article thumbnail

BCNMCR mastermind Dave Sedgwick on why the popular design exhibition is coming back one last time

Creative Boom

Having started a family in 2014 – coincidentally the last year in which there was a BCNMCR event – Dave reveals he became busier and busier with his own projects in his career, forcing the conference onto the back burner. "I In fact, the upcoming event takes place a full decade after it first amazed audiences.

article thumbnail

The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration has just found its perfect home

Creative Boom

Once complete, the project will provide exhibitions, tours, and events that shine a light on illustrators and their impact on our lives. The Quentin Blake Centre will breathe new life into New River Head's atmospheric engine house, windmill base and stores, offering exhibitions, creative projects, gardens and play.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Zaha Hadid Architects: Vertical Urbanism, the Exhibition

Design Milk

The newly opened Zaha Hadid Architects: Vertical Urbanism exhibition showcases the bold, explorative urbanism they’re known for through a variety of design strategies used to create vibrant and sustainable community-orientated spaces within densely populated urban spaces. © Photo Courtesy of Hong Kong Design Institute.

article thumbnail

Mike Nelson on his sensory new survey, scavenging objects and simulating reality

Creative Boom

Courtesy the artist and the Hayward Gallery But the show harks back to the process and practice of artistry, the cyclical nature of craft, ideas-making and putting an exhibition together. Yet there isn't much signposting throughout the exhibition, allowing Nelson to put the onus for meaning onto the viewer and remove himself from commentary.

Gallery 483
article thumbnail

Commercial Type releases visual journal Double Acts in Pop

Creative Boom

At the same time, he has commissioned custom typefaces and licensed fonts from the foundry for identity, exhibition, and book projects. Tactility over tech "Our last comprehensive printed type specimen was in 2014, so considering how our library has grown over the past decade, we felt like it was time for the next one," says Schwartz.

Print 450
article thumbnail

London Original Print Fair moves to Somerset House for its 37th edition

Creative Boom

Deborah Azzopardi, The Great Escape, 2014, Cynthia Corbett Gallery. Other highlights include Picasso prints exhibited by Frederick Mulder and works by Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud from Marlborough. And exclusively for 2022, Jealous will also exhibit the platinum leaf portrait of the Queen made by Chris Levine.

Print 469
article thumbnail

Swiss sculptor Christian Bolt offers a fresh answer to the age-old question: what is beauty?

Creative Boom

All photos taken by Pawel Streit and © Impulse Gallery The artist's latest exhibition in Lucerne showcases both philosophical insight and innovative technique. Case in point: Christian Bolt's latest exhibition, On Human Beauty, at Impulse Gallery in Lucerne, Switzerland. What is beauty?

Gallery 477