We arrived into San Francisco in the middle of a beautiful sunny day, we had a very enthusiastic guy who picked us up from the airpot and wanted to tell us and show us, anything and everything we wanted to see in his city. So this was our first stop Clarion Alley, a back street completely covered in graffiti and updated continually. There was so much! Here are a few that caught my eye
We visited an small temple, there was no one around and it had a very good feeling. This is a Banyan tree — a huge tree — have looked it up as I did not know before why these trees are wrapped so the information I found might not be correct but — Sacred symbol — It is believed that after attaining enlightenment, Buddha sat under a Banyan tree for seven days absorbed in his newfound realization. I think these figurines are Nats, they are so beautiful and extremely characterful. (more…)
In Scott’s Market we found these figurines, we were told by the shopkeeper this group (from left to right) were protectors of a mountain village, education, and a a river about 40-50 years old but I have no idea if they are or not. From the article Jocelyne sent me Folk Elements in Burmese Buddhism, The Alantic Magazine, February 1958, our little group look like they are local Nat’s rather than one of the 36 national Nat’s but I am not sure if this is correct or not.
We were also told girls have to be very careful when they grow their hair really long as people often cut their ponytails off if they are on a bus or not looking and sell them for wigs and they command a high price.
This guy definately had the best wagon in town.
Luke and I love this bamboo scaffolding, the apparent fragility of it. The very sad thing we heard in Yangon is if a building is covered in bamboo scaffolding and then shrouded in netting, it is likely that is the last you will see of it, next will be demolition, making way for new buildings.
Since I have been here I have been fascinated by use of the tiny children’s furniture
Luke has done an amazing job of building my map just as I wanted it. So exciting! still more islands to go on, spot which ones are missing!
The countries are taking shape can’t wait to see the whole world all in one go.
South America is well underway and looking good
Canada and America taking shape! Getting excited to see the finished piece, not long now.
Studio Myerscough is designing the permanent exhibition for the
New Design Museum
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Morag is working with Cartlidge Levene on the new Tate Extension. The Oil Tanks will open this summer 2012 and the eleven story extension will be completed by 2016.
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Morag & Luke are working with local people on a project in the British Council offices Yangon, Burma
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Morag is part of the group show ‘Bauhaus Live’ at the Aram Gallery, 18th May — 15th July.
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Morag is speaking at Typo Berlin May 17th — 19th 2012
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GraphicDesign& — Lucienne Roberts & Rebecca Wright
are launching their first publication ‘Page 1′ at an event at the Design Museum on 10th May 7.30pm. Morag contributed to the book and is doing a 2 minute slot on the night with a whole bunch of designers.
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Robert Urquhart article TYPE IN SPACE/MORAG MYERSCOUGH is out now ETAPES 203
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Morag is talking at the West of England Design Forum on Wednesday 25 April 2012
7pm at the Arnolfini £12.00 / £10.00 concs
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Morag is the foreman of the Spatial Design Jury for the 2012 D&AD Awards
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Morag is talking at the Manchester Design Symposium on the 21st March
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Morag has been working with Guy Noble, the art curator at UCLH over the last couple of years on the new UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre that completes this year
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Morag will be talking at the Arts University College Bournemouth on the 24th of February
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Morag has been invited do a talk at Konstfack, Sweden on the 31st January
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Morag’s installation for
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Luke and Morag have been asked to make a Bed & Breakfast installation by Designersblock at the Interiors UK 2012 show from the 22nd Jan to 25th at Birmingham NEC.
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Morag & Luke’s series of 26 stools ‘Non Sense’ will be for sale in Selfridges Concept store and to try out in their Library until 1st March 2012
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Morag is doing the Central St Martin’s Christmas Typographic talk on Wednesday 7th December. Poster designed by Kate and Agostino at CSM.
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Morag & Luke have been working with the fantastic Zynga team in San Francisco, creating their new headquarters.
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Morag & Luke have completed their work on The Old Vinyl Factory, which successfully launched on the 2nd November.
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Morag has an exhibit in ‘Imaginery Menagerie’ at the Text/Gallery 44 Emerald Street WC1N 3LH, 20 October — 22 November 2011
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Luke & Morag are exhibiting pieces at ‘Neon + Vinyl’ a Plus Art Projects Exhibition, 28 Redchurch Street, E2 7PD, 6th — 20th October 2011
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Morag will be talking at a new annual design conference brought to London by TYPO Berlin, 20 — 22 October, University of London
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Morag & Luke are building their installation ‘Ooh la la — celebrating excess’ at EXD’11 Biennale — 28/09 — 02/09/2011, installation will be in the square until 27/11/2011
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Morag will be talking about her environmental design work on the 6th October 6.30pm at The Gallery EC1M 6EL
Morag is talking at We Can Create, New Zealand’s biggest art and creative industries showcase, 26 — 27 August, Auckland, New Zealand
Morag is one of 11 speakers at the PechaKucha X Wim Crouwel Friday 1 July, 7.30pm at the Design Museum
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Morag is talking on (Motivation) curated by It’s Nice That, on the 28th June 2011
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LCC Summer Shows 2011 start with SHOW 1: WIDE OPEN — Foundation Art & Design show — 13th April — 7th July
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Exhibition: Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery 18th June 2011 — 25th September 2011
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Supergroup’s GREAT ‘G’ is being exhibited in the Legacy section of the Wim Crouwel — a graphic odyssey exhibition at the Design Museum, 30th March — 3rd July 2011
Out now, Eye Magazine 79 ‘In the thick of it’ article about Morag.
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Morag is talking at the Emzin seminar on visual communication, Slovenia, 17 & 18 May 2011
Morag talk:
Typographic Circle, 7pm,
Thursday 24th February 2011
LCC ‘POWER OF TEN’ Summer Shows 2010 has been nominated. Exhibition continues until 07 August 2011.
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