MoMA, New York, on-going. Design is not always pretty.
Sometimes it is blunt and aggressive, especially when it is meant to deliver a clear message or depart from tradition and express new ideas. Rough Cut presents a selection of bold designs from MoMA’s collection, ranging from striking posters to fierce chairs, and from incisive videos to vehicles designed for harsh terrains and unforgiving circumstances. Design is not always pretty—but when it is good, it is undeniably powerful, meaningful, and beautiful.
Organized by Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, and Patricia Juncosa Vecchierini, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Architecture and Design.
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15 skyscrapers waiting waiting…Dubai (4), Chicago (2), Moscow (2), NYC (1), London (1), Santiago (1), China (1), Jakarta (1), Australia (1), Unknown? (1)
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22-27 April 2009, Milano Italy. World’s largest international trade fair.
Since its start over 40 years ago, the Milan Salone has has become Europe’s largest furniture and interior international trade fair. Every year starting in mid-April the exhibition attracts the world’s renowned designers, architects, buyer, and journalists. The Milan Salone does not stop with the exhibition fair, it is an event that spreads and consumes all of Milan city. While exhibitors round approximately 1500 companies, showcased items from all corners of the fashion industry as well as various industrial goods, making it the world’s largest design exhibition. An more appropriately, call Milan Design Week, this is when the world’s brands come to hold individual events in and around the city to promote and communicate their designs to the public. Not just a simple exhibition, but a movement that transforms a city into an exciting festival.
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Los Angeles, CA USA. January 31 – March 29, 2009.
Founded by Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kaijima in 1992, Tokyo-based architecture studio Atelier Bow-Wow explores the use and function of space within urban environments. Bow-Wow developed the term “pet architecture”–a style of small, ad hoc, multifunctional structures that make the most of limited space.
Designer: Atelier Bow-Wow
As for the future, regarding your home, the future is here. Inside the house of the future. via businessweek [PR]
USA Networks Character Approved Award 2009 gets creative.
Winners include Charles Best, philanthropy; David Chang, chef; Shepard Fairey, artist; Lupe Fiasco, music; Patrick Robinson, fashion designer; Jennifer Siegel, architect; Jimmy Wales, new media.
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Welcome to the Spark 2009 Competition, Designers! The SparkAwards are the new competition created to promote great design and designers and encourage people to explore their creativity. Sparks invites everyone to participate–designers, art directors, architects, design firms, manufacturers, institutions, ad agencies, students and non-professionals may enter. Call For Entry begins February 1, 2009. (more…)
