Month: September 2021
“Technicolour”
Kvadrat and Peter Saville have worked together in the past, with the legendary art director and designer acting as a long-term creative consultant. For this collaboration—part of this year’s London Design Festival—Saville has taken inspiration from the markings he saw on sheep on childhood holidays to Wales. The industrial markings—which Saville describes as “rural graffiti”—inform the color composition […]
TAWD September 23, 2021
“L’Arc de Triomphe Wrapped”
As mentioned in one of my previous posts “L’Arc de Triomphe Wrapped,” an installation designed by the late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, has finally opened to the public in Paris. The installation which opened on September 18th, sees the iconic triumphal arch on the Champs-Élysées shrouded in 25,000 square meters of silvery, recyclable fabric, which is tied in place […]
TAWD September 21, 2021
Lagerfeld At Sotheby’s
More than 1,000 items that once belonged to the late designer Karl Lagerfeld are set to go under the hammer. Taking place as eight separate auctions, Lagerfeld’s personal effects–including fine art, collectables, 20th-century furniture and Rolls-Royce cars will be sold by Sotheby’s. With homes in Berlin, New York, Paris and Monaco, Lagerfeld had built up […]
TAWD September 14, 2021
“Voyage”
ABBA, one of the most successful pop groups of all time, have just announced that, for the first time in 40 years they are back, with a revolutionary new concert that will see Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid performing digitally with a live 10-piece band, in a purpose-built arena in London and a brand new […]
TAWD September 3, 2021
“Portals”
Iranian-American artist Amir H. Fallah has created his largest public installation to date. “Portals” is a series of three stained glass panels created for The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health‘s new headquarters in Koreatown. Each work subtly divides the terrace of the site, by allowing visitors an intimate space to contemplate each work with the surrounding […]
TAWD September 1, 2021