Iconic furniture manufacturer Herman Miller’s design pedigree requires no introduction, but just in case: think Eames, Nelson, Noguchi and the ubiquitous Aeron chair (the company claims to produce one every 17 seconds). For me, Steve Frykholm, Herman Miller’s Vice President of Creative Design, added real credibility to the Hopscotch Design Festival, which wraps up today. […]
Jon Leon
Bio: Jon Leon is a writer and critic based in Raleigh. His latest book, co-authored with Alex Israel, is Sheets of Mist.
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Hopscotch Design Festival declares war on technology
The Hopscotch Design Festival is in full swing today (read the INDY‘s preview), launching with an introduction by co-founder Matthew Muñoz, chief design officer at Raleigh’s New Kind. The company’s offices are in one of Raleigh’s more pristine modernist buildings, designed by a protégé of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Muñoz noted the presence of […]
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New architecture book Drawing from Practice explores the role of hand-drawing in an age of digital design
Drawing from Practice: Architects and the Meaning of Freehand By J. Michael Welton Routledge, 236 pp. Historically, drawing has been the lingua franca of architects, but today, software reigns. 3D modeling has displaced hand-drawing and photorealist renderings are the standardthe only way to meet client expectations, gain commissions and win competitions. Thinking with one’s hands […]