More animal architecture

More animal architecture

I’m not sure if it’s the fact that my brain was soaked in Beatrix Potter at a young and impressionable age, or maybe it’s just the profundity of the drawings of Daniel Arsham.

 

Hills of Kyoto; Beauty in All Things

Hills of Kyoto; Beauty in All Things

More from the exhibition Japanese Art and Design at MAD recently which showcased art objects from the museum’s permanent collections, by Japanese artists. Silk fronds simply …

 

Tapestry of the thousand longest rivers of the world:Boetti & Sauzeau at MoMA

Tapestry of the thousand longest rivers of the world:Boetti & Sauzeau at MoMA

embroidery dealing with issues of quantification, irregularity, and the classification and imposition of order on things that defy or elude imposition.

 

the fence as lace

the fence as lace

It’s ability to create illusion, define space without and within, and it’s dichotomous nature allures us. It is a protection and an exposure at once. It is a controller of the senses and an elevator.

 

OP textile

OP textile

Another favourite from  the current exhibit ‘Pop: Design, Culture, Fashion’ at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London. c.1966 Hans Jurgen-Holzer’s screen printed cotton for Heals Fabrics.

 

POP and Paper

POP and Paper

Some favourites from the current exhibit ‘Pop: Design, Culture, Fashion’ at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London. The ready-to-assemble couture is perhaps a forerunner to Miyake’s …

 

Japanese object design; Beauty in All Things

Japanese object design; Beauty in All Things

Looking back at the Japanese Art and Design exhibition at MAD recently which showcased pieces from the museum’s permanent collections. This was a feast for …

 

Feelin’ Groovy!

Feelin’ Groovy!

…the rain also captures the halo glow of bright lights and the effervescent energy that never sleeps!

 

ICFF globes and sound barriers

ICFF globes and sound barriers

…this penchant to revisit fabric treatments a la textile in interiors; we saw it with lace, and net, via Marcel Wanders, and now here we have the Elizabethan Ruff!

 

the Annotated Wind in the Willows

the Annotated Wind in the Willows

“To that extent is a specimen of the most scandalous escapism: it paints a happiness under incompatible conditions—the sort of freedom we can have …