Oct 19, 2009
talks/alice rawsthorn
Spotted writer/critic Alice Rawsthorn in the audience at the Hella Jongerius talk at Frieze last Sunday.
Moderator Eugenia Bell – design editor at Frieze magazine – wasn’t exactly an exciting speaker. Bell’s problem seems to me that she rattles on as if she would be writing, including footnotes!
Rawsthorn came up with some questions after the talk that got Hella excited. She just manages to get more out of people and in all fairness, the fact that the two know each other probably helped.
Good or bad moderator, Hella was very inspiring herself. She just packed up her Rotterdam studio and moved to Berlin – minus the assistants – to be ‘a beginner’ again. Let’s keep an eye on the outcome!
But I digress … what I actually wanted to say is that if you fancy a bit of Alice Rawsthorn, here is a list of upcoming talks in London that she will be involved in.
27/10/2009 AA Future of Design – Conversation with the curator and critic, Shumon Basar, co-director of the Architectural Association’s Cultural Programme. Info here.
26/11/2009 Conversation with Konstantin Grcic in V&A. The upcoming Design Real exhibition in the Serpentine Gallery curated by Grcic can be found here.
08/12/2009 Talking Design – Conversation with Graphic Thought Facility in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Check for info on this site – not listed yet.
I will add these events to the calendar too.
Check her out, she is a great ambassador for design and has the coolest dress sense on top of it!
