Art&Design in Russia

Ways of seeing - is a BBC series created by John Berger and Mike Dibb in 1972.  This four part television program, as it can be understood from the title, proposes alternative ways of interpreting artwoks of the western culture. Primarily this series focuses on the meaning of oil paintings in social life of people up to the  moment photography was invented. It proposes the idea that not every painting has some deeper philosophical meaning and even if it did, it shouldn't necessarily be the one that most of the art critics define. John Berger suggests taking things shown on the canvas in a more literal way and at the same time making your own deductions as to the hidden meanings, based on your own experience. Also, there is a book that is written as a companion to this program. Its content is much the same although there is both additional and missing information, compared to the content of the show.  This is mainly becauce different media has differen

Eugenio Perazza is the head and founder of the Magis  company (1976-now). This October in Moscow he presented his lecture which consisted of two parts: the presentation of recent Magis products and Eugenio Perazza's personal attitude towards product design. Before the lecture started, every visitor had an opportunity  to pick a bag and have a look through the Magis catalogue: The CD contains an extended Magis catalogue (2012). Magis: products «Flower» (designer Pierre Paulin ) Low chair. Year of production: 2009. Material: polycarbonate. Cushions in fabric (Kvadrat) or in leather. «Cyborg» (designer Marcel Wanders ) Armchair. Year of production: 2011. Material: seat and legs in airmoulded polycarbonate. Back in standard injection-moulded polycarbonate. «Nimrod» (designer Mark Newson ) Low chair. Year of production: 2009. Material: shell in polyethylene or polyethylene painted glossy. Seat and back cushions in expanded polyurethane covered in wo

http://lib.rus.ec/b/157782/read Well, it would take you some time to read it and it is nearly pointless to try to get you an extract of this assembly of articles, as they are full of technical details. But if you are interested in broadening your knowledge about construction of such a common household tool, I strongly advise you to read them. PS: sorry, but the reading itself is in russian.

Out of all artists, designers and architects that were active in during th 20th century Le Corbusier was one of the most outstanding figures as he had significantly influenced architecture as we know it these days.  This weekend I went to his exhibition in  Pushkinsky museum.  I wanted to learn more about this famous individual. In spite of the fact that the exposition there was rather modest as only a small part of the museum was devoted to it, it is still more than possible to understand the way the artist worked. A great deal of the exposition is devoted to sketches and technical drawings of his architectural masterpieces. There is no need to say how professional and precise they are, yet what must to be noticed is the great diversity of techniques that were used for recording ideas. Sketches embedded into photographs so that they look as a single image,  blueprints combined with sketches of landscapes,  pictures of models implemented into drawings of a space were it is me

I decided to start from the past, so I visited Museum-Panorama The Battle Of Borodino. This year was 200 year anniversary of the War of  1812 and 100 year anniversary of the museum. By the way it was marked like this: I think small free souvenirs are very good for attracting people's attention to some particular event or product. Advertisment helps product to live longer live or event in this case. Of course my first association with war was weapon:  I started to study ergonomics of the swords. I again was impressed how something so similar can be so different. Next subject of my observation was lifestyle, some common things that were used in that period.                                          It should be mentioned that exhibits are represented in very realistic way.For example, in the picture above I like how everything is positioned, the composition does not have gaps or too many details, it is possible to see what each of them is doing.

Annual Moscow Design Week positioning how the most important event in this area. Organizes such an important action in the field of design Art Trading Group. The exhibition is dedicated to design in all its forms: from the graphic,fine art, nterior and fashion-design to industrial and architectural. Graphic design section this year was dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the birth of the founder of Constructivist Alexander Rodchenko. Most of all, I remember the work of German, Polish and Russian authors.  It should be noted that on the second floor of the exposure, which exhibited graphic designers, I took more pictures than on another floor, which housed the industrial and art design. The works of graphs differed quality, the study   and brightness of ideas. I n my opinion, unfortunately, our product design could not boast these successes. Further there are examples of the brightest Russian industrial designers. MY BEAR by Alexander Kanygin MY BEA