Jul
22
2022

For all that the (hi)story of architecture and design is one staged against a background of economic, social, environmental, cultural, et al evolutions and developments, it is also a (hi)story fundamentally dependent upon developments and evolutions in materials, and also in the development and subsequent evolution of novel technologies. Novel technologies and materials which not only enable new approaches to the construction of our buildings and the manufacturing of our objects of daily use, but also enable new forms which offer the possibility of new functionalities and new relationships; new functionalities and new relationships appropriate for and demanded by the age, appropriate for and demanded by the contemporary economic, social, environmental, cultural, et al realities. And which ultimately allow that age to develop into, segue into, the next.

With PRINT3D. Reprint Reality the CaixaForum, Sevilla, allow space for reflections on the actuality, and future possibilities, of 3D printing, a technology that although it has been around for a few decades is, arguably, only now starting to fully reveal its potential and indicate where and how it could contribute to the future of architecture and design. And thereby contribute to future society…….

3D printed furniture by The New Raw at the entrance to PRINT3D. Reprint Reality, CaixaForum, Sevilla

May
27
2018

“Monsieur, with these Rocher you are really spoiling us!”

Ever since Ferrero brought a touch of self-congratulatory kitsch to the savoir-faire of international diplomacy, we’ve felt a great empathy for the concept of the Embassy.

And while the years since we first heard those words may not have seen us follow an illustrious, freely debonair, diplomatic career, we do have as a substitute the embassy design exhibition.

3daysofdesign Copenhagen 2018 offered such a wealth and variety of embassy exhibitions we simply couldn’t resist donning a metaphorical morning coat and taking a flânerie through the diplomatic quarter.

But would that which awaited us also be an ultimate “sign of good taste”……..?*

3daysofdesign Copenhagen 2018: #embassytour

#campustour Bauhaus Berlin Brussels Charles and Ray Eames chemnitz cologne DMY DMY Berlin Dresden Egon Eiermann eindhoven Frankfurt Hamburg imm cologne Jasper Morrison kartell Konstantin Grcic köln Le Corbusier Leipzig lighting London Milan Milano Moormann Munich München New York Nils Holger Moormann Paris Passagen Cologne Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec smow Stockholm Stuttgart Thonet USM Haller Verner Panton Vienna Vienna Design Week Vitra Vitra Design Museum Weil am Rhein Wien