‘The Space in-between’ Retrospective by Nendo at Design Museum Holon in Israel.Nendo's first retrospective exhibition, held at the Design Museum Holon in Israel, explores a series of ideas that gradually broaden the mind of the...
Olafur Eliasson at the Palace of Versailles.Olafur Eliasson's latest major exhibition is taking place in the Palace of Versailles, France from June 7th to October 30th 2016. His site specific series of works are designed to change our perception of Versailles - sharpening our...
Cultural Center La Gota: Tobacco Museum by Losada GarciĚa in CĂĄceres, Spain.Get ready for todayâs doozy-of-a-building guys â a tobacco museum. Yeah you read that correctly, the Cultural Centre La Gota has been designed around the tobacco plant. Inspiring conceptual design to façade detailing, the tobacco...
Olivetti Showroom in Venice by Carlo Scarpa.Overlooking Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy, peaking out from the cloisters and watching the hustle and bustle of passers by, is Carlo Scarpaâs Olivetti Showroom. Typically Scarpa, typically Venetian and beautifully Italian, in...
Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul in CoyoacĂĄn, Mexico.What a privilege it is to write about Casa Azul, where the great artist Frida Kahlo was born and lived out her remarkable existence. It will come as little surprise to any to learn that this house was as magical in design as it is in...
In Infinity: Yayoi Kusama at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark.At 86 years of age, Tokyo-based Yayoi Kusama is a world-known figure in contemporary art - highly original, wildly eccentric and avant-garde. And although others are well and truly retired by her age, Kusama shows no hint of slowing down,...
‘Ode to Osaka’ Installation by Manthey Kula.Architect Sverre Fehnâs competition entry for the Scandinavian pavilion at the World Fair in Osaka 1970 is part of the Norwegian National Museum â Architectureâs collection. Fehnâs proposal of a breathing structure where images of...
Museo Del Design 1880-1980 Opens in Milan during EXPO 2015.Museo Del Design 1880-1980 opens in Milan during EXPO 2015, celebrating key moments of the evolution of Italian & international industrial product...
Event Report: Dark Mofo 2015.Things got a little weird. I have flashbacks of eruptive fires, throbbing bass, confounding mist and guttural moans. It seemed that ambiguity, obscurity and intrigue were the driving forces behind Hobartâs infamous winter festival Dark...
