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Steven Learner, Collective Design Founder, Reveals What’s in Store at the Fair’s 2018 Edition

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As the city of New York gets ready for the great design weekend with the beginning of  Collective Design Fair on March 9, we catch up with Steven Learner, the fair’s founder, for a sneak peek into what this year’s edition has to offer.Edited excerpts:What are the themes and highlights of Collective Design Fair 2018?The show continues to be a platform, reflecting themes in the design and art communities where I see a blurring of the boundaries between art, design, film, and performance. This year’s show is organized as a curated exhibition more than the conventional fair, with experiential installations from galleries, independent designers, artists, and interior designers, spread throughout the expansive, day-lit space. Highlights include a significant work by artist and architect Alex Schweder, who will also have a piece at the Armory Show. He brings his “performance architecture” to Collective, offering visitors a moment of relaxation where they sit, two at a time, on a pair of furry, sofa-like forms. Leonidas Trampoukis and Eleni Petaloti of Objects of Common Interest and LOT office for architecture have designed a VIP Lounge with formations of glass brick furniture scattered in space on islands to form seating arrangements on a hard surface of warm, earthy color tones. A white wide-meshed net spanned around the area creates a whimsical boundary separating the fair from the lounge area, revealing glimpses of the interior at close distance. Artist Justin Morin has created an immersive installation inspired by the film “Mishima” by director Paul Shrader. Each of the four chapters of the film is represented by a series of Morin’s deeply hued, gauzy silk panels, juxtaposed against the muscular column grid of the industrial setting. Landscape designer Brook Klausing and spatial practitioner Jesse Seegers will collaborate on “Oasis,” a desert landscape populated by an environment of inhabitable inflatable spaces, furnishings, and plants.This year, we created a new program titled “Hybrid,” for those creating work that specifically challenges the distinction between art and design. Artist Emmett Moore uses the age-old technique of weaving to create new images as tapestries that are presented by Miami gallerist Nina Johnson. New York upstart gallery Fort Gansevoort brings us Sam Stewart’s playful sculptures that question the American obsession with exercise and the functionality generally associated with design.New exhibiting gallery ULAE, the master print studio established in 1947 in Long Island, will present works created in their studio with legendary artists Terry Winters, Richard Tuttle, Martin Puryear and 102-year-old Carmen Herrera as well as work from younger artists Wyatt Kahn, Julia Rommel, and Mark Fox.How do you go about shortlisting the exhibitors?I continue to meet with the original supporters of Collective Design, Caroline Baumann of the Cooper Hewitt, collector and curator Beth Rudin DeWoody, and designer David Mann. They are members of the design community that support us by sharing new designers, galleries, and trends which they have seen. These often become ideas that we incorporate into our program.Who do you think would be the show stealers this year?Artist and architect Alex Schweder, who will also have a piece at The Armory Show, brings ‘Davenports Yawn’ to Collective where fairgoers are offered a moment to relax and experience his furry sofa-like forms. Michael Bargo, a stylist and interior designer, has launched a brand new gallery on the LES. For his premier fair installation, he will be creating a very layered and personal interior where he is presenting several rare Pierre Chareau’s designs from 1921. Chahan, the Parisian gallerist / interior designer / designer will be returning this year with one of his notably sophisticated room environments that are luxurious and calm with accents of cast glass and commissioned artworks. In his hands, vintage works look modern and newly designed pieces have a sense of history. Fernando Mastrangelo is returning for the fourth consecutive year to create his first “completely sculpted environment.” Known for his objects cast from sand, coffee, and crushed glass, Mastrangelo is stretching his vocabulary into architectural elements and space, and as always, pushing the boundaries of how we define his work.Have you observed any major changes or shift in the world of design since the festival’s first edition?There is a continuing trend toward inclusivity, a blurring of the boundaries between art, design, fashion, performance and film that I fully support. We’ve encouraged new ways of presenting work, expanding our program to include galleries that present both vintage and contemporary work, both art and design.Collective presents installations from galleries, independent designers, interior designers, filmmakers and artists, bringing together many of the voices and structures of the community today and reflecting how culturally, we see and collect art and design.Would you like to predict how the future of design is going to be in the next five years?I only wish I could.The Collective Design Fair runs from March 9 to March 12, 2018, at Skylight Clarkson North, 572 Washington Street, New York City. 

