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domenica 22 maggio 2016

Utopia Wood: a new style of sunglasses

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Openings: BODIES+CITIES SKIN | Venice
OPENINGS: BODIES+CITIES SKIN | VENICE
Venice Art House Gallery – May 28, 2016
Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi – May 29, 2016
It’s Liquid Group, in collaboration with International ArtExpo, Venice Art House Galleryand Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi, is proud to announce the openings of:
BODIES+CITIES SKIN,  the first appointment of BORDERS, International Art and Architecture Festival, that will be hosted in Venice, at Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi and Venice Art House Gallery, from May 28 to July 28, 2016, during the same period of the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale.
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Call for artists: It’s Liquid International Video and Performance Art Festival
Hilton Molino Stucky Venice

It’s LIQUID Group in collaboration with Hilton Molino Stucky Venice is proud to announce their partnership for all Colours of the Sky events, that will be run from May 21, 2016 to September 24, 2016, at Hilton Molino Stucky – Skyline Rooftop Bar in Venice.
Sigmar Polke at Palazzo GrassiImage courtesy of Palazzo Grassi
“Sigmar Polke” at Palazzo Grassi
“Sigmar Polke”, curated by Elena Geuna and Guy Tosatto in collaboration with the Estate of Sigmar Polke, marks the 10th anniversary of the reopening of Palazzo Grassi
Pierre Paulin Retrospective at Centre PompidouImage courtesy of Centre Pompidou
Pierre Paulin Retrospective at the Centre Pompidou
Curated by Cloé Pitiot, the Centre Pompidou is presenting the first major retrospective devoted to the work of Pierre Paulin, a designer who left his mark on the second half of the20th century, contributing to a new lifestyle. This retrospective exhibits key pieces that have never or rarely been shown to the public, including the Coupe aux Nénuphars, theAraignée ceiling light and the Bonheur du Jour desk, together with other now iconic items, like the Tripode Cagethe Mushroom and the Tongue.
Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly HistoryImage courtesy of The Jewish Museum 
Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History at Jewish Museum
Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History is the first museum exhibition to focus on the influentialAmerican fashion designerartist, and entrepreneur. On view through August 7, the exhibition explores Isaac Mizrahi’s unique position at the intersection of high style andpopular culture.
582-606 Collins Street’ Tower by Zaha Hadid ArchitectsImage courtesy of Plus Architecture
582-606 Collins Street’ Tower by Zaha Hadid Architects
At the end of last year, Zaha Hadid Architects unveiled their tower proposal for the city ofMelbourne (Australia). Realized with local Plus Architecture and developed by Landream, the 582-606 Collins Street’ Tower is one step closer to receiving the go-ahead with construction. Proposed for the city’s central business direct, the mixed-use tower will house shops, offices and apartments with a significant proportion of the ground plane given over to public realm, with external area dedicated to a plaza accessible 24 hours a day. 
Fondazione Prada presents “Kienholz: Five Car Stud”Image courtesy of Fondazione Prada
Fondazione Prada  presents “Kienholz: Five Car Stud”
Fondazione Prada is presenting “Kienholz: Five Car Stud,” open to the public in Milanfrom 19 May through 31 December 2016 and curated by Germano Celant.
Dressing Downton: Changing Fashion for Changing Times Image courtesy of Driehaus Museum
Dressing Downton: Changing Fashion for Changing Times
Dressing Downton: Changing Fashion for Changing Times features more than 35 costumes from the popular British television series Downton Abbey. The exhibition offers an immersive new perspective on the show’s most memorable characters, both upstairs and down, while chronicling the great changes taking place in Britain during that century.

venerdì 8 aprile 2016

IT'S LIQUID ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN STUDENTS AWARD 2016 - Take part for FREE!

