Book reference

This book has nearly every manufacturing process under the sun - and is a definitely useful book for us this year in understanding the application of material and effects... its in the library - Amazon link

TURNER PRIZE 09

Went to this today - the work of Lucy Skaer is particularly relevant for some of you working with porous materials... she uses coal dust and resin to shape elegant skeletal forms... beautiful!

gallery of images
tate turner prize
british council image

please upload your manifesto's to pro-local...

infrastructures

LINKS

Max Lamb - casting and earthbound productsJoesph beuys 7000 oaks project scattered across the globe as a productwireframe human scale installations William Hundley tiny architectures made from left over materialsTom Merrell Jacob Dahlgren MOMA elastic mind exhibitiongallery of knotsrandom objectsKatie Holten pahomann Kiosk Kisok everyday objects from around the worldsuper intelligent artifacts and materialscut out and keep projectsclean photographs of objects and installationsRon Resch geometriesAntonia lowNoguchi Museum and archiveGallery of venini glass by Carlo ScarpaParallel to Buckminster Fuller - geometries and objects Anneke JakobsFaceted kindlingIntense architectural jewelry

KARLA BLACK AT MOMA OXFORD

Powder-paint, crushed chalk and sugar paper; and a distinct feminine association: lipstick, nail varnish and body cream.

MOMA OXFORD

LERNER AT RIBA IN NOVEMBER

Jaime Lerner's 'urban revolution' successfully transformed a congested, grimy, crime-ridden city into a world-renowned model of green living and social innovation. His talk will focus on the role cities play in contemporary society, shown through case studies, enhancing the meaning of design both in structuring urban growth and in the development project of a city, a state, a country. He will also address the key issue of mobility – stressing the importance of public transportation and discuss how sustainability and identity are vital areas for intervention.

GUARDIAN ARTICLE
RIBA LINK FOR TICKETS - RIBA STUDENTS GET CONC!

PROJECT SITES

LONDON SITE VISIT

Intuitive re-sourcing day at the Natural History Museum, Science Museum, Serpentine Gallery and the Victorian & Albert Museum.

MONEY AT SHUNT

New Shunt event based on Emile Zola's novel 'L'Argent' inspired by a nineteenth-century banking fiasco. Staged in a new space, a former tobacco warehouse, near the old Shunt Vaults.

SHUNT LINK

ANGLO-SAXON GOLD FOUND

A harvest of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver so beautiful it brought tears to the eyes of one expert, has poured out of a Staffordshire field - the largest hoard of gold from the period ever found.

GUARDIAN LINK

BRIXTON POUND

The Brixton Pound (B£) is money that sticks to Brixton. It’s designed to support Brixton businesses and encourage local trade and production. It’s a complementary currency, working alongside pounds sterling, for use by independent local shops and traders.

B£ LINK

SEDIMENTARY GIFTS

Called Underground Souvenirs, the objects are covered in a film of sediment as a result of being submerged in a mineral-rich thermal spring in the spa city of Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Velčovský has used the process to transform items including a typewriter, lantern, and camera.

DEZEEN ARTICLE LINK

HERALD STREET

Josh Brand
Apart Dark Room (Orange or Brown)
2007
Unique C-print
25.4 x 20.3 cm / 10 x 8 in

HERALD STREET GALLERY

NATIONS

This monumental installation incorporates 192 sewing machines and refers to the United Nations and globalisation by NS Harsha.

INIVA LINK

RADICAL NATURE

The beauty and wonder of nature have provided inspiration for artists and architects for centuries. Since the 1960s, the increasingly evident degradation of the natural world and the effects of climate change have brought a new urgency to their responses. Radical Nature at the barbican is the first exhibition to bring together key figures across different generations who have created utopian works and inspiring solutions for our ever-changing planet.

RADICAL NATURE LINK