Paula Radcliffe – Womens’s Marathon, London (2003)
Blam just informed me about this very beautiful serie of 5 posters made by Accept & Proceed, available now over at Blanka.
Inspirational moments in sport taken from Lewis Hamilton – F1 Grand Prix, Montreal (2007), Paula Radcliffe – Womens’s Marathon, London (2003), Tiger Woods – US Open Championship, San Diego (2008), Rafael Nadal – Wimbledon Men’s Singles, London (2008) and Steve Redgrave – Olympic Mens Coxless Four, Sydney (2000).
Now Showing exhibition is now in Barcelona at Vallery gallery. Take a look at the pictures of the private opening last week. There is also a bunch of new prints available by Build, Wallzo, Siggi Eggertsson, Yuko Shimizu, Harri Kuhn and David Pearson from Penguin books.
The exhibition runs from 18th Sept to 18th Oct 2008 at Vallery, Calabria, 85 – 08015, Barcelona, Spain.
The sculpture Tree of Signs, a collaborative project between GabrÃela Frioriksdóttir and French designers M/M, will be the first man-made structure in Urrioaholt.
A sculpture entitled Tree of Signs will be the first man-made structure to be raised in Urrioaholt. The work was conceived by French designers Mathias Augustyniak and Michael Amzalag, better known as M/M, in collaboration with artist GabrÃela Frioriksdóttir. The sculpture is five metres tall and is made of bronze. According to GabrÃela, the tree can be viewed as a monument to possibilities inspired by the generous and rewarding collaboration between different parties, thus reflecting the basis for the residential area that will rise in Urrioaholt.
GabrÃela says that the idea behind the sculpture was conceived when M/M came to Iceland in connection with the French cultural festival Pourquois Pas? in early 2007. The conceptual work behind Tree of Signs began then, and basic sketches were exhibited at the Museum of Design and Applied Art in Garoabaer. The tree is based on the same font as M/M used for the cover of Björkâs album Medúlla and which was used as a basis for all printed material and 3D objects that the duo created with GabrÃela for the Venice Biennale. The font on the Tree of Signs, however, will be entirely three-dimensional and GabrÃelaâs drawings will be formed into bas-reliefs that hang on the tree like fruit, or seeds. âWhen we started discussing a possible collaboration with Urrioaholt and began to study the ideology behind the area, we discovered that it matched our ideas. Also, we had always wanted to raise the tree in an undeveloped area,â? says GabrÃela.
âWe at Urrioaholt heard about M/M through the Garoabaer cultural representative and subsequently took Mathias and Michael to Búrfellsgjá on a sightseeing tour. It is rare to find such pristine nature so close to a residential area and they were impressed by the natural beauty of the site. A short while later a decision was made for the tree to become the first man-made structure in Urrioaholt. It is symbolic and fun and sends a definite message about vegetation and growth in the Urrioaholt area,â? says Sigurour GÃsli Pálmason, who sits on the board of Urrioaholt ehf.
Collaboration with artists is important.According to GabrÃela, the best thing about the Tree of Symbols is that is not on a platform, unlike most other artworks in public spaces. âI find such spaces generally opposed to art because they create a predetermined framework around everything, meaning the work rarely has a chance to evolve organically and become part of the surroundings,â? she says. This is also reflected in the fact that the font used for the work does not create borders but rather offers possibilities. âThe philosophy of form and the philosophy behind Urrioaholt complement each other well. By which I mean playing with the possibilities of nature as opposed to colliding with it; using soft forms that create greater harmony.”
(via urbanpreschool)
Max Bill, Rhythmus im Raum (heller granit, 1947-48)
courtesy : Max, Binia + Jakob Bill stiftung/foundation
On the occasion of 100 years of the birth of Max Bill, the Swiss Cultural Center pays tribute to this artist who has shaped fundamental modernity an exemplary way in banning categories. One could almost say that his vision has influenced decades of everything that we see (in the minimalist tradition), from a logo to a watch, from a painting to a building.
Self-taught architect, student of the Dessau’s Bahaus, abstract painter and founder of the movement concrete (student of Kandinsky and Klee), but also a graphic designer, typographer, designer and exhibition designer, his works or objects are now part of the classics.
The exhibition Around Max Bill proposes to explore the influence of this artist on a new generation of international designers and check if his production or his teaching continues to inspire some artistic practices.
Thanks to the loan and the outstanding achievement of a new bronze casting of the famous sculpture Rhythmus im Raum (Rhythm in space) dated the end of 40′s, this exhibition has the purpose to literally turn around this work inspired by the endless ribbon of Moebius, in order to see in it its various heirs.
The Exhibition takes place in the project room of “Centre Culturel Suisse” in Paris, from october 26th 2008 to january 4th 2009.
Swiss Legacy, by the initiative of Art Director Xavier Encinas, is a blog focused on typography, graphic design and inspirational matters.
