Jetzt! / Now!
Sunday 11, September 2011
The ‘Cone clock’, one of the final year projects I made while at the Royal College of Art is now exhibited a s part of ‘Jetzt / Now!’ Perceptions of Time and Contemporary Design, at the Marta Herford Museum in Herford , Germany.
The clock consist of just the hours hand, which shaped as a conical object, turns around any flat surface at the rhythm of a clock. The time is read in relation to the space surrounding it, making obvious the space-time relationship.
The exhibition includes works by;
Pieke Bergmans, Natalia Brilli, Nacho Carbonell, Michel Charlot,
Oscar Diaz, Delphine Frey, Front Design, Marti Guixé, Studio Gorm,
Susanna Hertrich, Studio Job, Joris Laarmann, Via Lewandowski,
Thomas Lommée, Maison Margiela, Jo Meesters, Sander Mulder,
Wieki Somers and Studio Bas van der Veer.
You will find more information and opening times here.
Talk to Me
Sunday 11, September 2011
The ‘Ink Calendar’ has been selected for the ‘Talk to me’ exhibition at MoMa in New York.
The exhibition explores the communication between people and things and includes all sorts of objects and installations.
A great number of projects show new ways of interacting with objects with the help from new technologies, while a few others are more on the low-tech side.
The exhibition started on the July 24 and it will run till the 7th November 2011.
You can see the page of the project and browse through the other projects selected here.
You can also see the project page explaining the project and how it started here.
Barcelona Design meets London Design
Thursday 28, July 2011
‘Barcelona Design meets London Design’ is a group exhibition during The London Design Festival that will be taking place at The Vyner Studio, in the increasingly popular Vyner Street.
Although you may have already guessed from the title, the exhibition will bring together the work of some Spanish designers with studios both based in London and in Barcelona. The studios/designers included are Tomas Alonso, Aloy Mas, Causas Externas, OutOfStock, GR and Oscar Diaz.
We will present a few new projects, some of them recently launched by Spanish company DOIY and others self-produced by the studio.
The exhibition will be running from the 20th September to the 6th October.
Colour hunting
Thursday 28, July 2011
Last month Frame published, ‘Colour Hunting’, a book covering projects from advertising to fashion were the color is the main reason for each project.
Our interest in colors is represented within the book by two projects the ‘Ink Calendar’, and the ‘RGB vases’. More about this projects on their project pages here, and here.
Interns wanted
Thursday 28, July 2011
We are looking for an intern available to work for three months starting in August.
These are some of the busiest months of the year, with the London Design Festival around the corner and lots of work is guaranteed.
Successful applicants will have a ‘can do’ attitude and be highly and equally skilled using a computer and a hammer.
A hands-on approach and thinking while making are necessary.
Please send your application ( CV and portfolio with your five best projects ) to: info@oscar-diaz.net ( 5MB max)