I’M DIGGING: Summer Lovin’, NYC Farming + Timeless Objects
July 9th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
1. Okay so browsing through my bookmarks of favorite blogs I came across thismodernromance and was reminded of how stunning and truly romantic is the work of this husband + wife team of photographers. I insist, you must browse their portfolio of latest work for a dose of this sweetness!
2. Last month Hospitality Design Magazine released their 2011 Design Awards and this laid-back industrial-cool New York spot stole a Best Green/Sustainable Project Award. Bell Book & Candle, designed by Grade Architecture & Interior Design, has an aeroponic roof-top tower garden where they grow 60% of the fresh produce that goes into their dishes. Their menus also constantly change according to what’s growing upstairs. Talk about vertical farming!
3. So last but not least, while shopping for a client on my day job this week I spruced on up into this gorgeous store in Miami’s Design District only to find an amazing collection of the most beautiful and sophisticated furniture and accessories! Even if you have no plans to purchase it’s honestly worth a “window-shop” for any interior-design enthusiast! Michael Dawkins Home.
Have a beautiful weekend!
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MILAN: Salone del Mobile 2011
April 23rd, 2011 § 1 Comment
Baccarat in Milan Salon Del Mobile 2011
Baccarat in Milan Salon Del Mobile 2011
EVERY YEAR IN MILAN THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND INFLUENTIAL PERSONALITIES of the design world gather for a week to contemplate the newest creations, trends and technologies. This year the event hosted by Baccarat and Veuve Cliquot was held April 12-17th. Baccarat displayed their new collection of crystal chandeliers amongst whimsical cloud installations (as seen above).
So what did all the big names in Italian design bring to the table this year?
Moroso displayed the Biknit Seating collection by Patricia Urquiola: “an exaggerated stitch pattern, an expanded, intense aesthetic transforms a weave into a visible, dramatic design.” They also showed her Klara collection of wooden chairs, Tokujin Yoshioka’s Memory chair and Doshi & Levien’s Impossible Wood chair among several other novelties.
MOROSO Biknit by Patricia Urquiola
MOROSO Klara by Patricia Urquiola
Artemide showed off Karim Rashid’s newest lighting creation, the Nearco pendant, alongside Guido Matta & Enrico Girotti’s Nuboli lamp (a translucent ceiling pendant in the shape of a cloud).
ARTEMIDE Nearco by Karim Rashid
ARTEMIDE Nuboli Lamp
Zanotta presented their 2011 Novelties at the show including the steel asymmetrical Lama Chair by Ludovica & Roberto Palomba alongside the twisted Elica 2576 Table that comes in a white or black high gloss finish.
ZANOTTA Lama Chaise
ZANOTTA Elica 2576
Domitalia brought to the table some beautiful new seating options with the New Retro chair by Fabrizio Batoni Design, the Playa chair also by the same designer, and the glow-in-the-dark outdoor Baba chairs by Radice Orlandini Designs.
DOMITALIA New Retro Chair by Fabrizio Batoni Design
DOMITALIA Playa chair
DOMITALIA Baba chair
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:
DE CASTELLI Shrouded dresser
RAW EDGES Plaid Bench
CASAMANIA Loop Chaise by Sophie de Vocht
MAGIS Zartan Chairs by Philippe Starck with Eugeni Quitlet
Philippe Starck collaborated with Eugeni Quitllet to create the entirely natural Zartan chair. Made of a new technology using “liquid wood” the chair is molded much like polycarbonate but fuses only with other natural materials such as fibers, wax and fish oil to create a “strong, non-toxic alternative to petroleum-based plastics”. The chair is envisioned in 5 varying finishes: bamboo, flax, hemp, jute and rattan.
SPAZIO ROSSANA Flat Table Peeled by Jo Nagasaka
Balloon Bowls by Marteen de Ceulaer
Belgian designer Marteen de Ceulaer came up with an innovative method of creating bowls by pouring dyed plaster into a balloon then placing another balloon inside it, blowing it up and allowing the plaster to dry. The result is organic as the bowls have an array of varying color, sizes and shapes in a smooth finish and irregular edges.
