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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...