World’s First Energy-Positive Airport City in Oslo Planned

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Norwegian firms Haptic Architects and Nordic Office of Architecture will be designing the world’s first energy-positive airport city in Oslo. The Norwegian government’s ambitious project will mark a significant shift from an oil-based economy to a renewable one. With its low carbon features and green technologies, the 4-million-square-meter Oslo Airport City (OAC) will be equipped to generate surplus energy for surrounding buildings. The project will serve as a test-bed for several green and sustainable innovations including electric driverless cars, auto lighting, and maybe even a fleet of electric aircraft. The city will also feature green spaces, public parks, and leisure centers for sports and outdoor activities.“This is a unique opportunity to design a new city from scratch. Using robust city planning strategies such as walkability, appropriate densities, active frontages and a car free city center, combined with the latest developments in technology, we will be able to create a green, sustainable city of the future,” said Tomas Stokke, Director, Haptic Architects.Construction of the Oslo Airport City is expected to begin in 2019, with the first buildings completed in 2022, noted Archdaily.  

Snøhetta and Local Studio Design Wooden Archway to Honor Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu in South Africa

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Snøhetta and Johannesburg-based Local Studio unveiled “The Arch of Arch,” a 30-feet tall wooden archway in Cape Town, South Africa. Featuring 14 woven Larch wood strands each representing the 14 chapters of South Africa’s constitution, the monument has been designed to honor Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu.Instead of materials like stone or concrete which convey messages of permanence and solidity, Snøhetta chose the Larch wood for its warmth which will invite the visitors to interact with the structure in a friendlier way. The material’s high durability and weather-resistance will allow the structure to age gracefully.“A traditional arch is supported by opposing forces pushing against one another, held together by a keystone,” Snøhetta said. “These structural properties emerged as a core concept for the design, where the Arch stands as a metaphor for the integrity of the country’s democracy whose conceptual keystone is the Constitution of South Africa. Together the arching wooden elements inscribe a globe, celebrating Archbishop Tutu’s role as a unifying figure for the international peace movement.” 

Audemars Piguet will Unveil Sebastian Errazuriz’s Striking Lounge Installation at Art Basel, Hong Kong

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Audemars Piguet will unveil Sebastian Errazuriz’s “Foundations,” the concluding design in a trilogy of lounge concepts started by the New York-based artist and designer in 2016. The immersive installation will be showcased at the upcoming Art Basel in Hong Kong and will travel to all Art Basel shows in 2018.Errazuriz’s striking installation suspends hundreds of pieces of 3D-printed, scanned, and hand-moulded rocks from the Vallée de Joux, home of Audemars Piguet in the Swiss Jura Mountains, rotating and moving in perfect synchrony. The design evolves from his previous lounge concepts, and also inspired by two other core natural materials native to the Vallée de Joux — ice (“Ice Cycle,” 2016) and wood (“Second Nature,” 2017). This year's lounge takes the natural element of iron ore as its point of departure, the core material for steel, and also one of the principal resources used by the watchmakers.The Chilean-born designer says: “The three material elements at the core of the project — ice, water, and this year, iron ore —are all essential elements to Audemars Piguet’s roots. ‘Foundations’ has a multiplicity of meanings. The foundation is where everything begins, where the new time starts, and where energy and movement come alive. It’s also a reference to the founders of Audemars Piguet and the family legacy that is so beautifully kept alive today.”The installation will be presented in the Collectors Lounge alongside new photographic series, titled “Remains: Vallée de Joux” by London-based, Italian visual artist Quayola.  

