Friday, February 10, 2012
100 Years of Swiss Graphic Design Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, CH February 10 – June 03, 2012 Statement: «Swiss graphic design – one of the country’s leading products – is encountered everywhere. While a single individual style cannot be identified, a certain common approach is evident. This is revealed in the striking awareness of quality […]
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
«… I still believe in a very romantic idea of art, and I also believe that design is not meant to be art: it has a different role. But art is recently providing sometimes a more interesting [space …]: “communication as a research question,” and not as an answer that is formulated by marketing people […]
Unplugged. Mirko Borsche. Design Works! Pinakothek der Moderne, Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum, Munich, DE January 13 – March 18, 2012 Statement: «Graphic design for the Bayerische Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra and Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich – but also for Munich’s subcultures. For the Bavarian State Opera – […]
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Zak Kyes Working With… Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig Museum for Contemporary Art, Leipzig, December 10, 2011 – March 18, 2012 Architectural Association, London, April 28 – May 26, 2012 Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, June 14 – September 23, 2012 Statement: «Zak Kyes is the recipient of the 2010 […]
Also filed in Architecture, Art and Design, Award, Conference, Curating, Europe, Exhibit design, Exhibition Making, Germany, Installation, Museums, Publication, Solo show, Travelling exhibitions, UK, USA
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
Zak Kyes Working With Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Lepzig, DE [INFORM Award for Conceptual Design] December 10, 2011 – March 30, 2012 Curator: Barbara Steiner Statement: «Zak Kyes is the recipient of the 2010 INFORM Award, the annual accolade presented to graphic designers who develop a practice within the context of applied and contemporary art. […]
Also filed in Art and Design, Awards, Contemporary, Context, Curating, Europe, Exhibit design, Germany, Solo show, Travelling exhibitions, UK
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“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 […]
Also filed in Art and Design, Critical Design, Curating, Exhibition Making, Installation, Netherlands, Protest, Reference, Resource, Schools, Visual
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Saturday, November 5, 2011
Archizines traveling exhibition, first held at the Architectural Association, London, November 5 – December 14 2011 (see schedule online) Curator: Elias Redstone Statement: «ARCHIZINES celebrates the resurgence of alternative and independent architectural publishing around the world. The touring exhibition, curated by Elias Redstone and initiated in collaboration with the Architectural Association, features architecture magazines, fanzines […]
Also filed in Architecture, Books, Collection, Collective exhibitions, Contemporary, Curating, Dissemination, Ephemera, Europe, Event, Exhibit design, Exhibition Making, Galleries, Installation, Magazines, Products, Publication, Publishing, Reference, Thematic, Travelling exhibitions, USA
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Graphic Design: Now In Production Walker Art Center, Minneapolis October 22, 2011 – January 22, 2012 (traveling exhibition) Curatorial Team: Ian Albinson (artofthetitle.com), Andrew Blauvelt (Walker Art Center), Jeremy Leslie (magCulture.com), Ellen Lupton (Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution), Armin Vit and Bryony Gomez-Palacio (Brand New) Graphic Design: Now in Production is co-organized by the […]
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Redundancy: The Usefulness of Repetition Lisbon, PG (urban intervention on the occasion of EXD 2011) September 29 — November 27 2011 Curators: Lizá Ramalho and Artur Rebelo (R2 Design) Statement: «Lizá Ramalho and Artur Rebelo curated the series of urban interventions for EXD, 2011 in Lisbon. They invited five communication design studios to explore the […]
Friday, September 9, 2011
Bruno Monguzzi: An exhibition of posters from the Tom Strong Collection Vignelli Center for Design Studies Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY September 9 – October 28, 2011 Statement: «Bruno Monguzzi is a Swiss graphic designer. He was born in Mendrisio, Switzerland in 1941. He later moved to Geneva with his family and attended the […]
