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H. Craig Hanna, a retrospective at the MNHA Luxembourg 

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Briefly Noted H. Craig Hanna at the MNHA Luxembourg   …And then you look at a Rembrandt, it’s just… You see where you have to go… Miles and miles of work ahead of you… There are other aspects of making a great painting than just the skill involved in trying to be an old master. If you see a technique before the painting, it is a problem. … How could my stuff look different? … I finally discovered plexiglass and I started to paint with ink. It changed everything for me. Underneath this chaotic ink painting that I do, there is a knowledge of a figure… Years of drawing… I have this visual sensitivity… Certain colors together will produce this incredible emotion. H. Craig Hanna Inside the Ink-the life and art of H. Craig Hanna, an audiovisual essay by Willy Crank 

Jasper Morrison, Thingness and The Good Life

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I made these drawings while visiting Jasper Morrison’s Thingness at The Design Museum in Zurich. When I was looking at these funnels and 19th century irons, in the back of my mind I was wondering, why are we so keen on classifying and organizing everything? Thingness is a treat to visit. The exhibit is more than a collection of objects designed by Mr Morrison, it also documents his influences, processes, and the stories behind the design. The show is divided into two sections. The first is a retrospective selection of projects starting from the eighties, along with some images from The Good Life, a project Morrison has been cultivating for a number of years and is the result of his obsessive need to document ordinary and yet, for some reason, fascinating objects and situations, “clever solutions to everyday problems solved with modest resources”.  The second part is titled My Collection and presents pieces chosen by Morrison from the vast collection of the Design Museum. Thingness gives us the opportunity to peek into the mind of a designer whose esthetic …

Wojciech Zamecznik, Photo-Graphics

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Briefly Noted Warsaw, Zachęta – Natonal Galery of Art Wojciech Zamecznik, Photo-Graphics Photography and film combine the features of the biological and the technological eye, and perhaps thanks to that they are able to merge two models of knowledge–the optical, which is deemed passive, with the participatory one. It could be asserted that for Wojciech Zamecznik, photography and film were ways of being in the world and the tools for changing it. Therefore, that which supports the hegemony of seeing–photography, perceived as the “witness” or “trace”–becomes a tool for its deconstruction or gradual modification. Karolina Ziębińska-Lewandowska, The Power of Seeing /’

Between complexity and poetry, Civic design and global citizenship

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Briefly Noted Dans le cadre de Design City 2016 – LXBG Biennale Yesterday / Gestern / Hier / Ieri Ruedi Baur, Between complexity and poetry, Civic design and global citizenship lecture organized by Design Friends at Mudam.  

LOCAL CRAFT MEETS DESIGN

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Briefly Noted Dans le cadre de Design City 2016 – LXBG Biennale The exhibition Local Craft Meets Design organized by Circle Cité and inprogress.lu presents twelve personal projects researched and developed by twelve young luxembourgish designers. The exhibition is an open platform where the public can meet and talk to designers. It is an attempt to develop relationships between the local craftsmen, designers, local business and the customer.