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Contemporary Venice - Architectures of Identities
Call for Artists: CONTEMPORARY VENICE – Architectures of Identities
Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi, Venice: 30 April – 19 May, 2016
Deadline: April 18, 2016
It’s LIQUID Group, in collaboration with International ArtExpo and Ca’ Zanardi, is selecting all interesting photo, experimental video-art, painting, installation/sculpture and performance art works to include in the next 2016 exhibition:
CONTEMPORARY VENICE – Architectures of Identities, international art exhibition of photography, video art, installation, painting and performance art, that will be hosted inVenice, in Palazzo Ca’ Zanardifrom April 30 to May 19, 2016.
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Call for artists: SELF IDENTITIES | Buenos Aires
International photography, painting, installation, video-art and performance art festival
Deadline: April 15, 2016
It’s LIQUID Group, in collaboration with International ArtExpo and Laura Haber Gallery, is selecting all interesting photography, painting, installation/sculpture, video art and performance art works to include in the next 2016 exhibition:
SELF IDENTITIES, International photography, painting, installation, video-art and performance art festival, that will be hosted in Buenos Aires (Argentina), at Laura Haber Galleryfrom June 04 to 30, 2016.
 How to Work Better at Guggenheim (NYC)Image courtesy of Guggenheim
How to Work Better at Guggenheim (NYC)
From 1979 to 2012, Swiss artists Peter Fischli (b. 1952) and David Weiss (1946–2012) collaborated on a body of work that offers a deceptively casual meditation on how we perceive everyday life. Through a witty “misuse” of cultural genres – from low-budget Hollywood movies and picture-postcard views to the art historical notion of the readymade – they transformed the ordinary into something decisively not.
Fashion Rules Restyled at Kensington PalaceHardy Amies dress, 1972. Image courtesy of Historic Royal Palaces
Fashion Rules Restyled at Kensington Palace
Fashion Rules Restyled: new dresses, new rules. This hugely popular exhibition has been restyled with iconic new dresses from the collections of HM The Queen, Princess Margaret and Diana, Princess of Wales. As the Queen’s younger sister, Princess Margaretexperimented with fashion, and in the 1950s patronised the Paris couturiers to create a distinctive high-glamour silhouette
Mille arbres by Manal Rachdi OXO Architectes and Sou Fujimoto ArchitectsImage courtesy of OXO Architectes
Mille arbres by Manal Rachdi OXO Architectes and Sou Fujimoto
The team of Manal Rachdi OXO Architectes associated with the team of Sou Fujimoto Architects together with Compagnie Phalsbourg associated with Ogic is proud to announce that the project “Mille Arbres” (Thousand Trees) won the competition of“Réinventer Paris” (Reinventing Paris) for the site of Pershing.
Fashion & Freedom at Manchester Art GalleryImage courtesy of Manchester Art Gallery
Fashion & Freedom at Manchester Art Gallery
Vivienne Westwood, Roksanda Ilincic and other contemporary designers create new pieces inspired by the First World War and its impact on the role of women and women’s fashion. One of the most radical changes at home during the war was the huge change in women’s lives and work

IT’S LIQUID ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN STUDENTS AWARD 2016
IT’S LIQUID ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN STUDENTS AWARD 2016
FREE Submission.
It’s LIQUID Group, in collaboration with International ArtExpo, is selecting all interestingarchitecture and design projects to take part in:
IT’S LIQUID ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS AWARD 2016
International students are invited to present their architectural and product design projects to have the chance to be featured on It’s LIQUID website, presented in BORDERS 2016It’s Liquid Art and Architecture Festival and to take part in the first workshop of VAA – Venice Architecture Academy in May 2016, in the same period of the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale.
TE and Circle, Triangle, Square by idImage courtesy of id inc.
HANA and Circle, Triangle, Square
“TE” means Hand in Japanese. Collaborate, take time and care, and try every means.A variety of products are introduced with a value in an approach for respectful creations.
All those three words, collaborate, take time and care, and try every means are one-phrase idioms, including the word Hand in Japanese. Founded in 1965, Ochiai-Seisakusho Co., Ldt. focuses on metal processing. “TE” is its newly-presented Japanese product brand, creating and distributing products beyond the border of business sectors.

