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When the recycling of wood and the concept of protection collides: Tadashi Kawamata
A conversation with the artist around the concept of protection from shelters, the recycling of planks of wood and the collaboration with the students from Brera Academy of Fine Arts
In conversation with McArthur Binion: «my work is tremendously about hands»
«The hesitation is in the way I speak». American artist McArthur Binion challenges Minimalism art history by layering personal objects behind geometric grids
Liliane Lijn – 1969 to the present. «Diversity is what makes us more equal»
Born in New York City in 1939, Liliane Lijn moved to Europe in 1958: «there is a kind of coherence between what I did then and what I do today».
Changing Markets – deft marketing tricks mask the truth on synthetic fibers
Extracted, refined into petrochemicals, and processed into plastic. Fossil fuels are spun into synthetic fibers– over seventy percent of all fiber production
«The idea of transparency can be ideological and political» David Spriggs talks with Regine Schumann
Visual artists David Spriggs and Regine Schumann discuss the role of transparency, both in its physicality and concept: fFrom material, to object, to luminance constraints
Urtica Dioica: the sustainable nettle fabric that looks like silk
«Nettle is the replacement for synthetic fibers since it is the most stable fiber in the natural fibers range»
Vineyards in mineral rich volcanic soil: the case of Lanzarote
What volcanic soil can teach us about regenerative agriculture and the role of biochar in nurturing infertile soil
Dot Concept Store, Istanbul. Bringing together over one-hundred Turkish designers under one roof
«A museum-style exhibition place that supports and promotes designers. It makes no sense to me to take money from people that don’t earn». In conversation with Yasemine Aydan