I’ll try and find a bit more time to write about this in full on another occasion, but for now, I feel I should note that if you live in London, then you really ought to try and make it to The Design Museum‘s retrospective on Alan Fletcher. For those that don’t know, Fletcher is [...]
Entries from January 27th, 2007
Obsession
January 26th, 2007 No Comments
Reading an article this morning, The Design Disease, reminded me of something I’ve long held to be true – that while you or I might create Art now and again, it’s not the same thing as the urge to be an Artist. (Or in this case Designer.) Everyone I know who has become a successful [...]
Tags: artists · creativity · obsession
Flat-Pack Art
January 22nd, 2007 1 Comment
The Tate Modern has one of my favourite pieces of Art on display, Marcel DuChamp’s Fountain, which is an ordinary urinal, that Duchamp then turned 90 degrees from it’s natural position and signed it “R. Mutt 1917″. It was part of his series of “readymades” ordinary, everyday objects that had at most, been slightly altered [...]
A Moment Of Design
January 17th, 2007 1 Comment
So having explained what I think Art is I also want to talk a little about design. Design is very obviously allied to Art – they’re often mentioned in the same breath as a subject of study, and that’s not really terribly surprising – it’s more or less the same range of techniques and materials [...]
