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Around the Globe: Milan Design Week




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Instagram continues to invite us to the party. Today we’re delving into Milan Design Week. Since I’m here in Rhode Island making logos and doing crossword puzzles with my grandmother and not eating pizza and drinking wine by iSaloni 2013, I’m observing from afar. Here are a few favorites:

1. Coolhunting: Zigzagging installation by Karnovsky @Missoni
2. Giuliettioto: Spaazio Orlandi… #fuorisalone #salonedelmobile
3. Memozam: Nendo design collection #fuorisalone #salone2013
4. Leilapalermo: Fashionable #wallpaper #design #milandesignweek #fuorisalone
5. Fedelehome: Loving it #design #isaloni2013
6. Timewaster: #gardenhose #spaziorossanaoriandi #milano
7. Missalexandrageorgescu: Laser cut veneer carpet

 

The Magic of Recent Relics




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Cruise through any form of media and you’ll notice an obsession with the past.  From #throwbackthursday and #nationalsiblingsday to any other communal hash tag, we all love a walk down memory lane. As the babies of the 70’s and 80’s find themselves getting married and having kids, balancing rising careers within the confines of the recession, there’s a wash of nostalgia and yearning for simpler times.

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We look back to the days when the Internet was in its infancy and social media didn’t yet weave through our lives, before iPhones and Google, before Wii and Playstation, when life was more “simple.” Pixels were big back then and we liked it that way, because that was The Future and in The Future, anything was possible – at least, that’s what we were told. In Hollis Brown Thorton’s The Land Between Solar Systems, he elevates our simple things, our recent relics of the past, into art. Click here for event info.

Linda Warren Gallery: 327 N. Aberdeen Suite 151, Chicago, IL. 60607

 

Trend: Pointillist Burn Outs




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In January, I visited the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires and discovered Oscar Munoz. Revealing the act of Pirography on paper- a rather impressive feat- he smoked and drew- with a cigarette in hand, creating a series of self portraits.

Using positive and negative light to tell pointillist stories, Katrine Hildebrandt-Hussey, a Boston-based artist, shares a similar (but smudgier) aesthetic. Using india ink, cut paper and watercolor, she expresses line through dot movement.

 

Tuesday's Gallery Picks




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Our gallery picks this week were chosen for the captivating ways in which they push boundaries and document change.

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1. Carlos Rigau’s art deals with the illusion and perception of surface at LMAKprojects
2. Mary Iverson’s landscapes overlain with shipping containers and shipwrecks unfold in a zig-zag pattern at Shooting Gallery
3. Dylan Bailey’s “number” paintings and “colored cap” panels at David Nolan Gallery
4. Portia Munson’s work is a record of this moment in time as she observes the changes to her local environment at P·P·O·W Gallery
5. Mark Whalen’s geometric Maze Walkers at Chalk Horse
6. With Clean Title, No Accidents, Anat Reihsen pushes the boundaries of surface, color, and flexibility of paint at The Company Art

 

Color: Pale Palettes for Summer




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I’ve been living in a new apartment since September and the street’s a rather commercial one. It’s filled with banks, steakhouses, furniture showrooms and the Fed Ex and UPS headquarters. When you’re rushing to the train, it’s easy to miss the charm, but when you’re lingering, noticing the details, the gems start to pop. Here’s a beautiful find along Greenwich, just north of Canal St.

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The color blocking and pale palette represents the summer months ahead and it inspired me to make a stripe, then a plaid, then experiment some more.

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Here are a few darker compliments filled with contrast. They’re reminiscent of  men’s outerwear – specifically the snow gear that’s about to get packed away and stored til the Fall.

Friday Quick Links!




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1. Super fantastic use of chalkboard pant via design*sponge
2. DIY landscape pillows via Poppytalk
3. Lubna Chowdhary makes ridiculously attractive tiles via Present & Correct
4. Getting a little giggle from Helveticat via swissmiss
5. We’re big fans of Kate Russo’s work via Buy Some Damn Art
6. Ingenious cameras by Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs via 123 inspiration
7.Interview with textile designer Joanna Fowles via The Design Files
8. Shannon Rankin’s manipulation of maps via Trendland
9. Dominique Fortin’s beautifully bizarre artwork via The Jealous Curator
10. Folding screens up any pattern lovers alley via design-milk
11. Make yourself a braided rhinestone necklace via Honestly WTF
12. Hand cut, hand painted street art creations by Sten & Lex via Patternbank

Contributed by Emily Gup

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