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08.05.12

Exhibition

Bauhaus: Art as Life

The exhibition has opened, go and see it! It’s on from 3 May to 12 August 2012 at the Barbican Art Gallery in London. Come back tomorrow for a first look inside the exhibition as we will be updating our website with shots from the show.

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25.04.12

Book Launch

21 | Twenty One: 21 Designers for twenty-first century Britain

Tonight is the launch of 21 | Twenty One: 21 Designers for twenty-first century Britain, a new publication written by Gareth Williams which we recently designed for V&A Publishing – with a little help from brilliant furniture designer Martino Gamper, whose chest of drawers inspired the design of the front and back cover. The launch is being held in the V&A Reading Rooms in South Kensington, London, from 7pm.

V&A Reading Rooms, No. 8 Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2HF

V&A Publishing

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17.04.12

Book Launch

The Art and Craft of Richard Woods

Last week, we were excited to receive the first copies back from the printers of the new book we designed for artist Richard Woods. The book is being celebrated tonight with a launch at the Established & Sons exhibition at Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2012 - a venue at which Richard has previously exhibited his own furniture designs in recent years. Congratulations to everyone involved in the book - we wish we could be there to celebrate with you.

Richard Woods

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Book Launch The Art and Craft of Richard Woods Last week, we were excited to receive the first copies back from the printers of the new book we designed for artist Richard Woods. The book is being celebrated tonight with a launch at the Established & Sons exhibition at Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2012 - a venue at which Richard has previously exhibited his own furniture designs in recent years. Congratulations to everyone involved in the book - we wish we could be there to celebrate with you. Richard Woods
29.03.12

New Project

Visual Identity

Witte de With Center for Contemporary Arts

We’re very excited to be working on a new visual identity for the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Arts in Rotterdam at the moment. The project is ongoing, and we will have more to share over the coming months, but for now here is a little glimpse of the direction we’re working towards - an evolution of Witte de With’s existing cloudlike emblem…

www.wdw.nl

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New Project Visual Identity Witte de With Center for Contemporary Arts We’re very excited to be working on a new visual identity for the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Arts in Rotterdam at the moment. The project is ongoing, and we will have more to share over the coming months, but for now here is a little glimpse of the direction we’re working towards - an evolution of Witte de With’s existing cloudlike emblem… www.wdw.nl
09.03.12

Exhibition

Bauhaus: Art as Life

Part 3 – Typography / László Moholy-Nagy

“It must be clear communication in its most vivid form … A new typographic language must be created, combining elasticity, variety and a fresh approach to the materials of printing, a language whose logic depends on the appropriate application of the process of printing.”

– An excerpt from the essay Typography as a Means of Communication by László Moholy-Nagy, who used distinct symbols, colour highlights, and strong playful compositions.

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02.03.12

Exhibition

Bauhaus: Art as Life

Part 2 – Wall colour

Architecture and interior design from the Bauhaus is often associated with white neutral colours– but this is far from the case. The wall painting workshop was key to furthering architectural ideas, taking inspiration from art movements like Expressionism and De Stijl, and developing further under the teachings of Johannes Itten, Oskar Schlemmer, Herbert Bayer, and Hinnerk Scheper. Taking the form of playful murals, and strong colour combinations that evoked a certain emotion, or reflected the use of the space.

29.02.12

Exhibition Design Talk

Kirsty is in conversation with V&A Postmodernism curator Glenn Adamson and architect Andy Groarke to discuss the design process of the Postmodernism exhibition at the V&A

Into the fold is an event by Camberwell Press. Seeking to create the concept of the ideal studio within a public space, Camberwell Press is taking over Camberwell Space gallery for two and a half weeks. The exhibition will culminate in a publication launch from material generated via a series of talks, workshops, design & publishing projects. Curated by James Edgar.

Camberwell College of Arts Peckham Road, London SE5 8UF 6pm

camberwellpress.org

UPDATE You can now read a transcript of part of Kirsty’s talk at Into The Fold by following this link.

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Exhibition Design Talk Kirsty is in conversation with V&A Postmodernism curator Glenn Adamson and architect Andy Groarke to discuss the design process of the Postmodernism exhibition at the V&A Into the fold is an event by Camberwell Press. Seeking to create the concept of the ideal studio within a public space, Camberwell Press is taking over Camberwell Space gallery for two and a half weeks. The exhibition will culminate in a publication launch from material generated via a series of talks, workshops, design & publishing projects. Curated by James Edgar. Camberwell College of Arts Peckham Road, London SE5 8UF 6pm camberwellpress.org UPDATE You can now read a transcript of part of Kirsty’s talk at Into The Fold by following this link.
28.02.12

Workshop

For the next three weeks Stephen’s leading a workshop on book design for the Graphic Design BA at the University of East London. More to come soon…

uel.ac.uk

Workshop For the next three weeks Stephen’s leading a workshop on book design for the Graphic Design BA at the University of East London. More to come soon… uel.ac.uk
24.02.12

Exhibition

Bauhaus: Art as Life

Part 1 – Bauhaus Exhibition Techniques

We’re currently working hard on the upcoming ‘Bauhaus: Art as Life’ exhibition for the Barbican which will open on the 3rd of May 2012. As a prelude to this we will be posting images highlighting various aspects of the famous German art school that have inspired, and influenced our approach. Beginning with looking at exhibition design from Walter Gropius, Laszlo Maholy-Nagy, and most notably Herbert Bayer, (and his theories on perspective).

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24.01.12

Talk

Working with Galleries: Part II Tuesday 24 January

This discussion focuses on the processes of negotiation between artist & curator / designer & client. Two professional ‘couples’ have been invited to make visible the conversation around the initiation, development & realisation of work; the practical concerns and conceptual repercussions. The artists Cullinan Richards talk with curator & writer Tom Morton while directors of the design agency A Practice for Everyday Life, Kirsty Carter & Emma Thomas, speak with curator, writer and gallerist Rob Tufnell.

Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham B9 4AR 6pm

eastsideprojects.org

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Talk Working with Galleries: Part II Tuesday 24 January This discussion focuses on the processes of negotiation between artist & curator / designer & client. Two professional ‘couples’ have been invited to make visible the conversation around the initiation, development & realisation of work; the practical concerns and conceptual repercussions. The artists Cullinan Richards talk with curator & writer Tom Morton while directors of the design agency A Practice for Everyday Life, Kirsty Carter & Emma Thomas, speak with curator, writer and gallerist Rob Tufnell. Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham B9 4AR 6pm eastsideprojects.org