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5/09/2009
5/07/2009
making the Knotty Bubbles
in collaboration with
Michiko Sakano, Kristin Barron and Bec Satterlee
exclusively for The Future Perfect Editions opening May 15
Michiko Sakano, Kristin Barron and Bec Satterlee
exclusively for The Future Perfect Editions opening May 15
5/06/2009
2/02/2009
2/01/2009
new: custom mock-up phase with plastic bubbles
Our studio now offers a mock-up phase for our clients. We visit local sites and hang the model for feedback and approval. The globes are plastic in lieu of glass for these prototypes. For clients farther away, we are happy to provide photographs from our studio as well as detailed drawings.
A custom 13-globe branching bubble for a entry hall in Brooklyn Heights. Working with Daniel Frisch Architecture.
Two large-scale custom branching bubbles for over a dining table on Central Park West, working with with Michael Canter, AIA (718) 855-9400
A custom 13-globe branching bubble for a entry hall in Brooklyn Heights. Working with Daniel Frisch Architecture.
Two large-scale custom branching bubbles for over a dining table on Central Park West, working with with Michael Canter, AIA (718) 855-9400
11/25/2008
11/24/2008
11/21/2008
10/20/2008
10/12/2008
14 October opening in Paris
exhibiting 16 hair drawings and video
Tuesday 6-9pm
NEW presents a group exhibition by six of our artists: Lindsey Adelman,
Noah Fischer, Marie Noëlle Fontan, Miska Knapek, Tuula Närhinen, and
Jaanika Peerna
Galerie Lavignes Bastille
presented by Paul Kahn, Jean-Pierre Lavignes et Patrice Landau
27 rue de Charonne 75011 Paris
Tél. +33 (1 ) 47 00 88 18
Tuesday 6-9pm
NEW presents a group exhibition by six of our artists: Lindsey Adelman,
Noah Fischer, Marie Noëlle Fontan, Miska Knapek, Tuula Närhinen, and
Jaanika Peerna
Galerie Lavignes Bastille
presented by Paul Kahn, Jean-Pierre Lavignes et Patrice Landau
27 rue de Charonne 75011 Paris
Tél. +33 (1 ) 47 00 88 18
10/11/2008
9/16/2008
9/12/2008
what i did on monday
design panel on the mini rooftop with Waris and Scott Campbell moderated by Jesse Ashlock, watch a bit of video
what i did on sunday
images from the hairwork presentation of the making of a collective hair drawing at the RISD Biennial in Brooklyn
hair drawings and video on view thru 9/28
photos Kate Glicksberg
hair drawings and video on view thru 9/28
photos Kate Glicksberg
8/16/2008
opening Saturday, Sept 6th
Panorama 3 curated by Jordin Isip and Rodger Stevens
at Jonathan Levine Gallery 529 W 20th St #9e 9/6 7-9pm
a big group show with all work on 5x7" boards installed to create one continuous horizon line.
Split, ink and acrylic on panel
8/10/2008
8/05/2008
new hair drawings
Lush series and detail, hair on paper, each 6x9"
a few of the pieces I will have on exhibit at Lavignes Bastille in Paris in October.
8/04/2008
8/02/2008
Awkward Nature
new work developing: exploring light forms that reflect slow growth, barnacles, clustering, cracking, combining the wabi-sabi of natural materials with the sharpness of the machined; calling attention to that which grows “wrong” [the surprise twin egg yolk or a pepper within a pepper] and maintaining the mantra elegant robot.
7/24/2008
7/23/2008
7/22/2008
7/12/2008
Opening July 25
Hamptons Idea House
Two Bubble chandeliers will hang in rooms designed by Gregory Dufner & Daniel Heighes Wismer in the Hamptons Cottages and Gardens Idea House in Sagaponack opening July 25th.
Two Bubble chandeliers will hang in rooms designed by Gregory Dufner & Daniel Heighes Wismer in the Hamptons Cottages and Gardens Idea House in Sagaponack opening July 25th.
