The Architect’s Newspaper named Norman Kelley’s exhibition design for Arakawa and Madeline Gins: Eternal Gradient at Columbia University, best of 2018.

Ania Jaworska interviews Jennefer Hoffmann about her ceramic work for the New City’s Designed Object 2018 issue. Read their exchange here.

Volume Gallery’s exhibition, The Sun and The Moon, gathers new work by the Los Angeles-based artist, Christy Matson. New City reviews the show here.

Volume Gallery is among the galleries invited to participate in the first edition of Felix LA from February 14-17 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Felix LA seeks “to create an intimate fair experience that prioritizes connoisseurship, collaboration, and community.” Check out the announcement and the list of invited galleries here.

Weaving – Contemporary Makers on the Loom is a new book surveying contemporary textile designers that have revitalized the medium through evolving techniques and innovating expressions. Fiber artists, Christy Matson and Tanya Aguiñiga, are both included in this book written by Katie Treggiden, published by Ludion. The book is available here.

Hyperallergic reviews Tanya Aguiñiga’s exhibition, Craft & Care, on view at the Museum of Art and Design through October 2. Read it here.

Mickey: The True Original Exhibition celebrates 90 years of Mickey Mouse’s influence on art and pop culture. This immersive experience is inspired by Mickey’s status as a ‘true original’ and his consistent impact on the arts and creativity in all its forms. Guests will have the chance to explore the 16,000 square-foot exhibition featuring both historic and contemporary work from renowned artists, including Tanya Aguiñiga.

Snarkitecture’s first comprehensive museum exhibition is going to re-imagine the idea of traditional home and present interactive elements for the visitor to discover. See renderings and “fun house” in construction.

(AMBOS) Art Made Between Opposite Sides, the timeless project from Tanya Aguiniga reflects the public perception of the two countries: U.S. and Mexico, and involves the commuters in the large-scale art installation. Read more about the emotionally attached project here. 

Volume Gallery had the opportunity to collaborate on the new Ace Hotel in Chicago, see what Wallpaper has to say about it.

“Visualize the stigmatized society”, as Tanya Aguiniga said. The show at Museum of Arts and Design presents Aguiñiga’s long-term exploration of craft along the U.S-Mexico Border. Read more about it here.

Tanya Aguiniga explores immigration, identity, and culture in her solo show at the Museum of Art and Design. Read more about how the knots at the border convey the emotion of those commuters here. 

Tanya Aguiniga activates the AMBOS (Art Made Between Opposite Sides) project and brings her thinking into the community work. Read the article here.

The sculptures by Ruhwald, in this show, place themselves at the boundary between art, furniture and common everyday objects. Read more here.

Snarkitecture is going to fill up the National Building Museum with interactive rooms that bring numerous Snarkitecture designs into an immersive experience. Read more here.

Tanya Aguiñiga’s show, May 8th – October 2nd, is a showcase of works, documentation and ephemera that resulted from her Art Made Between Opposite Sides (AMBOS) project along the Mexican-American border. Read more about the project here.

Chicago based Ania Jaworska and duo Norman Kelley are both being featured in a group furniture show at Friedman Benda in Manhattan. The show features a selection of furniture designed to question utility and highlight concept. Read more here.

A new show in the modern wing of the Art Institute of Chicago features numerous architects and designers, showing works from and for an increasingly complex world. More about the show can be read here.

Aranda/Lasch and Marcelo Coelho win the 2018, Times Square Valentines Heart Design competition with their proposed 12-foot wide , 3D printed Fresnel lens. An awesome feat of art + tech, read more here.

Snarkitecture and quartz surface designer Ceasarstone teamed up to create an instillation within a 19th century ballroom based on the topography of glaciers, icebergs and lakes. See more of the instillation here.

Snarkitecture abstracts the essence from everyday objects and defines the design tone by using monochromatic environ and reinterpretation of one element. See more projects here.

The National Building Museum is pleased to announce that Snarkitecture will be designing the 2018 Summer Block Party exhibition. The fun house will be full-sized with freestanding house allowing visitors to interact with. Read more here.

Check out Ace Hotel in vibrant modernist furnishings and a series of commissions with Volume Gallery.

Christy Matson’s show at the Long Beach Museum of Art, (February 16- May 13), explores the relationship between the Hand and the Story through textile, ceramic and illustration. Read more about the show here.

 This year’s Time Square Valentine’s Day installation, designed by Aranda\Lasch and Marcelo Coelho, is titled ‘Window to the heart’. Read more here.

Ruhwald is at ZONAMACO Design 2018 with his whimsy biomorphic ceramic vase. Read more here.

The installation – a 12-foot diameter 3D-printed Fresnel lens – is showing for Valentine’s Day at Time Square in New York. Read more here.

By striving for the homogeny both the interior and the exterior, architects are no strangers for furniture design. Read more here.

Chicago design duo Norman Kelley has teamed up with dancer Brendan Fernandez to create structures for his new ballet performances. See the structures and read more about the project here.

“No Thing” explores the furniture of architects, presenting a number of individuals and groups including Ania Jaworska and Norman Kelley. Read what Wallpaper has to say about it.

Americans for the Arts announced that Los Angeles-based artist and designer Tanya Aguiñiga is the receiver of the inaugural Americans for the Arts Johnson Fellowship for Artists Transforming Communities. The award will support her ongoing creative work in communities over 2018.