studio makkink & bey

kade chair

the yellow glass
This year's prague designblok features guest dutch designers studio makkink & bey
who are exhibiting a collection of cabinets which serve as working craftsmanship cells -
an exploration of process and design.

SKYSCRAPER FUTURES: INFECTED DESIGN

Among the finalists for eVolo's recent design competition on the future of the skyscraper was Loren Supp
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com

Nacho Carbonell

The 28-year-old Spanish designer Nacho Carbonell is, at heart, a storyteller — and one with a vivid imagination at that. For ‘‘Craft Punk,’’ the Design Academy Eindhoven graduate brought a heap of discarded Fendi leather scraps to life in a series of beastly creatures (some of which could be ridden or sat upon). His womblike papier-mâché Evolution chairs and benches — handmade from the newspapers that accumulated in his house — are his retreat from information overload. Such ideas are not so much a statement about the environment (though he insists that ‘‘waste’’ is as good a material to work with as anything you could pick up in a store) as they are an attempt to imbue inanimate design objects with an emotional core. For the coming Design Miami/Basel fair, he is making a chair out of leaves and sawdust. ‘‘It’s a chair with a goal,’’ he said: ‘‘It wants to become a tree.’’

freitag compost bags

swiss bag producers markus and daniel freitag of freitag were invited by the walking chair gallery
to create an installation/exhibition as part of vienna design week 09. titled 'urban gardening'
the show aims to direct the general public to be involved in recycling and encourages
people to get involved in gardening within their local community.

the duo designed 100 limited edition freitag compost bags for the installation. each were
given to guests on the opening night, granted that they would return to the gallery with
their compost and place it in the compost bin within 3 months.

the freitag brothers specially prepared a soup for guests on opening night, using their
food scraps to start the compost bin.
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/7781/freitag-compost-bags.html

Black Meteoric Star

Black Meteoric Star and Assume Vivid Astro Focus will be here in Athens for one of the last shows .
7/11 at BIOS
PEIRAIOS 84
Starts at : 23.30
Admission : 10 euro
Black Meteoric Star is the debut long player from Gavin Russom in his overtly dancefloor guise. You may remember Russom and Delia Gonzalez's cosmically minded Days of Mars from 2005; a starry-eyed jumble reminiscent of the best bits of Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Klaus Schulze and Carl Craig, it's still the spaciest thing DFA has ever released.

Gilbert&George

19/11 till 9/1 2010,Bernier Eliades,Eptaxalkou 11,athens

Gilbert and George are two contemporary artists who work together as a duo.
Gilbert Proesch was born in San Martin de Tor in Italy, his mother tongue being Ladin rather than Italian[2]. He studied art at the Wolkenstein School of Art and Hallein School of Art in Austria and the Akademie der Kunst, Munich, before moving to England. George Passmore was born in Plymouth in the United Kingdom, to a single mother in a poor household. He studied art at the Dartington Hall College of Art and the Oxford School of Art, then part of the Oxford College of Technology, which eventually became Oxford Brookes University.The two first met on 25 September 1967 while studying sculpture at St Martins School of Art, now Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, one of six colleges in the University of the Arts, London. The two claim they came together because George was the only person who could understand Gilbert's rather poorly spoken English. In a 2002 interview with Daily Telegraph they said of their meeting: "it was love at first sight.". They got married in 2008.

For many years, Gilbert & George have been residents of Fournier Street, Spitalfields, East London. Their entire body of work has been created in, and focused on, London's East End, which they see as a microcosm. According to George, "Nothing happens in the world that doesn't happen in the East End

Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear released Yellow House in 2006. It was a slow, steady and stunning ride—boundless in scope and elegance. Given the album's otherworldly charm and staying power, it's hard to believe three years have gone by.

That might seem like a long time. But given Grizzly Bear's hectic touring schedule, including stints with Radiohead, TV On The Radio and Feist—as well as several performances during a five-night tribute to Paul Simon at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, a co-headlining show with the L.A. Philharmonic, and the release of Friend, a 10-song EP of re-recorded and re-worked songs, collaborations and covers—all of this seems very reasonable. They've been busy.

