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Category Archives: History

L’école dans l’atelier de la vie

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 […]

Paul Rand: Defining Design

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 […]

Europunk

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 […]

Designing Modern Women 1890-1990

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 […]

MOTI Hotel

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 […]

The Seymour & Milton Posters Show

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, […]

Ulm School of Design
From the Zero Hour to 1968

Ulm School of Design: From the Zero Hour to 1968 (new permanent exhibition) HfG Archive Ulm open from September 13, 2013 Statement: «As of September 14, and under the title The Ulm School of Design – From the Zero Hour to 1968, the HfG Archive, a department within the Ulm Museum, is presenting a new […]

Collecting History, Collecting Design

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 […]

Romek Marber: Graphics

(image via creativereview.co.uk) Romek Marber: Graphics School of Art’s Minories Galleries, Colchester August 31 – October 26, 2013 Statement: «A retrospective of graphic work designed by Romek Marber for Penguin books, The Economist, New Society, Town and Queen magazines, Nicholson’s London Guides, BBC TV, Columbia Pictures, London Planetarium and others.» Some more information (and images […]

Pencil to Pixel

Pencil to Pixel first held at Metropolitan Wharf, London, November 16-23, 2012 later on show at Tribeca Skyline Studio, New York, May 3-9, 2013 Statement: «Monotype started to produce typefaces for its type-casting machines back in the late 19th century. The production process at the time started with a set of technical drawings to establish […]