ProDesign 105 – Feb/Mar 2010

ProDesign issue 105. Cover image by Kate Coo­la­han. Cover story by Ham­ish Thompson.

Cover art: Part of an illus­tra­tion by Kate Coolahan.

Spine quote: “A fool­ish con­sist­ency is the hobgob­lin of little minds.” (Ralph Waldo Emer­son). Full quote: “A fool­ish con­sist­ency is the hobgob­lin of little minds, adored by little states­men and philo­soph­ers and divines.”

Fea­tures

The Art of Eve: Ham­ish Thompson reflects on the life and work of fash­ion illus­trator and ter­tiary edu­cator Kate Coolahan.

Learn­ing from Lye: Michael Smythe breaks down some of the things inher­ent to Len Lye’s art that design­ers can learn from.

‘Smal­ler’ Pro­jects: A café, a res­tur­ant, a geo­graphy school and a clinic. We take a look at inter­est­ing interi­ors that are small and well formed.

Caus­ing a Dis­rup­tion: US-based cor­res­pond­ent Frank Nel­son talks with Josh Handy and Sally Clarke about their work for Method Home, a clean­ing products com­pany with an edgy approach
to sus­tain­able design.

Mak­ing More of Motif: Xsite Archi­tects reworks the John Kinder Theo­lo­gical Lib­rary in Auck­land. The design gently integ­rates subtle lay­ers of sym­bol­ism through­out a num­ber
of design elements.