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Zurcher Studio New York presents Bbbrrriiiaaannn Bbbeeellloootttttt: The Joy of File. The centerpiece of Brian Belott’s solo show at the gallery is a huge installation containing images of all sorts: pictures cut out of children’s books and old science textbooks, found photos and paper painted by Brian Belott himself. Part of the installation are also [...]

Solo show by Jeff Soto at BLK/MRKT Gallery, Los Angeles. “Featuring a new series of paintings on canvas, panel and paper, Cold Ice Age continues Soto’s intrepid exploration of his private imaginary world but with a twist – the amplified conscience of a new parent; the show’s title refers to his intensifying apprehension about the [...]

The Politics of Redistribution (curated by Sabine Winkler) at Magazin4 Bregenzer Kunstverein is an exhibition that shows artistic positions dealing with today’s economic situation. Artists included are Raymond Taudin Chabot, Harun Farocki, (e.) Twin Gabriel, Isaac Isitan, Sabrina Malek/Arnaud Soulier, Anna de Manincor, Elke Marhöfer, Barbara Musil, Ferhat Özgür, Tadej Pogačar and Hannah Starkey. In [...]

Laxart presents the solo debut of New York-based Lisa Tan and the Los Angeles premiere of Niagara, a video by Mark Bradford. The exhibition runs November 11 – December 31, 2006. Impressions from the opening reception and short statements by the artists. Laxart, Los Angeles, November 11, 2006. By VTV correspondents Slim K and Gerold [...]

LIVESupport is Nari Ward’s first solo exhibition at Lehmann Maupin Gallery in New York. The new body of work on display consists of sculptures, works on paper, and video. Subject-matter is the idea of support – physical, spiritual, social and judicial. The centerpiece of LIVESupport is “Sick Smoke”, a smoke-filled ambulance covered in opaque and transparent [...]

“Architecture is undergoing a crisis. Our buildings no longer satisfy people. It is necessary to start to create differently: in place of design and aesthetics to take inspiration from the deeper laws of nature.” This quote by architect Martin Rajniš illustrates the basic concept of the Pavilion of the Czech and Slovak Republic at the [...]

In the Desert of Modernity – Colonial Planning and After is an exhibition at the House of World Cultures (Haus der Kulturen der Welt) in Berlin, that focuses on the European modernization fantasies in colonial North Africa. The car-oriented city, the underground car park and other projects were intended as a blueprint for Europe’s metropolises, [...]

Global Street Food is the latest project by German designer / creative director / curator / artist Mike Meiré. At Vitra’s Art Basel Party we had the opportunity to have a look at Global Street Food and spoke with Mike Meiré and Andreas Dornbracht of kitchen and bathroom brand Dornbracht. Global Street Food is part [...]

The CaixaForum Madrid is a new cultural center in the historical center of Madrid, near the renowned Prado, Reina Sofia and Thyssen-Bornemisza museums, designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, the 2001 Pritzker Architecture Prize winners. The CaixaForum is a restoration and expansion of one of the few examples of industrial architecture in Madrid’s [...]

ArchitectureTalks Lucerne is a two-day international symposium offering a stage on which world-renowned protagonists from the worlds of architecture, art, culture, philosophy, business and politics will address architectural and urban issues in an interdisciplinary manner. This year’s theme was “Shopping Miles and More”. Initiator and Director of the Talks is Frank Joss. Short documentation of [...]

At Art Cologne 2006 VernissageTV had a look at the VIP Lounge which the Canadian designer Karim Rashid designed for the Deutsche Bank. “Visitors to the lounge will find themselves in a sequence of silver-white, pink, and blue rooms steeped in an ambience of mirrored floors, organically flowing walls, and computer-generated net ornaments.” (from db [...]

In the second part of the interview with the Campana brothers, Humberto and Fernando Campana, talk about their backgrounds, how they work together, why they admire Oscar Niemeyer, what they would love to design that they haven’t yet, and future projects. This video also features images of the installation they created for Design Miami 2008, [...]

For its 2008 edition, Design Miami moved from the Moore Building to a tent designed by the architecture and design firm Aranda/Lasch. This year, 23 galleries are participating in the fair and Design Miami inaugurates its own, curated exhibition entitled “Beyond Organic: Design in the State of Nature”. For the first time contemporary jewelry is [...]

In this video Professor Gerlach shows a good example for what students are taught in the first semesters. The task was to design a product and to show that it’s really working. In this case student Tobias Kruschhausen developed a piece of furniture for public space called “Slide”. It has an interesting mechanism that allows [...]

Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) is considered as one of the most innovative interior architects and furniture designers of the 20th century. She developed designs for tubular steel furniture, particularly in cooperation with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. Beginning in the early 1930s, she discovered photography as a medium that provided important impulses for her work as [...]