Inspiration

Donald Judd

Donald Judd is widely regarded as one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. Judd (1928–1994) worked across art, furniture and architecture. Judd became known as one of the key exponents of ‘Minimalism’, but it was a label that he strongly rejected. Although he shared many of the principles identified with Minimalist art — the use of industrial materials to create abstract works that emphasise the purity of colour, form, space and materials — he preferred to describe his own work as ‘the simple expression of complex thought’. Having begun his career as a writer and critic, Judd’s theoretical texts on art and exhibition practice remain strongly relevant, as do his furniture designs which are still manufactured today and continue to resonate in contemporary
design practice.

The configuration and scale of art cannot be transposed into furniture and architecture. The intent of art is different from that of the latter, which must be functional. If a chair or a building is not functional, if it appears to be only art, it is ridiculous … Furniture is furniture and is only art in that architecture, ceramics, textiles and many things are art.

Donald Judd, It’s hard to find a good lamp, 1993

Judd broke new ground in his exploration of volume, interval, space and colour . He rejected the tradition of artistic expression and craftsmanship by using industrial materials such as Plexiglas, sheet metal and plywood, and from the mid-1960s his works were fabricated by external manufacturers. By encouraging concentration on the volume and presence of the structure and the space around it, Judd’s work draws particular attention to the relationship between the object, the viewer, and its environment. This relationship became a central focus of Judd’s career, and he devoted much of his later life to the sympathetic installation of his own work.

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Viagrafik

The art- and designcollective Via Grafik, based in Wiesbaden, Germany, was found in 1998 as a crew of graffiti- and streetartists. The wide range of works of the six members SIGN, BOE , G13, N6, MNWR KS and Lars Herzig goes from Wallpainting to Logo- and Corporate Design, Illustration, 3D-Sculptures and Interior Design to Motiondesign and Photography.The crew got to be known for inventing graphical methods to graffiti and since 2002 after having been invited to the Urban Discipline Exhibition in Hamburg, BOE and MNWR KS decided to offer professional design services under the name of Via Grafik as well. The studio attracted attention in the designscene for its incisive style and the great diversity of their work. Via Grafik got invited to take part in a large number of exhibitions and publications (i.e. A rt of Rebellion, Fadings, Backspin, Juice, Blond, Defrag, various books at Die Gestalten Verlag,...) and they realized commissons for global brands like Nike, Nintendo, Adidas, Volkswagen or Staatstheater Wiesbaden as well as for smaller companies based in their area.

Some of Viagrafik's work :