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Good design

New York’s trees are not financial assets

Small and on wheels, Bauhaus is now a bus

To mark the Bauhaus’ 100th

anniversary, a motorised replica

of the Dessau Bauhaus building will

be travelling around the world to

divulge new ways of teaching

design. Using the familiar imagery

of the famous German design

school, Savvy Contemporary

questions the dictat of western

design teaching, raising questions

around heritage, property, urbanity

and conviviality. The bus – which is

part of the Spinning Triangles long

term project — hides a 15 sq m

apartment open to the public with

events and exhibitions. After

Dessau and Berlin, it will travel to

Kinhasa from 6 to 14 April, hosting

a sympososium and workshops.

Marianna Guernieri

http://www.savvy-contemporary.com

Photo © Mirko Mielke

A lecture-performance during

Performa 12 in 2017 had already

presented the topic. And now, after

over a year of work, Daniel Fernández

Pascual and Alon Schwabe (alias

Cooking Sections) will offer the results

of their investigation on the trees of

New York, threatened by neoliberist

policies, financial speculation and

urban strategies. The exhibition

“Offsetted” (Arthur Ross Gallery,

Columbia, 22.2–8.6) is an opportunity

to explore practices and procedures

in environment definancialisation.

On 22 February, a new public ordinance

was discussed that may give trees

the right to be themselves again.

Felicity Scott (GSAPP), Mari Margil

(CELDF) and Elizabeth Yeampierre

(UPROSE) will participate.

http://www.arch.columbia.edu

What is good design? How can it

improve lives? The show, curated

by Juliet Kinchin/Andrew Gardner

at MoMA, New York (10.2–27.5),

responds. From furniture to

appliances, transport to toys, The

Value of Good Design explores

the democratising potential

of design, with well-made,

affordable products.

http://www.moma.org

Courtesy of Cooking Sections

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