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Josef Albers Exhibition
As a pioneering voice in the diffusion of modern art and design, Josef Albers's contributions to printmaking, color theory and pedagogy cannot be overstated.
written by: Aaron Britt01.12.10 -
Iannis Xenakis Drawings
Though I fear that I won't get to see it in person, The Drawing Center in New York has just opened a new exhibit of architect and composer Iannis Xenakis's drawings. Iannis Xenakis: Composer,...
written by: Aaron Britt01.19.10 -
How Many Billboards? in LA
Considering what a blight billboards can be on the urban landscape--São Paulo banned them in 2007, as have states like Maine--especially in car-centric spot like Los Angeles, it's little...
written by: Aaron Britt03.10.10 -
Remy and Veenhuizen in DC
Bucking the going notion that the only conversation about design in Washington DC is of the "intelligent" kind, capital spot Industry Gallery is launching Hands On this weekend, an...
written by: Aaron Britt03.18.10 -
Epic Eames Auction Tomorrow
In the unlikely event you really haven't got enough Eames in your life, the Chicago auction house Wright is opening bidding tomorrow, April 8th, on a pretty large selection of Charles and Ray's...
written by: Aaron Britt04.07.10 -
Überblick by Thomas Heinser
Though the Golden Gate and the Bay Bridge are certainly the most famous, there are in fact seven bridges that span the wide waters of the San Francisco Bay. German photographer Thomas Heinser has...
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Thomas Heinser04.09.10 -
Marin Living: Home Tours
Sadly I won't be able to make it, but if you're in the Bay Area next Saturday, May 15th, you should seriously consider signing up for the first AIASF home tour of the year. Marin Living: Home...
written by: Aaron Britt05.05.10 -
Yves Klein's Air Architecture
In conjunction with the massive retrospective "Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers" that the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC is launching tomorrow, they've also...
written by: Aaron Britt05.20.10 -
Land Use Survey at Jen Bekman Gallery
Land Use Survey is a new show up at the gallery Jen Bekman in New York through August 15th. It's a group show that ranges across media that tries to understand how we use land in America, and it's...
written by: Aaron Britt07.17.10 -
Industry Gallery: Getting to Now
Industry Gallery in Washington DC is the only gallery dedicated to 21st-century design in the US, and they've got a new show up right now that's of some interest. Getting to Now: Pathways to 21st...
written by: Aaron Britt07.30.10 -
SFMOMA talks Olivetti's Design
Earlier this year SFMOMA hosted a big extravaganza marking the opening of it's 75th anniversary show 75 Years of Looking Forward. In addition to finely-curated group of paintings and objects, a...
written by: Aaron Britt08.31.10 -
Photos of Brasilia at 1500 Gallery
I've always been fascinated with instant cities, usually planless boomtowns based on a quick commercial strike or immediately evolved to absorb the overflow of some metropolis. But occasionally...
written by: Aaron Britt09.08.10 -
Nature/Data at Industry Gallery
On Saturday, Industry Gallery in Washington DC opened the show Nature/Data to showcase the work of the New York–based Italian architect and furniture designer Antonio Pio Saracino. Taking the...
written by: Aaron Britt09.13.10 -
Dwell at Architecture and the City
Indian summer is all well and good, though in San Francisco the real treat of September is the SF AIA's Architecture and the City festival. It runs the gamuts from tours to lectures to talks, and...
written by: Aaron Britt09.15.10 -
Speed Limits at the Wolfsonian
It's easy to forget, considering how much technology we interact with today, that the roots of modernism have everything to do with making sense of the machine. The industrial machine offered modes...
written by: Aaron Britt09.17.10 -
Evan Mather at Arch. and the City
I've been a fan of Evan Mather's films since we screened A Necessary Ruin--a glimpse of short, strange life of Bucky Fuller's Union Tank Car Dome outside Baton Rouge--at Dwell on Design this year....
written by: Aaron Britt09.22.10 -
Paul Rudolph: NYC Expressway
One of New York's last large-scale urban planning initiatives, the Lower Manhattan Expressway, never came to pass. The massive transit system would have irevocably altered the face of New York City...
written by: Aaron Britt09.26.10 -
Dancing About Architecture
Steve Martin is widely credited with the off-handed critical cut: "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." And though modern dance troupes have taken up just that subject...
written by: Aaron Britt10.01.10 -
Handicapping Design Philadelphia
Last night Design Philadelphia kicked off its 6th annual festival of art, architecture, and design. This year the event boasts over 150 events over 11 days, all aimed, as Design Philadelphia...
written by: Aaron Britt10.08.10 -
Maine Modern
I am very excited to announce that Philip M. Isaacson, owner and resident of the house we featured in our October Off the Grid and longtime architecture critic for the Maine Sunday Telegram...
written by: Aaron Britt10.29.10
