Previous Entry Next Entry
Books: Fragiles: Porcelain Glass & Ceramics
Insect Cage by Ryuji Nakamura
Exhibition: Fragiles: Porcelain Glass & Ceramics Kuwait



After successfully touring the US and Europe making stops at Design Miami 2007 and Quinze & Milan’s Gallery 113 in Belgium in 2008, Fragiles eclectic showcase of contemporary porcelain, ceramic and glass design and artwork, will travel to the Al-Sabah Art & Design in Kuwait, a contemporary art and design gallery created by Villa Moda founder Sheikh Majed Al-Sabah.
Fragiles at the Al-Sabah Art & Design Gallery has been designed to occupy the new gallery space and introduces several new works by artists not shown in the previous exhibitions. The spectrum and quality of these innovative projects shows a current generation of designers and artists just how relevant and challenging working with these traditional materials can be.
Exhibition: Fragiles: Porcelain Glass & Ceramics, June 7 – July 5, Al-Sabah Art & Design Gallery, The Corniche, Arabian Gulf Road, Shaab, Kuwait
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Previous Entry Next Entry
Books: Fragiles: Porcelain Glass & Ceramics
Insect Cage by Ryuji Nakamura
Editor's Picks
Blackbird Carbon Fiber Guitar
The Blackbird Rider features an all-hollow uni-body shell setting it apart from any guitar in the world. [more...]
Design Icons
Fjordfiesta Scandia Senior
by Hans Brattrud
A Norwegian furniture design classic from 1957, Scandia Senior is a comfortable high-back easy chair with a leather head cushion, on a satin swivel base. [more...]
Printing Resources
More Books
Case Study Houses
“It’s a huge coffee-table book, which analyses each of the houses in chronological order, with plans, sketches and glorious photographs.” [more...]
Buy it here: Amazon
The Eames Lounge Chair
The book examines the evolution of a design icon and places it in its cultural, historical and social context. [more...]
Buy it here: Amazon
The U.N. Building
Symbol of world humanitarianism, a beacon of unity after the Second World War. More than 50 years on, the 39-story building is regarded as one of the pinnacles of mid-century modernism. [more...]
Buy it here: Amazon
Loblolly House
Including a DVD of the film "A House in the Trees", a real-time documentary of the design, fabrication, and assembly of this amazing house. [more...]
Buy it here: Amazon
Desire
The Shape of Things to Come. An up-to-date comprehensive survey on furniture and object design today, showcasing the crème de la crème of designers. [more...]
Buy it here: Amazon
Marcel Wanders
Behind the Ceiling is the first monograph on one of the most influential, prolific and celebrated international designers today. [more...]
Buy it here: Amazon
How to Wrap Five Eggs
A mid-60s classic of Japanese design. Stunningly laid-out paean to traditional Japanese packaging is rife with sumptuous black and white photos of all manner of boxes, wrappers and containers that appear at once homely and sophisticated, ingeniously utilitarian yet fine and rare. [more...]
Buy it here: Amazon
Services
Home & Garden