Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2021 winner announced
Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2021 winner announced
Textile designer Fanglu Lin has been awarded the LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize 2021 for her work referencing traditional sewing methods of the women of the Bai minority in Yunnan province, China
Artist Fanglu Lin working on a textile piece using the tying techniques she learned from women of the Bai minority in China. Lin was awarded the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize for her work’s ‘monumental scale and breathtaking skill’
The LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize has announced China’s Fanglu Lin as the winner for the awards’ 2021 edition. Working in textiles, Lin creates pieces working closely with the women of the Bai minority in Yunnan province, China. Her large-scale textile piece, ‘She’ (2016) was chosen by the jury because of ‘its monumental scale and breathtaking skill.’
Richard Malone celebrates the legacy of Eileen Gray in new exhibition
Richard Malone celebrates the legacy of Eileen Gray in new exhibition
Richard Malone will curate ‘Making and Momentum In Conversation with Eileen Gray,’ set to open in the Fench town of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in June 2021
Exhibition sketch by Mourne Textiles
Often, when aesthetic oeuvres are analysed or discussed, they are viewed within a range of academic contexts, spanning critical theory and defined genres. Take the legacy of visionary multihyphenate artist, architect and furniture designer Eileen Gray. To some, her legacy is viewed within the context of modernism and functional, ergonomic design. To others, it is analysed through the framework of her male contemporaries, like Corbusier and Walter Gropious. Famously, Corbusier defaced Gray’s renowned E1027 seaside villa in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in France – which she built with her then-partner Jean Badovici in 1929 – painting its walls with
Feeling festive?
This year’s subdued holiday mood is reflected in retail spaces and department stores, with comparatively pared-back illuminations and displays. Indeed, the observant may notice that some department stores are actually reusing decorations from last year. It’s a wise cost-cutting move given the circumstances, since it will take more than a bit of tinsel to revitalize consumer confidence.
In lieu of in-store excitement, a surprising number of Christmas promotions are going online. While some of the biggest holiday drops, such as a range of jewelry based on Disney Twisted-Wonderland, a
bishonen (“beautiful youth”) mobile game featuring characters inspired by Disney villains, may have physical pop-ups, purchases are online only.