Tag Archives: bauhaus design

built to last

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Dave

It’s about value, and expectations and connecting to the past and its older tradition of craftsmanship, durability, reliability and value and away from the morass of the expendable, the disposable and the outright pieces of junk that form the basis … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged bauhaus design, Bruce Rosenstein, Darren Mullen Kenwood, David Allan painter, David Allan painter Scotland, Kenwood Cooking Chef, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, peter drucker, Sir Francis Cotes | Leave a comment

and the beat drones on

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Dave

The war on terror. Its long way from those hobby remote controlled planes of forty years ago with 1200 horsepower twenty-eight foot wingspan weapons of today. The aesthetics of the war on terror, frightingly, resemble the artistic sensibilities of Marinetti’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Barack Obama 2012, bauhaus design, Dada Art, Drone warfare, Filippo Marinetti, IAF heron TP, Israel Fisher Institute, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marcel Duchamp, Pakistan drone strikes, Peter W. Singer, Steve Paikin, Yemen drone strikes | 1 Comment

the chic-sters

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Dave

Is there an alternative to free market capitalism? The issues that are feeding dissent have not faded. In fact, the global tendency for “austerity” measures will only reinforce them, since austerity as put into practice is a tax on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged aldo moro, bauhaus design, ben shahn the passion of sacco and vanzetti, francesco arena, Leonard Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein black panthers, Malcolm X, manning marable, Philip Zimbardo Stanford Experiment, Ron English, The Red Brigades, Timothy Leary, Tom Wolfe, William Burroughs | Leave a comment

bauhaus: mickey maus austerity

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Dave

Walter Gropius soon realized that his vision could not be realized by one man alone. What was needed was a laboratory of design in which a new generation of artists could apply the discoveries of modern art to architecture and … Continue reading →

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good vibrations: still cool after all these years

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Art

From the Bauhaus to your house… Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): In the pantheon of graphic design professionals, there are very very few who have reached the levels occupied by Ivan Chermayeff. He’s considered one of the grand masters of 20th century … Continue reading →