R & Company to Open a New Gallery Space in TriBeCa

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R & Company celebrates its 20th anniversary with the announcement to open a new space in TriBeCa at 64 White Street. Founded in 1997 by Zesty Meyers and Evan Snyderman, R & Company has been focusing on discovering and preserving 20th- and 21st-century design. With the new gallery space, R & Company will continue to champion collectible design by developing visionary exhibitions, publications, and programming on its contemporary and historical designers.The gallery site earlier had an 1869 cast-iron storefront, which has been renovated to house multiple exhibition spaces along with an academic research center for R & Company. The new gallery will house extensive archive and library collected over 20 years, which will be opened for the first time to the public. The gallery’s dramatic three-story atrium serves as a light well, providing daylight to all floors. The mezzanine houses the archive and research center. A monumental marble staircase leads the visitors to the lower levels that host additional exhibition spaces. The gallery features permanent installations by Rogan Gregory, Jeff Zimmerman, and Katie Stout. 

Perkins+Will to Design the New School of Continuing Studies at York University, Toronto

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Perkins+Will has been selected to design the new School of Continuing Studies at York University’s Keele campus in Toronto. The US-based firm’s proposal was chosen as the winner of an international competition that also saw entries from HOK and Gow Hastings Architects.The new building has been conceived to meet the “rapidly evolving demands of the workplaces of tomorrow” and will support international students, new Canadians, and professionals. The design will feature “warm and inviting spaces that inspire student communities to form,” noted ArchDaily.The building’s highlight is its prismatic façade made of photovoltaic panels and glazed openings that will infuse the interior spaces with natural light. With heat recovery ventilation systems and a range of other sustainable metrics, the design targets a minimum of LEED Gold certification. The architects are also exploring the possibility of using timber to create the building’s main structure.According to Rhonda Lenton, York University President and Vice Chancellor: “The creation of a new, stand-alone home for our School of Continuing Studies is another important step forward in improving access to post-secondary education at York. This new building will enable us to create even more lifelong learning opportunities, build connections with local and international communities, and help students of all ages and backgrounds to achieve their fullest potential.” 

Rago’s Upcoming Remix Auction to Offer Contemporary + Classic Art and Design

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Rago brings yet another edition of its unique Remix auction, which is unconfined by any particular time or design period. The upcoming auction on April 7, 2018, will offer an opportunity to collectors and decorators to pick and choose from a range of art and design treasures including downtown pieces of mid-century modern and 21st century design, along with urbane antiques, heirloom silver, period furnishings, and compelling art.Highlights from the auction include: a five-piece Georg Jensen sterling silver pyramid tea & coffee service; two oil on canvas paintings by George Goodman; a Vladimir Kagan for Weiman-Preview sofa; a Berndt Friberg vase; a Whiting sterling silver & enamel punch bowl; and a Louis Tavelli triptych.Gina Tomasello, Director, Remix Auctions, said: “Our newly expanded Remix sale offers an eclectic mix of fine property for every taste and style. The sale beautifully showcases how to use art and design from around the world and a mix of old and new styles to create unique and stylish interiors.”

SOM to Design a Green Urban District in Eastern Paris

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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) will be transforming an old industrial zone on the eastern edge of Paris into a sustainable urban district featuring a 180-meter energy efficient tower. The Chicago-based firm won an international competition with their proposal to create a “highly connected urban landscape” on a site that is constrained by high-speed rail tracks, motorways, and the River Seine. SOM’s mixed-use neighborhood will form a gateway to Eastern Paris, noted ArchDaily.The highlight of the 360,000-square-meter masterplan is a 180-meter tower featuring residential, retail, and hotel spaces, and 5000 square meters of interior green space. Loft-style apartments will overlook suspended greens. The developer plans to plant one tree on the site per residential unit. “As part of a wider environmental strategy, the tower at Charenton-Bercy will become one of the most sustainable buildings in Europe,” stated Yasemin Kologlu, Associate Director, SOM.The masterplan reveals a range of living options for all ages, a primary school, along with shopping and leisure centers. With one-third of the site reserved for green space, and sustainable features such as rainwater harvesting, greywater recycling, and a smart electricity grid, SOM aims to create one of the first urban districts with WELL Community Standard accreditation. 

