Design for today (1965).
A quirky little English short without words that highlights industrial design in 1965, as you might have guessed from the title. Of interest, the film was done by future Chariots of Fire director Hugh Hudson.
Mama bear. Tom otterness.
Cerealart Projects in Philadelphia, known for issuing designs by Marcel Dzama, Ryan McGinness and other artists is releasing a cookie jar by noted public sculptor Tom Otterness called “Mama Bear.” Witty and cartoonlike, pieces by Otterness dot parks in New York in other cities. They are seen on Park Avenue and in Battery Park City. He also designed a balloon for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, a first for an artist. Release date is February 9.
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American streamlined design. Part 2.
american streamlined design: the world of tomorrow. february 6. tulsa, oklahoma.
designer harold l. van doren / john gordon rideout. skippy sno-plane sled. c. 1933
designer dr. peter schlumbohm. cinderella garbage pail. c. 1930–1940
designer dave chapman. heat king fan heater. c. 1948
designer robert davit budlong. ward co. zephyr fan (model D22-TL). c. 1936
design attributed to ralph e. kruck. general refrigerator leftover dishes. c. 1939
joseph m. majewski, jr. juice-o-mat juicer. c. 1937
designer unknown. skilsaw electric drill. c. 1935–1940
designers clifford brooks stevens / edward p. schreyer. waverly petipoint iron. c. 1941
designer donald earl daily. proctor automatic pop-up toaster. c. 1947
designer michael graves. rival toaster (model TT 9275). 2000
American Streamlined Design: The World of Tomorrow, focuses on a design era that emerged during the 1930s and 1940s, characterized by curving forms, and smooth, clean silhouettes. The style, which suggested speed and glamor, entered American design in the post-Depression years. It was widely applied in new forms of architecture, interior decoration and everyday household goods for the home and office.
American Streamlined Design presents the work of such leaders in consumer and industrial design as Raymond Loewy, Norman Bel Geddes, Henry Dreyfuss, and Walter Dorwin Teague, as well as less well-known talents, including Egmont Arens and Robert Heller.
Over 185 objects in diverse new materials, from Bakelite to stainless steel, are organized thematically around the spheres of American life in the 1930s-50s: the office and workroom, the living room, kitchen, and bath, recreation and transportation. A final section, Streamlining Now, looks at how streamlining still affects design today.
With the recent acquisition of the George R. Kravis world-class industrial design collection, its strategic partnership with the Vitra Design Museum (Weil am Rhein, Germany), and the announcement of the museum’s forthcoming satellite location for modern and contemporary art and design in Tulsa’s Brady Arts District, make the museum a major new destination for the appreciation and curatorship of 20th century design. This exhibition was organized and is circulated by the Liliane and David M. Stewart Program for Modern Design, Montreal. [philbrook museum]
Object rotterdam 2011.
Timed simultaneously with Art Rotterdam, this third annual exhibition of design from The Netherlands and abroad promises to be an interesting offering. Nearly 20 galleries will be showcasing unique and limited edition objects and include exhibits from Galerie Marzee (Netherlands), FAT galerie (Paris), Atelier Barbara Broekman (Amsterdam), VIVID Gallery (Rotterdam) and Thomas Eyck (Netherlands).
february 10—13 2011
Esquire magazine and their logo sweepstakes
esquire magazine commissions twelve artists and designers to re-engineer their logo and kick off a logo sweepstakes.
tom geismar
universal everything
aaron rayburn
tronic
Esquire’s logo sweepstakes is part of a unique experiment in Augmented Reality with GoldRun — a technology firm who helped put the logo letters from the sweepstakes all across America. Find them, and you could win an iPad. How to find and Esquire letter in your city. Letters created by design firm Tronic.
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Rich brilliant willing at volume gallery.
pro forma debuts march 18 – april 3 2011.
In Pro Forma, their first solo exhibition of limited edition work, Rich Brilliant Willing debuts a collection comprised of a series of personal storage pieces inspired by international air-shipping containers and what RBW identifies as a transient nature in the contemporary idea of home.
Known for their appropriation of ready-made components, Theo Richardson, Charles Brill and Alexander Williams (Rich Brilliant Willing), Pro Forma draws inspiration from the curious forms of air shipping containers, the corners of which are heavily chamfered or rounded to facilitate their fitting economically into an airplane’s curved fuselage.
With Pro Forma, Rich Brilliant Willing borrows from the archetype of globalization and transposes it onto icons of the home: the credenza, the coffee table, the bookshelf, side table and bar cabinet.
