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FriendsWithYou is an art collective founded by the Miami-based artists, Rev. Samuel Albert Borkson and Arturo “Tury” Sandoval III. At the occasion of the opening of their new Flagship Store and Studio in the Miami Design District, VernissageTV had a look at their new shop and studio. FriendsWithYou was founded in 2002. Since then, FriendsWithYou [...]

Christoph Büchel: Hole. Huge, complex room installation. Christoph Büchel’s work addresses the political and social conditions of today. Installation in the Kunsthalle Basel. Film of the opening reception, October 1, 2005, Kunsthalle Basel. Click image or this link to watch video.

Filiale is a cooperation between Galerie Conrads (Düsseldorf) and Galerie Römerapotheke (Zürich). Filiale will be presenting the newest work of the artists of both galleries, but also topical exhibitions and new positions. The inaugural exhibition, “fairy tales” presents work by Catharina van Eetvelde (B), Simon English (UK), Marcel Gähler (CH), Jana Gunstheimer (D), Rosemary Laing [...]

Apart from being the artist behind the “Abode of Chaos”, and the CEO of Artprice, Thierry Ehrmann is the President of the Server Group (Groupe Serveur), a holding company with majority stakes in about 20 technology companies ranging from tracking technologies to marketplaces. He started his career in 1985, when he pioneered the transportation industry [...]

The retrospective “Le Corbusier – The Art of Architecture” at the Vitra Design Museum covers a period of 60 years – from Le Corbusier’s early works in his Swiss hometown of La Chaux-de-Fonds to the late works of the 1950s and 1960s (Chapel of Ronchamp, Indian city of Chandigarh). “Divided into three largely independent sections [...]

Since last year, we have been following the development of an ambitious project on the Caribbean island Dellis Cay. Dellis Cay is the project of Dr. Cem Kinay, Chairman and CEO of the real estate development group O Property Collection. Kinay purchased the 560 acre island (part of the Turks and Caicos archipelago) and commissioned [...]

VTV is talking with Kenny Schachter about his gallery’s concept and his booth at ARCO 2006. Amongst others he shows works by Zaha Hadid and Vito Acconci. Untitled (2006) by Zaha Hadid is a cell / body that offers / allows multi functional uses, as a table, counter, seat, container and as a surface to [...]

James Turrell is famous for his work with light and space. He is best known for his work in progress, Roden Crater, where he is turning a volcanic crater outside Flagstaff, Arizona, into a monumental work of art. In Zuoz, Switzerland, James Turrell realized one of his skyspaces, rooms that are conceived to enable viewers [...]

For the 12th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Director and 2010 Pritzker Prize winner Kazuyo Sejima invited Hans Ulrich Obrist to realize the Now Interviews, six days of live public interviews. The Now Interviews will be on view from August 29 – November 21, 2010. 

From August 22 through 27, Obrist developed what he calls [...]

This is a the second part of a conversation between Madelon Vriesendorp and Shumon Basar, who curated the exhibition The World of Madelon Vriesendorp together with Stephan Trüby. The World of Madelon Vriesendorp. Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel / Switzerland, January 16, 2009. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click [...]

In this video, Ingar Dragset of the artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset talks about their exhibition “The Collectors” that they showed as representation of Denmark and Nordic Countries Finland, Norway and Sweden at the 53rd Venice Biennale 2009 – the idea behind the exhibition, how it came about, the different concepts for the Danish and the [...]

Hochschule Pforzheim University is one of the world’s leading schools of design. In the final part of our Werkschau series at Hochschule Pforzheim University, Faculty of Design, Professor Thomas Gerlach talks about the University in general and specifically about the application and evaluation process at the Faculty of Design and the basic concepts of the [...]

Designer’s Gallery / Gabrielle Ammann presents selected pieces from the work of architect and 2004 laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize Zaha Hadid. On display are design objects, architectural models and Zaha Hadid’s “Silver Paintings” in an effort to make the interrelationship of architecture, design and art visible. The exhibition runs through March 25, 2007. [...]

In this episode, Prof. Thomas Gerlach and student Nils Uellendahl show and explain an exciting transportation concept based on swarm intelligence. Faculty of Design at Pforzheim University, Werkschau, Pforzheim, Germany, July 14, 2007. > Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. [...]

Max Lamb is one of the four designers / design collectives who won the “Designers of the Future Award 2008“. Each of the designers were commissioned by the the design fair Design Miami Basel to create new works using concrete and wool. Max Lamb developed “Solids of Revolution”, two collections of stools in concrete and [...]