Norman Foster’s collaboration with Rapha to create cross-country ski wear

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Celebrated architect Norman Foster has recently revealed on an Instagram post that he is collaborating with the cycling brand Rapha to create a range of cross-country ski gear.A recent post on Instagram by the founder of Foster + Partners has made much noise about the collaboration. Followers of Norman Foster are excitingly waiting for a grand curtain-raiser to explore the gear.Foster’s post on Instagram read: “Just received the prototype of my design in collaboration with @rapha for a new range of cross country ski gear. In time to test tomorrow for my 25th cross country ski marathon — weather forecast is absolutely terrible — warm and rain — going to be slow and hard!” [Foster’s Instagram Page]The post is accompanied with an image of Foster wearing the prototype ski wear. The gear looks absolutely befitting to its glory in the shade of black matched with pink accents. The ski wear is seen flaunting the inspirational phrase, “do more with less,” perhaps to cheer the skiers facing strong weather. The quote is created using perforated holes on the lining of the coat behind the zipper. The phrase is unique and has a history behind it. The concept comes from ‘ephemeralization’ of which the phrase is a key part. This was first coined by architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller. Foster collaborated with Fuller back in 1970s.This isn’t Foster’s first Instagram post with an announcement of collaboration with the cycling brand Rapha. Last year, Foster announced via his Instagram handle about his collaboration with the brand to work on a range of clothing for cyclists. Foster, being a keen cross-country skier, keeps his Instagram and otherwise followers updated posting about his winter sports and other activities. He joined the social media in March last year and his Instagram followers seem to be getting the better of it. [The story had been first broken by Dezeen] 

Pritzker Prize Winner Richard Meier Takes Leave of Absence After Claims of Sexual Harassment

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Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier has been facing several claims of sexual harassment after which he decided to take leave of absence from his firm Richard Meier & Partners Architects.Five women have claimed to have faced sexual harassment and advances, either verbal or otherwise, from Meier.Meier has become the subject of the latest discussion regarding the art-world power play where the architect faces allegations of several sexual misconduct incidents from five women that was first covered in the New York Times. The report elaborates on Meier’s inappropriate touch or exposing himself to the accusers. After these allegations surfaced, the architect formally announced that he will be taking a six-month leave of absence from his firm. [Artnet]Dezeen Quotes Richard Meier:“I am deeply troubled and embarrassed by the accounts of several women who were offended by my words and actions…While our recollections may differ, I sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by my behavior. Effective today, I am taking a six-month leave of absence as Founder and Managing Partner. I am leaving the company in the hands of a dedicated and outstanding senior management team, which has spent the past three decades serving our clients and building our firm’s success.”Four of the accusers have worked for Meier before and one of them met Meier at a social event. Many of the discussed incidents of sexual misconduct took place once the architect invited the accusers to his home. One of the accusers claimed that he had offered her wine while also asking her to pose nude for a photograph. One of the other accusers has also stated that he had once touched her underwear through her dress while they were at an office holiday party. One of the most disturbing allegations have stated that back in the 1980s, Meier had dragged  one of the accusers to his bedroom and laid down on top of her. She was not an employee. The accuser escaped from the house and allegedly the architect had chased her to her car. [Artnet]After Meier goes on the leave of absence, the four associate partners will overtake the responsibilities of the architectural firm, including Vivian Lee, Reynolds Logan, Bernhard Karpf, and Dukho Yeon. They will manage operations of the firm’s headquarters in New York. Michael Palladino will overtake the responsibility and supervise the projects of the Los Angeles office being a partner and head of the Los Angeles office. [Architectural Digest]Dezeen quotes, Michael Palladino, a partner and head of the company’s Los Angeles office:“Richard has built a world-class design practice and we will continue the strong collaboration between our two offices, as we continue to build on that legacy. We believe that women should feel comfortable and empowered in all workplaces – including ours.” 

