Frank Jacobs Strange Maps

Frank Jacobs has a real leftfield cartography obsession, collecting and designing maps looking at everything from Atlases for the Blind to the The Worlds population by Latitude.  

Red Ball Project

I am sure everyone knows about the Red Ball project but hey, I think it deserves another mention.
The sculptor Kurt Perschke is touring his inflatable red ball around the country at the moment, finding interesting places to squeeze it into. I do not see this as a gimmic in any way, instead I think it brilliantly highlights our disconnected relationship with the architecture around us.

Wim Rietveld @ Rocket Gallery

Interesting new stock at the Rocket Gallery this month, including these 'Oase' chairs by Wim Rietveld.

Leandro Erlich

 

Astonishing twisted and altered realities from Leandro Erlich. 

Gervasutti Hut

I may refer to a piece of architecture or a work of art as important, but nearly all of the time that is in regard to a creative, spiritual or philosophical perspective. The new Gervasutti Hut, a shelter for trapped climbers on Mont Blanc IS important, in the most basic way. It is truly inerrant, because its objectives are to be seen, and give you shelter, and it does both. Architecture of supreme simplicity, but (for the distressed climbers) pure elysium.

Thomas Heatherwick

               
               
               
Following on from the art/design classification touched on in the last post, here is an intriguing insight into the mind of Thomas Heatherwick. A truly brilliant, forward thinking designer but also very humble and respectful. Heatherwick's work is hard to categorise, if you Google him, you will find him described as a designer, architect and artist (and everything in between) in equal measure. I think his manifesto sums it up perfectly....
"Heatherwick Studio exists to make extraordinary projects happen."

Ron Gilad

The institutes of Fine Art and Design are now firmly linked by a wonderful atrium where possibilites seem endless. The Carpenters Workshop gallery, NextLevel Galerie, Ambika P3 and many others are blurring the boundaries, encouraging and offering designs objects in editions, in just the same way they would with contemporary sculpture. And frankly its about time, some 60 years ago Sotsass rebelled, "I didn't want to do any more consumerist products, because it was clear that the consumerist attitude was quite dangerous".
The Art and design disciplines have developed and matured, and are now at a level of understanding where interaction can take place, and maybe start to morph even more? 
This fresh philosophy is embraced by Ron Gilad, whose deconstructed arrangements question the world around us, just an artist does........."I’m basing my thinking, research, and creative process on what I see, know, and what already exists. Almost naively I ask the question, why is it like this?”

Davis Furniture

I am very keen on a good perch..... and I am also very keen on objects that lean... so I am pretty happy with this little character (from Davis Furniture).  

The Show

I am up and running with the exhibition at the Poly in falmouth.