Image:Post Works in Essex with carpenter David Leviatin, constructing the stage walls for the Central Bar. Designing as making.
As Editor of the Month this months, as well as designer of the Central Bar at 100% Design, I thought it would be interesting to theme this months posts, in accordance with the activities that are surrounding the design, assemblage and construction of this space at 100% design.
In particular I want to address the fact that although I am a designer I am also now heavily involved in the construction of the bar, a role I am not generally used to, and which has opened questions for me around my practice and more generally the relationship between designing and making. So as well as posting updates of the construction, I have also asked a series of designer and makers to comment on this complex and fascinating relationship. Posts will be uploaded over the next three weeks in accordance with the developments of the construction. Updates to follow shortly.
Matthew Butcher is a designer working across the fields of architecture, art and performance art. He is co founder of Post Works, a dynamic art and design practice founded in 2008. Post Works recent projects include a reworking of Allan Kaprow’s ’18 Happenings in 6 Parts’, as part of the Hayward Gallery’s exhibition ‘Move: Choreographing You’, 2010 and ‘No Stop, Statue, Machine’ a film installation shown at the ICA in London www.post-works.com. Matthew also regularly teaches architecture, with positions held at the Bartlett School, U.C.L. and Greenwich University. He is a co-founder, and editor, of the architectural paper P.E.A.R.: Paper For Emerging Architectural research.
The idea is you walk into a white room and get your height measured on the wall. Your name is added and the date too.The exhibition began in May with an empty room and a few members of staff armed with pens. Almost 4 months and tens of thousands of names later the
wall is full.
My name is in there somewhere, although due to being average height I lost it soon after it had been added such was the volume of other names. The exhibition runs till 25th September. Go and see it. And be part of it too.
Vincent Morisset’s BLA BLA is an interactive tale that explores the fundamental principles of human communication. The viewer makes the story possible: without him or her, the characters remain inert, waiting for the next interaction. The spectator clicks, plays and searches through the simple, uncluttered scenes, truly driving the experience.
Each of the six chapters in the story depicts a different aspect of communication: learning a language, making small talk, expressing emotions, etc. Rich in opportunities for discovery, BLA BLA illustrates these concepts through endearing yet perplexing characters. The figures were designed by Caroline Robert using a variety of techniques, both traditional and hi-tech. Read the rest of this entry »
Image:Video Grab from pissenlit
For this years 100% design exhibition we will be working with the incredibly talented moving image makers WOW, to produce a visual projection installation for the event. Originating from Tokyo, their work is beautiful, surreal and full of imagination, whilst they have produced some stunning commercial work I particularly like there personal films which you can view on www.wowid.jp
12th – 21st August 2011 Private View Thursday 11th August
The exhibition will be at the Truman Brewery Gallery shop 14, Hanbury
Street . Rinse Presents: A Visual Retrospective The Work Of Shaun Bloodworth & Give Up Art is a ten-day exhibition celebrating the design and photography of seminal London-based radio station and label, Rinse, and their championing of the wider underground music world.
Peter+Paul
Through to – Sunday 23 October 2011
at Millennium Gallery Museums Sheffield
Celebrating the DIY ethic and often transitory approach he has refined over the years. Murals, illustrations and sculpture from throughout his career will show how he has carried the wit and subversion from his days as a graffiti artist and fanzine creator through into adult life as a designer, artist and musician. Read the rest of this entry »
Peter and Paul is an independent creative communications agency based in Sheffield – we’re passionate about design and how we communicate and connect with people.
Formed in 2005 by partners Peter Donohoe and Paul Reardon we are now a studio of six experienced planners, creatives, designers and developers. Our portfolio consists of branding and design projects for clients in the arts, culture and design sectors including several commercial clients and increasingly, third sector organisations.
