 |
||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06.05.2010 A transcript of a conversation between Russell Thomsen and Eric Kahn of IDEA has been published in DIMENSIONSTWENTYTHREE, the annual journal of the School of Architecture at Taubman College at the University of Michigan. The conversation followed the lecture they delivered at the university this past fall. It discusses the power of "dilemmas" to creatively drive the work, and includes reflections on the new directions established by the office. Images of several projects accompany the text.
Read more:
http://www.caup.umich.edu/architecture/publications/dimensions/dimensions23/
06.04.2010 The Architect & the Urn exhibition opened in Seattle on June 3rd. IDEA's submission, entitled, "Death by Rock and Roll," focused on the genre of rock music, chronicling the history of rock stars who have died. As a cultural phenomenon where the celebration of the music, the artist and his/her death are often bound together to achieve mythical status, IDEA (along with collaborators F-lab and Amorphis) proposed a retroactive funeral urn for Kurt Cobain, lead singer of the band, Nirvana. The urn is to be 3-D printed from a composite matrix that includes the rock star's ashes, and is composed of four interlocking parts. The surface of the urn is articulated with texture and saturated with color (shades of blue, black and purple) that recall the "mood" of the Nivana's music. In commemoration of the (inevitable) moment when Cobain is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the parts are to be reunited and permanently entombed there. In conjunction with the exhibition (starting May 13th), an exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum, entitled simply Kurt, will explore the ways in which the grunge movement’s most iconic figure continues to influence modern artists from a multitude of disciplines.
Read the Showcase Feature on ARCHINECT:
http://archinect.com/features/article.php?id=99482_0_23_0_M
04.20.2010 IDEA, in collaboration with architects Heather Flood (F-labworks) and Ramiro Diaz-Granados (amorphis) has been invited to participate in a group exhibition of prototypical designs for funeral urns. Sponsored by Lundgren Monuments (www.lundgrenmonuments.com), drawings, models and realized designs will be exhibited at a gallery in downtown Seattle from June 3 – July 18, 2010.
03.10.2010 Eric Kahn and Russell Thomsen will deliver a lecture at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) entitled, “Driven by Dilemma.” As part of the invited speakers series at the institute, the lecture will discuss a range of work by IDEA in relation to how it is conceived, developed and driven by ostensibly contradictory desires.
12.23.2010 The work of an advanced design studio taught by Eric Kahn at the University of Arkansas has received a planning award by the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA). The work of the studio examined the urban and architectural consequences of the introduction of a light-rail system into rural Arkansas. As one of seven exemplary projects in architecture, planning, landscape architecture, and urban design, the winners of the 2009 Great Places Awards will be honored at EDRA’s 41st annual meeting, in Washington, D.C. on June 3, 2010.
11.14.2009 The Y-House in Tokyo, Japan will be featured on the cover and in the December issue of DWELL magazine. Mimi Zeiger writes the story with images by renowned art photographer, Dean Kaufmann.
READ THIS ARTICLE IN DWELL
11.05.2009 Eric Kahn and Russell Thomsen will deliver a lecture about the work of IDEA at the Taubman School of Architecture at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
10.17.2009 Competing with over 200 entries, the recently completed Y-House in Tokyo, Japan has received an award from Architect magazine. Initiated by the magazine this year, the “Annual Design Review: Celebrating the Best in American Architecture” recognizes work built over the past year in the U.S. or by an American firm. This year’s jury consisted of architects Aaron Betsky, Ellen Dunham-Jones, Carlos Jimenez, Ralph Johnson and Marion Weiss.
READ THIS ARTICLE IN ARCHITECT
09.22.2009 Eric Kahn and Russell Thomsen have been invited to be the Max Fisher Visiting Professors of Architecture at the Taubman School of Architecture at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. They will teach an advanced options level design studio dealing with the topic of the UN-Built. A series of projects will be proposed for the city of Venice, Italy.
07.25.2009 IDEA’s work has been included in the Beyond Media International Festival for Architecture and Media. The festival and exhibition will take place at the Stazione Leopolda in Florence, Italy, from July 9-17, 2009. Organized by Image (www.image-web.org) and curated by Marco Brizzi and Cristiano Toraldo di Francia (SuperStudio), Beyond Media “has been constantly observing, since 1997, the development of the systems of communication in the field of architecture by evaluating their impact on contemporary architectural production and by promoting their understanding and enhancing their quality.” The festival offers its visitors an articulate and rich program of events…(read more)
06.20.2009
Eric Kahn will participate on a panel discussion at the Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Los Angeles…(read more and see photos). Link: www.koplindelrio.com
06.12.2009
Eric Kahn and Russell Thomsen will participate in Rumble at UCLA, a celebration of the final…(read more)
05.20.2009
Sam Lubell blogs about recent show OTHER WORKS, which includes fourteen artworks by Eric Kahn…(read more and see photo