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Post by Nic November 16th 2011, 8:03 pm

Retrospective exhibition to mark Conran's 80th birthday at The Design Museum, London (which he, himself, founded in 1989 (the museum, not London Laughter)):

http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/2011/terence-conran

There's a great video interview with the man himself on the Guardian website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/video/2011/nov/16/terence-conran-design-video
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Post by Taylor Thomas November 16th 2011, 10:23 pm

An exhibition that makes me glad I live in London town...... Happy
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Post by Nic November 16th 2011, 11:13 pm

I don't particularly want to live in London, but I do greatly envy the ease of access to culture.

I'll try to wrangle a trip to the capital before the exhibition ends.
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Post by dantheman November 17th 2011, 1:20 pm

I'll be in London in a couple of weeks but the da Vinci exhibition is more appealing to me

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Post by Nic November 17th 2011, 3:56 pm

I've always been more design than art. I'd rather own a good lamp than a good painting. Embarrassed

That said, I've got more art than lamps hanging in the house. Laughter
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Post by dantheman November 17th 2011, 4:04 pm

but it's not every day you get to see da Vinci's work ,Conran design is everywhere

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Post by Nic November 17th 2011, 4:13 pm

I'd get excited by a decent Warhol exhibition... but Da Vinci doesn't really do it for me.
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Post by dantheman November 17th 2011, 4:27 pm

I don't recognise Warhol as an artist

when I look at the stuff he produced my only conclusion is that he was trying to find how far he could go before the saps who were buying his work realised he was taking the p1ss,he only just fell short of bending over in front of a camera, evacuating his bowels and making a collage of 12 prints each in a different colour

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Post by Nic November 17th 2011, 6:21 pm

Well... each to their own I s'pose.


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Post by Taylor Thomas November 17th 2011, 7:20 pm

Nic wrote:I don't particularly want to live in London, but I do greatly envy the ease of access to culture.

I'll try to wrangle a trip to the capital before the exhibition ends.

I don't particularly want to live in London either Nic but as I do I take full advantage of all the exhibitions that take my fancy...

Looking forward to seeing this as well...

http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/building-the-revolution/

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Post by Nic November 17th 2011, 9:18 pm

Soviet architecture is definitely something I could get excited about. There was a book out earlier this year called CCCP: Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed (would help if I got the right title!) - it showcases 90 jaw-dropping buildings from old Soviet Bloc countries. It's one of the few 'coffeetable books' I go back to read again.


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Post by Taylor Thomas November 17th 2011, 10:08 pm

I'll check that out Nic...
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Post by Nic November 17th 2011, 10:21 pm

Interview with the author, and some photos of the buildings: http://bigbigbigthings.com/2011/08/time-travel-tuesday-space-age-buildings-of-the-ussr/
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Post by tenpot November 18th 2011, 12:24 pm

I'm a great fan of Warhol and leonardo by the way Dan andy did piddle on copper sheets and make screen printsof it . imo one of the greatest and most interesting thought provoking artists of the20th cent
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Post by dantheman November 18th 2011, 12:32 pm

if looking at another man's pee floats your boat then that's great,the only thought it provokes is mucky bugger but that's just me

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Post by Nic November 18th 2011, 1:26 pm

Some of the nasty things they ground up to make paint back in the day... not sure you're much safer looking at Da Vinci. Laughter
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Post by Potty November 18th 2011, 1:35 pm

dantheman wrote:if looking at another man's pee floats your boat then that's great,the only thought it provokes is mucky bugger but that's just me

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Post by dantheman November 18th 2011, 1:49 pm

Nic wrote:Some of the nasty things they ground up to make paint back in the day... not sure you're much safer looking at Da Vinci. Laughter

but look what da Vinci did with that paint,he produced works that amazed and thrilled generations of art lovers whereas Warholl's pee was just mopped up with disinfectant

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Post by Nic November 18th 2011, 2:08 pm

I think Warhol might have had just a teeny-tiny bit of influence over the art world too...
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Post by tenpot November 18th 2011, 4:18 pm

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Post by Potty November 18th 2011, 5:18 pm

Personally I'd rather have the Mona Lisa hanging on my wall Most Excellent

That said in terms of taste I'd rather have a nice David Shepherd than either Happy

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Post by dantheman November 18th 2011, 5:18 pm

p1ss poor imo

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Post by tenpot November 18th 2011, 9:38 pm

in french they say "le gout et les couleurs on ne discute pas"
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Post by dantheman November 18th 2011, 9:45 pm

anyone want it as a sig?

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Post by skay November 18th 2011, 9:48 pm

tenpot wrote:in french they say "le gout et les couleurs on ne discute pas"

Its very true, we could never all agree Happy

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