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London Design Festival: Wouldn’t It Be Nice at Somerset House
16 September 2008
A car cover by Bless, a mutated cabinet by Martino Gamper and a new film by Superflex are all part of the Wouldn’t It Be Nice exhibition at Somerset House, which opened with a champagne-fuelled event last night.
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The Venice Biennale of Architecture
15 September 2008
Icon is just back from the Venice Biennale of Architecture. We haven't yet had a chance to commit our thoughts to paper but here's a slideshow to give you a taste of what was there.
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icon 064 out now
12 September 2008
You can’t afford to miss icon 064: it’s the redesign issue. Icon has changed from top to bottom, with a new look, a new easy-to-carry size, and tonnes of new content. In the cover feature, we take a close look at the oil crisis and find that plastic might not be the environmental criminal it’s made out to be.
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Review: Seizure
11 September 2008
Sigmund Freud’s 1919 essay “The Uncanny” is called “Das Unheimliche” in the original German. Unheimliche means, literally, un-home-ly. The uncanny is familiar but unfamiliar, like our own home, rearranged. It unsettles, stirring up conflicting emotions. Roger Hiorns’ installation Seizure is perfectly uncanny. It is a home, transformed.
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Gallery: 'The platform kiosk’ by Jenny Nordquist
10 September 2008
On a recent trip to Japan Swedish photographer Jenny Nordquist turned her lens on the small kiosks that stand on the platforms of train and underground stations across the country. This series of 16 photographs is the continuation of a body of work titled Kiosk Nostalgia.
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Download: Summer Nights – Glowacka Rennie Architects
08 September 2008
This is the second of the Architecture Foundation’s “Summer Nights” lecture series, chaired by Beatrice Galilee, icon’s architecture editor. Agnieszka Glowacka from Glowacka Rennie Architects talks about four of their main projects and their master-plan schemes.
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Gallery: Seizure by Roger Hiorns
05 September 2008
A derelict and soon to be demolished block of flats close to Elephant & Castle is the site for Art Angel’s and Jerwood’s latest commission Seizure by Roger Hiorns – a seductive cave of cobalt blue crystals.
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Download: Summer Nights – Matthew Springett Associates
04 September 2008
This is the first of the Architecture Foundation’s “Summer Nights” lecture series, chaired by Claire Barrett, editor of Grand Designs magazine. Matthew Springett speaks about his firm’s new focus on socially engaged projects as well as the value of model making.
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Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco
03 September 2008
L’chaim, “to life!”, is the Hebrew phrase apparently spelled out by the volumes of Daniel Libeskind’s new Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. Its twin blue forms evoke the letters chet and yud, says the architect, forming the word chai, the basis of l’chaim.
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September 2008
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 Christian Richters Venice Biennale of Architecture This year’s biennale director, Aaron Betsky, former head of the Netherlands Architectural Institute in Rotterdam, has decided to dedicate it to building-free architecture, with the theme “Out There: Architecture Beyond Building”. Departing from Betsky’s belief that buildings are the tombs of architecture, the Giardini and Arsenale will display site-specific installations and experiments by 65 internationally renowned architects intended to help us feel at home in the modern world. Various venues across Venice 14 September – 23 November www.labiennale.org .org.uk  Post-War Plastics: Dieter Rams’ Innovations in Design, 1956-1974 A chance to appreciate the purity of form of Dieter Rams’ plastic furniture produced with Danish manufacturer Vitsoe. Vitsoe, London 11 September – 18 October www.vitsoe.com Walk the Plank Award 2008 The nominees of this prestigious Danish furniture design award are on show at the Danish Museum of Art and Design, and the winner will be announced on 28 August, with the opportunity of a solo show. Danish Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen 22 August – 26 October www.kunstindustrimuseet.dk  © MAK Hans Neumann – Pioneer of Commercial Art Hans Neumann is the man to blame for the invention of advertising agencies. He founded a graphics studio on Stephansplatz in Vienna in the 1920s and produced a series of striking commercial posters. MAK, Vienna 10 September – 25 January www.mak.at |  © 2008 Massimo Scolari Dreamland: Architectural Experiments since the 1970s MoMA is offering a glimpse into the creative minds of architects including Rem Koolhaas and Steven Holl. The show explores their dream architectural projects, juxtaposing the utopian fantasies on paper against the buildings that actually resulted. Museum of Modern Art, New York 23 July – 27 October www.moma.org Clara Clark: Recreation At 24, Clara Clark is the youngest recipient of this year’s Mark Tanner Award, one of the largest sculpture prizes in the UK. Her large-scale kinetic installations will be on show at Hoxton’s Standpoint gallery. Standpoint, London 12 September – 18 October www.standpointlondon.co.uk  © Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Art and Photography of Paris This major show celebrates the centenary of the birth of seminal photojournalist Henri Cartier-Bresson, alongside works by painters including Picasso and Matisse. Art Institute of Chicago 20 September – 4 January www.artic.edu The All Seeing Eye A mesmerising video installation by Pierre Bismuth and Michel Gondry, alongside a specially curated film series. The Gallery at BFI Southbank, London 12 September – 16 November www.bfi.org.uk | The London Design Festival 2008 This September sees the return of the annual London Design Festival for its sixth year, with a greater number of creative events, exhibitions and installations than ever across London. Keep an eye out for David Adjaye’s Size + Matter pavilion at the Southbank Centre, and Jaime Hayon’s installation in Trafalgar Square. Don’t forget to pick up icon’s design trail to guide you through the maze. Various venues across London 13-23 September www.londondesignfestival.com  Gerhard Richter 4900 Colours: Version II Superstar painter Gerhard Richter showcases his latest experiments with painting at the Serpentine Gallery this autumn. His major new work, 4900 Colours, includes 49 paintings with mesmerising panels of kaleidoscopic colours in grid formations. Serpentine Gallery, London 23 September – 16 November www.serpentinegallery.org Bottom Drawers Co-curated by furniture designer Carl Clerkin, this collection of installations looks into people’s bottom drawers to explore how everyday objects affect our lives. PM Gallery, London 12 September – 25 October www.ealing.gov.uk/ pmgalleryandhouse  From Now to Eternity: Plastic in Design Art agency Arts Co has gathered together ten contemporary designers, including Stuart Haygarth and FAT, to explore the legacy of plastic. Biscuit Building, London 19 September – 19 October www.arts-co.com Do Lectures A series of free talks by 20 speakers, including architects, ecologists and designers, with the aim of inspiring us to “do something” while hanging out on a campsite in Wales. Fforest Farm, Cardigan 4-8 September www.thedolectures.com |
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