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The Look of Things: Material World

Glenn Gordon — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT

Glenn Gordon writes the first episode of our new series on design, The Look of Things. He attends the American Institute of Architects convention in Minneapolis, and looks at the trade show that accompanies it: What is happening to the material world?

image: Duluth T yard

image: AIA

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image: Chat 2

Thingdom Come

Essay by Glenn Gordon — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Design critic and artist Glenn Gordon offers his eloquent, if ambivalent, reflections on everyday design and the masses of stuff that unremarkably, but thoroughly, fill the corners of our modern lives.

image: Abercrombie and Fitch

image: Crocs

image: Sobe

image: YakTrax

image: CamelBak

Sculpture Designed to Be Used

Essay by Glenn Gordon — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT

"Functional Sculpture," highlighting Upper Midwestern furniture designers, is a new show at the Carleton Art Gallery in Northfield. Co-curator Glenn Gordon offers this lovely essay by way of introduction to the artists' work. Exhibition runs through 3/10.

image: Furnucci

image: Cocktail Cart

image: Floor Lamp

image: Blue Table

image: music stand