Rasmus Norlander: Still life
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           Amor Vacui        
 
        
          
    
        
           Domink von Moos, born 1990, studied architecture at ETH Zurich.        
 
       
    
       
           Palmyra, End of March, 2016        
 
        
          
    
        
           Palmyra. City of Mesopotamia, city of the Phoenicians, of the Assyrians, the Greeks, the Persians, a...        
 
       
    
       
           The end of history - La fin de l´histoire        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Belief in progress is irresistible. In flattering the eye it blinds us. Standing in the middle of t...        
 
       
    
       
           Blast        
 
        
          
    
        
           Naoya Hatakeyama was born in 1958 in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Hatakeyama, a student of Kiyoji Otsuji...        
 
       
    
       
           Bring the outside in: The houses of Joseph Eichler        
 
        
          
    
        
           “Eichlers,” as they are referred to in California, are midcentury modern tract homes developed b...        
 
       
    
       
           Harrison and Abramovitz        
 
        
          
    
        
           Architects Wallace Harrison and Max Abramovitz, who worked independently in New York in a partnershi...        
 
       
    
       
           Man. Kiki. Lee.        
 
        
          
    
        
           The muses of Emmanuel Radnitzky (Man Ray)
"All I need is an onion, a bit of bread, and a bottle of ...        
 
       
    
       
           Conformity        
 
        
          
    
        
           “Modern man has become a cog in a very complex society. We live in a society that praises individu...        
 
       
    
       
           Uncanny Bodies        
 
        
          
    
        
           There is a space of imagination stretching between brain, lens and body: Photography by Ariana Molly...        
 
       
    
       
           Trees in Winter        
 
        
          
    
        
           A series utilizing random patterns in nature to reveal mathematical beauty, by Ansen Seale.        
 
       
    
       
           Observatoires        
 
        
          
    
        
           Noémie Goudal is a French artist who graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2010 with an MA in ...        
 
       
    
       
           Julien Notter and Sébastien Vigne        
 
        
          
    
        
           Basé à Lausanne, Notter + Vigne est un atelier graphique fondé en 2002 par les designers Julien N...        
 
       
    
       
           Mass, space, plane and line        
 
        
          
    
        
           "The essence of architecture is the interrelation and interaction of mass, space, plane and line. Th...        
 
       
    
       
           Nauru        
 
        
          
    
        
           Nauru was first inhabited at least 3,000 years ago. Inhabitants caught ibija fish, acclimatised them...        
 
       
    
       
           SCHNAPPVIECHER        
 
        
          
    
        
           The Krampus in Salzburg, Austria was the first beast Charles Fréger  encountered during his two-yea...        
 
       
    
       
           The contemporary condition        
 
        
          
    
        
           Fred Guillaud (France, 1973) is photographer, architect and teacher. He lives and works  in Barcelon...        
 
       
    
       
           Orange mecanique        
 
        
          
    
        
           Philippe Jarrigeon, photographer and publisher, was born in 1982 in France. He graduated from ECAL  ...        
 
       
    
       
           André Bloc - Sculptures Habitacles        
 
        
          
    
        
           From 1962 to 1966, André Bloc created his habitable sculptures. This work marks the evolution of th...        
 
       
    
       
           "I’m an outsider"        
 
        
          
    
        
           Born in New York City in 1928, William Klein studied sociology while enrolled at City College of New...        
 
       
    
       
           Spacecraft        
 
        
          
    
        
           Raised in Maryland, Nicholas Alan Cope moved to Los Angeles in 2004 and attended Art Center College ...        
 
       
    
       
           Josef Sudek        
 
        
          
    
        
           Josef Sudek (b. March 17, 1896, Kolin, Bohemia – d. September 15, 1976) was a Czech photographer, ...        
 
       
    
       
           Mirrors        
 
        
          
    
        
           Jeannette Montgomery Barron was born in 1956 in Atlanta and studied at the International Center of P...        
 
       
    
       
           Charles Negre        
 
        
          
    
        
           Charles Negre is an independent studio photographer living and working in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Harry Seidler        
 
        
          
    
        
           Harry Seidler was born in Vienna in 1923 as son of Rose and Max Seidler. Rose was able to pursue her...        
 
       
    
       
           constructing meaning in 3 steps        
 
        
          
    
        
           Frank Hülsbömer was born 1968 in Münster/Germany.        
 
       
    
       
           Iraq        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photojournalist Luke Wolagiewicz lives in London. Over the last 15 years he has worked across the Mi...        
 
       
    
       
           The 2015 best of penccil        
 
        
          
    
        
           This was an extraordinary year. The world went through a series of shocks and shake-ups, and in betw...        
 
       
    
       
           The Other Side        
 
        
          
    
        
           There's always another side, other stories and new faces behind the glamorous curtains of the fashio...        
 
       
    
       
           Spatial Objects        
 
        
          
    
        
           Spatial Objects is the result of Dan Holdsworth’s ongoing enquiry into contemporary photographic p...        
 
       
    
       
           Hello Winter        
 
        
          
    
        
           Hello winter . A small selection of landscape photography made in the Atlantic islands of Azores dur...        
 
       
    
       
           What You Think You Know        
 
        
          
    
        
           Philip Herrman is graphic designer in Zurich, Switzerland. Clients include Reto Geiser for Standpunk...        
 
       
    
       
           Ankara: From pioneering modernism to revivalist mimicry        
 
        
          
    
        
           Ankara: Öncü modernizmden öykünmeci mimesise
Murat Germen is an artist using photography as an ...        
 
