Slow Thinking
Conversations about Sculpture includes thirteen thematic conversations on sculptor Richard Serra’s life and work.
The Bauhaus Is Dead, Long Live the Bauhaus!
For the celebrations of the Bauhaus centennial, three German cities are opening and building new Bauhaus museums. The feedback on the projects has been controversial, reports Korbinian Schütze.
Beauty Matters – Just Like Love, It’s Real
Architects should start talking about beauty again and find new definitions for it, suggests Yael Reisner, the main curator of TAB 2019.
100 Years of Bauhaus School and the Need for New Perspectives
Anja Neidhardt brings into question the complicated history of Bauhaus and introduces new interpretations that broaden our understanding of the design school.
Editorial 4/19: Design Everywhere?
We have started to apply the word design to almost everything and anything. The term has become commonplace, and its meaning has expanded to also incorporate other things besides industrial design.
Reflecting Alvar Aalto and Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier – Villa Savoye, 1931. (left)Alvar Aalto – Villa Mairea, 1939.
How the Golden Bell Got Its Eyes
In his new book, Akira Minagawa reflects Alvar and Aino Aalto's designs with aphorisms and sketches. The book is part of Artek's FIN/JPN Friendship Collection.
Editorial 3/19: How Should We Live?
Housing affects everyone. This can also be problematic.
Villa Skeppet, a Building and a Home
What is it like to live in a house designed by Alvar Aalto? Sanna Tegel examines Christine and Göran Schildt's home in Tammisaari.