Web trawler

Solar-do-nothing Machine, Eames Studio, 1957

With an eye on a number of Object studio engagements and finger on the mouse button, I’ve taken the liberty – and will do so on a regular basis – of linking to a selection of websites with content that is germane to some of your current projects, see if you can call them . . .

Cast-off with Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting at the Museum of Arts & Design (used to be the American Craft Museum) in New York.

Move on through to Carlos Garaicoa at the ICA, Philidelphia (also on show at Turbulence, the 3rd Auckland Triennial, in the New Gallery), then hang a right and look in at Nicole Cherubini as well.

Read The Matt & Ron Show written by Sam Jacob of Strange Harvest, then check his practice at FAT, (Fashion, Architecture, Taste).

And finally, DIY joy at foldschool, with a collection of corrugated-cardboard furniture designs for children, freely available for download from Swiss-based designer, Nicola Enrico Stäubli.

Danny Rowlandson | 3d Munch

Kizaemon Ido teabowl, Korea, Yi dynasty (16th century)

A reminder that Danny Rowlandson, School of Design Ceramics and Glass lecturer, is presenting a seminar, ‘Japanese Ceramics & Zen Philosophy’, this coming Monday 26 March from 12.00–1pm, in the 3d Seminar room on the first floor of Bldg 76 (Rm 076-2069). This presentation is the second BDes 3d Munch lecture for the 2007 season. Please join us and feel free to bring your lunch.

Craftwerk 17.03.07

As part of the AK07 programme, the first Craftwerk event for 2007 will take place in the famed Spiegeltent, a hand-built and sewn structure built in 1920, and used since then as a unique venue for festivals around the world. The Spiegeltent is situated at the AK07 Festival Hub – RED SQUARE @ Britomart.

Providing a showcase for young and emerging creatives who distribute select ranges of handmade objects, independently produced publications and music. Alongside the craft, art, zine and music stalls Craftwerk also features live, local music: The Gladeyes, Artisan Guns, Bear Cat and Teacups will all be performing.

Items for sale cover anything from soft toys to laser cut jewellery to zines and comics, screen-printed stationery, hand-painted wood badges, limited edition 7"s, hand sculpted buttons, perspex lockets, hand-printed tshirts, arcade game appliqued cushions and bags, plastic cast brooches, framed hand embroideries, paintings and more . . .

Recuerdos de Mexico!

Cihuateteo, Margarita Fick, (papel recortado, detail)

An intimate collection of Mexican votive objects and emphemera has been installed in Pitch Black (the re-branded Bldg 76 exhibition space) by jeweller, Ilse-Marie Erl, who travelled throughout the region on sabatical in 2004. Don’t miss – exhibition closes Friday 23 March.

The PM Hit List

Groove & Long neck bottles Hella Jongerius 2000

Over to you right, you’ll see I’ve added a side-bar, in which a list of Provocative Material exemplars from the field contemporary Object practice beginning to take shape. While these designer/makers span a diverse field of engagement, they share a common, questioning criticality within their practices – characterised by experimentation, intervention, collaboration, not to mention a dose of good humour.

Allow yourself the time to investigate this quartet of Flash-driven sites, laden with rich content and intriguing interfaces, framed by a range of aesthetic and social contexts.

Closer to home, please take a look at Freestyle, a current online exhibition showcasing emerging and established designer/makers in Australia.

For those of you who are finding a need for an antidote to all this ‘clean-living’ – try a little sex and death, mixed with a dose of black humour at Design is Evil, courtesy of Icon magazine.

Finally, a downloadable BDes Object timetable in pdf format, giving a sense of all students schedules, on a single a4 sheet, has been added to the Studio Materials sidebar for your edification. If anyone spots an error, please come back to me.

Inaugral 3D Munch!

Albino Wood in Blue Ribbons (detail) Yasmin Dubrau 2007

The artist, Yasmin Dubrau, will launch the 2007 3D Munch seminar series with a floor talk in Snowhite gallery, on Monday 12 March, starting at 12pm. Please take the time to join in with other 3D major students and support this essential collegial project. See you there!