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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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Poster Art 150
London Underground’s Greatest Designs

Poster Art 150 – London Underground’s Greatest Designs London Transport Museum February 15 – October 27 2013 extended to January 5, 2014 Statement: «Since its first graphic poster commission in 1908, London Underground has developed a worldwide reputation for commissioning outstanding poster designs, becoming a pioneering patron of poster art – a legacy that continues […]

Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary Things

Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary Things Design Museum, London January 30, 2013 – January 4, 2014 Statement: «The Design Museum has the UK’s only collection devoted exclusively to contemporary design and architecture. This new permanent collection display reveals intriguing insights in the most exceptional of everyday objects. The opening of the museum’s permanent collection marks an […]

Richard Hollis

Richard Hollis traveling exhibition, first held at the Libby Sellars Gallery, London, March 23 – April 28, 2012 (later held at: Centre Pompidou, Paris [February 2013]; ECAL, Lausanne [April 2013]; and Artists Space, New York [September 2013]) Curator: Emily King Statement: «As part of the team that turned John Berger’s epochal BBC TV series Ways […]

Zak Kyes Working With…
Leipzig

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 […]

Zak Kyes Working With
GFZK, Leipzig

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. […]

On Purpose: Design Concepts
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol

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 […]

Interaphics

Interaphics The Aram Gallery, London October 19 – November 3, 2007 Curator: Daniel Charny Statement: «In October 2007, The ‘Also’ space at the Aram Gallery presented the launch of brand new interactive displays that challenge the notion of multimedia and print as we know it. A collaboration between design consultancy Osmotronic and graphic designers Build […]