But about a year ago, singer/songwriter Ed Droste, drummer Christopher Bear, bassist Chris Taylor and singer/songwriter/guitarist Daniel Rossen —whose other band, Department of Eagles, released the sublime In Ear Park last fall—began passing demos around and working together creatively in different pairs and permutations. A few months later, blessed with producer/engineer Chris Taylor's willingness to transport his recording equipment, they began the recording process for Veckatimest, which would unfold over the next six months in three very singular locations. And in many ways, it is the recording process that reveals this record—each space catalyzing different interactions, inspirations, and ultimately, songs.

Rockets in a coma!

Οι ROCKETS IN A COMA είναι ένα νέο project που αποτελείται από δύο νέους ανθρώπους,την Elektra και τον Java Kid. Το ντεμπούτο album τους κυκλοφορεί σε λίγες μέρες από την UNDO Records και έχει τίτλο "Square Strawberries". Ενθουσιώδης και δυναμικός ήχος που δεν έχει να ζηλέψει τίποτα από τις αντίστοιχες κυκλοφορίες της "DFA" και της "ED BANGER" Records.Τα 2 πρώτα singles με τίτλους "Be Loaded And Dance" και "Psycholover" άρχισαν να αποστέλλονται στα ραδιόφωνα, και το video clip του "Psycholover" θα είναι έτοιμο μέσα στις επόμενες ημέρες. Αναμένουμε με ενδιαφέρον το feedback του ελληνικού κοινού.

http://www.myspace.com/rocketsinacoma

Mical Machu

www.michal-macku.eu/

Larry Fink

Ο Larry Fink στήν Ελληνοαμερικανική ένωση!
Στα πλαίσια του Athens Photo Festival.www.hcp.gr
Larry Fink was an early admirer of Henry Cartier-Bresson’s work and studied in the 1960s with Lisette Model, who encouraged him to pursue a career as a photographer. Born in Brooklyn in 1941, Fink originally looked to the city of New York for his photographic subject matter. Today he is perhaps best known for work produced in the 1970s documenting parties. An influential educator, Fink has taught at the Yale University School of Art, New Haven; Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture, New York; Parsons School of Design, New York; and the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia. His work has been widely exhibited in the United States, including solo exhibitions at Light Gallery, New York; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

GLASS CANDY AND DESIRE!

@BIOS 31.10
Πειραιώς 84. 10435



http://www.myspace.com/italiansdoitbetterrecords

FRIDAY 30.10 REPLICAS@SEKOND SKIN

Παρασκευή 30 Οκτωβρίου Synthnoir+special guests Replicas at Second Skin,
GAZI
http://www.myspace.com/the_replicas
http://the-replicas.blogspot.com

Telepopmusik

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhFUDFVvs_4
Télépopmusik is a French electronic music trio, composed of Fabrice Dumont (bassist of the pop band Autour de Lucie), Stephan Haeri (also known as 2 square for his solo projects), and Christophe Hetier.

The group's first album was Genetic World, with several singles from the album released subsequently. The group's second album, Angel Milk was released in 2005. According to Telepopmusik's official MySpace page, their next album will be available in September 2009

Julian Opie

Over the course of the last 25 years the British artist Julian Opie has communicated a unique vision of humanity, largely via appropriation of the various representations which help us all to traverse the modern world – those ubiquitous faceless matchstick figures that adorn everything from lavatory doors to emergency exits. It’s a precise and graphic artistic language of reduction that has often led to him being misunderstood as an artist primarily interested in communicating a sense of modern alienation and human disconnection. This, however is a gross misreading of Opie’s intent. In fact, his work has presented us all with a neutral, pared-down and instantly recognisable evocation of humanity and the modern world, into which we are invited to feed our own psychological interpretations, thoughts and feelings

