All Possible Futures SOMArts, San Francisco January 14 – February 13, 2014 Curator: Jon Sueda Statement: «Speculative practices have existed throughout the history of design, most notably in architecture, but only a few graphic designers have positioned themselves in contexts where they are able to pursue explorations built on speculation and uncertain ground. This could […]
Saturday, November 16, 2013
The proceedings of the conference Graphic Design, Exhibiting, Curating held on June 26, 2012, are now available for purchase from BU Press catalogue.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
The Designer as… interview with Steven McCarthy by Maddalena Dalla Mura October 13, 2013, via skype, St. Paul (Minnesota) – Udine (Italy) Your book The Designer as Author, Producer, Activist, Entrepreneur, Curator, and Collaborator: New Models for Communicating was released this year (BIS Publisher). As the title suggests, it deals with different facets of the […]
Also filed in Art and Design, Authorship, Books, Dissemination, Exhibition Making, Library, Publication, Publishing, Reference, Stories, USA
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Friday, September 20, 2013
The Center for Sensibility (Thesis project) A project by communication design grad student Amanda Thomas February 11-15, 2013 Discussion of the project: published on September 20, 2013, http://blogs.walkerart.org Statement: (excerpt) «The Center for Sensibility, my thesis project, antagonized the practice of design and sought ways to productively work against prescribed notions of design practice. Inspired […]
Also filed in Authorship, Contemporary, Context, Critical Design, Digital, Event, Exhibition, Exhibition Making, Installation, Participatory, Publishing, Reference, Schools, Thesis, USA
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Monday, September 9, 2013
Collecting History, Collecting Design Pratt GradComD Gallery, New York September 9 – November 25, 2013 Curators: Patricia Belen and Greg D’Onofrio (Display) Statement: «Collections tell stories. From the experimental to the playful to the rational, Collecting History, Collecting Design shows a distinct point-of-view about mid 20th century graphic design and some of its pioneers working […]
Also filed in Advertising, Collection, Collective exhibitions, Ephemera, Europe, Exhibition, Galleries, History, Italy, Modern Design, Posters, Products, Reference, Retrospective, Stories, USA
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Memory Palace Victoria and Albert Museum, London June 18 – October 20 2013 Curators: Laurie Britton Newell & Ligaya Salazar (read their notes on the project here) Statement: «Sky Arts Ignition: Memory Palace brings together a new work of fiction by the author Hari Kunzru with 20 original commissions from leading graphic designers, illustrators and […]
Also filed in Collective exhibitions, Dissemination, Exhibit design, Exhibition, Exhibition Making, Installation, Museums, Publication, Publishing, Stories, Thematic, UK
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(image via loewensteinmuraljournal.blogspot.it) Occuprint: We are the 99% ar/ge Kunst, Bolzano June 14 – August 03, 2013 Curator: Luigi Fassi in collaboration with occuprint.org Statement: «The Occupy phenomenon began with the occupation of Zuccotti Park, Wall Street, New York City, on 17 September 2011, and then quickly spread to 82 countries, unleashing an unexpected global […]
Also filed in Art and Design, Collection, Collective exhibitions, Contemporary, Context, Ephemera, Exhibition, Galleries, Italy, Online, Posters, Protest, Thematic, Travelling exhibitions
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(via manystuff) Learn to Read Art: A Surviving History of Printed Matter, Inc. Art Basel, Basel, June 13-16, 2013 Statement: «At this year’s Art Basel, Printed Matter will present Learn to Read Art: A Surviving History of Printed Matter, Inc., an exhibition engaging the documented history of the organization as it intersects with the broader […]
Also filed in Art and Design, Bookshop, Exhibit design, Exhibition, Exhibition Making, Installation, Magazines, Photography, Posters, Publishing, Thematic
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Thick as a Brick Giò Marconi, Milan April 9-14, 2013 Curator: Maria Cristina Didero Design: Kuehn Malvezzi, Mousse Publishing and Petersen Statement: «Thick As A Brick presents a selection of more than 100 catalogues, books, art editions and zines published by Mousse and shown within three brick structures conceived by Kuehn Malvezzi and produced by […]
Also filed in Architecture, Art and Design, Books, Collection, Contemporary, Exhibition, Exhibition Making, Galleries, Installation, Italy, Magazines, Publishing
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Permanent Loan part of the After the Museum: The Home Front 2013 exhibition Museum of Art and Design, New York March 12 – June 9, 2013 Designers of the installation: Project Projects Statement: «Project Projects was invited by guest curator Dan Rubinstein and manager of public programs Jake Yuzna to create an installation at the […]
Also filed in Authorship, Collection, Collective exhibitions, Contemporary, Context, Critical Design, Exhibit design, Exhibition, Exhibition Making, History, Installation, Museums, Online, Photography, Resource, Thematic, USA
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