Post by Rustyoldpatina on Jan 10, 2014 18:42:57 GMT
Vernacular26 October 2013 – 15 January 2014
2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the foundation of ‘Kilkenny Design Workshops’ (KDW), established by the Irish state in response to an influential design audit led by Kaj Franck. Over its 25-year life, KDW brought international designers and makers together to work with Irish craft and industry, joining craft and design in the development of a new idiom. Figures such as John Jenkins, Richard Eckersly and Holger Strom operated from this rural periphery, and iconic products such as Strom’s IQ light were born in Ireland.
In tribute to such a key anniversary for Irish design, ‘Vernacular’ will present work from Ireland in which indigenous materials and processes combine in intelligent collaboration with design, to express an intrinsic and authentic element of Irish material culture. The exhibition will feature work by approximately 20 makers across furniture, wood, glass, ceramics, textile, basketry and stone, characterised by a deep engagement with the making process, and an authenticity that is materially embedded. The exhibition will launch at the London Design Festival in September 2013 as part of Tent London.
Vernacular was produced by the National Craft Gallery and the Crafts Council of Ireland to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Kilkenny Design Workshops, which forms part of the Gathering Kilkenny 2013 Programme sponsored by IPB. The exhibition was devised and curated by Ann Mulrooney with exhibition design by Steven McNamara.
More information visit - www.nationalcraftgallery.ie
2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the foundation of ‘Kilkenny Design Workshops’ (KDW), established by the Irish state in response to an influential design audit led by Kaj Franck. Over its 25-year life, KDW brought international designers and makers together to work with Irish craft and industry, joining craft and design in the development of a new idiom. Figures such as John Jenkins, Richard Eckersly and Holger Strom operated from this rural periphery, and iconic products such as Strom’s IQ light were born in Ireland.
In tribute to such a key anniversary for Irish design, ‘Vernacular’ will present work from Ireland in which indigenous materials and processes combine in intelligent collaboration with design, to express an intrinsic and authentic element of Irish material culture. The exhibition will feature work by approximately 20 makers across furniture, wood, glass, ceramics, textile, basketry and stone, characterised by a deep engagement with the making process, and an authenticity that is materially embedded. The exhibition will launch at the London Design Festival in September 2013 as part of Tent London.
Vernacular was produced by the National Craft Gallery and the Crafts Council of Ireland to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Kilkenny Design Workshops, which forms part of the Gathering Kilkenny 2013 Programme sponsored by IPB. The exhibition was devised and curated by Ann Mulrooney with exhibition design by Steven McNamara.
More information visit - www.nationalcraftgallery.ie