al dente: Pasta & Design at the HfG-Archiv, Ulm
In 1991 the German, designer, theoretician, educator and co-initiator of the Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm, Otl Aicher, opined that “die Relation von Form und Material lässt sich nirgendwo so gut nachweisen wie bei Nahrungsmitteln, also etwa bei Teigwaren”1, ‘the relationship between form and material is nowhere better demonstrated than in foodstuffs, such as pasta’.
With the exhibition al dente: Pasta & Design the HfG-Archiv, Ulm, explore not only the relationships between form and material in context of pasta, but also the wider connections between pasta and design, and in doing so enable differentiated perspectives on form, material, function, society, design and pasta…….
5 New Architecture & Design Exhibitions for June 2024
June sees the start, in the northern hemisphere, of both meteorological summer and astronomical summer
Yet for all that the arrival of summer invariably means an increasing living of life out-of-doors, and an increasing reluctance to concern oneself with overly cerebral activities, there are after all beaches to be lain on, alpine passes to be explored, and phenomenally lightweight pop novels to be read, it is important to not only take regular breaks from the sun, but also to ensure that you keep your mental faculties as fit and active as your physical ones: you’ll need them come autumn.
And an architecture and or design museum offers the perfect location for both.
Our recommended meaningful shady retreats in summer 2024 can be found in Ulm, Copenhagen, Karlsruhe, Bloomfield Hills and Berlin……
