Next time you walk along the Millennium Bridge, look down and see the tiny little artworks being created using the marks left by chewing gum on the metal flooring.I didn’t speak to the couple who are doing this but it’s utterly charming.
Street Art on the Millennium Bridge
The Serpentine summer pavilion
It’s that time of year again when visitors to the Serpentine Gallery can also experience the annual Summer Pavilion, designed this year by Francis Kéré It wasn’t raining when I visited; rather than have a central cascade as designed, the area (on the right in the photo below) was used for seating. Bold blue stacked […]
Jewellery by Miki Asai at New Designers Part 1
This collection of brooches by Japanese jeweller Miki Asai shown at New Designers blew me away. A graduate from Glasgow School of Art her brooches showed such technical dexterity as well as an acute aesthetic sensibility. The discs on the brroch on the right can be turned to create different compositions and can be appreciated from all angles. […]
New Designers Part 1 – Katy Gillam-Hull at One Year On
It always surprises me when I see work at this show that I never noticed at a previous New Designers exhibition which just shows what visual overload can do. Katy Gillam-Hull is one such maker whose loving recognition and restitution of old fragments and tools were, for me at least, quite moving. Her interventions encourage us […]
Royal Bank of Canada garden at Chelsea Flower Show
Designed for the Royal Bank of Canada by first-time exhibitor Charlotte Harris, this garden, inspired by the Boreal Forest of Canada and focusing on the importance of fresh water, felt cool and serene on a hot day. She completely captured the natural rhythm of form and texture along with a variety of greens making a harmonious […]
In Light of the Machine – Conrad Shawcross at The Barbican
Part of the Barbican’s exhibition, Into The Unknown: A Journey Through Science Fiction, this installation by Conrad Shawcross is hidden 2 floors away from the rest of the show in The Pit so needs a bit of an effort to get down there. I entered a dark space, where a kind of growling, almost animalistic sound […]