From 3 June to 30 August 2009, the Kunsthaus Zürich will host a retrospective devoted to the work of Katharina Fritsch, one of the most significant artists of our day. The show will also include new pieces by the artist. Famed for her large-scale sculptures, whose hypnotic effect the viewer experiences in the blink of an eye, Fritsch plays with humanity’s primeval ideas, desires and fears. Her most recent art ventures into fresh artistic territory, including erotica as seen from the female p... Read Full Story

Beyond a unique typology and a revolutionary vision, The Germain Calgary Condos defines a whole new approach to design, lifestyle and comfort. Proud of its success in the luxurious boutique hotel domain, the Germain Group draws on their experience in high-end service and hospitality to cross-over into the new dimension of luxury condominiums. Inserting a condominium tower in the heart of downtown Calgary was a great challenge: How to create an environment to nurture an exciting lifestyle, wh... Read Full Story

Philippe Boulet, born in 1974, is a French designer living in Paris. He is specialised in creating illuminated furniture and items. As a business school graduated, he quickly understood that his story was to be different. It was rather that of a passionate young man fascinated by magical atmospheres, beautiful places, music and travelling. Determined to bring a dreamy and fairy-like atmosphere to our daily life, he imagined 12 years ago to give life to his creations, thanks to light! Philipp... Read Full Story

Welcome back to shearyadi.com! After months of inactivity of this blog, I would be glad to announce that we finally return with new updates everyday. For the first update, I’d like to introduce you to Dasha Wagner, a professional consultant and graphic designer, with an international clientele. She is an Associated Member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). She has been working in the graphic design field since 2000. Her specialty is using of interesting solutions in prin... Read Full Story

Natasza Niedziolka’s second exhibition “Year of the Peacock” will have its opening reception this Friday, May 1st, 19:00 - 23:00pm, at pool gallery. Multicolored twine cascading from the clouds, a circle of ice cream cones, an open umbrella, a giant monster with gaping jaws - the array of forms in the works of Berlin’s resident Polish Artist Natasza Niedziolka seem to have sprung from a child’s imagination. Her color palette reminiscent of a jumbo box of crayons... Read Full Story

From 20 March until 14 June 2009, the Kunsthaus Zürich is hosting Switzerland’s first one-man show by artist Mark Manders. Manders creates installations-cum-sculptures, fragments of a self-portrait arranged in the form of imaginary rooms. Mark Manders - Finished Sentence, 1998-2006 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto His lyrical, often melancholy objects, installations and drawings function like the components of a poem, to be assembled at will by his observers. Mark Manders - ( - / - / - / - / -... Read Full Story

The words and faces of forty students make up a penetrating view into contemporary American youth in Dawoud Bey: Class Pictures, on view April 16-July 12, 2009 at the Milwaukee Art Museum. A compelling juxtaposition of first- and third-person perspectives, the exhibition and its accompanying catalogue challenge teenage stereotypes as they present a highly diverse portrait of a generation. Omar, 2005. Image courtesy Dawoud Bey and Aperture Foundation, from the book Class Pictures (Aperture, 2... Read Full Story

With experience in creating living sets with more personal tastes, mobilfresno designed Helios with senses and putting the deepest feelings on each of the design so we will be able to enjoy it. Helios livingroom is a new proposal of very personal and classy living sets, giving more importance to details that make them unique, and most of all, made to be enjoyed. Black and white, the most absolute purity for sober spaces with composition finished in Negro Humo and Blanco Hielo Hi-gloss Lacque... Read Full Story

Founded in 1972 by the brothers Antonio, Gaspare, Fiorenzo and Giancarlo Lucchetta, Euromobil has become an exemplary case history in the Veneto region, an area which certainly knows of extraordinarily successful industrial enterprises. Euromobil broaden its product range, as of 1974, kitchen equipment was thus complemented by the modular furniture manufactured by their subsidiary Zalf, and then in 1995 by sofas and the like with Désirée’s entry into the Group. Above all, the firms hav... Read Full Story

Design Event is pleased to be bringing Adrian Shaughnessy, the self taught graphic designer and author of “How To Be A Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul”, back to Newcastle after his sold out talk last June. An ‘in conversation with’ evening with Michael C. Place of Build on 25th March at 6pm, will be discussing Michael’s background, his career, how he founded graphic design studio Build, and talking about the studios output of work. Michael is no stranger to Newcastle af... Read Full Story