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COMMEMORATING MANDELA (5): JAN BEEKMAN: MANDELA’S CALM

COMMEMORATING MANDELA (5): JAN BEEKMAN: MANDELA’S CALM

COMMEMORATING MANDELA (4) – FREDDY SAM : ‘I AM BECAUSE WE ARE’

COMMEMORATING MANDELA (4) – FREDDY SAM : ‘I AM BECAUSE WE ARE’

FORENSIC ARCHITECTURE AND V&A WILL REPRESENT UK AT LONDON DESIGN BIENNALE 2018, RECONSTRUCTING  ISLAMIC STATE ATROCITIES

FORENSIC ARCHITECTURE AND V&A WILL REPRESENT UK AT LONDON DESIGN BIENNALE 2018, RECONSTRUCTING ISLAMIC STATE ATROCITIES

COMMEMORATING MANDELA (1) – IAN BERRY

COMMEMORATING MANDELA (1) – IAN BERRY

COMMEMORATING MANDELA (3) – MARCO CIANFANELLI’S RELEASE

COMMEMORATING MANDELA (3) – MARCO CIANFANELLI’S RELEASE

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FORM FOLLOWS FOCO, 100 SNAPSHOTS OF GUERILLA SURVIVAL PROPS

Posted on July 28, 2020March 15, 2022
FORM FOLLOWS FOCO, 100 SNAPSHOTS OF GUERILLA SURVIVAL PROPS

‘Form Follows Foco, 100 Snapshots Of Guerilla Survival Props’, was the second Mapping The Design World publication, launched during the Mapping Toolbox exhibition at Walking Chair Gallery in Vienna, in October 2013.

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URBAN INTERVENTIONISTS Mapping the Design World
Posted on October 17, 2019March 15, 2022

URBAN INTERVENTIONISTS: PETER GIBSON, aka ROADSWORTH

URBAN INTERVENTIONISTS What made Roadsworth’s work stand out from that of most other graffiti artists was that his focus was on the streets’ surface, and not on the walls surrounding them. It all had to do with…

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VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE Mapping the Design World
Posted on May 24, 2018May 24, 2018

Celebrating Freespace – The Venice Architecture Biennale

„It was even a surprise to us to be invited,” McNamara’s and Farrell say, “and that’s putting it mildly“. The working relationship of the female architectural duo goes back to the early 70s when they were students…

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BODYS ISEK KINGELEZ Mapping the Design World
Posted on May 13, 2018May 14, 2018

MoMA DEVOTES ITS FIRST SOLO SHOW EVER OF A BLACK AFRICAN ARTIST TO BODYS ISEK KINGELEZ

In Europe, Bodys Isek Kingelez (1948–2015) already became an instant sensation when his work was included in the landmark exhibition Magiciens de la Terre at Paris’s Centre Pompidou in 1989. Since then, his work has been in…

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jean prouve Mapping the Design World
Posted on May 9, 2018March 12, 2022

A HOUSE FOR EVERYONE? VISITING JEAN PROUVÉ’S MAISON TROPICALE AT KANAL BRUSSELS

Many reasons converged to include the Tropical House by the pioneering French architect and designer Jean Prouvé in Kanal Brut, the inaugural presentation of Kanal, before the renovation starts in 2019. The Centre Pompidou had the huge…

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stefan sagmeister Mapping the Design World
Posted on May 3, 2018May 3, 2018

GETTING HAPPY WITH STEFAN SAGMEISTER

Sagmeister and me have at least one thing in common: the late Tibor Kalman is our one and only design hero. And walking through The Happy Show, which got its kick off at the Institute of Contemporary…

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Refugium Max Borka
Posted on May 2, 2018May 2, 2018

REFUGIUM (BERLIN AS A DESIGN PRINCIPLE)

REFUGIUM (BERLIN AS A DESIGN PRINCIPLE) Here are some snapshots of Refugium (Berlin as a Design Principle), an event cum exhibition which I curated in 2013 at Tempelhof, as part of DMY-Berlin and the Berlin Design Week….

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TECHNOLOGICAL DISOBEDIENCE Mapping the Design World
Posted on April 28, 2018March 12, 2022

VIOLATING OBJECTS: CUBAS’ TECHNOLOGICAL DISOBEDIENCE

The term Technological Disobedience was coined by the Cuban artist and designer Ernesto Oroza to summarize the unique way in which his compatriots relate to technology. According to Oroza, the average Cuban -pressured and constrained by a…

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Mapping the Design World
Posted on April 27, 2018March 12, 2022

KONGJIAN YU & TURENSCAPE’S RED RIBBON PARK: ALONG CELEBRATION PATH

Like other cities in China, Qinhuangdao is experiencing fast growth. The new park which Turenscape and its founder/president Kongjian Yu were asked to create had to answer the need for recreation of its burgeoning community. When the…

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FORENSIC ARCHITECTURE AND V&A WILL REPRESENT UK AT LONDON DESIGN BIENNALE 2018, RECONSTRUCTING ISLAMIC STATE ATROCITIES

COMMEMORATING MANDELA (1) – IAN BERRY

COMMEMORATING MANDELA (3) – MARCO CIANFANELLI’S RELEASE

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    Mar 31, 2022
    COMMEMORATING MANDELA (4) – FREDDY SAM : ‘I AM BECAUSE WE ARE’
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    Mar 12, 2022
    FORENSIC ARCHITECTURE AND V&A WILL REPRESENT UK AT LONDON DESIGN BIENNALE 2018, RECONSTRUCTING ISLAMIC STATE ATROCITIES

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