7/03/2008
Opening July 10 thru August 22
Summer Selections
Thursday, July 10 6-8pm
Denise Bibro Fine Art
529 West 20th Street 4W
hair drawings!
6/11/2008
June 12-15
showing hair drawings with Denise Bibro Fine Art
please let me know if you need a pass
booth #502
The Altman Building / Metropolitan Pavilion
135 West 18th Street, NYC
Thu June 12, 12pm - 9pm
Fri June 13, 12pm - 8pm
Sat June 14, 12pm - 8pm
Sun June 15, 12pm - 5pm
General Admission $17/day
Children under 12 FREE
Father's Day, Sun, June 15th
Fathers get in free with their children
5/19/2008
icff booth pics
pics of our presentation at the show...yes, LOTS of little gold stickers on our backdrop...thank you Grace for including us on design sponge* and great to leisurely browse through your wrap-up of all the things I had to rush through while workin' it! and thank you apartment therapy!
5/13/2008
6-min video of chandelier process
murrine is a Venetian technique whereby the glassblower takes a solid gather of clear glass, rolls in in color powder and then flattens the sides. They may repeat this a few times. They stretch this gather of glass into a very long, thin form called "cane." The cane then cools a bit and hardens. Then the glassblower chops it into tiny cross-sections, looking like small tiles. These pieces are arranged on a pastorelli, and then a new hot glass bubble is gathered and blown, and rolled into this plate of warm tiles. All the glass is fused together. We then did an experiment of rolling the murrine after the pick-up into 14k gold foil (for kicks) and were delighted when it all clustered to the murrine bits, being the hottest points.
5/04/2008
video/about my work
a 10-minute excerpt from a panel discussion with Carolyn Strauss of slowLab and artist Nava Lubelski in the context of the Slow Design movement. Presented by the Museum of Arts and Design at the Scope Art Fair March 2008. All slides presented in the talk can also be viewed more clearly within my blog date book.
4/11/2008
4/01/2008
3/31/2008
thanks dwell blog
from dwell.com A room should never look so perfect that it might have been torn from the pages of a catalog. Today we practice a sort of controlled eclecticism in our interiors; we love modernism, but we also love things a little rough around the edges. This is why I was immediately drawn to Lindsey Adelman’s Bubble Chandeliers. Though they are meticulously crafted, there is a raw energy to the compositions that serves as a fine counterpoint to, say, a more formal dining arrangement.
Adelman is a Brooklyn-based designer who works almost exclusively with New York artisans to create her lighting designs. When asked why she works locally, she had this to say: “I enjoy working with local glassblowers, machinists, metal finishers, and wiring technicians because I value the person-to-person exchange of ideas and troubleshooting. When someone (else) is an expert in his or her craft, I can listen and respond with an evolving design. I can also try new things or put ideas out on the table that perhaps they haven't attempted before. It's practical but also makes the job enjoyable and feels real.”
The Bubble Chandeliers start at $8,400 for a 6-Globe fixture. They can be purchased through Lindsey's studio or at Matter in New York.
-Brian Fichtner
Adelman is a Brooklyn-based designer who works almost exclusively with New York artisans to create her lighting designs. When asked why she works locally, she had this to say: “I enjoy working with local glassblowers, machinists, metal finishers, and wiring technicians because I value the person-to-person exchange of ideas and troubleshooting. When someone (else) is an expert in his or her craft, I can listen and respond with an evolving design. I can also try new things or put ideas out on the table that perhaps they haven't attempted before. It's practical but also makes the job enjoyable and feels real.”
The Bubble Chandeliers start at $8,400 for a 6-Globe fixture. They can be purchased through Lindsey's studio or at Matter in New York.
