Ugo Rondinone Vocabulary of Solitude

We are so lucky. This amazing 45 clown sculptures came to Rotterdam, long way from Ugo Rondinone’s studio in NY! The other day I took my younger son Robert and we went to the museum of modern art Boijmans to see them up close . 

My son, wasn’t really sure how to behave….he was a bit scared but he was very intrigued…

” mom, are they real ? mom, are they dead ? can I touch them ? can I sit next to him ? “ 

I didn’t even want to say anything. I whispered, not knowing why. Their closed eyes asked for sort of magic silence. I love their amazing colourful costumes with glitter and contrasting socks , like they would like to get all our attention, even though I could feel their loneliness…

 If you plan to visit Rotterdam, the exhibition is open till 29 May. I highly recommend it. 

nendo rain bottle at maison&objet 2014

"...Giving people a small moment.

There are so many small moments hidden in our everyday.

but we don’t recognise them.

and even when we do recognise them, we tend to unconsciously reset our 

mind and forget what we’ve seen.

 but we believe these small moments are what make our days so

interesting, so rich..."

nendo

I’m back from my little trip to maison&object 2014 in Paris, 

where I saw so many things that I don’t know where start to show and talk about. 

Let’s begin with the most simple and staying in my mind exhibition made by Japanese Nendo. 

Can you imagine that in Japanese language word 'rain' has hundred of meanings depending on the condition and time of day, and also a season of the year ?  To illustrate that, we had a 20 beautiful clear acrylic bottles and each of it contains a variation of rain. In front of every bottle was a little note with the word and description about the sort of rain …like “sigure” cold rain that falls in the end of autumn to early winter….Imagine , this serene space painted totally in white. 

Taking my telephone out and making picture, actually felt awkward.....and after all these things I saw at the fair, I finally found rest and a magic moment, I don't want to forget. 

“ kisame” is rain that drips from the ends of tree branches

“ samidare” rain that falls consistently between early spring to early summer

Faye Toogood

I have a crash - Faye Toogood! She is just simply TOO GOOD!  

Faye Toogood is a London-based experiential designer. She is making furniture under her own name and she also runs Studio Toogood through which she photoshoots for editorial magazines, advertising campaigns or luxury brands. After 8 years at World of Interiors, Toogood left in 2008 to start up her own creative consultancy, Studio Toogood, based in her own home in north London. Her portfolio is very immersive including  work for Tom Dixon and Dover Street Market. She also enhanced runways and window installations, for Vivienne Westwood, Alexandes McQueen or Kenzo… I can only say it's an amazing talent, way worth to watch!  

" Straight out of university, where she studied fine art and art history, she applied for a styling job at World of Interiors and turned up at the interview with nothing but a suitcase full of objects that had grabbed her attention and though she had never styled a shoot in her life, she was offered the job. "I was very raw," she says, "but I think they just saw something about my eye."

  " With design, people have always either made objects or been interior designers – 

but that whole line has been blurred now.’ Faye Toogood

Exhibition : Ilustowany elementarz Dizajnu

I wrote about this new up coming book not such a long time ago :

 Illustrated Design Manual - 100 things drawn by 25 Polish Illustrators. 

What a pleasure to see the exhibition and all the illustrations in real: 100-rzeczy-narysowanych-przez-25-ilustratorow. The place was truly amazing. Old building left unchanged for many years was a perfect scenography. The book is a must have ;-) you can get it here : Wytwornia

outside the museum….

Place : Muzeum Ksiazki Artystycznej - Tymienieckiego 24 - Lodz - Poland