Sculptor Anish Kapoor Criticizes NRA’s ‘Nightmarish Vision’

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Sculptor Anish Kapoor spoke up against the National Rifle Association’s campaign showcasing his Chicago sculpture – “Cloud Gate” known as “The Bean,” which, according to him, was used without his authorization and is used in a video propagating hate messages. The video was created for an NRA advertisement and it used the artist’s sculpture without permission. Anish Kapoor wrote a letter condemning gun violence.The NRA of the US has broadcasted a controversial video advertisement in 2017 with the name of “The Clenched Fist of Truth.” The advertisement warned about liberal America’s threat to freedom. The advertisement has also showcased a brief scene detailing Anish Kapoor’s 2004 sculpture in steel titled “Cloud Gate” at Chicago’s Millennium Park. Recently, the artist voiced his opinion, releasing an open letter where he condemned the gun advocacy group’s “nightmarish, intolerant, divisive vision” that according to the artist has ran counter to “everything that Cloud Gate – and America – stands for.” [Frieze]The commercial usage of the images of the artist’s sculpture strictly demands the artist’s approval as the artist holds the right of usage. General visitors can definitely photograph the sculpture for free but advertisers need to seek the artist’s permission. Yet as Kapoor said, the permission to use this image was never given to NRA. The one-minute promotional video showcases a series of shots of several American architectural feats – this includes the Walt Disney Concert Hall as well as the headquarters of the New York Times.Kapoor stated in the open letter, shared by Artnet, that the NRA “in its nationalist rhetoric uses Cloud Gate to suggest that these ideas constitute a ‘foreign object’ in our midst.”NRA spokeswoman, Dana Loesch, stated in the minute-long video: “The only way we save our country and our freedom is to fight this violence of [media] lies with the clenched fist of truth.”Kapoor said in his statement, quoted by Artnet, that the image that has been used by the NRA “plays to the basest and most primal impulses of paranoia, conflict and violence, and uses them in an effort to create a schism to justify its most regressive attitudes.”The Los Angeles Times speculated last year that the inclusion of the sculpture seems to be focusing on imageries that are apparently somewhat not American enough. Frank Gehry’s Disney Hall, Renzo Piano’s New York Times tower as well as Anish Kapoor’s work is somewhat a conscious reference to people who are not ‘American’ enough, for example Jewish people, or those who are born outside the border of the US. Kapoor essentially was ‘disgusted’ that his sculpture has been appropriated by NRA who are using it for a message that “seeks to whip up fear and hate.” [Frieze]Though it is an interpretive question deciphering the reason behind NRA’s use of his work and the way it has used it, according to the artist. [The Guardian]Anish Kapoor spoke to The Guardian and he has been quoted: “it’s also that, as a matter of fact I hold copyright, this is an advertisement. I disagree with what it’s saying, and they did not ask that my permission.” 

Mumbai’s New Airport to be Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects

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The London-based international architecture and design firm Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has won the competition to design the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) — which will be instrumental in handling more than 60 million passenger footfall a year in the largest city of India.In an attempt to provide a much needed respite to the almost brimming capacity of Mumbai’s existing Chhatrapati Shivaji International (CSI) Airport, a joint project was undertaken by the Mumbai government's City and Industrial Development Corporation and Indian conglomerate GVK — the operator of the existing airport. The consortium appointed ZHA for the project on March 14, 2018, following a 12-week long design competition amongst a selection of esteemed firms shortlisted by GVK. ZHA will build the Terminal 1 of the Navi Mumbai International Airport along with the Air Traffic Control Tower for the city.Planned to be completed in four phases to accommodate more than 60 million passengers annually by 2032, the airport will be situated across the harbor at Ulwe Kopar-Panvel, and will be connected with central Mumbai through the planned Trans Habour Link — a 21.8 kilometer-long highway.With a portfolio boasting of more than 900 projects across 45 countries, this project will be the first major project by ZHA in the Indian subcontinent, marking their second only airport project since their establishment in 1979. The firm is currently building a 70 hectare passenger terminal for Beijing Airport — to be the largest aviation hub in the world, accommodating 45 million visitors annually. On their appointment in the project in Mumbai, the architects assured that the design of this airport will "speak to India's future, while celebrating its present and honoring its past." 

