Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams
Wonderful retrospective on 40 years of work of one of the most influential designers of the twentieth century.
This is a must have.
Wonderful retrospective on 40 years of work of one of the most influential designers of the twentieth century.
This is a must have.
How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever.
A Designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense
Described by Picasso as ‘the new Leonardo’. Munari insisted that design be beautiful, functional and accessible, and this enlightening and highly entertaining book sets out his ideas about visual, graphic and industrial design and the role it plays in the objects we use everyday.
I like design to be visually powerful, intellectually elegant, and above all, timeless.
A must read: The Vignelli Canon
(1922-2003)
Wonderful & Colorful visions:
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Exhibition / Moscow, April 2009
Nicolas Malinowsky is a French artist who works as a graphic designer within the Ill-Studio, a Paris-based creative collective.
The show looks at the contemporary terms of heritage and transmission by building on a rather specific event. While browsing a second hand shop, the artist came across a wide-ranging ensemble of objects stemming from a deceased person. The original batch was largely made of books and vinyl records that reflected a pronounced interest in world culture and art. Over a certain period of time, Nicolas Malinowsky bought many of these objects without knowing that they all came from the same person. When he later found out, he realised these objects had much to say about this person’s life, passions and perhaps travels.
Visionnaire
LIFE photographer Gjon Mili visited Picasso in 1949. Mili showed the artist some of his photographs of ice skaters with tiny lights affixed to their skates jumping in the dark—and Picasso’s mind began to race. The series of photographs that follows—Picasso’s light drawings—were made with a small flashlight in a dark room; the images vanished almost as soon as they were created.
Photo: Gjon Mili/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Jan 01, 1949
The whole set
Remembering one of the greatest:
Futuristic Architecture by Kisho Kurokawa.
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tankowski’s oeuvre is impressive, thanks to its use of multiple media, ranging from photography and painting to graphic design, which contributed considerably to the visual image of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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