CASAMANIA Rememberme chairs by Tobia Juretzek
Another response towards sustainability was brought by designer Tobia Juretzek with his Rememberme chair made of old garments that would otherwise have been discarded and unused.
FUTURE TRADITIONS Paper Chairs by Lei+Christoph+Jovana
FUTURE TRADITIONS Xuan Lamp
FENDI Installation by Rowan Mersh
Watson Table by Paul Loebach
* Photos of objects in Other Highlights are (c) of Design Boom
LOCAL: Miami Green Expo 3/3 – 3/4
March 4th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
So it appears that our town wants to go green after all! For all those lucky guys living the green dream in the West Coast – wait for us! We’re trying to catch up!
To get the news on all the latest products and innovations in sustainable design don’t miss the Mia Green Expo and Conference being held at the Miami Beach Convention Center from 3/3 (yesterday) to 3/4 (today)!
What you can expect:
• Hall with thousands of Green Products & Services
• Featured Opening Sessions
• 50+ US & International Top Speakers on:
- Designing & Building Greener Americas
- How to Be Green and Be Profitable
- Policies, Certifications & Benefits
- It’s All About Energy
- Impacting the Environment
• Special track: Innovative Green Products & Technology
• “Succeeding as a LEED Professional” (8 GBCI & AIA CEU)
• “LEED Green Associate Training & Exam Prep” (8 AIA CEU)
• Special session “Adopt, Adapt or Discard LEED in your
Country: A Latin American & Caribbean Challenge”
• US Dept. of Energy special program
(by invitation/reg via DOE)
• Cocktail Reception
It’s only $30 for a 1 – day pass!
+ $70 for an educational session
+ $40 for the cocktail reception where you get to mingle with like-minded tree-huggers!
For more info click here!
LOCAL EVENTS: TED Miami Live Broadcast 03/02/11
March 1st, 2011 § 1 Comment
Come get inspired and listen to the “ideas worth spreading” from the world’s leaders in Technology, Entertainment and Design. Since 1984 this nonprofit organization has been gathering speakers from these different fields and inspiring a great number of individuals to do amazing things.
From 5:15 – 7:00 PM hear about the Knowledge Revolution from
- Bill Gates, Philanthropist
- David Christian, Historian
- Amina Az-Zubair, Development worker
- Bruce Aylward, Epidemiologist
- Salman Khan, Educator
From 8:00 – 9:45 PM listen to the Radical Collaboration with
- Edith Widder, Biologist, conservationist, deep-sea explorer
- JR, Street Artist
- The Surprise, Surprise guests
Entrance to the venue is free but you must RSVP here !
The Stage . 170 NE 38th Street . Miami, FL 33137
P S : W e a r R E D t o s u p p o r t T E D !
VIK MUNIZ & Wasteland
February 6th, 2011 § 5 Comments
Artist Feature, vol. 3
"Marat (Sebastiao)" Vik Muniz, 2008
If you haven’t yet heard, this Brazilian native turned world-renowned visual artist went to one of the largest dumpsters in the world (Jardim Gramacho outside of Rio de Janeiro) to create portraits of the “catadores”. The catadores are the individuals who work at the site separating recyclable materials from general waste. This 2011 Oscar nominated documentary entitled “Wasteland” shows Vik and his colleagues throughout the course of a year getting to know each of these characters and their lives as he develops an “image” for the project.
He decides to depict each of them in a series called “Pictures of Garbage” through iconic images of art history such as Jacques-Louis David’s 1793 “The Death of Marat” for Marat (Sebastiao), Pablo Picasso’s 1904 “Woman Ironing” for “Woman Ironing (Isis)” and Atlas, the Titan who held up the world for “Atlas (Carla0)”. This remaking of iconic images has of course been done before. Vik’s originality here lies, as in most of his work, in his choice of medium and context. He photographs these images then projects them from say 40 feet in the air down to the ground. He and the catadores then arrange hundreds of objects found in the landfill to recreate the image out of pure waste. This final sculptural piece is photographed and becomes the final image.