-Brian Fichtner
3/25/2008
a comparision of wabi-sabi to modernism
Similarities
o Both apply to all matter of manmade object, spaces, and designs.
o Both are strong reactions against the dominant, established sensibilities of their time. Modernism was a radical departure from 19th century classicism and eclecticism. Wab-sabi was a radical departure from the Chinese perfection and gorgeousness of the 16th century and earlier.
o Both eschew any decoration that is not integral to structure.
o Both are abstract, nonrepresentational ideals of beauty.
o Both have readily identifiable surface characteristics. Modernism is seamless, polished, and smooth. Wab-sabi is earthy, imperfect, and variegated.
Differences
Modernism/ Wabi-sabi
Primarily expressed in the public domain/ Primarily expressed in the private domain.
Implies a logical, rational worldview/ Implies an intuitive worldview
Absolute/ Relative.
Looks for universal, prototypical solutions/ Looks for personal, idiosyncratic solutions.
Mass-produced, modular/ One-of-a-kind, variable.
Expresses faith in progress/ There is no progress.
Future-oriented/ Present-oriented.
Believes in the control of nature/ Believes in the fundamental uncontrollability of nature.
Romanticizes technology/ Romanticizes nature.
People adapting to machines/ People adapting to nature.
Geometric organization of form (sharp, precise, definite shapes and edges./ Organic organization of form (soft, vague shapes and edges.)
The box as metaphor (rectilinear, precise, contained./ The bowl as metaphor ( free shape, open at top.)
Manmade materials/ Natural materials.
Ostensibly slick/ Ostensibly crude.
Needs to be well-maintained/ Accommodates to degradation and attrition.
Purity makes expression richer/ Corrosion and contamination make its expression richer.
Solicits the reduction of sensory information/ Solicits the expansion of sensory information.
Is tolerant of ambiguity and contradiction/ Is comfortable with ambiguity and contradiction.
Cool/ Warm.
Generally light and bright/ Generally dark and dim.
Function and utility are primary values/ Function and utility are not so important.
Perfect materiality is an ideal/ Perfect immateriality is an ideal.
Everlasting/ To everything there is a season.
Leonard Koren, 1994
[In my work I strive to capture the Wabi-Sabi while still borrowing from the best of Modernism. For example, the modular, machined hardware of the chandeliers allows for a system to hold the hand-blown, organic glass globes.]
o Both apply to all matter of manmade object, spaces, and designs.
o Both are strong reactions against the dominant, established sensibilities of their time. Modernism was a radical departure from 19th century classicism and eclecticism. Wab-sabi was a radical departure from the Chinese perfection and gorgeousness of the 16th century and earlier.
o Both eschew any decoration that is not integral to structure.
o Both are abstract, nonrepresentational ideals of beauty.
o Both have readily identifiable surface characteristics. Modernism is seamless, polished, and smooth. Wab-sabi is earthy, imperfect, and variegated.
Differences
Modernism/ Wabi-sabi
Primarily expressed in the public domain/ Primarily expressed in the private domain.
Implies a logical, rational worldview/ Implies an intuitive worldview
Absolute/ Relative.
Looks for universal, prototypical solutions/ Looks for personal, idiosyncratic solutions.
Mass-produced, modular/ One-of-a-kind, variable.
Expresses faith in progress/ There is no progress.
Future-oriented/ Present-oriented.
Believes in the control of nature/ Believes in the fundamental uncontrollability of nature.
Romanticizes technology/ Romanticizes nature.
People adapting to machines/ People adapting to nature.
Geometric organization of form (sharp, precise, definite shapes and edges./ Organic organization of form (soft, vague shapes and edges.)
The box as metaphor (rectilinear, precise, contained./ The bowl as metaphor ( free shape, open at top.)
Manmade materials/ Natural materials.
Ostensibly slick/ Ostensibly crude.
Needs to be well-maintained/ Accommodates to degradation and attrition.
Purity makes expression richer/ Corrosion and contamination make its expression richer.
Solicits the reduction of sensory information/ Solicits the expansion of sensory information.
Is tolerant of ambiguity and contradiction/ Is comfortable with ambiguity and contradiction.
Cool/ Warm.
Generally light and bright/ Generally dark and dim.
Function and utility are primary values/ Function and utility are not so important.
