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last week KIND exhibited their luxurious conceptual knitwear at KKOUTLET to much fanfare and merriment. the installation involved a series of new pieces that hung suspended in the air, juxtaposed against the provocative photography of Melanie Bonajo and Anne de Vries. playful to wear and playful to gaze upon, KIND's knitwork easily makes the transition from fashion to fine art. using fantastic materials like agora wool and cashmere to ...

This thursday KKOUTLET will have their first ever show, debuting for the first time in London, the quirky, fun, conceptual and always luxurious knitwear of KIND. Things have been a buzz here in preparation for the event. Besides planning the opening, Karin and i are helping with the installation of the show as curators. Working with KIND and the nice girls at Haynes, we hope to bring some thursday ...

last wednesday marked a milestone in my pursuit of a graduate degree in creative practice for narrative environments at central saint martins. the entire graduating class was required to hand in and defend their final project. it was a challenging final presentation as the external examiner, all tutors and the entire class were present to bear witness. what was most interesting to me was the paths of development undertaken ...

for the past couple weeks the team and i have been working hard getting our multitouch video/installation/performance interface to an alpha state, and meet our march 12th deadline. this has definitely been the most difficult personal project i have worked on, as i feel much of the development depends on the diverse skills, knowledge and background of my teammates. some of the hardest decisions to make are simply ...

Lighting Seoul already pays much attention to lighting within the city, although projects seem to be lucid and playful now, a citywide plan or theme could provide continuity and strong identity. the first example of program for city lighting is alexanderplatz in berlin, where the ccc has been known to do their blinkenlights project: next up is the SPOTS media facade in berlin, potsdamerplatz: also on continental europe, rotterdam's kpn ...

its been about a month now and i have finally digested my recent trip to Korea (and have also finally digested that last korean meal). what can i say about my experiences in seoul? in all honesty i was very much overwhelmed with the entire journey, and probably took so long to write this because i didn't know where to begin. now that i think about it, i ...

monday marked a milestone of good intentions, as 2nd year students from the 2008 graduating (pending) class of my MA degree hosted schematic proposals for our final project. i was lucky enough to grab a good spot to present (last before the first brake) but was still stoopid nervous at trying to pitch my project in front of both years of the program, the program director, the guest ...

it's hard to draw lines. no, i don't mean lines that make drawings. i am talking about the virtual lines and psycho-geographical boundaries we make for ourselves and the world around us. now that kairn and alex have joined me in rotterdam, our internship is in full swing. it seems like we have been working on this together for months already... on order for us ...