A Japanese Constellation: Toyo Ito, SANAA, and Beyond at MoMAImage courtesy of MoMA
A Japanese Constellation: Toyo Ito, SANAA, and Beyond at MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art announces A Japanese ConstellationToyo ItoSANAA, andBeyond, an exhibition focused on the work of architects and designers orbiting Pritzker Prize winners Toyo Ito and SANAA, on view from March 13 to July 42016.
Interview: Khalil CharifImage courtesy of Khalil Charif
Interview: Khalil Charif
Luca Curci talks with artist Khalil Charif during PIXELS OF IDENTITIES – THE BODY LANGUAGE exhibition in Bogotá on January 2016.
Gallery at Hongqiao World Centre by AedasImage courtesy of Aedas
Gallery at Hongqiao World Centre by Aedas
As the first completed building in Greenland’s Hongqiao World Centre designed by Aedas, the leaf-shaped gallery will exhibit future developments of the projects and will later be converted in an anchor store after the whole project is completed.
MISSONI ART COLOUR at fashion and textile museumImage courtesy of Missoni
MISSONI ART COLOUR at Fashion and Textile Museum
Explore the creative process of Italian fashion house Missoni and the textiles of Ottavio and Rosita Missoni in the context of 20th century fine art. One of the most respected exponents of the ‘Made in Italy’ concept, the work of Ottavio and Rosita Missoni is deeply rooted in modern art making the Missoni brand distinctive in the world of international fashion.
Cundall adorns NOMA earth tubesImage courtesy of NOMA
Cundall adorns NOMA earth tubes
NOMA – standing for North Manchester – is a £800, 20 acre mixed-use redevelopment project by the co-operative group, in partnership with Hermes Investment Managementand with support by the european regional development fund.
Manus x Machina - Fashion in Age of Technology at The Met Image courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Manus x Machina – Fashion in Age of Technology at The Met 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute spring 2016 exhibition will beManus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology, on view from May 5 through August 14, 2016 (preceded on May 2 by The Costume Institute Benefit). Presented in theMuseum’s Robert Lehman Wing, the exhibition will explore how designers are reconciling the handmade and the machine-made in the creation of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear.
Rockwell Group lights up brookfield place New YorkImage courtesy of Rockwell Group’s LAB Studio
Rockwell Group lights up Brookfield place New York
Using color and light to symbolize hope for the future, the interdisciplinary firm Rockwell Group’s LAB Studio have created “luminaries” – a public, interactive luminescent displayset in the winter garden atrium of Brookfield place, in Lower Manhattan, which recently underwent a $250 million renovation.
SNAP ! PRO Image courtesy of bitplay
SNAP! PRO by bitplay
How It StartedWe love taking photos
iPhones have become our go-to camera because they are always with us. However, using the touch screen or volume button to snap a shot still doesn’t feel as natural as using a physical digital camera.
Hito Steyerl: Factory of the Sun at MOCAImage courtesy of MOCA, photo courtesy by Justin Lubliner
Hito Steyerl: Factory of the Sun at MOCA
MOCA presents the U.S. premiere of Hito Steyerl’s landmark video installation Factory of the Sun. In this immersive work, which debuted at the 2015 German Pavilion at the Venice BiennaleSteyerl probes the pleasures and perils of image circulation in a moment defined by the unprecedented global flow of data.
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Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear at V&A Museum
Starting from April 152016 the V&A will tell the story of underwear design from the 18th century to the present day, considering the practical and personal, sensory and fashionable and exploring underwear’s roles of protecting and enhancing the body.Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear will display more than 200 examples of underwear for men and women, highlighting the enduring themes of innovation and luxury, from the custom made, such as a rare example of home made ‘stays’ worn by a working woman in England in the 18th century to pieces by designers including Stella McCartneyLa PerlaRigby & Peller and Paul Smith.
Interview: O. YemiImage courtesy of O. Yemi Tubi
Interview: O. Yemi Tubi
Luca Curci talks with artist O. Yemi Tubi during PIXELS OF IDENTITIES – THE BODY LANGUAGE exhibition in Bogotá on January 2016.
O. Yemi Tubi was born in IbadanNigeria. His BFA Degree was obtained from Valdosta State CollegeValdosta Georgia USA where he majored in Graphic Design. He currently lives and works as a Graphic Artist in United Kingdom.
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2016Image courtesy of BIG
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2016 by BIG
The Serpentine Pavilion is created as an “unzipped wall” that is transformed from straight line to a three-dimensional space, the distinctive structure will host a café during the day, and at night, transform into a space for the serpentine’s acclaimed park nights program ofperformances from artistswriters and musicians.
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200 Years of Australian Fashion at NGV Australia
The first major survey of Australian fashion has been opened at the National Gallery of Victoria in March 2016.  The exhibition presents more than 120 works from over 90 designers and celebrate Australia’s unique voice in the fashion industry.
Tadashi Kawamata. Under the Water at Centre Pompidou - MetzImage courtesy of Centre Pompidou – Metz
Tadashi Kawamata. Under the Water at Centre Pompidou – Metz
This powerful and undulating wave of wood, erected in the forum, strikes the visitors with itsspectacular dimension.
Modern Japanese Design at Manchester Art GalleryImage courtesy of Manchester Art Gallery
Modern Japanese Design at Manchester Art Gallery
Thirty two designers display over one hundred pieces in a dynamic display conveying the essence of the unique Japanese design ethos.