"No Discipline"

Ron Arad: No Discipline

August 2, 2009–October 19, 2009 @ the New York MOMA

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Among the most influential designers of our time, Ron Arad (Israeli, b. 1951) stands out for his daredevil curiosity about technology and materials and for the versatile nature of his work. Trained at the Jerusalem Academy of Art and at London's Architectural Association, Arad has produced an outstanding array of innovative objects over the past twenty-five years, from almost unlimited series of objects to carbon fiber armchairs and polyurethane bottle racks. He has also designed memorable spaces, some plastic and tactile, others ethereal and digital. This exhibition will be the first major retrospective of Arad's design work in the United States.

Arad relies on the computer and its rapid manufacturing capabilities as much as he relies on the soldering apparatus in his metal workshop. His beautiful furniture can even receive and display SMS and Bluetooth messages from mobile phones and Palm Pilots. Idiosyncratic and surprising, and also very beautiful, Arad's designs communicate the joy of invention, pleasure and humor, and pride in the display of their technical and constructive skills. The exhibition will open in Paris in the fall of 2009.

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The exhibition is organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou, Paris, Musée national d'art moderne/Centre de création industrielle, and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.

Optical Illusion?

I saw a series of display regarding this at the MIT Museum last weekend, I was so impressed by this optical illusion, which the scientists explained as people's perception regarding if they take in more detailed information at a closer distance vs. a more general impression at a further distance... A related article was found on the web with the images, reposted here below for your enjoyment:

Mr Angry is on the left of the screen and Mr Calm is on the right of the screen. Move back about 8 feet and they have switched places. Source:Matthewroddy

Similar to the Angry Illusion, Marilyn Monroe

and Albert

embed themselves together in this illusion. You will see Einstein

at this reading distance but move back a few feet away and you will see Marilyn Monroe.