Perfect materiality is an ideal/ Perfect immateriality is an ideal.
Everlasting/ To everything there is a season.
Leonard Koren, 1994
[In my work I strive to capture the Wabi-Sabi while still borrowing from the best of Modernism. For example, the modular, machined hardware of the chandeliers allows for a system to hold the hand-blown, organic glass globes.]
3/03/2008
talk with slowLab March 27
Seriously Slow:
New tactics in art and design
Thursday, March 27, 2008, 6:00 PM
SCOPE Art Fair VIP Lounge
Lincoln Center, Damrosch Park at the Corner of West 62nd Street and Amsterdam Ave, NY NY
The philosophy of the slow movement goes far beyond food and food systems. The idea of ‘slow’ links the quality perceived in objects with the quality of their production, their materials, and their long-term impact. Artists and designers incorporate these strategies to produce final works that challenge the way we consider notions of time, community, and our local environment. Join Carolyn F. Strauss, founder and director of slowLab, as she presents new models in slow art and design, and speaks with designer Lindsey Adelman and artist Nava Lubleski about their process-driven projects and ideas.
Event is included with Scope Art Fair admission:
$15 for General Admission
$10 for Students
Free for FirstView and VIP cardholders
For More information click Scope
hair and tape on paper, below
New tactics in art and design
Thursday, March 27, 2008, 6:00 PM
SCOPE Art Fair VIP Lounge
Lincoln Center, Damrosch Park at the Corner of West 62nd Street and Amsterdam Ave, NY NY
The philosophy of the slow movement goes far beyond food and food systems. The idea of ‘slow’ links the quality perceived in objects with the quality of their production, their materials, and their long-term impact. Artists and designers incorporate these strategies to produce final works that challenge the way we consider notions of time, community, and our local environment. Join Carolyn F. Strauss, founder and director of slowLab, as she presents new models in slow art and design, and speaks with designer Lindsey Adelman and artist Nava Lubleski about their process-driven projects and ideas.
Event is included with Scope Art Fair admission:
$15 for General Admission
$10 for Students
Free for FirstView and VIP cardholders
For More information click Scope
hair and tape on paper, below
2/13/2008
1/16/2008
january studio visit
links to inspiration below:
apparel/uniform book: Skin+Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture, Comme des Garcons dress
stacked soft sculpture Louise Bourgeois
Haptic exhibition in Japan curated by Kenya Hara, book: Designing Design available at muji or here
Underfoot photograph Irving Penn in book Nothing and Everything
detail of one of my hair embroidery pieces
red suitcase and tubor chair Yayoi Kusama
shirt outlines Jean Shin
Yayoi Kusama in front of her painting, and a painting by Ellen Gallagher
Altoids tin, limited edition commission
birds+bees lamp development
pendant lights Tom Dixon
drawings Louise Bourgeois
keeps us going as we work on our new domestic collection here at studio: barnacle bowls, fungus wallpaper, moss vessels, 14k keishi necklaces, the uniform, hairline cracks, hair embroidery, bubble r+d, birds+bees lights, and new packaging.
apparel/uniform book: Skin+Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture, Comme des Garcons dress
stacked soft sculpture Louise Bourgeois
Haptic exhibition in Japan curated by Kenya Hara, book: Designing Design available at muji or here
Underfoot photograph Irving Penn in book Nothing and Everything
detail of one of my hair embroidery pieces
red suitcase and tubor chair Yayoi Kusama
shirt outlines Jean Shin
Yayoi Kusama in front of her painting, and a painting by Ellen Gallagher
Altoids tin, limited edition commission
birds+bees lamp development
pendant lights Tom Dixon
drawings Louise Bourgeois
keeps us going as we work on our new domestic collection here at studio: barnacle bowls, fungus wallpaper, moss vessels, 14k keishi necklaces, the uniform, hairline cracks, hair embroidery, bubble r+d, birds+bees lights, and new packaging.