The work is thought provoking and inspiring as his process changes the way we think art is created and achieved. But truly the most impactful aspect of the documentary is the dignity and relentless spirit of the catadores Vik encounters and how this inspires his work and allows for a victorious finale that brings hope and change to the desolate circumstances of life in Jardim Gramacho and to the dreamers, like me, who dream of a better world.
from "Wasteland", view down onto Irma's portrait 2008
from "Pictures of Garbage" 2008
"Saturn Devouring His Son" 2005
Mona Lisa, Peanut Butter and Jelly
from "The Sugar Children Series", 1996
from "Pictures of Clouds"
from "Pictures of People", 2009
"Marylin" 2008
from "Pictures of Earthwork" 2005
Vik Muniz
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ART AT THE DUMP
July 21st, 2010 § Leave a Comment
RECYCLED ART IN SAN FRANCISCO
Wednesday, July 21 – Saturday, September 25 | Free
For twenty years now San Francisco’s recycling program has hosted an artist in residence program that provides 24-hour access to the Dump to a handful of creative and dedicated individuals that repurpose and transform the raw materials into meaningful visual and formal expressions.
Josh Short, Queen Grill 2010
Recology, Intersection for the Arts, and Hub Bay Area are pleased to present the exhibition, Art at the Dump: Twenty Years of the Artist in Residence Program at Recology at Intersection 5M. This exhibition celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the art and education program at Recology San Francisco, a one-of-a-kind initiative that enables artists to work with materials taken directly from the city of San Francisco’s waste stream, while teaching the public about recycling and resource conservation. Art at the Dump presents a sampling of work made by some of the more than eighty artists who have participated in the program. Work in a variety of mediums-sculpture, photography, painting, drawing, performance, video, textiles, and musical composition-is represented, and often runs counter to traditional notions of what art made from found materials should look like.
Josh Short, Queen Grill 2010
Silence Speaks Volumes, Erik Otto
The Recology Artist in Residence Program was established in 1990 at the same time that curbside recycling was being implemented in San Francisco. Conceived by artist and activist Jo Hanson, it was the most innovative component of an outreach plan developed by the City and Recology San Francisco (then known as Sanitary Fill Company) to educate people about recycling. Now twenty years later, the Artist in Residence Program has grown to include an Environmental Learning Center, an extensive tour program,a three-acre sculpture garden, off-site exhibitions, and has been nationally recognized and awarded as the only program of its kind in the country. Artists are provided with a stipend and a well-equipped studio to make artwork from materials they scavenge from the Public Disposal and Recycling Area (“the dump”). Artists speak to the more than 5,000 students and adults who annually attend the San Francisco garbage and recycling facility tours which focus on the importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling.
Suzanne Husky, Rewilding with Intentions
“Throwing things away is an automatic action for many of us and I think art has a remarkable way of showing us the layers of our existence that our repetitive daily lives obscure” says former artist-in-residence David King. Though the artwork is incredibly varied, the connecting thread is that these were all materials that at one time passed through the hands of San Franciscans-things once with meaning or function, determined to no longer be of use. But as the artists demonstrate, much of what we throw away still does have the potential to be used.
The exhibition features the work of over fifty artists including Estelle Akamine, Ellen Babcock, Bill Basquin, Nemo Gould, James Gouldthorpe, David Hevel, Dee Hibbert Jones, Christina Mazza, Sirron Norris, Scott Oliver, Nicole Repack, Isis Rodriguez, James Sansing, Nathaniel Stookey, E. Banker White, and Noah Wilson. Work by artists who have participated in the Student Artist in Residence Program will be presented in the building’s café. A publication documenting the history of the Recology Artist in Residence program will be available for sale.
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