First and foremost, Pro Forma is an investigation. The rugged and deliberate shapes of commercial transport are tamed by the more lavish palette of home furnishing and antique luggage: brass, leather, lacquer and American hardwoods; steamer trunks in an age of global logistics.
Rich Brilliant Willing
Founded in 2007 by Theo Richardson, Charles Brill and Alexander Williams, Rich Brilliant Willing is an internationally renowned furniture and product design studio based in Manhattan. Operating a laboratory style workshop and office, they place emphasis on material and formal exploration often through the appropriation of familiar objects and ideas.
Volume Gallery
Volume Gallery is an event-based gallery with a specific focus on American design, particularly emerging contemporary designers. Founded by Claire Warner and Sam Vinz, formerly of Wright Auction, Volume Gallery releases editions, publications and exhibits that showcase the work of American designers to regional, national and international audiences.
Volume Gallery Presents
Rich Brilliant Willing: Pro Forma
Exhibition date: March 18 – April 3, 2011
Reception: Friday, March 18 from 6-8 PM
Location: Chicago, address tba
American streamlined design.
american streamlined design: the world of tomorrow. february 6. tulsa, oklahoma.
designers harold l. van doren / john gordon rideout. skippy-racer scooter. c. 1933
designer unknown. sterling streamline iron. c. 1930–40
designer kem weber. lounge chair. 1934
designer unknown. mixall jr. portable electric mixer. 1945–55.
American Streamlined Design: The World of Tomorrow, focuses on a design era that emerged during the 1930s and 1940s, characterized by curving forms, and smooth, clean silhouettes. The style, which suggested speed and glamor, entered American design in the post-Depression years. It was widely applied in new forms of architecture, interior decoration and everyday household goods for the home and office.
American Streamlined Design presents the work of such leaders in consumer and industrial design as Raymond Loewy, Norman Bel Geddes, Henry Dreyfuss, and Walter Dorwin Teague, as well as less well-known talents, including Egmont Arens and Robert Heller.
Over 185 objects in diverse new materials, from Bakelite to stainless steel, are organized thematically around the spheres of American life in the 1930s-50s: the office and workroom, the living room, kitchen, and bath, recreation and transportation. A final section, Streamlining Now, looks at how streamlining still affects design today.
With the recent acquisition of the George R. Kravis world-class industrial design collection, its strategic partnership with the Vitra Design Museum (Weil am Rhein, Germany), and the announcement of the museum’s forthcoming satellite location for modern and contemporary art and design in Tulsa’s Brady Arts District, make the museum a major new destination for the appreciation and curatorship of 20th century design. This exhibition was organized and is circulated by the Liliane and David M. Stewart Program for Modern Design, Montreal. [philbrook museum]
2011 fabricate exhibtion.
what you’ve been waiting for.
From more than 240 submissions our international panel of experts have independently blind reviewed and selected an innovative range of projects to feature in FABRICATE’s conference, exhibition and publication.
Gramazio & Kohler, Achim Menges, Enric Ruiz Geli, Simon Schleicher, Moritz Fleischmann, Oliver Tessmann, Mark Fahlbusch, Klaus Bollinger, Manfred Grohmann, Markus Schein, Hanno Stehling & Fabian Scheurer, Joe MacDonald, Sonal Beri, Tim Lucas, Chiara Tuffanelli, Cristiano Ceccato, Paul Madden & Geoff Crowther, Lucas Epp, Gerald Epp, Santiago Diaz, Amanda Levete, Alvin Huang, Bruce Davison, Alice Dietsch, Ho-Yin Ng, Xavier De Kestelier, Skylar Tibbits, Wes McGee, Brandon Clifford, Parke MacDowell, Diana Tomova, Kendra Byrne, Nick Rebeck, Misha Smith, Vlad Tenu, Mette Ramsgard Thomsen, Karin Bech, Martin Tamke, Ermis Adamantidis, Marco Verde, Mark David Hosale, Jelle Feringa, Nat Chard, Asbjørn Søndergaard, Per Dombernowsky, Phil Ayres, Nick Puckett, Marta Male-alemany, Jeroen van Ameijde, Victor Viña, Peter Webb, Mick Pinner, William Trossell, Matthew Shaw, Peter Donders.
Exhibition Private View
6pm – 14th April 2011
Patricia urquiola. Luminaire.
more design happenings in miami.
Luminaire is hosting an event with Patricia Urguiola. Urquiola was selected to Fastcompany’s 2010 Masters of Design and most recently featured in Surface in a special icon issue. above: “fat” seating system
