Watercolors by Finn Juhl

Watercolors by Finn Juhl

DeTnk Bookshelf

In the rank of great Danish designers, Finn Juhl (1912–1989) is mentioned in the same breath with Hans J. Wegner and Arne Jacobsen. He became particularly well known for his sculptural, seemingly organic tables, chairs, and sofas.

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The Painful Truth About Isamu Noguchi’s Design For Martha Graham

The Painful Truth About Isamu Noguchi’s Design For Martha Graham

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With just a few lines and shapes, Isamu Noguchi’s set design for Martha Graham’s ballet “Appalachian Spring” suggests a landscape and a way of life. The outline of a house, described with soaring beams, is clean and severe. The only furnishings are a narrow bench and a rocking chair.

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Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine

Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine

11 February - 14 May '17

Whether in the form of delivery drones, smart sensors, or Industry 4.0 — in recent years, robotics has found its way into our everyday lives, changing them in fundamental ways. Design has a central role to play in this process, for it is designers who shape the interfaces between humans and machines.

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Monocle 24: The Urbanist - Out of the box

Monocle 24: The Urbanist - Out of the box

Design Podcast

The Urbanist looks at those slightly unusual structures that make you ask: how did that get built and what does it say about the city that hosts it? They cover some very obvious eyesores, peculiar street furniture and divisive buildings challenging all architectural norms and models. Is it time for us to embrace them?

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Aranda\Lasch with Terrol Dew Johnson COIL & CLOUD at Volume Gallery

Aranda\Lasch with Terrol Dew Johnson COIL & CLOUD at Volume Gallery

25 February - 8 April '17

Volume Gallery is pleased to announce ArandaLasch with Terrol Dew Johnson COIL & CLOUD, opening February 25th from 5-8 pm at 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60622.

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“monobloc” at Galerie kreo Paris

“monobloc” at Galerie kreo Paris

19 January to 25 March '17

Galerie kreo is glad to present "monobloc", a new group exhibition showcasing a selection of pieces by the emblematic designers of the gallery. "monobloc: made of one piece” is the common thread of this exhibition which presents seats and vases as well as contemporary and vintage lights.

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A Writer Says That Art Can – And Must – Turn Hatred Around

A Writer Says That Art Can – And Must – Turn Hatred Around

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Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it. Art can take something as dark as the Hay Institution for Girls, as hateful as that graffiti, and in applying the transfiguring power of ‘something else,’ it can give us the strength not to turn away and normalize, but to keep looking—and in doing so to question, provoke, understand, reject, change.

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Writingplace - Investigations In Architecture And Literature

Writingplace - Investigations In Architecture And Literature

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The book 'Writingplace: Investigations in Architecture and Literature' marks a step forward in an emerging debate on literary means in architecture. It offers a series of reflections on written language as a crucial element of architecture culture, and on the potential of using literary methods in architectural and urban research, education and design.

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Info, Info Everywhere, And We Know Less Than We Think: Pico Iyer On What 2016 Taught Us About ‘The Information Age’

Info, Info Everywhere, And We Know Less Than We Think: Pico Iyer On What 2016 Taught Us About ‘The Information Age’

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The secret to happiness in almost any relationship is knowing what not to say. Ask your new love about her old loves and you’ll learn more than you want to know, and hear things you’ll never be able to unhear.

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Geothermal cooling, cycle paths and jobs: what does it take to get six green stars?

Geothermal cooling, cycle paths and jobs: what does it take to get six green stars?

News from the Web

With murder rates double, and robbery rates three times, the state average, the Sydney suburb of Blacktown is not an obvious choice as a world leader of sustainable living.

But, in 2016, a new master-planned estate in the suburb became the first residential community in New South Wales to be awarded a top, six-star Green Star community rating by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA).

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What will we do in our cars when we no longer have to drive them?

What will we do in our cars when we no longer have to drive them?

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In the future, our cars will drive themselves. That much is clear. But what we choose to do with our time while being driven to our destinations has sparked a weird, little-noticed movement in the technology and auto industries to redefine automobiles as social environments on par with our homes and work places, a space also known as the “third place.”

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David Chipperfield: The Embedded Nomad

David Chipperfield: The Embedded Nomad

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David Chipperfield was awarded the Netherlands’ Sikkens Prize “for his approach towards the urban context, his talent in re-using existing buildings and monuments, and his subtle and subdued use of colour”. Chipperfield was somewhat surprised, because he considered his use of colour and material to be a logical consequence of his views on architecture, not an exceptional achievement.

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A Device To Give Humans A Literal Sixth Sense – A Sense Of Direction

A Device To Give Humans A Literal Sixth Sense – A Sense Of Direction

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A sense of orientation is a useful asset for a living thing. Many creatures appear to tap into the Earth´s magnetic field to locate themselves within, and move around, the planet. Sea turtles, pigeons, dolphins, migrating birds and even dogs—who show a preference for a North-South alignment when they excrete—all seem to be equipped with such a sense.

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"Robots" at the Science Museum London

"Robots" at the Science Museum London

8 February - 3 September '17

A factory in Dongguan, China recently replaced 90% of its workforce with robots and found that the transition increased production 250% and defects dropped 80%. Automata are the future workers. Where have these machines come from and what might it mean for humankind?

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‘Run & Hide’, by Maarten Baas at Carpenters Workshop Gallery

‘Run & Hide’, by Maarten Baas at Carpenters Workshop Gallery

26 January - 03 March '17

For its first solo show at the new London space, Carpenters Workshop Gallery is pleased to announce the exhibition ‘Run & Hide’, by Dutch designer Maarten Baas.

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