. This shift in reputation is undoubtedly a…
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In painter Jenn Porreca’s alluring and romantic world, women wear glamorous gowns, flowers and feathers in their hair and dramatic makeup. The sounds of a jazz band, stringed instruments or classic movie scores feel like they practically leap from the canvas, evoking theatrical sentiments reminiscent of Toulouse-Lautrec. Porreca’s recent…
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There seems to be no shortage of interest in surf culture recently. While not all of us are gifted with natural surfing ability, the draw to the sport’s free-spirited culture never seems to fade. For both legit surfers and casual enthusiasts looking to land a piece of art inspired…
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Photography by Junya Hirokawa, Text by Kai Mitsushio.
Checkout our highlights from the Tokyo Designers Week and DESIGNTIDE TOKYO exhibitions here. We’re always excited to see what’s coming out of Japan and this year’s work emphasized natural materials, used a playful integration of emerging technologies and traditional forms that delight in new ways.
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» Graphic Design Meets Traditional Japanese Craft in Shinna Asano’s Furniture
» The Koshirae Light
» Paper-Wood by Drill Design
» Kamidana, the Modernized Miniature Shrine
» Revitalizing the Tohoku Region through Film: The Moveable Movie Theater
Land Of Light, an eponymous new album from London-based duo Jonny Nash and Kyle Martin, is an ethereal labor of love intended for serious listening. The talented musicians spent the last three years creating the 37-minute-long LP, and the upshot is a highly sophisticated set of sounds that channels…
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Photography by LinYee Yuan for Core77
We were back in Beijing for the 2nd annual Beijing Design Week festivities. It was exciting to engage in the conversations surrounding the future of design and craft in a country with over 5000 years of craft history and a reputation of being the manufacturing capital for the world.
The Dashilar hutong opened to the design community once again with the Campana Brothers designing an outdoor pavilion, the Brachina, inspired by a native Brazilian cashew tree. Design exhibition pop-ups were sprinkled throughout this historic residential area intermingling local flavor with global design practices. We especially liked BCXSY’s site-specific public bench created as a response to spending two weeks in the hutong.
The 751D Design district provided a stunning industrial backdrop for some larger exhibitions including the Dutch Pavilion and Space Magazine’s architectural prototypes. The UCCA retrospective of Yung Ho Chang’s FCJZ practice, Material-Ism, was a highlight of this year’s events in the 751D Design District.
Although this year’s events did not include the Triennial at the National Museum, the addition of the Caochangdi Arts District and a more diverse showing from the larger design community generated much excitement for this year’s events. Organized by BAO Atelier’s Naihan Li and Beatrice Leanza, the bulk of the exhibitions took place in the red-bricked galleries designed by Ai Weiwei.
Traditional materials and craft practices were merged with contemporary design aesthetics, most popularly in displays of porcelain objects, reinterpretations of everyday Chinese objects and archetypes. The work itself looked towards a future where Designed in China becomes more ubiquitous than Made in China.
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» Linlinsays and Jellymon in Dashilar
» Mian Wu, “Start from a Ring” at WUHAO
» ILIVETOMORROW’s Radical Materiality
» MICROmacro’s CON-TRADITION at Caochangdi
» Henny van Nistelrooy’s Craft & Industry
» Paper Instinct, Zines and Indie Press at The Factory, Dashilar
» Nike Flyknit Collection, Feather Pavilion—Architectural Installation Inspired by Sport
Gary Baseman’s work merges his life journey and family history with colorful pop images from his boundless imagination. Exploring the almost overwhelming amount of past and present projects in his studio, it’s becomes clear that Baseman truly loves Halloween. This weekend at KK Gallery in Los Angeles, the newest…
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The fourth iteration of Victory Journal—a sports publication born out of creative agency Doubleday & Cartwright—focuses squarely on Muhammad Ali. With a cover image of the Champ by Thomas Hoepker, “The Greatest” is a large format newsprint issue that commands a hefty presence. The journal is dedicated to sports…
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by Vivianne Lapointe The art, film and tech worlds will collide in Silicon Valley tomorrow night, 19 October, in celebration of Gallery For The People’s Fall pop-up, an exhibition benefitting the Palo Alto International Film Festival (PAIFF) and featuring contemporary artists Sage Vaughn, Deedee Cheriel and Curtis Kulig. Co-founded in…
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