With the arrival of Abandon Architectures, El Ultimo Grito’s new book, The Aram Gallery is pleased to present three recent collections of work in blown-glass, resin coated cardboard and honeycomb mounted photographs reusing famous quotes. The works from 2009/10 have not yet been shown in the UK.Exhibition continues until 1st May 2010
Curator Daniel Charny
Director Zeev Aram
DIALOGUES has been kindly supported by Kingston University, London
The Aram Gallery is delighted to open the fourth in the ongoing series Prototypes and Experiments with a new batch of exhibits sourced from the studios of emerging and established designers. This time there are a significant number of objects exploring ideas in metal.
Until 6th March 2010
Concept and creative direction by Daniel Charny, From Now On.
Commissioned and produced by: British Council, Arts & Architecture. Project development and design: Åbäke, BERG and Editing consultant Damian Barr. LDF version design team included: Jérôme Rigaud, Bannocks&Hill, Jonathan Attenborough and Oliver Bishop-Young.
Shortlisted in the Design Museum’s Interactive category, The Incidental is a community-generated website and news pamphlet was created for Milan and London Design Festival by and for the design community. It was developed as a new service replacing the traditional gallery exhibition model of previous years and was the fruit of a rich collaboration between curators, writers, digital and graphic designers. First launched in April 2009, for the Milan Furniture Fair it reached an estimated 20,000 people from over 50 countries, offering opinion, reviews, news and recommendations by tapping into peoples reactions to what they were experiencing in the fair events. During the 2009 London Design Festival The Incidental included an open-house publishing base and encouraged people to drop by, comment, record, tweet, email, text and use a mixture of digital and physical forms of communication to add to the user-generated content, which was then distributed through the four editions, daily redesigned, self printed, folded and packaged during the festival.
NOMINATED BY DANIEL CHARNY
Daniel Charny was invited to give a talk about curating contemporary design at Barcelona’s Industrial Design Association based in the beautiful FAD complex by the MACBA. Chaired by Dr. Viviana Narotzky of ADI FAD, Charny reviewed his experience from recent years and presented current thoughts of working in the field of curating contemporary design using examples from projects involving Spanish designers in shows such as the group show Conversational Spanish, Stage by Jaime Hayon, Tenerife Design Festival and most recently the solo show of Javier Mariscal – Drawing Life for the Design Museum London. PODCAST OF TALK
17 September – 28 November 2009
Amsterdam based designer Jair Straschnow has designed a series of experiments in self-assembly furniture. Grassworks is range that is designed to be simple, intelligent, beautiful, space-saving and wholly sustainable.
The furniture is made from bamboo laminate sheets which use an interlocking system of component parts for assembly, with dry mechanical fastening rather than glue and screws. The interlocking components allow the furniture to be flat packed.
Listed as part of London Design Festival 2009
1st July to 1st November 2009
The Design Museum presents the first UK retrospective of Spanish designer and artist Javier Mariscal. Regarded as one the world’s most innovative and original designers of our time, Mariscal’s rich and diverse body of work spans kooky cartoon characters to stunning interiors, from furniture to graphic design and corporate identities.The exhibition and graphics will be designed by Mariscal, promising an immersive experience for the visitor into the world and mind of Mariscal. Mariscal will also design and paint an elaborate mural for the exterior of the Design Museum showcasing his unique vision and signature design style.
Mariscal Drawing Life Blog
DRAWING LIFE at the Design Museum is a comprehensive review and unique installation of Javier Mariscals work. Curator Daniel Charny walks through the exhibition with Mariscal as they discuss the various elements of the show, design process and passion for Drawing in this podcast produced by Marcus Fairs for Dezeen
The Korean Design Foundation have invited Daniel Charny as guest curator, along side artist curator Zinoo Park, to nominate projects that deal with ’sharing’. The international collaborative exhibition will open during the London Design Festival at the central space of the Korean Cultural Center near Trafalgar Square. Charny chose four projects that are all to do with sharing physical space: Wallfa by Jordi Canudas; Drop by Olivia Decaris; Landspace by Nic Rysenbry and YOUMAY by Walking Chair. The exhibition will include a rich selection of European and South Korean designers conducting live events and presenting exciting new work of an experimental nature. It is part of the KDF’s ongoing international programme DesignMADE.
Exhibition open: 22nd September – 8th October 2009
“Charny’s research is still informing the project five years later” writes Blueprint’s Tim Abraham in a review of the nearly completed Design Museum Holon project by architects Ron Arad Associates.
03 June – 04 October 2009
Super Contemporary is the spirit of London design, past, present and future. The exhibition celebrates and examines the creative magnetism of London and its enduring reputation as a beacon of design. The Design Museum has joined forces with Beefeater 24 to showcase 15 new commissions from London’s most dynamic creatives to explore what it is that attracts the world’s leading designers to study, work and live in the city.
Curator Daniel Charny
Exhibition Design by Martino Gamper and Communication designers Bibliotheque
Photography by Luke Hayes
