Travelling around Finland we were lucky to visit Villa Mairea and Säynätsalo Town Hall. The Alvar Aalto Museum in Jyväskylä was brilliant for interpreting the design, construction and production of Aalto’s work under one roof….
We love museums so when Lee Goater asked us to get involved in a project to bring a new audience to Leeds Industrial Museum we jumped at the chance. The project became Beat Back, our…
Krakow Pinball Museum was made for me. I love museums, pinball and bright colourful graphics with plenty of 80s nostalgia. The bonus here is you can play all day long while enjoying a cheeky beer.
I was initially drawn to Nowa Huta for the Brutalist Architecture. During the visit I found so much more. Nowa Huta (which translates as The New Steel Mill) is a planned secular socialist realist settlement….
Since visiting Dovecot Studios and Tisser La Couleur exhibition I’ve wanted to gain a better understanding of tapestry weaving. When a weekend class came up at The Hepworth in Wakefield it was the perfect opportunity….
Read more about Hannah Waldron tapestry weaving and Disobedient Bodies at The Hepworth Wakefield
I was unaware of Tibor Reich (1916-1996) before this exhibition at the wonderful Whitworth in Manchester. It was the video at the end of this post that convinced me to visit, I was interested in…
Read more about Tibor Reich exhibition at The Whitworth, Manchester
The French artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002) was inspired to build the Tarot Garden (or Il Giardino dei Tarocchi) after visiting Antoni Gaudí´s Parc Güell in Barcelona. In 1979 she purchased a plot of…
The marketing and design of vintage Olivetti are iconic. Passing near Ivrea we decided it was definitely worth a small detour. Adriano Olivetti became manager in 1933 and grew the stylish typewriter business in Ivrea,…
Driving though Lodève in France I read about the Atelier National de Tissage de Tapis where the priceless Gobelins tapestries are woven. Unfortunately they were not open for the next few days and I was disappointed to…
On a recent visit to Finland a destination I wanted to visit, even more then Moominland, was the home of the architect and designer couple Aino and Alvar Aalto. The house designed by the Aalto’s…