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 […]
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
L’école dans l’atelier de la vie HEP Vaud, Lausanne February 10 – March 10, 2014 Statement: «En quoi le propos et l’action de Freinet restent-t-il révolutionnaires en 2014? Telle est la question à laquelle se propose de répondre l’exposition “L’école dans l’atelier de la vie”, qui se tiendra du 10 février au 10 mars 2014 […]
Also filed in Education, Europe, Exhibit design, Exhibition Making, History, Installation, Schools, Stories, Switzerland, Thematic, Typography
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Thursday, November 21, 2013
Typorama, Philippe Apeloig Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris November 21, 2013 – March 30, 2014 Statement: «The Typorama exhibition showcases thirty years of creation by the French graphic designer Philippe Apeloig. It was probably his passion for literature and the performing arts that awakened his interest in graphic design. He discovered this form of expression while […]
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.
Paul Rand: Defining Design Museum of Design, Atlanta October 27, 2013 – January 26, 2014 Curator: Daniel Lewandowski (www.Paul-Rand.com) Statement: «American designer Paul Rand (1914 – 1996) defined design as a unified activity, based on analysis and governed by imagination. Throughout his lengthy career – in which he created some of world’s most successful and […]
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Europunk Cité de la musique, Paris October 15, 2013 – January 19, 2014 Statement: «Né sur les cendres froides de Mai 68, dans un contexte de crise économique et de faillite des idéologies, et dans un monde en proie à une menace protéiforme et confuse (nucléaire, totalitaire, terroriste), le punk est un mouvement aussi paradoxal […]
Also filed in Art and Design, Authorship, Books, Ephemera, Europe, Fashion design, France, History, Magazines, Music, Photography, Posters, Products, Protest, Publishing, Stories, Subculture, Thematic, Video
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Saturday, October 5, 2013
Designing Modern Women 1890-1990 MoMA, New York October 5, 2013 – October 1, 2014 Curators: Juliet Kinchin (Curator) with Luke Baker (Curatorial Assistant), MoMA Department of Architecture and Design Statement: «Modern design of the twentieth century was profoundly shaped and enhanced by the creativity of women – as muses of modernity and shapers of new […]
Also filed in Architecture, Art and Design, Collection, Collective exhibitions, Ephemera, Europe, Gender, History, Modern Design, Museums, Posters, Products, Thematic, USA
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Saturday, September 28, 2013
MOTI Hotel MOTI Museum, Breda September 28, 2013 – June 1, 2014 Statement: «MOTI, Museum of the Image, possesses a very unique collection, which provides the basics for the visual culture we live in. Therefore, the museum wants to show its historic collection in a special way, this fall. MOTI will invite 20 international and […]
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, Curating, Digital, Event, Exhibition Making, Installation, Participatory, Publishing, Reference, Schools, Thesis, USA
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
The Seymour & Milton Posters Show Kemistry Gallery, London September 19 – November 2, 2013 Statement: «Kemistry Gallery are extremely proud to host an exhibition of work by Seymour Chwast & Milton Glaser. For the first time in over 40 years, the work of Push pin studio will be on show in London. Graham McCallum, […]
