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Category Archives: Art and Design

Graphic design stopped looking like graphic design…

“A Report from the Place Formerly Known as Graphic Design” is the title of an article by graphic design critic Rick Poynor featured in September 2011 issue of Print magazine. Worth reading. Invited to participate in the final grad show at the Sandberg Institute’s MFA design course, directed by Annelys de Vet, and spurred by […]

Graphic Detour: Crossing Borders in European Design

Graphic Detour: Crossing Borders in European Design Graphic Design Museum Breda, NL, June 11 – November 27, 2011 Direktorenhaus, Berlin, DE, December 16, 2011 – February 3, 2012 Curator: Erik Kessels (KesselsKramer) Statement: «Graphic Design isn’t what it used to be. Whereas traditional graphic design was a clearly defined craft, now technology allows anyone to […]

An Art Service

OMMU, Athens, GR May 20 – June 11, 2011 Statement: «Both a graphics firm as well as an indie publisher, An Art Service acts as an extension of the artist’s studio—a place where artist’s materials are bound together with their context. OMMU presents a collection of publications, posters and stuff produced by An Art Service. […]

RISD MFA Graphic Design exhibition 2011

Rhode Island School of Design MFA Graphic Design exhibition 2011 RI Convention Center, Providence May 10 – June 4, 2011 Statement: «The 2011 RISD Graphic Design MFA Thesis Show is a group exhibition of selected thesis work from the RISD Graphic Design MFA Class of 2011. The show is published in a catalogue which will […]

Learn to Read Art: A History of Printed Matter

Learn to Read Art: A History of Printed Matter Philip Feldman Gallery + Project Space at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon April 7 – June 17, 2011 Statement: «Printed Matter is pleased to announce the opening of Learn to Read Art: A History of Printed Matter, an off-site exhibition at the Pacific Northwest […]

We Have Technology

We Have Technology March 27 – April 17, 2011 CCS Bard Galleries, New York Curator: Laurel Ptak (student, Center For Curatorial Studies at Bard College) in collaboration with Konst & Teknik (Stockholm-based design office) Statement: «A sustained platform for dispersed communication, research, and knowledge production online, wehavethetechnology.org invites artist Marysia Lewandowska as its inaugural resident […]

Rebecca Stephany
GfZK, Leipzig

Rebecca Stephany Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Lepzig, DE [INFORM Award for Conceptual Design] October 9 – November 14, 2010 Curator: Barbara Steiner Statement: «INFORM has been awarded on an annual basis since 2007 and is at the crossroads of graphic design and art. The award, which comes with 5,000 euros, was set up by Arend […]

Uncanny: Surrealism and Graphic Design
Moravian Gallery, Brno

Uncanny: Surrealism and Graphic Design Moravian Gallery, Brno, CZ 24th International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno June 23 – October 24, 2010 Curator: Rick Poynor Statement: «The Surrealist movement of the 1920s and 1930s focused on literature, painting, photography and the object, and the Surrealists’ publishing activities provided only hints of what a fully conceived […]

Infodecodata

Infodecodata Graphic Design Museum Breda, NL February 20 – September 5, 2010 Statement: «The weatherman on TV has been replaced by the shower radar; you can check whether your train is delayed with your iPhone App. We use transitory media such as internet and the mobile telephone to find information much more quickly, in any […]

Kiosk: Modes of Multiplication (the book)

Kiosk: Modes of Multiplication «Since 2001, Christoph Keller’s famous archive “Kiosk – Modes of Multiplication” has been exhibited 27 times all around the world, in institutions such as the ICA (London), the Witte de With (Rotterdam), Artists’ Space (NY), the Emily Carr Institute (Vancouver), MUDAM (Luxembourg) and some biennials such as Manifesta 4, the 25th […]