Yayoi Kusama
The Design Museum always has fantastic things to see, but from March 20th – July 7th this year the main attraction is Designs of the Year 2013; a exhibition of the newest most innovative designs around. This is a quick picture post of some of those that made the cut…
Little printer designed by Berg
Book Mountain, Spijkenisse, Netherlands
Child ViSion glasses by Professor Joshua Silver
Where? Somerset House, London
What? Pick me up – Graphic arts festival
When? 18-28 April 2013, £8 tickets in advance, £15 festival pass
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This is my ‘exhibition of the week’ but I had so many photos I thought it would be best to share it in a proper post! I have included the names of all of the artists and illustrators that I made a note of but if you want details of any in particular then let me know and I will see if I can hunt the name down! You can also browse the Pick Me Up Webstore for work from all the illustrators on show.
Ugo Gattoni
Brothers of the stripe
Fatherless
I know I’ve done a lot of travel posts recently but I have been lucky enough to get away quite a bit! And for the recent long Easter weekend I took a trip to Budapest with some girlfriends…
This is a quick picture-filled post – so if you would like any details on what I saw/ advice on what to do if you are planning a trip please post a comment or contact me through twitter! Would love to hear from you – and let me know what you think of my photos!
Quick post on a new favourite spot of mine; Pitfield London in Shoreditch
I was alerted to this place by someone on twitter a little while ago – its a cafe with a flower shop outside and an interiors/eclectic homeware store combined – what could be better!?
If you get a chance to go, or happen to be in the area definitely stop by; there are loads of cool interior bits to browse through and if that doesn’t interest you there are some delicious cakes on offer too!
Take a look at their website and see what you think. And if you have anywhere you think that I would like – both in London and out – leave me a comment or tweet me! I would love to hear…
At the beginning of February I was lucky enough to jet off for a three day stay in Iceland. It has taken me this long to wade through the (hundreds) of photos I took, but I’m finally ready to share the best of the bunch!
We landed late afternoon and went straight out to see if we could catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights! – you are not assured to see them at any time, and the weather conditions have to be just right so we were lucky to see a little bit of green. I definitely want to go back and see more…
We stayed in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, and while our hotel and the town were lovely we didn’t get much time to look around as there was so much to squeeze in to our three days! Here is a taster of the town…
This is the latest feature from the ‘This week’s exhibition‘ section of my blog but because there was so much to see I thought I should make it into a proper post!
The Kinetica Art Fair, this year set across three days in March, is all about universal concepts, science and art, transformation, and interpretation. Along side the work that is exhibited there are workshops, talks, and performances with themes on time, transformation and energy. There is also an auction of some of the work.
Because this exhibition was so interactive and based on user experience and perception, it is hard to convey everything that was going on through photos, and even through video, as you will not get the full effect. Hopefully the images below will give you some idea of what I saw and inspire you to put Kinetica 2014 in your diary!
Some of the pieces, such as the one pictured above, were reminiscent of the work I saw a few weeks ago at the Light Show at the Hayward Gallery.
David John Rosewell: Puppets to our Creations, 2013
When you stood in front of it, the sensor screen picked up on your movement and the puppet mimicked your actions.
Auction estimate: £4,000 – £5,000
Some of the work was visually and conceptually more interesting than others. Often a simple idea can work the best, and the quality of the finish is really important. I liked the work below – the man running trying to stay on the turning vinyl. It was simple but executed well.
Roseline De Thelin: man 02, 2008
Auction estimate: £300 – £400
Aphra Shemza: Composition X, 2013
Auction estimate: £4,000 – £5,000
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Mechanical Flipbook: Horse in Motion 2012
Auction estimate £3,500 – £4,500
Ivan Black: Light Helix I, 2013
Auction estimate: £2,700 – £3,500
As the object on the screen burnt, the chairs fell away from the table and the natural order was broken.
Aether & Hemera: Heart_Bit Lamp, 2009
When you put your finger over the sensor at the base of the lamp, the light reacted gently to your heartbeat.
Auction estimate: £950-£1,500
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Check out my previous exhibitions of the week and look out for future features! If you have any suggestions or recommendations on things to see I would love to hear them – leave me a comment or contact me on twitter!
I drove past these houses in South London and couldn’t help but take a photo. I love the colours that split each house in two – they stood out a mile for all the right reasons.
Someone lovely gave me some flowers for valentines and I have been taking photographs of their changing state as time has gone on. Inspired by the image above, I thought I would have a simple play around with the halves of a few of these photos, mixing states from different moments in time.
These were the two that worked best. If this has been the aim of my project from the start then I could have taken the exact same photo from day to day and the images would have worked better together – but this was still a fun way to get creative and a good learning curve.
If you have tried anything similar let me know here on my blog or send me a tweet!
