Some inspiring design to start off the year…
An artist/designer that’s been on my radar lately is Laura McKibbon out of Vancouver. I saw her work a while back when visiting Granville Island in Vancouver and again recently as part of the “On the Table” Exhibition which was showing in Halifax in November. There’s tons of great work coming out of the British Columbia area, nice fresh young work, and her work particularly draws me with it’s simplicity and photo imagery quality which is raw yet refined.
I like the fact too that she’s interested in collaborative projects, hmmm, gets my mind thinking…
Check out places to buy the work on her website cul de sac design
Through her site there is also a link to the Fragiles exhibition which was curated for Design Miami 2007. The exhibition is full of inspiring, thought-provoking work definitely worth taking a browse through, there’s even a short video documentary. Here’s quote about the exhibition from their website:
“Fragiles is an eclectic collection of contemporary porcelain, ceramic and glass objects by a new wave of designers who are manifesting their creative visions out of fragile materials. Fragiles presents over one hundred innovative objects that expand and challenge our notion of these classical materials and traditions, simultaneously exploring a new aesthetic approach and technological boundaries. From experimental and avant-garde to evocative retro-inspired reinterpretations, these cutting-edge examples indicate how visual culture and high tech production processes are influencing and reshaping this delicate territory in pioneering ways.”
The show included works by a long list of great artist/designers including some of my faves; Charles Krafft, Wendy Walgate, Hella Jongerius, Louise Hindsgavl, oh forget it the list is just too long, go check it out for yourself!
And one other side note if you check out the “On the Table” link to the Gardiner Museum make sure to check out their podcast page with “Ceramics in Context” in which museum staff and artists comment on the museum’s permanent ceramics collection.
