Conceptually, Ethan Stern calls into question how we perceive and interact with the qualities of form, texture and light. His answer to that call involves combining the three and presenting us with these expressive translations in glass.
Typically, when one thinks of wood, the mind does not wander into the realm of sensual, curvaceous lines – certainly not an element for bending and molding. This is not the case when exploring the world of the bentwood chair. Here we have a brief survey of this chair's history and future - and plenty of photos.
Wade through the graphic visual creations of experimental graphic artist Jan Piasek from Berlin. Simultaneously borrowing imagery from the past - and what seems like the future - Piasek draws the viewer into the depths of a story line that seem to be part political study and part dystopic vision of our future.
As Americans have no true lineage in glass, we had to learn first through trial and error. Then we pushed forward by absorbing the techniques and approaches from other countries long-standing glass traditions, such as the Czech Republic, Italy, German, and England.
The focus of ContemporistIcon is to show and promote various styles of work from international artist and crafts persons in all media – young and old, from past and present in visual and decorative arts and product, interior and industrial design – centering on a focus of work referencing modernist influences and displaying a ever present evolution in material, composition and technology.
Our passion is exploring and sharing the historical influences that make today’s visual culture.
Conceptually, Ethan Stern calls into question how we perceive and interact with the qualities of form, texture and light. His answer to that call involves combining the three and presenting us with these expressive translations in glass.
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Typically, when one thinks of wood, the mind does not wander into the realm of sensual, curvaceous lines – certainly not an element for bending and molding. This is not the case when exploring the world of the bentwood chair. Here we have a brief survey of this chair's history and future - and plenty of photos.
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Wade through the graphic visual creations of experimental graphic artist Jan Piasek from Berlin. Simultaneously borrowing imagery from the past - and what seems like the future - Piasek draws the viewer into the depths of a story line that seem to be part political study and part dystopic vision of our future.
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As Americans have no true lineage in glass, we had to learn first through trial and error. Then we pushed forward by absorbing the techniques and approaches from other countries long-standing glass traditions, such as the Czech Republic, Italy, German, and England.
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Sturdy, architectural, near limitless possibilities in design - explore the concept of the wire chair from its mid 20th century mass-production to its future conceptual designs. The chair has captured the imagination of engineering minds throughout time - here we take a brief tour of where this object made entirely out of metal wire gained popularity, their present and their future.
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The movement in art history, Neo-Plasticism/De Stijl (The Style), was developed by the duo Piet Mondrian and Theo Van Doesburg (1917-1928). Characterized by the strict use of primary colors, in addition to black, white and greys and the addition of horizontal and vertical lines - the movement has influenced art and design culture for decades to come.
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This story begins in the early 1950’s with a healthy dose of American grit. Like so many millennials today, Pearsall decided to leave a stagnate position in the field of his professional training (architecture) and try his own thing.
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The paintings of Harold Hollingsworth are characterized by colorful graphics, rich surfaces and rhythmic playfulness. He credits popular culture as the strongest influence on his work – music, media, art and architecture. In the past, he has used familiar images such as classic croquet balls, vintage modern fonts and numbers, crossed with natural forms found in nature.
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Matthew Cummings is an artist producing contemporary artwork about the way we see the world around us and more specifically, how we fabricate systems to understand it.
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...In fact, this puts us a generation into the “Post-Modern”. How then do we define modern music for an audience obsessed with its past, disappointed with the present and longing for an improved future?
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From fashion, product, graphic and interior design to music and technological advances - the world from the mid 50s to the late 70s was fixated on Space Age. Tie in the Psychedelic qualities of the 60s and you easily have a revolutionary departure from the calm pastels and utilitarian designs that accompanied the "white flight" of the growing suburban 50s.
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The Philco Predicta of the 1950's was a marvel of engineering and so very much ahead of its time. We'll take a quick look at this original commercially available flat panel monitor, its history and its future - a journey from imaginary object of science fiction to a design icon contemporary collectors admire.
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