architect and designer
German industrial designer who designed hundreds of electronic appliances for Braun A.G.; designer of the 606 Universal Shelving System for Vitsœ. In 1955, he was recruited to Braun as an architect and an interior designer and became Chief Design Officer in 1961, staying there until 1995. He is considered to be one of the most influential industrial designers of the 20th century and currently has a retrospective of his work on tour around the world.
Dieter Rams Before Jony Ive there was Dieter Rams, creating hundreds of pristine and accessible products for German electronics and appliance company Braun A.G. His influence lives on in Ive's designs for Apple and, now in his eighties, he remains a hero to many young product designers. Rams talks about his work and the importance of smart entrepreneurs to good design.
Stock market freaks out after Chinese tech executive is arrested We find out why Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is being held in Canada at the request of the U.S., and how that fits it with the US-China trade dispute. And the stock market has been taking a dive, so that does point toward a recession?
Gripes and grumbles from the year in television A few weeks ago, we did TV we're thankful for. This week, we let ourselves get a little bit Grinchy.
Bridget Riley and Lee Mullican and the ‘60s A catchy name gives traction to an art movement: Abstraction Expressionism (AbX), Pop Art, or Op Art, short for “optical art One of the artists most associated with the latter was the English painter Bridget Riley, born in 1931, who was catapulted to success in the early 1960s.
How to look at your neighborhood with fresh eyes Artist Nib Geebles noticed a lot of things in his Highland Park neighborhood when he decided to commute on foot. He then drew those easy-to-miss landmarks, and they’re part of his 2019 calendar called “Unknown Landmarks (and Lost Icons).”