'Studio Handmade’ at Gallery FUMI, London

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Gallery FUMI exhibits "Studio Handmade" at its London venue.A group exhibition titled “Studio Handmade” is on view at Gallery FUMI featuring the works of Atelier Lachaert d’Hanis, Francesco Perini, Glithero, Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert, Josepha Gasch-Muche, Lukas Wegwerth, Max Lamb, Rowan Mersh, Sam Orlando Miller, Simon Klenell, Tuomas Markunpoika, and Yuki Ferdinandsen.Gallery FUMI is a contemporary design gallery based in Mayfair, London. Established in 2008 by directors Sam Pratt and Valerio Capo, the gallery focuses on high-level, conceptually and aesthetically audacious contemporary designers and artists; each one encompassing the value of craftsmanship, traditional techniques and innovated new technologies. Objects are usually hand made by the designer, in a small workshop context, or in small batch production by specialist crafts practitioners. The exhibition will be on view through April 28, 2018 at Gallery FUMI, 2 Hay Hill, Mayfair, London W1J 6AS, UK. For details, visit: http://www.blouinartinfo.com/galleryguide/gallery-fumi/overviewClick on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.

'Night Fever Designing Club Culture 1960 – Today' at Vitra Design Museum

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The Vitra Design Museum in Rhein, Germany is hosting an exhibition of works titled “Night Fever Designing Club Culture 1960 – Today.” The show runs through September 2018.An important space in contemporary culture, the nightclub has been a center of pop culture since the 1960s. It has provided distinct spaces of nocturnal leisure and given opportunities and inspiration to architects and designers. The exhibition examines the relationship that exists between club culture and design, from past to present. It presents nightclub as a space that combines architecture and interior design with sound, light, fashion, graphics, and visual effects. The result is the creation of a modern Gesamtkunstwerk. The display ranges from films and vintage photographs to posters, flyers, and fashion. It also includes contemporary works by photographers and artists such as Mark Leckey, Chen Wei, and Musa N. Nxumalo.The exhibition follows a fairly chronological concept with music and light installation created specially by exhibition designer Konstantin Grcic and lighting designer Matthias Singer. This lets the viewers experience the different aspects of nightclub starting from visual effects to sounds and sensations.“Night Fever Designing Club Culture 1960 – Today” runs through September 19, 2018 at Vitra Design Museum, Charles-Eames-Straße 2, 79576 Weil am Rhein, Germany.For details, visit: https://www.design-museum.de/de/informationen.htmlClick on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition. 

Studio NINE Creates Playful Lego-compatible Modular Furniture

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Lego lovers can now take their fascination for the infamous colored bricks to the next level. The Italian design studio NINE has created a series of Lego-compatible furniture, giving interiors a vibrant and playful touch. Textured in studs, the modular series is capable of holding the Lego bricks, and given its range of colors, the pieces can be customized to match different surfaces or color schemes. From landscapes and houses to messages, the base can be used to hold infinite imaginative creations with the humble building blocks, making the furniture stylish and ever changing. The durable Corian modules are also easy to clean, noted ArchDaily.  The colorful Lego blocks have always held the fascination of architects and designers alike. With the completion of BIG’s Lego House last year, there has been an increase in the use of Lego pieces, which are now appearing in restoration projects, architectural scale models, and more. Stüda’s latest furniture series brings the Lego fascination inside homes.  

