Industrial Intervention Vases at the Biennale for Art and Design Křehký Gallery

2012-04-10 | TAGS: Exhibitions | News

The crystal pieces will be presented at the biennale for art and design at the chateau of Mikulově.

Date: 1–3 june

Address: Regional Museum in Mikulově, Chateau Mikulově, Czech Republic | Find

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The festival of art design in Central Europe was initiated by the Prague-based Křehký Gallery and the Regional Museum in Mikulově, which provides the exceptional location of the baroque chateau, i.e. the magnificent seat of the Dietrichsteins, where individual installations by festival participants are situated. Exhibitors include international galleries and exceptional brands of limited collector objects and unique pieces.

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Industrial Intervention

2011-07-01 | TAGS: Exhibitions | News

The exhibition Industrial Intervention started off with a trip to the old glassworks in the Czech countryside. The new pieces explore the collision between mass-produced and handmade articles, where crafts meet industry, the machine meets the hand. Can something new be created when traditional handicraft is incorporated into existing industrial manufacturing processes?

Read a review here (in swedish)

Read more about this project here.

Folkform in London

2011-08-26 | TAGS: News

The Ambassador of Sweden will open up her Residence at Portland Place for a Swedish design exhibition. The magnificent architecture of Robert and James Adam will shed a new light on the contemporary shapes of Swedish design for one of the first events during the Design Festival. Folkform will exhibit limited edition pieces of lamps and candle holders in brass and bronze and selected glass pieces from the Industrial Intervention exhibition.

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Industrial Intervention – Contemporary Glass Exhibition

2011-05-01 | TAGS: Exhibitions | News
FOLKFORM & Maxim Velčovský at Färgfabriken
– Center for contemporary art and architecture.
May 19 – July 31 2011
Opening hours: Thursday – Sunday 11:00-16:00

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The designers FOLKFORM will in the coming exhibition, Industrial Intervention, explore the meeting between the Swedish and Czech glass and porcelain tradition, together with the Czech artist Maxim Velčovský. Maxim Velčovský have explored the Czech craft traditions in his contemporary art works, with the intention to preserve the old crafts. The cooperation with Folkform can be viewed as an extension of this, they investigate both the past and the future possibilities within the field. The result of the collaboration will be presented at Färgfabriken during the summer 2011.

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Folkform at The Glassfactory

2011-08-26 | TAGS: News

The exhibition will include the new work developed exclusively for the Glassfactory.
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The Glass Factory
Storgatan 5
Boda glasbruk

tel 0471 24 93 60
info@theglassfactory.se
www.theglassfactory.se

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