"A Product of Design" Opening Night
A BIG thank you to all the folks who attended and made the opening of “A Product of Design” at the Scion Installation LA gallery such a success. We had a great time, and hope you did too. 
Our special gratitude to all the artists and designers in the show, who worked hard and long to make everything look terrific, as well as to the Scion Installation LA family, who give their all to every show. 
The show remains open through October 4, 2011, if you missed the opening. It features great work from a collection of designers whose passion for their products is palpable.
A few shots from the opening and installation week are up on Flickr. Scion should have more up soon!

“What is the dividing line between a work of art and a commercially designed product? When does something cross the line between aesthetically satisfying and pragmatically plausible? Where do form and function meet, and which should take precedence? These are just a few of the questions that are entertained — if not exactly answered — by A Product Of Design. This show, sponsored by Scion and curated by Gluekit, takes a look at the work of nine different artists (Or are they designers? There are those bothersome distinctions mucking things up again.) who routinely cross the lines between passion and product.” —Jim Allen @ Société Perrier

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We are  excited to announce that our show, “A Product of Design,” will be opening in LA on September 17 at Scion Installation LA. The show is a celebration of the passion projects of designers we love, and we’ve brought together a number of our favorite designers to showcase their products and artwork.

Please join us and all the amazing folks in the show at the opening! (RSVP here.)

Mike Perry’s Pulled exhibition (featuring work from his latest tome Pulled: A Catalog of Screen Printing) is on view at Space Gallery in beautiful Portland, Maine beginning this Thursday, August 11, until September 16, 2011. Mike himself is heading up North to participate in the opening and some members’ events. If you’re in the area, do stop in and have a look.

PULLED A Catalog of Screen Printing
Book Release Party & Exhibition
Friday, April 29, 7pm – 10pm
7pm: Panel Discussion featuring: Josh Cochran, Demo, Maya Hayuk, and Jeremyville. Moderated by Mike Perry!

3rd Ward will display nearly all the works from this ground-breaking book, including artwork from Gluekit, Aesthetic Apparatus, Deanne Cheuk, Steven Harrington, Maya Hayuk, Cody Hudson, Jeremyville, Andy Mueller, Rinzen, Andy Smith, and more!

INSTALLATION 7
Scion Art Tour: Video

Featuring
Franki Chan, David Choe, Cheryl Dunn, Gluekit, Matt Goldman,
Cody Hudson & Jared Eberhardt, The London Police,
Mackie Osborne, Souther Salazar, and SSUR

March 26 – April 16, 2011

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 26th, 7-10pm

Artists in attendance
Open Bar

Eastern District
43 Bogart St.
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Morgan stop on L Train
http://www.eastern-district.com

Event is FREE with RSVP at
http://www.scionav.com/installation

Gluekit’s “Pop Art”

February 26, 2011

Photo by Colin Young-Wolff

Photo by Colin Young-Wolff

Photo by Colin Young-Wolff

Screenshot from our video Pop Art.

Public premiere at the Opening Reception in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 19, 2011 | 7-10pm.

Scion Installation LA / 3521 Helms Ave, Culver City, CA 90232

 

Pink Nails and Pineapple

February 16, 2011

“All hail the mighty pineapple!” — screenshot from our video for Installation 7: Scion Art Tour.

Opening Reception in Los Angeles this Saturday, February 19, 2011 | 7-10pm.

Scion Installation LA / 3521 Helms Ave, Culver City, CA 90232


Installation 7: Scion Art Tour – Video / Los Angeles Trailer from Scion ART on Vimeo.

Featuring Franki Chan, David Choe, Cheryl Dunn, Gluekit, Matt Goldman, Cody Hudson & Jared Eberhardt, The London Police, Mackie Osborne, Souther Salazar, and SSUR

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 19, 2011; 7-10pm; All Ages.

Artists in attendance
Open Bar / Free Valet

Scion Installation LA
3521 Helms Ave (at National)
Culver City, CA 90232
http://www.scionav.com/space

Event is FREE with RSVP at
http://www.scionav.com/installation

Gluekit Wall (Final) / "This Must Be The Place" show curated by Faesthetic, 2009 / Scion Installation LA

Gluekit / "This Must Be The Place" show curated by Faesthetic, 2009 / Scion Installation LA

Gluekit Wall (Detail 1) / "This Must Be The Place" show curated by Faesthetic, 2009 / Scion Installation LA

Gluekit Wall (Detail) / "This Must Be The Place" show curated by Faesthetic, 2009 / Scion Installation LA

Gluekit Wall / "This Must Be The Place" show curated by Faesthetic, 2009 / Scion Installation LA

Gluekit Wall (Detail) / "This Must Be The Place" show curated by Faesthetic, 2009 / Scion Installation LA

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Images of Gluekit’s installation at Faesthetic’s first LA curated show, This Must Be The Place, at the SCION Space gallery in Culver City. Featuring the work of Gluekit, Matt Curry, Maxwell Loren Holyoke-Hirsch, Skullphone, Damien Correll, Dan Funderburgh, Joel Speasmaker & Jemma Hostetler. The exhibition features nine American artists from the Faesthetic family who represent the diverse styles appearing in the magazine, and is comprised of art centered around a theme of “Home,” and loosely limited to a 2 color palette, just like an issue of Faesthetic.

Gluekit Acrylic Pieces

Installation In-Progress / "This Must Be The Place" show, 2009 / Scion Installation LA

Snapshots of Gluekit’s installation process at Scion Installation LA for “This Must Be The Place” curated by Faesthetic Magazine.

This Must Be The Place

June 14, 2009

We are super super psyched about the upcoming Faesthetic show, This Must Be the Place, that opens this Saturday, June 20, 2009 at the Scion Installation LA Gallery in sunny Culver City, California. Check out the video promo [ //direction //music ].

Hey, Cut It Out!

March 15, 2009

CutItOut_logo

Last night we attended the opening of Cut It Out, a great new show full of scissor-friendly magic at Open Space in Beacon, New York in the very beautiful Hudson Valley. The show was curated by the fantastically prodigious Mike Perry, who coincidentally also has a solo show, Patterns Found in Space, at Giant Robot in New York. Lots to check out! Cut It Out is chock full of work by great folks like Maya Wild, Damien Correll, Wyeth Hansen, Garrett Morin, Anna Wolf, Jim Datz, and loads of other talented paper fiends. We were thrilled to contribute some work too. The show is up until April 5, and makes a great destination for a day trip!

Take a Note!

January 5, 2009

Don't Forget Design! Stickie Campaign, 2008

Back in September, we were thrilled to be asked to participate in a giant yellow sticky project by the kind folks of Elsewhere. Their project was a collaborative poster campaign that used the motif of stickies, created by various graphic designers and studios, to paste up design across London during the 2008 London Design Festival. The limited edition and in many cases completely unique posters were free for the collecting by intrepid festivel goers. The Elsewhere site has a photo set of the posters in situ.

Our contribution was a set of neon green stenciled “Stick Together” stickies, a hand-numbered edition of twenty. You can see one in the snapshot above of one of the site installation of the project, taken at the Design Museum, surrounded by contributions by other participants!

(Photo courtesy of Elsewhere : http://www.elsewhere.org.uk/)

One of the fun things we did this year was attend the 2008 Yale MFA Graphic Design thesis show, something we try to see each and every year. It’s always a pleasure to see new and exciting work, and this year offered plenty of inspiration. Here’s a snapshot of some of Ken Meier’s work from the show– good stuff!

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