JONATHAN MUECKE: T Magazine

March 30, 2015

“The next generation of American designers is experimenting with form – inspired by everything from organic shapes to the funky geometries of postmodernism.”

Does that synopsis apply to Muecke? Click the link and decide for yourself.

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SNARKITECTURE: COS

Click the link to see Split by Snarkitecture featured on COS’s blog today!

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JONATHAN MUECKE: PIN-UP

March 24, 2015

While the names 31-year-old Minneapolis-based designer Jonathan Muecke gives his work may seem perfectly straightforward, the results are anything but. His Decentralized Light (DL) (2013), for example, takes the shape of a three-foot-tall topless aluminum table frame whose nonagon-shaped perimeter contains tiny recessed LEDs; the inconspicuous-sounding Divider (2011) turns out to be a five-foot-tall baby-blue wedge, more minimalist sculpture than decorative screen; while others, such as the compelling Frame (2011), a tent-like metal structure, or Miami Vertical Shape (2013), a kidney-shaped wall hanging, seem to defy function altogether. “The objects I make have a presence just as much as they do themselves away. They put up a fight,” muses Muecke.

Read more of the article here.

RO/LU: T Magazine

March 18, 2015

RO/LU sneak peak of the March 29th T Magazine Design Issue here.

RO/LU: The Center for Ongoing Research & Projects

RO/LU collaborated with Dante Carlos to create a piece and book that explores meditation, objects and space that will be presented by the The Center for Ongoing Research & Projects MARCH 28TH, 2015 — APRIL 26TH, 2015 in Columbus Ohio. The book, along with an edition of engraved bricks and felt will be available soon. Read more about the project here.

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