Gareth Pugh

At 14, Pugh began working as a costume designer for the English National Youth Theatre.[4] He started his fashion education at City of Sunderland College and finished his degree in Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins in 2003 He interned with Rich Owens in Paris.[2] His final collection at St. Martins, which used balloons to accentuate models' joints and limbs (a technique that would become one of his trademarks), attracted that attention of the senior fashion editor of Dazed & Confused magazine, who placed one of his designs on the magazine's cover shortly thereafter.[3] Pugh was selected to participate in British reality show The Fashion House two months after his graduation,[3] which he would later call "horrible" and his "only other option [to being on] the dole

brian dettmer: cassette tape skeletons

atlanta based artist brian dettmer creates intricate sculptural skeletons using altered cassette tapes.
dettmer began creating the pieces in 2005 as he was thinking about the demise of analog media in
the increasingly digital world. one day as dettmer was walking down the street he spotted a dead
bird and an idea hit him. ‘here was this thing that used to live, its used to fly around and play
a vital role, and now it is dead and all that remains is the solid material.’ dettmer was quick to
extrapolate this idea linking the bird’s life to that of the cassette. he transformed the skeleton of old
cassettes into literal animal skeletons. this lead to a series of 12 human skulls made from tapes,
each with a different theme like heavy metal or hard rock. the most complex piece in this body of
work is a full skeleton made from over 180 cassettes. all the pieces are made using only cassettes
tapes with no glue, tape or other outside materials. while dettmer couldn’t revel his process to
designboom, he did tell us that he heats the plastic up so he can literally form and weld them with
his wet hands and other tools.

http://www.briandettmer.com

Leonardo Erlich

One of the double-take inspiring projects of Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich is this 'Shattering Door,' which looks like a moment, frozen in time, right after the Incredible Hulk got all pissed off.
http://www.leandroerlich.com

Daniel Canogar

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Daniel Canogar, born in Madrid in 1964, lives and works in Madrid. He studied visual communications at the Complutense University, and received his Master´s in photography from NYU/ICP in 1990. He has been awarded numerous grants and artist-in-residence positions and has appeared in group and solo exhibitions worldwide.

Rubbish Art

Love it or hate it – modern art never fails to provoke a reaction. While some people can’t get enough, the majority of people tend to think that contemporary art is a load of rubbish. On that note, some clever people have taken this idea one step further and actually created art from rubbish. Aesthetically-pleasing and environmentally friendly.....surely not? The Rainbow Worrier, a boat created from a staggering 5,000 plastic bags, is a fantastic example of using art to raise environmental awareness - even filled with plastic fish in nets to stress how plastic is destroying marine ecosystems. Created by Devon-based outdoor art group ‘Trail’, the piece won the Recycled Art in Landscape Public Choice Award. Who said plastic recycling wasn’t creative?
links:http://www.greenlaunches.com
www.visualizeus.com

Seam Chair and Seam Bench

The winner of the Doen | Materiaalprijs 2009 (15.000 euro), is Chris Kabel with the Seam Chair and Seam Bench.
The DOEN | Materiaalprijs 2009 (DOEN | Materials Prize), jointly organised by the Materiaalfonds and Stichting DOEN, seeks to promote sustainable design and the innovative use of materials in the visual art and design disciplines. The prize is open to all designers, fine artists, fashion designers and architects residing in the Netherlands.

Video for UNKLE's first collaboration with former Stone Roses frontman. From the album Psyence Fiction.

THE XX-CRYSTALISED

'Crystalised' by The xx Directed by Alex Flick and Masato Riesser You can order their debut album 'xx' from a variety of vendors.

la antena

Unique and eccentric take on silent cinema, beautifully shot in B&W. LA ANTENA is a feast for the eye and a must for lovers of silent cinema.

Light Painting by Pablo Picasso

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Light painting − the process of taking a long-exposure photograph in a darkened area while selectively lighting elements with a flashlight − is a photographic technique that can be traced back as far as 1924 (when Pablo Picasso drew a quick sketch in an image with a handheld light source), and perhaps further. However, this technique is not widely known, and it has only recently been adapted for use in animation. In the eyes of many artists, it is in its infancy