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Category Archives: Contemporary

Take On Me (Take Me On)
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Take On Me (Take Me On). An alternative production factory Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL Dutch Design Week 2009 October 17 – November 8, 2009 Curators: Freek Lomme and Hadas Zemer Statement: «During the Dutch Design Week 2009, from 17 to 25 October, the Van Abbemuseum presents Take on me (take me on), a live-exhibition project […]

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Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

It Is What It Is (2×4)

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

It Is What It Is Eye of Gyre Gallery, Tokyo September 2009 Statement: «It is what it is: a portrait of a studio in 1000 images was exhibited at the Eye of Gyre Gallery in Tokyo in September 2009. The exhibition catalog features 1000 by-products from the life of the New York graphic design studio […]

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Quick Quick Slow: Word Image and Time
Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisbon

Friday, September 11, 2009

Quick Quick Slow: Word Image and Time Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisbon, PT September 11, 2009 – January 3, 2010 Experimenta 2009 Curator: Emily King Exhibition design: Maria João Mântua (PT) Graphic design: Frith Kerr (GB) Statement: «This exhibition surveys the dimension of time in graphic design, looking as far back as the early 20th century […]

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Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisbon

Stadtstaat. A Scenario for Merging Cities

Friday, July 17, 2009

Stadtstaat. A Scenario for Merging Cities a project by Metahaven Episode 1: Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, July 17 – September 12, 2009 Episode 2: Casco, Utrecht, September 26 – November 15 2009 Statement: «Stadtstaat explores the interlocked, equivocal relations between contemporary models of governance and their visual identity, by taking an imaginary city-state as a case study. […]

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Credit on Color

Friday, June 26, 2009

Credit on Color Graphic Design Museum Breda, NL Summer 2009 Statement: «… [T]he Graphic Design Museum is presenting thousands of credit cards, free cards, discount cards, gift cards and credit card look-alikes on one wall, arranged by colour. A rainbow of cards. Everywhere Credit cards and personal debit cards were invented by banks. Nowadays, it […]

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DDDG: Extended Caption

Saturday, April 25, 2009

DDDG: Extended Caption A collection of items originally shown in the magazine (Dot Dot Dot) Culturgest Porto, Edifício Caixa Geral de Dépósitos April 25 – June 27, 2009 Curator: Stuart Bailey Statement: «This is the seventh occasion of my showing a group of artifacts whose only objective connection is that they have appeared in the […]

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Kinross: Modern Typography (1992, 2004, 2009)

Friday, March 13, 2009

Kinross: Modern Typography (1992, 2004, 2009), solo show by Min Choi Gallery Factory, Seoul March 13 – April 5, 2009 Statement: «This is the first solo exhibition of Min Choi, who has been working with Sulki Choi as a graphic design partnership Sulki & Min. For him, this exhibition is an unusual opportunity to look […]

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Who Sets the Standard?

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Who Sets the Standard? Graphic Design Museum Breda, NL Februari 28 – Juni 7, 2009 Statement: «In Who Sets the Standard?, the Graphic Design Museum shows how the influence of the emerging industrialisation in the previous century and the technological development have become decisive for the image in the design. Jan Tschichold, Guiding a New […]

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On Purpose: Design Concepts
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol

Saturday, September 13, 2008

On Purpose: Design Concepts Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, UK September 13 – November 9, 2008 Statement: «On Purpose: Design Concepts looks at conceptual design practices, the emergence of ‘meta design’, and the question of who or what can define something as design. The exhibition will present interventions and work by a selection of the most interesting […]

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Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol

European Championship of Graphic Design

Thursday, June 26, 2008

European Championship of Graphic Design Graphic Design Museum Breda, NL June 11 – September 2008 «The opening of the new Graphic Design Museum in Breda (the Netherlands) coincides with the European Championship Football in Austria and Switzerland. So the idea of letting 11 European graphic designers ‘play’ at this time sounds logical. Their ‘game’ will […]

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