The Latvian Occupation Museum and the Latvian War Museum are currently hosting exhibitions created by Elīna Lībiete and Ivars Veinbergs’ newly founded design office .obj. In the column Nice Touch, Elīna talks about how to live with the information age.
Until August 30, the Part Time gallery is hosting a solo exhibition by Australian interior architect and artist Maike Statz entitled A Table is a Wall, a Door, a Home. In her creative practice, she focuses on the relationship between the body and the space, exploring spatial inequality and looking for alternative tools and methods for shaping the environment. In the Nice Touch section, Maike talks about a more creative and personal alternative to colour palettes.
Today, July 31, at 18:00, the Part Time gallery will open a solo exhibition by Australian interior architect and artist Maike Statz entitled A Table is a Wall, a Door, a Home, which focuses on the symbolic and political meanings of the table.
om August 8 to September 19, the solo exhibition The Sea is Silent, Yet I Return by artist Madara Kvēpa will be on view at the ISSP Gallery. The exhibition explores ecological sensitivity — the formation of relationships with nature an its elements.
The qualification work of young designer Una Beļeviča, upon completing her studies at the Riga School of Design and Art (RSDA) Product Design programme, is a lifebuoy stand that also serves as an element of beach amenities.
This year, 58 product design students graduated from the Riga School of Design and Art, completing the new modular programme which is led by designer Baiba Lindāne. In the Nice Touch section, Baiba talks about the activity that gives her energy and clears her head.
Nikola Freimane’s qualification work at the Riga School of Design and Art (RSDA) is an accessory collection which consists of various elements that are interchangeable, adapting to the user’s needs and preferences.
Upon graduating from the Art Academy of Latvia (AAL) with a bachelor’s degree in metal design, Katrīna Vītola created a jewellery collection entitled Guardians, which was developed in collaboration with the residents of the SOS Children’s Village in Īslīce.
The Liepaja Residency and Culture Centre, which is led by designer Barbara Freiberg, has just become an official partner of the New European Bauhaus (NEB). In the Nice Touch section, Barbara talks about an artistic and technological experience in Liepāja.
Anna Dragūne is one of the graduates of the new Product Design programme at the Riga School of Design and Art (RSDA). Her qualification project is a set of containers, which are designed for regrowing vegetables using their scraps.
While completing her master’s degree in Functional Design at the Art Academy of Latvia (AAL), Elīza Siliņa created a provocative installation entitled Everlasting Handwriting, interpreting the writing process as tattooing.
Adelaida Brakmane’s qualification project at the the Riga School of Design and Art (RSDA) is a rug featuring the footprints of Latvian forest animals. It not only allows children to learn about nature but also serves as a comfortable place to play.
From July 17 to September 3, the Civita Nova art space of the Great Amber concert hall in Liepāja will host the largest exhibition of contemporary Baltic design ever held in Latvia.
Gallery Asni is currently hosting photographer Pēteris Vīksna’s, which explores two parallel narratives — urban and corporeal. In the Nice Touch section, Pēteris talks about a utilitarian and, at the same time, poetic element of the urban environment.
Upon completing his studies in the Product Design Bachelor’s programme at the Art Academy of Latvia (AAL), young designer Lūkass Segliņš created a surfboard grown from mycelium.
from July 10 to 13, Riga will host the inaugural Riga Contemporary art fair. The visual identity of the event, created by designers Dans Jirgensons and Pauls Rietums, plays on the round stickers traditionally used at art events to mark sold works.
Designer Megija Jurevica is one of the authors of the visual identity of the XIII Latvian School Youth Song and Dance Festival, created by studio Kid Design. In the Nice Touch section, Megija talks about how to be active and overcome the introverted Latvian nature.