Azure Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here at Azure, the annual tradition entails taking stock of the last 12 months of design, including public spaces , interiors , products , as well as residential and commercial architecture. In no particular order below, we round up the most anticipated architecture for 2024. And every January, we turn the page and look forward.

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

All images shared © Elias Sime, courtesy of GRIMM and James Cohan Gallery, shared with permission Thousands of microchips, terminals, nails, letter keys, and lengths of wire transform into spectacular, monumental sculptures by acclaimed Ethiopian artist Elias Sime.

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Azure Magazine

MAY 23, 2023

Now open to the public, the Venice Architecture Biennale is in full swing. Largely through the works of African and African Diaspora practitioners, the main exhibitions at the Central Pavilion and the Arsenale embrace visions for a future that sustains local communities and economies rather than globalized interests.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 14, 2023

My favorite pieces from this year’s design exhibition featured bold, colossal, and playful forms all utilizing an eclectic mix of fun materials – each very well distinguished from one another, all still oozing that unmistakably cheeky and cheerful yet unorthodox design aesthetic I’m enamored by.

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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

From 1919 to 1933, the Bauhaus united fine arts and crafts to create practical yet beautiful designs for the machine age. He aimed to start a new movement in the visual arts that rejected the excessive historicism and ornamentation that defined late 19th-century design in favour of a modern , industrial aesthetic.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 30, 2022

"I got so inspired that I decided to start experimenting with digital art and 2D, and publish it online every few days, no matter what. Growing an audience, Nikita started receiving commissions, and it wasn't long until he began working with his favourite music artists and exhibiting worldwide. And there we have it.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

“I aim to create a truly unique hand-crafted product from paper that celebrates the beautiful, unique architectural forms of nature,” said Wales-based paper artist Zoe Bradley. My challenge is always to create something unexpected and playful from a 2D sheet of paper into a magical 3D sculpture.”

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We And The Color

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Unveiling ‘RawMaterials’ at Hosek Contemporary: A Fusion of Myth and Modernity In the heart of Berlin’s vibrant art scene, Hosek Contemporary Gallery is set to host a groundbreaking exhibition titled ‘RawMaterials’ on the 2nd of October 2023 at 7 p.m. Full credits can be found at the end of the article.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Architecture is a reflection of the zeitgeist. But, of course, aesthetics alone do not define the best architecture projects of 2023. The resulting project is informed by the surrounding Georgian architecture, fitting in seamlessly amongst the nearby churches and city hall.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Photo: Katie Treggiden The project also included a collaboration with Granite + Smoke (pictured above with Jordan and Russell) whose colorful blankets featured the words from the exhibition title and with Custhom (immediately above). She also makes wall hangings inspired by her surroundings in referencing mid-century design motifs.

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Colossal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Photos by Red Photography, © Yukihiro Akama, courtesy of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, shared with permission In Huddersfield, England, a half hour’s drive down the road from Yorkshire Sculpture Park , artist Yukihiro Akama fashions a whimsical, miniature world from within a furniture maker’s workshop. After he moved to the U.K.

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Design Milk

MAY 8, 2024

After resting a bit from our whirlwind visit to Milan Design Week 2024 , we’ve picked 11 of our favorite designers to watch, installations that made us think, and pieces we’d love to own from the hundreds of exhibitions, installations, pop-ups, and galleries spread across the city.

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Azure Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Largely spared the bombings of the Second World War , Prague remains one of the most well preserved — and architecturally beautiful — European cities, with most of its urban centre now designated as a Unesco World Heritage Site. How to preserve traditional crafts, and is it even worth the trouble? Utopia by Johan Pertl.

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Azure Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2021

With repeated museum closures, restrictions on outdoor and indoor gatherings, it’s been a difficult year for art lovers. Across the globe, various — and mostly outdoor — art installations have popped up, allowing for safe viewing and adorning urban centres or isolated sites with captivating artwork. The Light River.

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Colossal

JANUARY 4, 2022

The Aperture Portfolio Prize is an annual international competition that recognizes innovative bodies of work that haven’t been featured in major publications or exhibitions. The Other Art Fair. Frankenthaler Climate Art Awards. digital video art, animation, film) or videos about visual works (e.g. Deadline: 5 p.m.

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Design Milk

AUGUST 25, 2023

It’s all inspired by the craft traditions and object culture found in their hometowns in India. In the accompanying article the designer explained his philosophy, ‘Art with function, Design without.’ Photo: soft-geometry, Venice Art Biennale 2022 3. degree chair” designed by Rasmus B.

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Azure Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

First introduced during the spring installment, the new format for the show is centred around The Circles – content and event platforms that will serve as meeting points, showcases for products and concepts, and demonstrate the blurred boundaries between art and design.

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Project Room 2022-2023 Exhibition at Locust Projects. Governors Island Winter Ice Sculpture Show. Ten New York City-based artists or artist teams will be selected to complete an ice sculpture with the help of a professional carver during the Governors Island Inaugural Winter Ice Sculpture Show on February 26. Open Calls.

