Saskia Olde Wolbers

by Laurice Parkin The video art of One of her most acclaimed works, the six minute "Kilowatt Dynasty" (2000) will be presented at Mori Art Museum in Tokyo opening this Friday. The artist will also be speaking at the Museum on Saturday; it's a rare opportunity to hear the visionary behind the vision. See below for details. Kilowatt Dynasty 25 April-13 July 2008 Artist's talk: …

Hidebumi Yamaguchi: IMAnoWa

With all the press and buyers swarming around Milan's Salone del Mobile, I was so happy to wander into a seemingly inauspicious exhibition called "Shapes of Japanese Style." The group show was tucked into the gallery's basement and, like many exhibits of its kind, felt a little thin. That was until my eyes landed on Akaikage, or "red shadow," is a simple flower vase infused …

Droog: A Touch of Green

One of the great things about visiting trade fairs is witnessing the emergence of trends and threading together the seemingly random way in which creative people develop similar ideas. Like Stephen Burks' Cappellini Love tables that we reported on yesterday, Belgian designer Another product that shares similar traits with a recent design is Rotterdam-based duo Easily the most engaging part of the show was Tobias …