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Artists Thukral and Tagra
(30 January 2009) - by Laura Neilson New Delhi-based artists Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra have found themselves at the forefront of a burgeoning Indian art movement that's not only fresh and suddenly noteworthy to Westerners (as well as the rest of the world), but to Indians alike. The award-winning duo collaborate on an exhaustive range of mediums including painting, sculpture, installation, video, graphic and product design, Web sites,...
(30 January 2009) - by Laura Neilson New Delhi-based artists Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra have found themselves at the forefront of a burgeoning Indian art movement that's not only fresh and suddenly noteworthy to Westerners (as well as the rest of the world), but to Indians alike. The award-winning duo collaborate on an exhaustive range of mediums including painting, sculpture, installation, video, graphic and product design, Web sites,...
Brian Ulrich
(04 April 2008) - Growing up in the suburban land of big-box retail (which increasingly seems to infiltrate our cities too), I was no stranger to the wanton excess that lined the shelves of stores like Meijer, Target, Costco and Walmart. As the mediocrity of these spaces and the mind-numbing effects of consumerism come to define our American landscape, it seems important for artists to encourage active debate...
(04 April 2008) - Growing up in the suburban land of big-box retail (which increasingly seems to infiltrate our cities too), I was no stranger to the wanton excess that lined the shelves of stores like Meijer, Target, Costco and Walmart. As the mediocrity of these spaces and the mind-numbing effects of consumerism come to define our American landscape, it seems important for artists to encourage active debate...
Eco Gas Station
(20 July 2007) - In Los Angeles, the gas guzzling center of the Universe, BP enlisted Office dA to embrace the paradoxical task of creating a green petrol station. Improving the existing station on site, it's not a station "of the future," rather, a station for today that takes steps towards becoming greener in its design, materials and its use of water and energy. Located at the corner...
(20 July 2007) - In Los Angeles, the gas guzzling center of the Universe, BP enlisted Office dA to embrace the paradoxical task of creating a green petrol station. Improving the existing station on site, it's not a station "of the future," rather, a station for today that takes steps towards becoming greener in its design, materials and its use of water and energy. Located at the corner...
Designer Imposters
(11 August 2005) - The latest from New York label Yoko Devereaux's Blue Boy Etiquette line uses meta-design to critique the Targetization of our lives. Subversive styles include "Wall Art" (pictured here), a black on white splattered H&Mass Market, and a repeating blue Kmart logo with beige paint drips that comment on the ways designers like Isaac Mizrahi, Todd Oldham, and Karl Lagerfeld's designs for mainstream stores blurs...
(11 August 2005) - The latest from New York label Yoko Devereaux's Blue Boy Etiquette line uses meta-design to critique the Targetization of our lives. Subversive styles include "Wall Art" (pictured here), a black on white splattered H&Mass Market, and a repeating blue Kmart logo with beige paint drips that comment on the ways designers like Isaac Mizrahi, Todd Oldham, and Karl Lagerfeld's designs for mainstream stores blurs...
Matt Siber: Floating Logos
(15 April 2005) - Matt Siber's Floating Logos project accentuates the already looming presence of roadside megabrands. By simply removing the poles, he introduces a bit of surreal humor and religious allusion. Most of the photographs in the series elevate either fast food or oil brands-- a definite Americana statement. ...
(15 April 2005) - Matt Siber's Floating Logos project accentuates the already looming presence of roadside megabrands. By simply removing the poles, he introduces a bit of surreal humor and religious allusion. Most of the photographs in the series elevate either fast food or oil brands-- a definite Americana statement. ...
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