'Seating Structures' exhibition
The exhibition presents twenty chair prototypes, based on very simple structures, which can support the weight of one person and which, at the same time, contribute a responsive design to any area in which they are positioned. Constructive minimization and maximum simplification in the joinery, with the possibility to add further elements or accessories. The aim of the exhibition is not only to look and observe but to stimulate the user into imagining new possibilities.
The show will be open until 4 February 2016.
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Works of art from the COAC's Historical Archive to be exhibited at Can Framis
From 18 January until 3 April the exhibition 'Una col·lecció per a un viatge. Promoció d’arquitectes Barcelona 1960' (Collection for a trip. Barcelona architects 1960) can be visited at the Vila Casas Foundation’s Can Framis Museum.
The show recalls the amazing initiative shown in 1960 by students of the 85th graduating class of ETSAB, the Barcelona School of Architecture, asking for assistance from the artists of the day by which, through donating their work, the necessary money could be generated to pay for their end-of-course trip.
There was an enormous response and 144 artists from 22 different countries selflessly gave their work to form a unique collection. To grasp the importance of this collection, it only suffices to mention the contribution of artists such as Miró, Calder, Cocteau, Dix, Guinovart, Tàpies, Fontana and Morandi, amongst others, or architects such as Gropius, Neutra and Gio Ponti.
The final fate of the works was meant to be their exhibition and sale at the Galeria Joan Gaspar, but the rapid intervention of the architect Antoni de Moragas with the approval of the COAC’s Governing Board enabled the unique collection to be purchased and kept together, to be exhibited for a time at the Association’s new headquarters. Later on, it was deposited in the Historical Archive where it has remained to this day.
On display at the show there will also be three editions of the journal Quaderns d'arquitectura i urbanisme (1960, 1968 and 2007) and the album of the students’ trip put together by Raimon Torres, and lent by the COAC's Library.
Visit the website of Vila Casas Foundation.
Tàpies exhibition: 'To the Catalan Masters'
It is a tribute to all the key figures of Catalan culture whom Tàpies supported during the years of Franco's dictatorship. It encompasses, by means of a great economy of elements, the different facets of knowledge. Science and art go hand-in-hand in a chromatic setting that brings us closer to the geographical context of Catalonia.
The show can be visited up until 10 March 2016.
Exhibition by Lo Siento in Girona
The team of graphic designers Lo Siento, comprising Borja Martínez and Gerard Miró, is taking part in the series of exhibitions 'La Cova. About Technique', with the show 'Disseny a foc lent' (Design on a simmering heat), in which they consider their own particular vision of technique. The show can be visited at the Girona branch office from 4 December 2015 to 14 February 2016.
Graphic design is, traditionally, a visual communication tool. We are accustomed to perceiving graphic information using our sense of sight. Returning to traditional techniques prior to the digital age, using the third dimension and a physical approach to graphic solutions, has enabled us to perceive graphic design using other senses, redefining the relationship between graphic design and the material. Graphics that you can see, touch, drink or eat.
The exhibition series 'La Cova. About Technique', managed by the Girona branch's Department of Culture since October 2014, aims to reveal alternative ways of imagining, planning, composing, assembling, mixing, constructing, executing and post-producing a project.
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With the collaboration of Moritz and Epson.
LO SIENTO
Borja Martínez graduated as a graphic designer from the London College of Communication. Sole founder of Lo Siento in 2005, he is part of the general assembly of FAD (Fostering Arts and Design) and currently gives classes at the IDEP design school.
Gerard Miró graduated as a graphic designer from the EINA University School of Design and Art in Barcelona, currently gives classes at the IDEP design school and participates in the master’s degree course on Branding and Packaging at the BAU School of Design. The two form part of the Lo Siento studio, specializing in corporate identity and packaging and known for bringing a physical and hand-crafted approach to graphic solutions. They develop graphic and art direction projects for clients as diverse as El Bulli (catering), Roca (sanitary ware), Easyled (lighting), Pinkertones (electronic music), Sandro Desii (food packaging), Triticum (food packaging), DHUB (design museum), IAAC (Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia), O, The Oprah Magazine (communication), OFF Fest (design festival), NOMO Group (catering), "la Caixa" (exhibition) and Audi (automotive).
The studio has been recognised with a number of Laus and Grand Laus Awards since 2010 in the categories of packaging, lettering, identity and naming. Currently the studio comprises a team of six professionals and takes part in a number of festivals around the world (Spain, USA, England, Italy, Mexico, Brazil…), giving workshops and lectures.