Ceramics

Farshid Moussavi, Magdalene Odundo and Andrew Bonacina

A new exhibition celebrates the global sweep of Kenya-born British artist Magdalene Odundo

Artist Magdalene Odundo is standing in her studio in Surrey, alongside architect Farshid Moussavi and Hepworth Wakefield chief curator Andrew Bonacina. In front of them lie images of Henry Moore sculptures, alabaster jars from Ancient Egypt, a 19th-century Ghanaian ritual...

Design / 9 days ago

Over 150 Ettore Sottsass ceramics go on view at Phillips in London

Over 20 years before founding Memphis in 1980 – the subversive Italian design and architecture group that spearheaded a movement against the rigid rules of modernism – a young Ettore Sottsass was already experimenting with the radical design language that would...

Design / 19 Nov 2018

Artek’s midcentury icons given a new look by Heath Ceramics

‘As so often is the case with interesting things, this collaboration began with a chance encounter.’ says Marianne Goebl, managing director at Finnish design brand Artek. The collaboration in question is a new interpretation of Artek icons, produced together...

Lifestyle / 29 Oct 2018

Guggenheim celebrates early abstract artist Hilma af Klint with colourful new wares

Amongst the many female artists who’ve fallen out of the public eye over the years, Hilma af Klint is one of the more provocative. Born in Stockholm in 1862, the painter began creating highly abstract paintings in 1906, well before...

Lifestyle / 20 Aug 2018

Buy, make and eat from ceramics at Les Faiseurs pottery atelier in Montreal

Les Faiseurs is the new pottery workshop in Montreal targeted at exploring the form, function and fun of ceramics. The atelier – which merges a workshop, café, gallery and shop – offers a holistic approach to pot-making; fit for beginner-spinners...

Art / 31 Jul 2018

Edmund de Waal to stage architectural intervention in LA modernist masterpiece

When West Hollywood’s Schindler House was conceived in 1922, it proposed a radical, Bauhausian mode of dwelling for Los Angeles – remarkable not for what it had, but for what it didn’t. It cracked convention by doing away with defined...

Design / 25 Jul 2018

How Heath Ceramics sharpened up its act with its first new minimalist cutlery range

The renaissance of California’s Heath Ceramics has become the model reboot of a faltering craft-based design brand. Founded in 1948 by self-taught ceramicist Edith Heath and her husband Brian, the company went into decline when the founders stepped back in...

Design / 29 Jun 2018

Beirut’s war-torn past and vibrant culture is depicted in a new design collaboration

Denmark-based digital design store and gallery Adorno launches its new Beirut design collection today. ‘What we found was a really eclectic mix of design, a playful approach and this kind of “no rules” feeling.’ says Kristian Snorre, co-founder of...

Design / 14 Jun 2018

Design Miami/ Basel 2018: the Wallpaper* highlights

Design Miami/ Basel returned to the Herzog & de Meuron-designed fairgrounds for its 13th edition, presenting its traditional mix of new creative projects, iconic designs from the past and conceptual interpretations of the genre. With 43 international galleries presenting work...

Design / 5 Jun 2018

Discover the art and sculpture behind bonsai trees at Elvis Presley’s former home in LA

The art of bonsai – literally, ‘tray planting’ – goes back thousands of years. Originating in China, becoming tradition in Japan, it only achieved worldwide recognition in the last few decades. The dwarfed, meticulously cared-for trees must be trimmed, styled...

Design / 30 May 2018

Meet the designers giving traditional European craft an unexpected contemporary edge

The work of Vienna-based designers Nadja Zerunian and Peter Weisz is akin to alchemy. Using materials such as copper, marble and glass, the pair create unusual, sophisticated pieces, often combining them with quirky vintage objects found at flea markets and...

Design / 3 May 2018

Loewe Craft Prize 2018 winner announced as Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Lee has been crowned this year’s winner of the Loewe Craft Prize 2018. The Scottish ceramicist and RCA alumna was selected from a diverse range of 30 global finalists originating from 18 countries. Works on show include a Japanese...