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14May/120

the Secret Garden by Zaha Hadid and Paola Navone

Zaha Hadid and Paola Navone took thousands of design lovers on a journey to an enchanted secret garden. The Secret Garden located in Milan, during the Salone Del Mobile 2012 contained giant pods of woven hazelnut branches, glowing lights, and hidden treasures. Both Poala and Zaha created two different projects that blended effortlessly into one installation. It's installations and collaborations like this that keeps the Salone Del Mobile at the forefront of design.

The Secret Garden by Zaha Hadid and Paola Navone

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5Apr/120

FALLS THE SHADOW: FROM IDEA TO REALITY, THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA

Apart from a couple of general books on the National Gallery of Australia and its collections, until now there has been no book published about this remarkable building. Yet, it is arguably the most fascinating and certainly the most contentious building in Australia. Featuring eleven essays by a range of voices from the Australian architecture community, from Daryl Jackson to Richard Goodwin and from Angelo Candalepas to Jennifer Taylor, a picture is formed of an under-appreciated Modern Australian milestone. The book also includes a portfolio of drawings and sketches made by Madigan over a twenty-year period, in an attempt (ultimately unsuccessful) to participate in the alterations, extensions and thoughtless revisions to the gallery by a succession of NGA Directors. It tells a story, whose passion, contradictions and even melodrama somehow end up reflecting the personality of the man whose vision drove the enterprise. For the National Gallery of Australia (along with the High Court of Australia) has dominated the major part of Col Madigan’s career as an architect. It is his masterpiece, but also, the nation’s masterpiece

FALLS THE SHADOW

Be part of the launch on April 19 and be treated to short talks from Penleigh Boyd, Angelo Condalepas, Richard Goodwin and the editor Paul Mc Gillick, at Tuscalum 1-3 Manning Street Potts Point NSW 6pm till 8pm RSVP to info@uromedia.com.au

FALLS THE SHADOW

Photos credited to Max Dupain

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5Apr/120

Happy Easter and enjoy your break

an oldie but a goodie ..... Happy Easter

Happy Easter, enjoy your friends, family, food and rest I know I will.

Cheers,

Richard.

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2Apr/121

Humberto Campana and Fernando Campana

The Campana Brothers Humberto Campana and Fernando Campana are noted Brazilian designers. In 1983, the two brothers teamed up to develop furniture made by ordinary materials including waste products such as cardboard, rope, fabric and wood scraps, plastic tubes & aluminum wire. The originality of their artistic work caused controversy and brought massive critical attention. By the early 90's they had already gained considerable international acclaim. A visit to the website campanas.com.br will either take you on a playful journey or make you scream, the site is loaded with quirk and fun but it is a specifiers nightmare..... it is not a click and go site LOL.

the Campana brothers insane web site

To see more visit the Campana brothers

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2Apr/120

Australian artist Konstantin Dimopoulos has nothing to feel blue about

Australian artist Konstantin Dimopoulos has been busy painting environmentally safe paint to the trunks and limbs of trees in urban areas to help raise awareness of the nearly 32 million acres of forests lost each year around the world.The fact that blue is a colour that is not naturally identified with trees suggests to the viewer that something unusual, something out of the ordinary has happened. It becomes a magical transformation says Dimopoulos. Trees are largely invisible in our daily lives, and it’s not until it’s too late that we realize how important they are to us both aesthetically and environmentally. Her stunning installations are touring around the globe providing a visual platform for her cause.

Blue trees by Konstantin Dimopoulos

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29Mar/120

Cloth by Julie Paterson…. Remixed the new collection

I have always admired Julie Paterson's work her lamps, fabrics, ceramics, bed linen, wallpaper and art, but for me I really love her rugs.
Julie has taken four of her best rug designs and overlaid them with four of her key fabric designs, playing about with composition and colour to create this new range.
Remixed, a new collection of eight rugs that respectfully riffs on the popular cloth originals.
Design influences art influences design - returning and reconsidering the familiar can turn a well-designed piece into a modern classic.
Each rug is hand-tufted in New Zealand Blend.

Cloth by Julie Paterson the Remixed Collection

Julie Paterson the Remixed Collection launch party

To see more visit the Remixed Collection

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14Mar/120

Concrete Love for Lace

Concrete Lace, designed by East German Doreen Westphal is made from ultra high performance concrete and suspension materials like ribbon and 1mm steal cable. During the manufacturing process the suspensions are cast inside the lace-shaped concrete tiles allowing the Lace work to be suspended as a wall hanging or room divider. Concrete Lace can be customized to any size.

Concrete Lace by Doreen Westphal

Doreen Westphal

Concrete Lace by Doreen Westphal

To see more visit Doreen Westphal
images credited to Doreen Westphal

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4Mar/120

The urban landscape of Sue Beyer

Emerging Brisbane artist Sue Beyer's work considers the facade of the ordered suburban environment and the assumption of the permanence of our way of life and our cities. Her work is concerned with the effect that spaces and suburban settings have on an individual's emotions and behavior and how people use space in a modern urban context. Sues' paintings are watchful, voyeuristic, and hint at the uneasy 'realities' that can be found in these urban landscapes.I personally see a similar language/style of aerial aboriginal art which draws me to her work, I can see Beyers' work in cooperate foyers and receptions.

Acrylic and posca pen on canvas by Sue Beyer

To see more Sue Beyer
Gallery inquiries 777 Gallery

images credited to Sue Beyer and 777 gallery Flinders Vic

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26Feb/120

Giant Bronze Babies, women of steel and social climbing brown nosing

David Cerný is a Jewish - Czech sculptor whose works can be seen in many locations in Prague. His works tend to be controversial always pushing the way we think some of his work is quite humorous and beautiful although some have called him a hooligan. I personally would love to see some of his work injected into our cityscape or office foyers.

Bronze Baby Sculpture by David Cerný

Bronze Baby Sculpture by David Cerný... I would love 2 of these for my garden

Brown Nose Sculpture by David Cerný

Sculpture by David Cerný

Steel Woman Sculpture by David Cerný

Sculpture by David Cerný

To see more visit David Cerný

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8Feb/120

Patricia Piccinini compelling stories through sculpture.

When I first saw Patricia Piccinini's work a few years ago, I was instantly drawn in to the compelling stories she tells through sculpture. Her work can be somewhat confronting yet beautiful at the same time. Here are a few installations that I love.