Denver - Civic Center: Denver Art Museum - Frank Lloyd Wright's Side Chair
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Frank Lloyd Wright simplified this oak and leather upholstered side chair that he designed in 1904 into basic rectilinear parts, but with an angled back that seems to float freely within the right angles of the chair's frame. It was perfectly suited to the reptitive and linear motions of machine construction. "Furniture," Wright explained, "takes the clean-cut, straight-line forms that the machine can render far better than would be possible by hand."
What is Modern?, a temporary exhibition on view at the Denver Art Museum through December 31, 2011, featured imaginative furniture, industrial, and graphic designs that span more than 200 years, from the early 1800s to the present day. The objects—representing a trajectory of innovative thinking and a variety of methods, materials, and concepts—explore the ways in which design has expressed the modern experience.
The Denver Art Museum, a private, non-profit museum, is known for its collection of American Indian art. Its impressive collection of more than 68,000 works includes pieces from around the world including modern and contemporary art, European and American painting and sculpture, and pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial art. The museum was originally founded in 1893 as the Denver Artists Club. In 1918, it moved into galleries in the Denver City and County Building, and became the Denver Art Museum.
In 1971, the museum opened what is now known as the North Building, designed by Italian architect Gio Ponti and Denver-based James Sudler Associates. The seven-story structure, 210,000-square-foot building allowed the museum to display its collections under one roof for the first time. The Frederic C. Hamilton Building, designed by Studio Daniel Libeskind and Denver firm Davis Partnership Architects, opened on October 7, 2006 to accommodate the Denver Art Museum's growing collections and programs.
Amiurion (The Book of Machines) - ebook cover design
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The forthcoming book, Amiurion - The Book of Machines'- author Piotr Krol, and a dear friend/soul asked if he could use one of my designs as his book cover...voila.
This design was actually an on a whim inspiration that I'd created and sent to him since he was part of the base design back in Dec. 2008.
The photos used were from pictures I'd taken and also some he'd taken.
I was happy and honored to be asked.
You can read an excerpt from Amiurion (english only)
and his other works (Polish only) here: Amiurion
The Sewing Machine
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Diagram of a sewing machine cut-away that morphs into some geometric abstract typography. Looks like the cover of some weird 70s dystopian sci-fi paperback.
Machines Miracle or Magic? Cover by nerosunero
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Religion, Miracles or Magic? produced by LeeGrace Studio for Design Week (Waterford, Ireland, 7 XI 2009)
Cover by nerosunero
Kelly Dobson: MACHINE THERAPY
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An eminent roboticist and Ph.D. at MIT's Media Lab, Kelly Dobson is exploring "machine therapy" - a personal, societal and psychoanalytical study of machine design and its effects on peoples' everyday lives.
Watch as she exhibits Screambody, Blendie and Omo, three fascinating robots that respond to - and influence - their users in provocative ways. See Pop!Cast video: poptech.com/popcasts/?viewcastid=225
More Pop!Tech art by Peter Durand of Alphachimp Studio Inc. at: www.alphachimp.com/poptech-art/
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