Construction Commences on Steven Holl’s Rubenstein Commons in Princeton, New Jersey

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Albert Einstein’s birth anniversary on March 14 was marked by the groundbreaking ceremony for Rubenstein Commons at the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton — the institute where Einstein worked during the last 22 years of his life. Steven Holl Architects won the competition to design the building in 2016, which aims at creating space for “enhanced collaboration and communication between faculty and scholars,” noted ArchDaily.Located on the main central pedestrian route, Rubenstein Commons will feature social and office spaces and also serve as the venue for the display of images illustrating the history, contributions, and scholarly community of “one of the world’s leading centers for curiosity-driven basic research.”During the groundbreaking ceremony, Steven Holl stated: “The Commons is conceived as a welcoming and flexible environment for interaction among the permanent Faculty and visiting scholars, and will greatly enhance the Institute’s role as a convener of academic thought and activities across the sciences, humanities, and social sciences.” 

'New Nakashima Acquisitions’ at Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia

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The late woodwork artist and furniture maker George Katsutoshi Nakashima (1905-1990) is the subject of a new retrospective exhibition in Philadelphia this winter. Moderne Gallery is presenting the latest acquisitions in its collection of George Nakashima's innovative works.  George Katsutoshi Nakashima was an American woodworker, architect, and furniture maker who was one of the leading innovators of 20th century furniture design and a father of the American craft movement. In these works, he masters traditional Japanese hand tools and joinery techniques. Perhaps more significantly, he approaches woodworking with discipline and patience, striving for perfection in every stage of construction.In 1985, Moderne Gallery was the first gallery to promote the work of George Nakashima and still has the finest and largest selection in the United States of his 1940’s-1980’s designs. Responding to requests from serious collectors who wanted to buy and sell studio crafts, Moderne Gallery extended its inventory to include vintage work by Sam Maloof, Wendell Castle, Arthur Espenet Carpenter, David Ebner, Peter Voulkos, Toshiko Takaezu, Viola Frey, Edward Moulthrop, William Hunter, and many others. Moderne Gallery is unique in its specialization in vintage work from the American Studio Craft Movement. He accepted the Order of the Sacred Treasure, an honor bestowed by the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government in 1983.Moderne Gallery is internationally renowned for its high-quality, vintage 20th century furniture, lighting and accessories since 1984. More than 20,000 square feet across five floors of its historic building in the Old City section of Philadelphia are filled with an extensive inventory — from French and American Art Deco to exclusive Wharton Esherick pieces.The collection is on view at Moderne Gallery, 111 N. Third Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106.For details, visit: http://www.blouinartinfo.com/galleryguide/moderne-gallery/overview Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition. 

Specimen Sculptures by Eva Zethraeus at Hostler Burrows, New York

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Next month an exhibition of exquisite botanical sculptures will open in New York. The body of work has been created by artist Eva Zethareus, who is often inspired by the natural world. The porcelain sculptures will be displayed at the Hostler Burrows gallery from May 4, 2018.Zethraeus' ceramic sculptures inspired by botanical and biological specimens, emphasize the inherent duality of porcelain clay, a durable medium that she shapes into fragile and tenuous biomorphic forms. Many of her pieces exhibit Japanese stylistic influences, resultant of her residency there. Frequenting Zen Buddhist gardens in Kyoto, Zethraeus found inspiration in their naturalistic, sensual design. She describes the deliberateness with which large and small, dense and sparse, light and dark were juxtaposed in these environments as a "vivid interplay." These elements of design are translated into her landscape sculpture — a series of frenetic, undulating, biomorphic forms that seem to vibrate with the same organic energy and sensuality as the gardens they are inspired by.Zethraeus spent several formative artists' residencies in Japan during which she executed her landscape porcelain series. More often than not, her landscapes take on a marine aspect. Zethraeus describes herself as fascinated by the qualities objects take on underwater, describing their slow movement, textures, and the qualities of light as being akin to her deliberate, contemplative ceramic process.Eva Zethraeus (b. 1971) is a ceramic artist living and working in Gothenburg, Sweden. Zethraeus beautifully translates her interest in botanical and biological specimens into diverse biomorphic porcelain forms. With this exhibition of new sculptures, Zethraeus continues her exploration of the organic, creating wonderfully textured and complex forms that vibrate with light, movement, and color. The exhibition will be on view from May 4 through June 29, 2018 at Hostler Burrows, 35 E. 10th Street New York, NY 10003.For details, visit: http://www.blouinartinfo.com/galleryguide/hostler-burrows/overviewClick on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition. Founder Louise Blouin: http://www.blouinartinfo.com/artists/louise-blouin--2953510 

