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An
extremely comprehensive and interactive network and database for
issues related to architecture and designers involved in architecture.
Founded by a young designer, this site has succeeded in its goal
to use the internet to connect architecture and designers throughout
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Swiss
Architect Peter Zumthor began as a cabinet maker and evolved into an architect of craft. Amazingly, Zumthor works alone as principal of his own firm. Exacting a studied process, his body of work is a small portfolio of striking projects. Most notably, the Saint Benedict Church, which is of wood construction, that applies innovative woodworking craft techniques to every joint and connection on a building scale. |
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Thermal
Baths at Vals, Switzerland |
| www.laiad.com Los Angeles Institute of Architecture and Design is a new school offering alternative respective programs for students entering the architecture and Design profession. Intended as a small and rigorous program, the school is being mentored by architects who founded the renowned Southern California Institute of Architecture. |
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Kantor
Gallery is second generation gallery, originally founded by Paul Kantor who is credited with discovering Richard Diebenkorn. Located in Los Angeles, this gallery is being run by his son, Niels, who is maintaining a tradition of showcasing young and emerging contemporary artists, painters – artists in tune with current pop and urban culture and who are adept with incorporating modern graphic technology. A recent show of Japanese painter, Yumiko Kayukawa sold out on opening night. |
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Studio
360’s online website for its
national radio show about arts and culture, hosted by novelist and
journalist Kurt Anderson and produced by Public Radio International
and WNYC. The underlying concept of the program is the exploration
of art and life and the relationships that evolve between the two.
Regular features include “How Art and Real Life Collide”,
“How Art Works”, and cover stories as in-studio interviews
around a central idea, of which most times special guests are invited.
“Studio 360 offers stories that move us, just as art does.
Like the art and artists we cover, Studio 360 uses the medium of
radio to encourage listeners to see the world in a new way.” |
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InLiquid.com,
a Philadelphia based nonprofit organization, shows an extensive
online collection of work by local, national, and international
artists to the public, while serving as a comprehensive hub for
visual arts information and resources. InLiquid also nurtures
the creative community through a continuing series of non-virtual
art exhibitions and events.  |
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VJCC Venice Japanese Community Center began as a support organization to the growing Japanese farming population in 1921. Their mission is “To preserve, share and promote the Japanese and Japanese-American culture and heritage, and provide for the needs and interests of the Japanese-American community through education and instruction” – offering various art and martial art classes, membership, and community events. |
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Aikido
is a non-competitive Japanese martial art. It takes significant
meaning right from the definition of aikido – “the way
of harmonizing with the universal life force”. Beyond its
physicality as a means of self defense, aikido strives to promote
awareness and peaceful resolution. This is a link to aikido classes
at the Venice Japanese Community Center, taught by 6th dan Minoru
James Shibata. Instruction here emphasizes Aikido’s roots
as a cultural treasure in Japan, where many schools are funded by
the government. |
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| Eyebeam is a non profit organization, based in Brooklyn, NY. Their focus is to create a dialogue between art and science by offering technology resources, exhibitions, encouraging research and development, and a studio environment. We are impressed by their community and educational outreach efforts that provide rich opportunities for the youth and young artists. |
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Designboom
is the foremost European design e-zine, launched on April 2000,
the independent site evolved into one of the largest and most popular
destinations on the web. Designboom connects the international design
community by offering its designers, architects, manufacturers and
other design interested people all over the world useful articles
on design history and on the contemporary creative scene. Useful
features include interviews from today’s hottest designers,
snapshots of exhibitions around Europe, and discussions forums on
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Design*Sponge click here Musings of Design Junky
The Style Page click
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An
independent online resource to Fashion, Beauty, Design, and Lifestyle
links. A great and useful example of design enthusiasm that has created
an online network.
Oompa Toys offers a well crafted collection of European wooden toys, baby toys, educational toys, and children's furniture. Founded by design and consumer conscious mother, who sought to bring natural, humane, non-character branded quality toys to young children. Many of the items are handmade and manufactured by family owned businesses.
An online boutique for those who love sewn items and crafts. Many of the items, from T-shirts to handbags to toys, are handmade by entrepreneurial individuals.
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www.facets.org
Facets
Multimedia is ’the’ source for film videos and dvds,
including foriegn, independent, cult, short,
and gay and lesbian films. It also boasts an impressive rare and
out-of-print movie rental library, books on film sales, pre-order
video/dvd sales, and current film news |
After recent viewings of compelling German films, we offer this link in an effort to promote the efforts of German filmmakers. German Cinema is marked by the 1920s German Expressionist films – “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” directed by Robert Weine & “Metropolis” by Fritz Lang – which fused fantastical sets and surreal plots. These films served as artistic masterpieces. Decades later, perhaps German Cinema has found a more realistic foundation on which to appeal to a wider audience. The Goethe Institute, a German cultural organization supporting the arts, offers seasonal screenings of classic and new German films. Check out their events calendar for upcoming screenings. Also check out these new German Films – “Shattered Glass” and “Angst”. |
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"It
takes a great deal of time and thought to install work carefully.
This should not always be thrown away. Most art is fragile and some
should be placed and never moved again. Somewhere a portion of contemporary
art has to exist as an example of what the art and its context were
meant to be." -Donald Judd |
Donald
Judd (1928-1994) American painter, writer, sculptor, and self-proclaimed architect known for minimalist works that utilized industrial processes and materials such as steel, plywood, and concrete. Judd approached furniture with the intent that each piece could be efficiently manufactured – even mass produced. This strategy is often discussed in modern design theory and serves as a crucial point in understanding the value of designed objects. |
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Stew
Design Workshop,
founded by designers and architects, creates innovative plywood furniture aided by modern technology - utilizing laser wood cutting and computer numerical cutting machines. Commended for their efforts to push the envelope in the design of plywood furniture, their designs are at once organic, rigorous, and familiar. |
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Briar
Press
For those who share our love of printing and paper, check out this
site to learn everything about the art of the letterpress. An authority
on the subject, Briar Press offers an online letterpress museum,
classified ad listings, vintage parts listings, and an extensive
contact directory.
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 Kala Art Institute began as urban multicultural printmaking workspace in the San Francisco Bay Area. In its thirty years, the Institute offers professional equipment and tools for printmaking and digital media arts, including an art library, print archive, workshops, artist in residence programs, and public school art outreach programs. |
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Carrot
and Stick Press Oakland, California based Carrot and Stick Press specializes in the oldest form of printing – the letterpress. Their line of note cards range from retro to thematic to neo-classical, and custom orders are also available. The striking colors and textures of these letterpress cards would make anyone look forward to opening their mail. |