1/14/2008
12/26/2007
London 7th Feb
Showing drawings in a group exhibition by Vanessa Suchar at Mews42 in London opening February 7th
42 Princes Gate Mews
SW7 2PR (tube: South Kensington)
+44 (0) 7887 991 932
42 Princes Gate Mews
SW7 2PR (tube: South Kensington)
+44 (0) 7887 991 932
12/03/2007
100 Bucks show December 1-23
Group show of all Brooklyn artists and designers. Everything sells for $100!
At a beautiful new Fort Greene gallery Ai°lov°iu 85 Ft. Greene Place, off of Fulton
Thursday-Sunday 12-8 info@ailoviu.org
I am showing a collection of small pieces in gouache, ink, and collage.
SOLD OUT but the gallery has additional pieces in the back...please inquire!
At a beautiful new Fort Greene gallery Ai°lov°iu 85 Ft. Greene Place, off of Fulton
Thursday-Sunday 12-8 info@ailoviu.org
I am showing a collection of small pieces in gouache, ink, and collage.
SOLD OUT but the gallery has additional pieces in the back...please inquire!
10/19/2007
Art Basel Miami December 6-9
showing with
Denise Bibro at Red Dot
South Seas Hotel
1751 Collins Avenue
between 17th and 18th Streets
ROOM 214
+
Vanessa Suchar at Bridge Art Fair
The Catalina Hotel
1732 Collins Avenue
(in front of Delano Hotel)
ROOM 100
Reaching, ink on board, 9x9" and detail
Denise Bibro at Red Dot
South Seas Hotel
1751 Collins Avenue
between 17th and 18th Streets
ROOM 214
+
Vanessa Suchar at Bridge Art Fair
The Catalina Hotel
1732 Collins Avenue
(in front of Delano Hotel)
ROOM 100
Reaching, ink on board, 9x9" and detail
10/10/2007
solo show in Chelsea up thru November 3
a 5-minute choreographed depiction of the "making of" the hair drawings with an "army of me" played my friends who also contributed their hair. DVD now available $40, please call or email.
shot and edited by Phil Pinto with soundtrack by Shay Lynch
9/26/2007
press release from gallery:
Denise Bibro Fine Art, 529 West 20th Street, 4W, Chelsea, NYC, is pleased to announce its second exhibition in its new project space, PLATFORM: hairwork by Lindsey Adams Adelman: drawings and video.
Crafting her pieces entirely through her utilization of human hair, Adelman is able to connect to her subjects with a unique intimacy. After the collection of her subject’s hair, she painstakingly winds them into spools of “thread.” In a sense, Adelman is a modern seamstress of the human condition. With each intricate loop she sews she is able to establish a narrative history between her subjects’ lives and personal stories. Each of her works then takes on a representation of a new “self,” or identity through her creation. There is a certain closeness that can only be reached through the physicality here—a labor of love that no other artistic medium could provide.
Adelman’s work also brings to mind how society places value upon those individuals closest to us. In one instance, Adelman was commissioned by a family who recently lost a child, and her work served as a bridge between their sorrow and cherished remembrance of their loved one. Taking what some would view as “discards,” Ms. Adelman gives them a second life.
A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Adelman’s design work has been recently featured in The New York Times, Paper magazine and included in the books New Style, and Young Designers: Americas. Lindsey lives with her husband Ian, and son Finn, in Brooklyn, NY.
There will be a reception for the artist on Thursday, October 11th from 6-8pm.
Denise Bibro Fine Art, 529 West 20th Street, 4W, Chelsea, NYC, is pleased to announce its second exhibition in its new project space, PLATFORM: hairwork by Lindsey Adams Adelman: drawings and video.
Crafting her pieces entirely through her utilization of human hair, Adelman is able to connect to her subjects with a unique intimacy. After the collection of her subject’s hair, she painstakingly winds them into spools of “thread.” In a sense, Adelman is a modern seamstress of the human condition. With each intricate loop she sews she is able to establish a narrative history between her subjects’ lives and personal stories. Each of her works then takes on a representation of a new “self,” or identity through her creation. There is a certain closeness that can only be reached through the physicality here—a labor of love that no other artistic medium could provide.
