Design Debate

This morning I stumbled across this beautiful paper art by Peter Gentenaar from the Netherlands.   Peter Gentenaar  'Cloud installation' Office of Joop van den Ende,  Amsterdam He started out as a print maker but faced with the constraints of the process he invented his own beater to make longer paper fibres.  Peter Gentenaar ' Waterkey two' 330 cm high,110 cm at widest point flax & kozo pulp with bamboo frame The twisted forms I think resemble orchids or Autumn leaves caught at a point before decay. It is entirely the process that creates these forms. The long paper is strengthened by bamboo. As it dries the paper contracts and the bamboo twists and distorts the 2d dimensional artwork into a 3d sculpture. 

This mesmerising installation is by artist  Gabriel Dawe . The way the light plays with the different tones of thread just makes the installation resound so much more. To me they speak of prisims and rainbows, tricks of light and even moments of sound.    This series is entitled Plexus.  Gabriel Dawe grow up in Mexico, and I think that is apparent in the richness of the colour he uses. He now resides in Canada exploring themes and concepts in the medium of textiles, which, as a child growing up in Mexico would have been forbidden for a male.  His recent themes look at  notions of social constructions and the and the self-organising force of nature.

This very bizarre picture is actually an installation by Buenos Aires based artist Leandro Erlichs. The piece is called  Bâtiment and is now on display in Paris. It looks so much fun, there is a giant mirror which reflects a house on the floor which visitors can crawl across like Spider man, or hang from windows. All this is reflected in the mirror. I love interactive art, it really challenges you to get involved. See more about Erlichs' work here here . Bâtiment, Leandro Erlich au 104 by Palagret

Carl and Maria recently received this beautiful gift of Champagne to mark the birth of their second son. We liked the packaging so much we thought we'd show you!  Being our brand colour of orange did help to of course. A striking box with spot varnishes, drizzled in red writing and with an inviting button to push and reveal the bottle inside.