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Look and See
To observe, you must learn to separate situation from interpretation, yourself from what you’re seeing. (…) Choosing wisely means being selective. It means not only looking but looking properly with...
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Bauhaus, Socialist Designers, architecture for humanity and music for thinking
I realised that closer links had to be forged between the machines and the artistic individuals. So I established workshops which trained people in two ways: as artists and craftsmen as well. … You...
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Translate, Translator and Translation
Designer as translator …the act of design is, in essence, the clarification of material or the remaking of content from one form to another. The ultimate goal is the expression of a given content...
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Irma Boom, Hella Jongerius, Alice Rawsthorn, Beat Wyss and Aaron Betsky
Interesting design doesn’t exist to serve the purpose of a device but to exceed it by pure representation. In borderline case, the purpose becomes pure form. A designed object is successful when its...
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Japanese Poster Artists, The Rediscovery of the Painter and Grafik 14, Zurich
Zurich, this month, is a perfect place to experience the tao of the Japanese poster at the Museum für Gestaltung, op art at the Museum Haus Konstruktiv and swiss graphic art at Grafik 14. I had one...
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“Atmosphere Rooms” for Philippe Apeloig, Paris
The Typorama finished a couple of weeks ago and I am still thinking about the walls of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris filled with Apeloig’s fonts, Metro-size posters and the music used for his...
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I’ve been here; I hope the same for you, Henryk Tomaszewski, Warsaw
I do not have patience to admire beauty in itself–skilful eye or hand. I prefer failure to mastered perfection… I am not interested in showing-off accomplished forms anymore. I enjoy, instead, playing...
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Weingart
Typography is not only for reading and must not be a pain. Typography can be a game and a lot of fun. A drawing inspired by: Photo-optisches Experiment mit dem Buchstaben M aus Adrian Frutigers...
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DESIGN CHANGES
Existing political, economical, ecological and even social structures are widely questioned. … As a consequence design can no longer only be defined by just technical performance, aesthetics, or...
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DESIGN CHANGES: POSTSCRIPT
A few days ago I had the chance to talk to Nadine Clemens, the president of Design Friends Luxembourg. We spoke about Resolute–Design Changes, Postscript: Luxembourg and the local design scene. With...
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ABSTRACT OR NOT Philippe Apeloig in Luxembourg
Philippe Apeloig is an influential French graphic designer. His approach to a given assignment, whether it is a poster, logotype, or font, shows an impressive amount of both thoughtfulness and...
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Between complexity and poetry, Civic design and global citizenship
Briefly Noted Dans le cadre de Design City 2016 – LXBG Biennale Yesterday / Gestern / Hier / Ieri Ruedi Baur, Between complexity and poetry, Civic design and global citizenship lecture organized by...
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Activism by Design
In the new issue of Traces published by Casino Luxembourg – forum d’art contemporain there’s an article I wrote last year. Design awakens desire. Design infatuates and seduces. And design has the...
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Wojciech Zamecznik, Photo-Graphics
Briefly Noted Warsaw, Zachęta – Natonal Galery of Art Wojciech Zamecznik, Photo-Graphics Photography and film combine the features of the biological and the technological eye, and perhaps thanks to...
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