Posts from — March 2009

To celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the opening of Omotesando Hills, an exhibition space titled “Magazine Library” will be opening tomorrow, and will remain open through March 14th. Entrance is free and visitors will be allowed to browse through a large quantity of art/fashion/design/architecture magazines from around the world! Given the demise of numerous magazine titles so far this year, this may be a very timely exhibition to attend.

Another reason to check out the space is to see Kyouei Design, who were invited to create a light/sound installation using 99 of their honeycomb lamps. Looks amazing!

Sorry for the inactivity this week. I came down with something (again) and have been bedridden. But I did manage to flip through my New Yorker desktop calendar and yesterday’s cartoon made me chuckle.

One great find that I stumbled upon in Chelsea over the weekend was a series of photographs by Shinichi Murayama titled “KUSHO”　（空書）. Ku (空) can mean sky, air, or empty space while sho （書） means writing, or calligraphy.

Currently on display at Bruce Silverstein through March 7th, KUSHO, from what I undesrtand, is basically action painting frozen in time.　The artist photographs himself lifting a giant paintbrush, dipped in water and ink, into the air. It’s that simple yet the results are absolutely stunning.

Wow! A storm just dumped 8-inches of snow on Brooklyn over night! And we’re supposed to get another 6-8 today. I’m glad I did all my sightseeing over the weekend.

I went to go check out design firm Nendo’s first show in the U.S. Ghost Stories, an installation of their cabbage chairs, originally designed for Issey Miyake’s XXIst Century Man, is on display at the Friedman Benda Gallery in Chelsea through March 28th. I only had my crappy camera with me so the photos aren’t great. But you really need to experience this first hand.

Knowing nothing about the show (the material for the chairs is actually a by-product of Miyake’s manufacturing process) after about 5 minutes my wife turns around and says, “I feel like I’m in an Issey Miyake boutique.” …I thought that was pretty cool.

Related:

• Nendo at XXIst Century Man
• Nendo’s moss house
• 1% products by Nendo
• Kenzoki by Nendo