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Category Archives: Thematic

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 […]

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 […]

Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2012

Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2012 (awarded in January 2013) first held at Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich, June 28-30, 2013 and later traveling to other venues (see schedule) Statement: «The Swiss Federal Office of Culture organizes the competition ‘The Most Beautiful Swiss Books’ on an annual basis. It thereby recognizes excellence in the field of book design […]

Memory Palace

Memory Palace Victoria and Albert Museum, London June 18 – October 20 2013 Curators: Laurie Britton Newell & Ligaya Salazar (read their notes on the project here) Statement: «Sky Arts Ignition: Memory Palace brings together a new work of fiction by the author Hari Kunzru with 20 original commissions from leading graphic designers, illustrators and […]

Occuprint

(image via loewensteinmuraljournal.blogspot.it) Occuprint: We are the 99% ar/ge Kunst, Bolzano June 14 – August 03, 2013 Curator: Luigi Fassi in collaboration with occuprint.org Statement: «The Occupy phenomenon began with the occupation of Zuccotti Park, Wall Street, New York City, on 17 September 2011, and then quickly spread to 82 countries, unleashing an unexpected global […]

Learn to Read Art: A Surviving History of Printed Matter, Inc.

(via manystuff) Learn to Read Art: A Surviving History of Printed Matter, Inc. Art Basel, Basel, June 13-16, 2013 Statement: «At this year’s Art Basel, Printed Matter will present Learn to Read Art: A Surviving History of Printed Matter, Inc., an exhibition engaging the documented history of the organization as it intersects with the broader […]

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 […]

Permanent Loan

Permanent Loan part of the After the Museum: The Home Front 2013 exhibition Museum of Art and Design, New York March 12 – June 9, 2013 Designers of the installation: Project Projects Statement: «Project Projects was invited by guest curator Dan Rubinstein and manager of public programs Jake Yuzna to create an installation at the […]

Metamuseum (tumblr)

Metamuseum http://metamuseum.tumblr.com Statement: «Teaming with a group of 13 American museums and cultural institutions with design, craft and architecture collections, writer and critic Alexandra Lange has woven together the Multi-Museum, Multi-Curator Tumblr project MetaMuseum. Each week, work chosen by curators at each institution will be presented on tumblr and released through other social media outlets. […]