Wim Delvoye at Gallery Hyundai, Seoul

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From a “cement truck” in laser-cut stainless steel to a stuffed carpet pig, a hand-carved tire to a Mughal-era inspired “marble” floor in aluminum, the Belgian neo-conceptual artist Wim Delvoye (1965-) has repeatedly pushed boundaries of his art to shock and fascinate the world in equal measure.Gallery Hyundai in Seoul is bringing together nearly 20 years of Delvoye’s art in his first ever survey in South Korea, with an exhibition that runs through April 8. It’s important to note that through these rather quirky objects, Delvoye reimagines the mundane and turns it around with a dose of humor, often juxtaposing two eras widely separated in time. For instance, a hand-carved tire, imitating intricate latticework of Persian monuments.His works are part of permanent collections internationally and have been exhibited in major shows, such as solo exhibitions at Galerie Perrotin in New York, and Musée Tinguely in Basel last year. He is currently restoring a series of Persian palaces in Kashan, Iran, which will be used as exhibition space.— This article appears in the Spring 2018 edition of BlouinShop magazine.Founder Louise Blouin: http://www.blouinartinfo.com/artists/louise-blouin--2953510  

‘The Furniture of Rei Kawakubo’ at Maniera, Brussels

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Maniera, Brussels, is showcasing a set of 15 pieces of Comme des Garçons furniture produced by Rei Kawakubo during the 10 years of circulation of the furniture.When we speak about the design period of the 1980s, one name regularly crops up: Rei Kawakubo. Although repeated numerous times in the press and contemporary publications, the furniture that she designed at this period, with very few pieces manufactured, is less common today and remains totally unknown. Fascinated by this outstanding work, for its first monographic exhibition A1043 presents a set of 15 pieces produced during the 10 years of circulation of the furniture.Concerned with the presentation of her clothes and everything surrounding them, Rei Kawakubo designed fixtures and fittings for the Comme des Garçons shops. For her everything is connected, the district in which the shop is located, the clothes, the layout and the furniture. Her furniture should, therefore, be considered part of the complete work. The first pieces of furniture were initially designed as an extension of the shop fixtures. The first examples are the steel angle chair n°1 and table n°3 from 1983. Between 1983 and 1993, Rei Kawakubo designed 40 or so models, mainly seats and several tables and screens.Just as she would say that she was not interested in fashion, Kawakubo is not interested in design. For her, the main research priorities of designers, such as increasing the comfort, the method of production or the implementation of the materials, are not discussed. As she explained, her furniture is a kind of secondary furniture; furniture used in places of transit and that generate an image, an ambiance. Her furniture is not necessarily used. The main function of the furniture is to bring a design and a type of material to an environment. In the same way as for clothes, the production of Comme des Garçons furniture results from a specific choice. The materials used may be conventional, mainly wood and metal, but their treatment is not insignificant. Wood may be natural but it is sanded and free of varnish, metal is blasted then galvanized and aluminum is mounted on wood. The result is an original approach, beyond all convention and without emotion straightforward.The show is on view through April 7, 2018, at Maniera, Place DE LA Justice, Brussels, Belgium.For details, visit: http://maniera.be/                           Founder Louise Blouin: http://www.blouinartinfo.com/artists/louise-blouin--2953510 
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