Occasional Workshop #1 with Richard Niessen
10 August 2010
What began as a conversation over lunch and many email exchanges later has finally materialized into an event. Please join us tomorrow night for the inaugural Occasional Workshop with graphic designer Richard Niessen of Niessen & de Vries, Amsterdam. A special thank you to our friends at the William Stout Annex for helping to coordinate this event.
Wednesday August 11, Presentation 5:30–6:15, Book Signing 6:30
William Stout Annex
Architectural & Design Books
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
415.357.1860
Please RSVP at occasionalemail@gmail.com
10 x 10: Dwell & Arkitip Artist Series
25 June 2010
I am excited to announce that our recent collaboration with Arkitip will be available at Dwell on Design this weekend. The prints were produced to coincide with our 10th anniversary of Dwell. Many of the artist and or illustrators have all been past contributors to the magazine. Each print has been inspired by a past Dwelling that was featured in Dwell, we selected one story for each of the past 10 years.
The artist list includes: Andrew Holder, Nat Russel, Steven Harrington, Mark Giglio, Daniel Carlsten, Dan Funderburgh, Todd St. John Adrian Johnson and Mike Perry
Yesterday, we met up with the gang from Arkitip to prepare and package the prints for Dwell on Design.
Dwell on Design
June 25-27
Los Angeles Convention Center
FIFA World Cup 2010 – Architectural Tour
10 June 2010
With much anticipation the World Cup kicks off in South Africa tomorrow. All of the worlds best soccer players will be on-hand to represent their respective counties. Over the next month, we’ll see some spectacular matches between rival countries on the pitch. Events of this scale always require new architecture that takes the form of infrastructure and stadiums to accommodate the games and the new influx of visitors. Countries love to flex here as we’ve all seen with the architectural gems that sprang up during the ‘08 Olympics in Beijing. Here is a look at the new stadiums that will set the stage for the 2010 World Cup. It will be interesting to see how these are utilized 5 or 10 years from now once the games are long gone.
(all images via Dezeen)
1. Soccer City by Boogertman Urban Edge + Partners and Populous
2. Green Point Stadium by GMP Architekten
3. Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium by GMP Architekten
4. Moses Mabhida Stadium by GMP Architekten
Drawn Here (and There): Non-Format
4 March 2010
The Walker Art Center does a great job of curating and documenting their lectures online. The Walker Channel is a nice resource when seeking a bit of inspiration and thought provoking commentary on art, design, and architecture. If you’ve got an hour to spend I highly recommend checking out the latest installment in the series Drawn Here which features the work of the designer’s Kjell Ekhorn (Norway) and Jon Forss (Minnesota) of Non-Format. This is a nice trip down memory lane from the inception of the studio 10 years to their thoughts on innovative music packaging, and the thicks and thins of modern typography.
Below is a brief summary of the Drawn Here concept from the Walker:
Exploring the depth and breadth of the state’s (Minnesota) acclaimed design community, Drawn Here will host some of the innovative talent and progressive thinking making the local design scene one of the most vibrant and talked about in the country. Conceived as a lively public forum for debate and discussion, this series of dialogues is intended to be an active exchange of ideas among the host, guest, and audience.
The Avenues – Day Trip
2 January 2010
Gun, Oliver, and I spent the better part of the day today exploring the outer Sunset. We began our day with lunch at Outerlands a great cafe which also happens to serve Sightglass coffee. I was stoked to see the logo that I designed with Brian Scott sketched on the chalk board.
Then we took in a bit of browsing at Mollusk Surf Shop and the recently opened General Store. We spotted these amazing bird houses by Luke Bartels and Jeff Canham in the small gallery at Mollusk. I love the typography and level of detail – very well done! They also have a nice selection of mini-cruiser skateboards by Two Birds Fly. Each one is hand painted and features equally unique grip tape. We rounded out the day with a drive over to Ocean Beach.
46th Ave.
by Luke Bartels and Jeff Canham
Loving the seat mod here.
Magic Realism
2 October 2009
This is a really interesting collection of images compiled and curated by Yes Studio from London. I stumbled upon this link while browsing their site tonight, they have a really strong body of work. Being unfamiliar with the term “Magic Realism,” turned to Wikipedia for a bit more information. Quoted below in full.
“Magic realism, or magical realism, is an artistic genre in which magical elements or illogical scenarios appear in an otherwise realistic or even “normal” setting. It has been widely used in relation to literature, art, and film.”
“As used today the term is broadly descriptive rather than critically rigorous: Matthew Strecher has defined magic realism as “what happens when a highly detailed, realistic setting is invaded by something ‘too strange to believe’.”[1] The term was initially used by German art critic Franz Roh to describe painting which demonstrated an altered reality, but was later used by the Venezuelan Arturo Uslar-Pietri to describe the work of certain Latin American writers. Today, there are many writers whose work falls in the category of magical realism.”
Richard Prince: Untitled (Original), 2007
Joel Tettamanti: Chemicals, 2006-2007
Allora & Calzadilla: Clamor, 2006
Kevin Bradley, Industrial Strength
9 September 2009
Kevin Bradley of Yee-Haw Industries has a show opening in Atlanta at Gallery Stokes tomorrow night from 7-9 pm. Definitely a must see if you’re local to the area. Here is a link to a previous post from my visit to the studio in Knoxville earlier this year.
Opening September 10, 7-9 pm
September 10-October 17
Gallery Stokes
261 Walker Street SW,
Atlanta GA 30313
Charley Harper for Habitat Skateboards
30 July 2009
I am excited to learn of this recent collaboration between the late Charley Harper and Habitat Skateboards. I’ve recently learned that this is the 3rd series (Fauna Foes) Habitat has done with Harper’s artwork (check this link). The results of the recent team up are stunning and I love how well Harper’s wildlife illustrations integrate with the skateboards. Surely these are made to shred, but would you really want to ride these?
If you’re local to Ohio be sure to check out opening on Friday, July 31st at 7 pm.
Contemporary Arts Center
44 East Sixth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio
Le Tour
15 July 2009
The Tour de France has never looked so good! Peep these photos from the photographer Brent Humphreys. Thanks to Boon for the heads up.
Camper
15 July 2009
I’ve been hooked on retail design since working at Apple. It appears Camper has recently opened a couple new shops in both Toyko and Paris that are designed Jaime Hayon and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec. (via dezeen).
