Eva Eisler: I Have One Pink T-shirt In My Wardrobe That I Never Wear
(jiří macek) The table from Eva Eisler’s Aluminium series, which was designed for the UP plant and introduced at Designblok in Prague, represents a fascinating landscape. It is spacious and as durable as Eva Eisler’s jewels. In addition, the table’s history is interesting, as you will find out in the following interview with Eva Eisler:
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Štěpánka Stein, Salim Issa: Little Hanoi
(jiří macek) Although most people in Prague are currently busy with the events of Designblok, one still should not miss the exhibition that is taking place in Mánes. Štěpánka Stein and Salim Issa are presenting 50 of their large-scale photographs there, depicting the Vietnamese community living in Prague. ...more
Lucie Koldová: Incognito Igloo
(jiří macek) “I think it is very important for children to have their own shelter with a hiding place,” says Lucie Koldová. Her Igloo, designed for Process, is more than a shelter – it is a bookcase. ...more
Maxim Velčovský: Ikeana 2, the Eindhoven episode
(jiří macek) In the Dutch city of Eindhoven, Maxim Velčovský has returned to his Ikeana project in which he utilizes IKEA as a source of semi-products for completely new shapes of furniture. You will find out what made him do it and what he thinks of IKEA in the following interview. ...more
Bety K. Majerníková: Bubbles and Women’ s Force
(jiří macek) I was absolutely flabbergasted by the black necklaces and brooches made from perspex, hematite, and glass in the WRAF collection by the Slovak designer Bety Majerníková. They were reminiscent of the beautiful blue eyes of the witch from the movie Big Fish who was played by Helena Bonham Carter. ...more
Lucia Nimcová: On Dying
(jiří macek) Lucia Nimcová published a book in Rome in which she continues her work as an official photographer from Humenné in Slovakia from the 1980s. One can find out in what way milkmaids hold each other’s hands, the methods by which heroes of socialist labour were photographed, and many other things about the present. It is a wonderful project. ...more
Philip O´Dwyer: 1.0 turtle
(tomáš luňák) In the Japanese section of the Victoria & Albert Museum, Japanese dragons and mythical birds fly above flower gardens where blossoms turn into butterflies. Philip O’Dwyer, the chief designer of the onedotzero festival in London, started this fabulous land of magic two years ago. ...more
