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Max Bill’s Exhibition pavilion of the City of Ulm at the National Exhibition of Baden/Württemberg – Stuttgart, Germany (1955)

October 15, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

In 1955 the city of Ulm commissioned architect Max Bill, Rector of the Ulm University of Design, to plan and execute a pavilion for the … [Read more...]

Alvin Boyarsky, Chicago à la carte, The City as an Energy System (1968)

October 2, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

This post introduces a series of heterogeneous articles on Chicago, the city and its architecture: sparse attempts to convey different looks at the … [Read more...]

Labyrinths of Unreal Buildings: Works by Tishk Barzanji

September 7, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Tishk Barzanji is an Iraqi artist currently based in London. In his work, he combines photography and digital production of images, mixing 3d modeling … [Read more...]

Depicting Process through Forms: Works by Anton Stankowski (1906 – 1998)

September 3, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

German graphic designer and painter Anton Stankowski (1906 - 1998) worked on the possibility of describing actions and forces through abstract … [Read more...]

Imants Tillers: This attempting to be That (1980)

August 27, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Imants Tillers is an Australian artist, curator, and writer. Trained as an architect, he participated to Christo's wrapping-up of Little Bay in … [Read more...]

Houses, Landscapes and Mental Spaces by Jon Koko

July 23, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

Jon Koko is an artist who currently lives and works in Malmö, Sweden. His square illustrations and paintings are carefully balanced scenes with mostly … [Read more...]

When Body Draws the Abstract Space: “Slat Dance” by Oskar Schlemmer

July 19, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 2 Comments

"Slat Dance" is a ballet conceived by Bauhaus artist Oskar Schlemmer in the 1920s. The main feature is a specific costume that connects poles to the … [Read more...]

Jeff Wall, Study for ‘A Sudden Gust of Wind (After Hokusai)’, (1993)

June 28, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

There's a fine line between fact and fiction, between a moment and a perfect representation of that moment. Melissa Denes, Picture Perfect, the … [Read more...]

Tim Mara’s Prints Narrative

June 27, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

Despite his focus on ordinary scenes and everyday objects, Irish artist Tim Mara (1948-1997) always rejected the qualification of Pop artist and … [Read more...]

“Flood! A Novel In Pictures” by Eric Drooker (1992)

June 26, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

Published for the first time in 1992, "Flood! A novel in pictures" is a silent story told through images by American artist Eric Drooker. A black and … [Read more...]

A Perfect Grid: the Roman Town of Timgad, the African Pompeii

June 21, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

The city of Timgad, in today's Algeria, was founded as a military settlement by Emperor Trajan around AD 100 and its original scope was to be a … [Read more...]

Indian Memory: A Series of Ceramics by Ettore Sottsass Jr. (1972-73)

June 12, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Pepper, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Basilico, Cherry, Lapislazzuli, Camomilla and Sugar are eight colorful potteries designed by Ettore Sottsass between 1972 … [Read more...]

Comic as Theater: Gianni De Luca’s Romeo and Juliet (1976)

May 20, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

Gianni De Luca was an Italian comic book artist known for his drawing mastery and the variety of techniques he introduced into the comic art. His … [Read more...]

The Everyday Life of the Bourgeoisie: Watercolours by Josabeth Sjöberg

May 18, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

After the death of her parents, wealthy Josabeth Sjöberg (1812-1882), formerly daughter of a clerk in a Swedish government department, became poor and … [Read more...]

Architectural Spaces in Tony Bevan’s Paintings

May 14, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

Tony Bevan is a British artist who currently lives and works in London. The architectural spaces in his paintings are described by thickly painted … [Read more...]

Herbert Bayer’s Small Architectural Projects (1924)

May 8, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Herbert Bayer was a prolific graphic designer and typography designer who also worked as a sculptor and a painter and who produced architectural … [Read more...]

Forgotten Corners, by Andrew G. Fisher

April 28, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Andrew G. Fisher is an artist who opens a constant relationship between two media, photography and illustration. Time is frozen in black and white … [Read more...]

A Symmetry, by Peter Judson

April 27, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Peter Judson, an illustrator and designer whose work we appreciate a lot and who was already featured in Socks in 2014, is back with a new series … [Read more...]

A Portrait of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s Kosmos (1845-62)

April 17, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was a German geographer, explorer and naturalist who traveled extensively to Latin America and put the basis for a … [Read more...]

Wucius Wong’s Principles of Three-Dimensional Design (1976)

April 13, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

In Principles of Three-Dimensional Design, 1976, (an obvious companion to Principles of Two-Dimensional Design), Wucius Wong offers a thorough … [Read more...]

Axonometric Projections as a Project: Drawings by Alberto Sartoris

April 6, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

A relevant figure in the Rationalist movement, Italian-Swiss architect Alberto Sartoris (1901-1998) represented most of his projects in black and … [Read more...]

Hartmut Böhm’s Sistematic Principles and Magnetic Fields

March 22, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Hartmut Böhm is a German artist whose work spans four decades and who joined avant-garde artistic movements such as Neue Tendenzen, a German approach … [Read more...]

“He Left at Least One Sentence Standing Whole” and Other Works by Cristiana Couceiro

March 19, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

Cristiana Couceiro is a Portuguese illustrator and graphic designer who currently lives in Lisbon. Her works mostly feature colorful collages based on … [Read more...]

A Tough Exercise in Simplicity: Vaccaro’s Kindergarten in Piacenza.

March 7, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

This small kindergarten, made by only two classrooms, is located on the outskirts of Piacenza in Italy and was designed by Giuseppe Vaccaro starting … [Read more...]

“Unstable Variations” by Kjell Varvin

February 26, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Kjell Varvin is an artist based in Norway. He composes and decomposes combinations of disparate objects in a white corner or on a wall with the … [Read more...]

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