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Design Milk

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Compared to the energetic buzz of Tokyo, the city of Kyoto still operates at a satisfyingly measured hum, retaining much more than a veneer of the country’s deep seated traditions, crafts, and history. The family uses this section of the home to stage traditional tea ceremonies and accommodate for overnight guests.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 9, 2024

Here are the top picks in this category: Art and Design Books From modern to contemporary works, art books give designers eye candy to admire and draw ideas from. Some examples: Taschen’s The Art Book : A visual dictionary covering 500 influential artists and their most famous pieces from medieval times to today. $14.49

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Azure Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2024

AZURE is pleased to announce the 10 esteemed jurors of the AZ Awards 2024, who represent the very best from the worlds of architecture, urbanism, interiors, furniture and more. Her firm, Tawaw Architecture Collective h as offices in both Phoenix and Calgary. These include the Julis Romo Rabinowitz and Louis A.

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Colossal

JULY 3, 2023

1708 Gallery’s InLight 2023 Call for Proposals (International) For this year’s exhibition, 1708 invites regional, national, and international artists working in all media and disciplines to submit entries that engage with and respond to Reflection and Refraction for the InLIght festival. Deadline: July 4, 2023.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Noteworthy buildings emerged from a landscape of blue-glass condominiums – think Saucier + Perrotte’s River City – but the country’s most prolific architecture was seldom also its best. It’s affordable housing with a sense of community – and architectural flair. Audain Art Museum by Patkau Architects, 2016.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Abandoned Treasures is his collection of sculptural furniture made of abandoned material to explore the creative potential of what we throw away. They were displayed in front of posters advocating for the role of craft in design. “Trash for you is treasure for me,” says Dario Erkelens.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It has been co-founded by industry heavy-weights, including former editor of Crafts Magazine and Blueprint , Grant Gibson, and former deputy director of the London Design Festival itself and director of both 100% Design and Clerkenwell Design Week, William Knight , so you know you’re in safe hands.

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Azure Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We are pleased to welcome this superlative group of leaders in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, interiors and product and furniture design to adjudicate the submissions to our international program, now in its 13th year. She was awarded the Architectural League 2021 Emerging Voices award and the 2021 AIA Whitney M.

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Shillington

JANUARY 28, 2020

Concrete: art design architecture is a major exhibition exploring innovative ways that concrete is being used by artists, designers and architects in Australia in the 21st century. Australian Design Centre is delighted to present this incoming touring exhibition in Sydney produced by our partners at Adelaide’s JamFactory.

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Colossal

JANUARY 13, 2023

“Where We All Meet” (2022), paper sculpture, 1 x 1 x 1 meter. Wielding the fundamentals of set design, Layla May Arthur assembles elaborate architectural spaces and visual narratives from paper. “I have had incredible clients so far who have given me huge creative freedom in acting as both art director and artist.”

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Colossal

JUNE 6, 2023

All images © Catalina Swinburn, shared with permission “The cloak is a talisman from harm, keeping one safe and secure throughout transitions,” says Chilean artist Catalina Swinburn , whose elaborate sculptures use thousands of pieces of folded paper to explore world history.

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Colossal

MARCH 27, 2023

All images © Janny Baek, shared with permission “I’ve always been drawn to art in different ways, but sculpting clay by hand seems to come most naturally to me. ” After studying ceramics in college, Baek worked as a sculptor for animation and toys before pursuing graduate studies and a career in architecture.

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Design Milk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Designposts is a series of ten wooden sculptures introduced to the streets of the city during this year’s London Design Festival. Each of the ten Designposts were designed by a student or recent graduate of either London Metropolitan University or the Bartlett School of Architecture at UCL. Designed by Carrie Coningsby.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This is especially apparent in South Beach, where Ocean Drive presents a long row of art deco hotels splashed in pastel shades and illuminated by bright neon signage. That said, don’t mistake the city’s weeklong program of art and design events for a celebration of empty visual excess.

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Colossal

MARCH 1, 2023

Open Calls Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters Call for Artists (Wisconsin) Artists and curators living in Wisconsin are encouraged to submit proposals for an exhibition at the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison. The exhibition will display works on the 193 flagpoles that surround Rockefeller Plaza.

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Exhibition: Gingerbread City. Image courtesy of Museum of Architecture The Museum of Architecture’s annual gingerbread installation is back for another year, this time with the theme “nature in the city” According to the museum, this year’s offering “champions sustainable design ideas” on a mini scale.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 22, 2022

At this year’s Design Miami/ 2022, the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) collaborated with Mexican studio Cerámico Suro to present SCAD AT MIAMI , a stunning and immersive installation that celebrates contemporary art, culture, and craftsmanship from abroad. ” Gonzalo Hernandez.

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Design Milk

JUNE 9, 2023

Peters’ multi-disciplinary approach integrates technology as a means to an end, rather than an end itself, an ethos in full display across these ceramic sculptures. ” Each sculpture of the Dyadic Series is digitally crafted using a customized 3D printer, a machine Peters hacked to produce the convincing textured design.

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Design Milk

APRIL 1, 2022

A long list of contract, residential, exhibition, spatial, and architectural projects follows. For years growing up I was drawn to art, design, architecture, and craft. There was sculpture and performance, painting and architecture, textiles, furniture, and lighting. 1963 MK 10 Jaguar.

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