Adelman’s work also brings to mind how society places value upon those individuals closest to us. In one instance, Adelman was commissioned by a family who recently lost a child, and her work served as a bridge between their sorrow and cherished remembrance of their loved one. Taking what some would view as “discards,” Ms. Adelman gives them a second life.
A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Adelman’s design work has been recently featured in The New York Times, Paper magazine and included in the books New Style, and Young Designers: Americas. Lindsey lives with her husband Ian, and son Finn, in Brooklyn, NY.
There will be a reception for the artist on Thursday, October 11th from 6-8pm.
9/10/2007
hair drawings and video at Platform
Exhibition of hair drawings and video installation opens at Platform, a new project space by Denise Bibro
The drawings are created with human hair collected from friends and family and carefully manipulated and applied to paper with archival tape and stickers. Each piece measures roughly 20 x 20."
still from hairwork video at Platform
The drawings are created with human hair collected from friends and family and carefully manipulated and applied to paper with archival tape and stickers. Each piece measures roughly 20 x 20."
still from hairwork video at Platform
8/27/2007
6/01/2007
5/31/2007
5/10/2007
New for ICFF week/ studio
New layered chandeliers in studio to debut during design week. Please visit Matter's new Manhattan location at 405 Broome Street (at Lafayette) and Karkula in the meatpacking disctrict, 68 Gansevoort Street.
5/08/2007
hair tea party
preview of work in progress for Fall show in Chelsea comprised of hair drawings and video installation, details to come. Photos by Patricia Rubinelli
5/01/2007
4/30/2007
2/16/2007
Bubble at Dining by Design Feb 24-26
The Bubble chandelier will be the centerpiece for a Tom Lenz designed dining environment at DIFFA's Dining by Design. Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) is one of the oldest and largest funders of HIV/AIDS service and education programs in the U.S. Since its founding in 1984, DIFFA has mobilized the immense resources of the design communities to provide over $35 million to hundreds of AIDS organizations nationwide. The weekend will include a Table-Hop & Taste, a Preview Cocktail Party, and the Gala Seated dinner at the Waterfront, 28th St + 11th Avenue, NYC.
Red Dot Art Fair opens Feb 23rd
Exercise in Black Gouache, 25x31" graphite and gouache on paper, below Settle, 12x12" hair and beeswax on paper on panel shown with Vanessa Suchar, room 214, click here for more info
2/15/2007
new hair drawings
New drawings at the Red Dot Art Fair February 23-26th at the Park South Hotel 122 E28th St. with Vanessa Suchar room #214, $8 admission
1/31/2007
1/28/2007
Interior Design
story featuring Blockparty Brooklyn, an exhibition of Brooklyn designers and artists by Truck and Rogers Marvel Architects
1/23/2007
about the work
I have been in the lighting design industry for 10 years, but it was when I was pregnant in 2003 that my personal approach and interest with lighting became clear. I realized I was losing touch with the reason I came into design: the feeling of making things with my own hands and having the freedom to evolve designs when the need or desire was there. I build and experiment in my studio with form and then rely on a team of studio designers, glassblowers, metalworkers, and wiring experts to execute the final product. I continue to be amazed with the transformative power of lighting on any space. My interests are set evenly within design and art and I employ processes of each in every project. The industrial design can begin with narrative or abstracted meaning and the drawings can be driven by formal design principals and repetitive techniques. The great majority of my lighting work is custom and each piece is made in close collaboration with the client's ideas and desires. This is the aspect that was really missing for me in design. Having the luxury to make each piece to order allows me to constantly explore and research and show clients the most recent thinking or sketch models. The challenge and change is there which I realized is essential for me to sustain a fresh interest. This is why I view it as a similar process to my drawings shown in gallery settings, a theme can be taken and played with so many different ways...developing new versions and in doing, generating new directions. I stumble upon new ideas through a hands-on process of making and looking.
1/01/2007
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