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Fashion as a 'force for change': Bethany Williams shows us an alternative fashion industry

Creative Boom

AW20 LookBook from No Recourse to Public Funds collection. Using their knowledge of textile manufacturing, they created a network that galvanised hundreds of volunteers and provided approximately 12,000 scrubs, 100,000 masks and 4,000 gowns to frontline staff during the pandemic. Photography by Amber Dixon. Image by Ruth Ossai.

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Vulcan's Forge photobook casts a new light on 1970s West Midlands industry

Creative Boom

Bluecoat Press has announced the publication of Vulcan's Forge , a groundbreaking documentation of West Midlands industry by renowned photographer Janine Wiedel. Originally exhibited at The Photographers' Gallery in 1979 to critical acclaim, Vulcan's Forge is considered one of the most important photographic works of its generation.

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F5: Melanie Courbet Shares the Spark Behind Her Gallery + More

Design Milk

She also acts as the New York gallery’s director, with the space focusing on a master-craftsman ethos and the sharing of art that embodies artisanal dexterity and cultural heritage. Today, the gallery represents a permanent roster of more than 30 ateliers whose works reside in the decorative arts and furniture.

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Photo Gallery: Cersaie 2023 Balances Imitation with Creative Expression

Azure Magazine

She pointed out that much of the film was shot in Modena, “the district of ceramics,” and that the biopic’s high-adrenaline teaser reflected the drive of ceramics manufacturers, which have raced ahead with exciting new launches in spite of ongoing business difficulties posed by high energy costs and the lingering pandemic.

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2023 Year in Review: Unframed

Design Milk

Marbled and Bewildered was his third solo exhibition at Van Doren Waxter gallery and New Yorkers are hungry for more. The fresh show, I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers, was on view at David Zwirner Gallery. Installation view, Doyle Lane: Weed Pots, David Kordansky Gallery, New York. It is truly a cause for jubilation.

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First look: V&A’s 1900-Now gallery brings “the history of design to life”

Design Week

“We have sought to bring the history of design to life,” V&A senior curator of design and digital Corinna Gardner says of the museum’s latest gallery, 1900-Now. The gallery brings these themes into sharp focus. “It’s unlike many things you’d consider seeing in a 20th century design gallery.”

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Industrial Arts: Detroit Month of Design Celebrates Creative Heritage

Azure Magazine

Conversely, the same terms are a prelude to the gentrifying coffee shops, boutiques and art galleries that seemingly erase the city that came before. And on the third floor, the Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center (ISAIC) offers education in garment production, as well as a small manufacturing hub. Weiss Gallery.

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