Tuesday, 19th. What's happening?

 Morning: Students shoot for the Beauty Line, print out and create it

Afternoon:

Change in program, since this is happening tomorrow and we will all be going to see this exhibition. I will meet you after lunch at 1.30 in class.
CONNECTING CONCEPTS opens in Bangalore from the
19th July to the 31st July 2011 at The Art Complex, Karnataka
Chitrakala Parishath. The travelling exhibition, which explores the
nucleus of Dutch design, opened in Ahmedabad in February before
moving to Mumbai in June.
Connecting Concepts is curated by Ed van Hinte. It is a joint project
between Premsela – Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion, The
Netherlands Architecture Institute, and Design Cooperation Brainport.
It has been realized as part of the Dutch DFA programme.
Connecting Concepts penetrates the surface of Dutch design to look
at how ideas combine to create not only singular objects but also a
singular design culture.
After catapulting to fame and acclaim in the 1990s, Dutch design
became a well-known concept around the world. While consumers
and industry know design from the Netherlands looks good, many
couldn’t say precisely what makes it Dutch. But the design process
in this country works in its own way, and the products can provide a
deeper cultural understanding of Dutch culture.
The 30 objects in the show have much to say about design concepts,
processes and disciplinary cross-pollination in the Netherlands.
The sharing of process – through ideas, technology and
materials – gives Dutch design its invisible coherence. This same
tendency is often confusing to foreign design cultures. By revealing
and analyzing what makes the Dutch design process tick, Connecting
Concepts will help people to better understand Dutch design on
the physical and intellectual levels.
Lightness in both physicality and mentality has been defined as
the loose thematic backdrop of “Connecting Concepts”. Marcel
Wanders’ Knotted Chair, for example, is included not because it is
famous, but because it arose from an experimental combination
of traditional techniques and new materials. Beowolf by Letterror
is not particularly beautiful but what matters more is that it came
about as the very first awareness that typefaces are defined in computer
code rather than black and white.
The goal of Connecting Concepts is to start a dialogue. Local input
in each city will keep it dynamic and relevant. At Bangalore, the
exhibition will be co-hosted by The Srishti School of Art, Design and
Technology before moving to Beijing, and consequently to Shanghai.
Srishti College aspires to pull together the latest art, craft and design
ideas and practices from around the world and contextualize
them in the emerging Indian environment. As apart of this vision,
Janak Mistry of Srishti, Murali HR of Namma Cycle and Ed van Hinte
will run a workshop to popularize and promote cycling in Bangalore
with students from Srishti and the Netherlands.
Both the local and Dutch design industries will benefit from a deepened
understanding of each other’s processes, and new opportunities
for cooperation and collaboration will be created.
For more information contact connectingconcepts@premsela.org