sculpture

The Future of Art as Seen at the V&A

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Stacey Bewkes   •   19 Comments
One of the most popular London Design Festival-sponsored installations at the Victoria and Albert is “Textile Field” by the French Bouroullec brothers, Ronan and Erwan. Created in collaboration with Kvadrat, the forward thinking Danish textile company, this seemingly simple concept is brilliant.…
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BlogTour: Old & New at the V&A: Murray Moss

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Stacey Bewkes   •   30 Comments
What an incredible whirlwind of a trip BlogTour was. Design 24 hours a day with nonstop visual inspiration. Thanks to Heathrow and the good people at Virgin Atlantic, I have my laptop back and am ready to share some of this amazing experience.…
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Creative Collaboration: Legos in London

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Stacey Bewkes   •   26 Comments
My love for legos is no secret. I have written about them before here and people who know me understand my mild obsession admiration for this incredibly clever and creative product. Did you know that since their introduction in 1949, legos have become the most popular toy in history?…
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BlogTour Collaborative Creativity: Wallunica & Spirit of Sports

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Stacey Bewkes   •   23 Comments
One of the most wonderful aspects of the upcoming BlogTour event I will be attending in London is its collaborative nature. Between all the design events at the London Design Festival, the sponsors, the media partners and the group of attendees that Modenus has organized for BlogTour, there are many opportunities for symbiotic endeavors.…
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Artelier

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Stacey Bewkes   •   17 Comments
photo by Stephane Kossmann Last week I attended the opening of a wonderful new concept gallery/design space. Artelier is the result of a creative partnership between Claire Maestroni, owner of the chic upscale Greenwich retail establishment Mis en Scene and French-born sculptor and metalsmith Franck Areno.…
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Lego Love

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Stacey Bewkes   •   29 Comments
My daughter is lego obsessed. And I couldn’t be happier. What a wonderful creative outlet for kids. With all her Christmas checks, she ordered the Harry Potter Diagon Alley set. She anxiously awaited the package, tracking it online every day and has been working on it diligently since the minute it was delivered.…
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Tim Times Two – aha!

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Stacey Bewkes   •   17 Comments
I have a whole new appreciation for Tim Gunn! Who knew that the Project Runway judge and style guru also has a passion for serious design. At the tender age of 7, he evidently spent his allowance to purchase reproductions of Thomas Jefferson’s architectural drawings for Monticello!…
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Heads of Expressionism

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Stacey Bewkes   •   Leave a comment
Recently we have looked at several of the art exhibitions at museums in NYC this fall – from the blockbuster show at the MoMA to ones at smaller museums like the Jewish Museum’s Houdini exhibit. One of the most fascinating exhibits, however, has got to be the Franz Xaver Messerschmidt exhibition at the Neue Galerie.…
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Boo!

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Stacey Bewkes   •   8 Comments
I hope you have a specially spooky Halloween. And in that spirit, please enjoy the incredible pumpkin carving art of Ray Villafane, who has won the Food Network Pumpkin Carving contest on two occasions. By day he is a toy sculptor.…
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Strandbeests

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Stacey Bewkes   •   6 Comments
The credit for this post goes to my son Robert who was the first to show me this amazing video. Since then, I’ve done a little research (what else!) because – well, because that’s what I do. The Dutch artist featured in this video is Theo Jansen, who creates these amazing creatures which are considered kinetic sculpture.…
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