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The act of a single line can never be undone; it can only be improved. There were no erasers allowed in my art class, for that, I am thankful. The gesture to conceive, create and dream could never be undone. Design is an evolving, revolving, exciting and enticing act. We see, we respond, we act, we think, we dream. Ultimately, the role of the designer is to inspire and engage, and to encourage the second line to be drawn, never disregarding the first. This is a conversation with lines.
25.11.10
Plato's Collection by Amila Hrustic
dezeen has featured this great geometric eye candy, combining scultural elements as fashion. Wearability questionable, but damn fine design I say.
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17.11.10
16.11.10
naoki kawamoto's orishiki geometric handbag
In love with Naoki Kawamoto's Orishiki Geometric Handbag featured on dezeen inspired by the very fashionable origami style of current. Structural, purposed and dynamic. Beautiful.
11.11.10
gone dutch_netherlands
Exploring the idea of vacancy of built structures, this exhibition is inherently about unused spaces. It’s about raising awareness of those spaces, in light of finding uses that will equate to them being un-vacant.
The Dutch pavilion itself, being one of those that is unused for a large portion of a calendar year.
The sea of blue foam is impressively overwhelming, highlighting the vacant buildings themselves. Coupled with a string sketch… yes, a sketch on the white wall behind the sea of ‘blue foam’ made from black string. Somehow the Dutch make String Art seem cool, not kitch or even naff. Baffling.
9.11.10
one person at a time_romania
One of my favourites from the Biennale.
The simplicity of this pavillion speaks for it self. One person at a time refers to exactly that, one person allowed in the pavillion at a time. The intent - to experience the quantity of sqm area allocated to those living in Bucharest. The space heightens the visitors feelings of containment, isolation and realisation of habitable space. The walls within the pavillion stand to dedicate a space for the 'architecture' (ie. the space) to exist, with pockets and glimpses of the internal envelope through two peepholes at either end of the 'space'.
The experience, along with the beauty of the space, and the associated quiet, was surprisingly calming, despite the containment intended.
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borderline_hungary
The Hungarian pavillion celebrates the integral nature and existence of the line in design and architecture. Through a series of single 'line-making objects', namely coloured pencils, the installation saw screens of white rope suspended from the ceiling, holding a forest of these objects. Along with the tangible pencil forest, each exhibition space was filled with audio and visual triggers of designers drawing initial concepts.
The exhibition highlights the birth of design and designed objects and spaces manifested through the pencil, and represented with line.
The fundamental simplicity of acknowledging and celebrating the source of these ideas, held both a powerful and almost sublime message. It felt almost like the complex nature of what architecture is so often associated with, was being broken down, and the beauty of the line and the pencil revealed.
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cloud_arsenale
The infamous 'cloud' exhibition.
Within the confines of the vastness of the Arsenale structures, stands this artificial cloud. Through air engineering, different layers of temperature, misting, and heights, the cloud was conceived.
as the visitor transcends up the spirally path, among the grand columns of the pavillion, they are taken through the different levels of the cloud. At each level you experience the heat change, from cool on ground level, to warm and condensation-filled in the upper level.
The dream of being amongst the clouds, manifested in this exhibition, was an experience that engaged the senses, and the sense of space was affecting.
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