       
    
       
           Aspartame: Adrien Rovero        
 
        
          
    
        
           Born in 1981, Adrien Rovero holds a Master’s in Industrial Design from ECAL Lausanne. He opened hi...        
 
       
    
       
           UN_NATURAL BESTIARY        
 
        
          
    
        
           In this work Andrea Alessio collects, as in an ancient bestiary, a series of animal images. The fore...        
 
       
    
       
           ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN        
 
        
          
    
        
           I would like to introduce this new series of photos by Andrea Alessio by appealing to an axiom that ...        
 
       
    
       
           Behind the walls        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paolo Ventura was born in Milan in 1968. His work has been exhibited in museums and private gallerie...        
 
       
    
       
           Lo Zuavo Scomparso        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paolo Ventura was born in Milan in 1968. His work has been exhibited in museums and private gallerie...        
 
       
    
       
           Antonio Sant´Elia: The house of concrete, glass and steel        
 
        
          
    
        
           "No architecture has existed since 1700. A moronic mixture of the most various stylistic elements us...        
 
       
    
       
           Studio BAAG        
 
        
          
    
        
           Studio BAAG is Swedish designer Caroline Bauer and Italian architect Pier Francesco Galuppini.
http:...        
 
       
    
       
           Gio Ponti, Architetto        
 
        
          
    
        
           Gio Ponti (born Nov. 18, 1891, Milan, Italy—died Sept. 15, 1979, Milan) graduated in 1921 from the...        
 
       
    
       
           Technological Exaptation        
 
        
          
    
        
           Images by photographer and set designer Maxime Guyon, currently living and working between Lyon (Fra...        
 
       
    
       
           Parisian Still Lifes        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Romain Bernardie James, born 1980, lives and works in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Absalon: Cellules        
 
        
          
    
        
           Cellules d'habitation: 6 residential modules of 9 square metres, designed to fit in 6 major cities (...        
 
       
    
       
           Urban Robot: The early works of 伊東 豊雄 Toyo Ito        
 
        
          
    
        
           Toyo Ito (伊東 豊雄) was born 1 June 1941 in Seoul, Korea to Japanese parents. In 1943, he moved...        
 
       
    
       
           Softer        
 
        
          
    
        
           Softer than Steel: Nendo for Desalto.        
 
       
    
       
           Le Corbusier: Original Interiors        
 
        
          
    
        
           A selection of original interiors by Charles Edouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier).        
 
       
    
       
           Fisherman        
 
        
          
    
        
           Pendant lamp 'Fisherman' by TAF, a Stockholm based design and architecture studio founded by Gabriel...        
 
       
    
       
           Volkswagen Jetta        
 
        
          
    
        
           Herla King,2010-2012. Mirror and colored vinyls & spray-paint on 1984 Volkswagen Jetta. Etienne Bard...        
 
       
    
       
           Inside is Out - Outside is In        
 
        
          
    
        
           photography by Thomas Skou, Copenhagen.        
 
       
    
       
           Aeronauts        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Benedict Redgrove was born in Woodley near Reading, England. He studied at Berkshire Co...        
 
       
    
       
           I+N: Gohanan        
 
        
          
    
        
           Piggy bank "Gohanan" by atelier I+N. Born in 1984, Ismael and Nathan Studer received their degrees i...        
 
       
    
       
           Ramona Rosales Portraits        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Ramona Rosales lives and works in Los Angeles.        
 
       
    
       
           Frihamnen Harbour Sauna        
 
        
          
    
        
           For sustainable urban growth and the creation of a specific harbour park at Frihamnen, one of the ha...        
 
       
    
       
           Memory & Form        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paul is an Australian-Taiwanese photographer living and working in New York. He studied in Milano an...        
 
       
    
       
           Low Tech        
 
        
          
    
        
           Kevin Twomey´s first study of light came from studying theatrical lighting where he learned the abi...        
 
       
    
       
           White Rooms        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Wouter Hogendorp from Den Haag documents the beauty of architectural details: light, th...        
 
       
    
       
           Müller-Brockmann        
 
        
          
    
        
           Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914 – 1996) was one of the main exponents of the Swiss International Sty...        
 
       
    
       
           Spin it again        
 
        
          
    
        
           The stool "Spin" is the result of a collaboration of designer Staffan Holm with Swedish company Swed...        
 
       
    
       
           Dominik Tarabanski        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Dominik Tarabanski was born in Poland. He lives and works in NYC.        
 
       
    
       
           Hans Poelzig: Architecture as Gesamtkunstwerk        
 
        
          
    
        
           Architect Hans Poelzig (1869 – 1936) was an eclectic visionary. He worked with sculptural effects,...        
 
       
    
       
           New York by Louis Faurer        
 
        
          
    
        
           Louis Faurer (1916 –  2001) was an American fashion and street photographer. The significance of h...        
 
       
    
       
           Nordic Seating        
 
        
          
    
        
           Chairs and sofas by Claesson Koivisto Rune, a design and architecture office based in Stockholm, Swe...        
 
       
    
       
           The Long River        
 
        
          
    
        
           Nadav Kander came to China several times in 2005 to 2007, visited 186 cities and traveled along the ...        
 
       
    
       
           Football  and architecture        
 
        
          
    
        
           In Brazil, a country of 200 million people, the lack of housing is estimated at 5.2 million homes, 1...        
 
       
    
       
           Passage        
 
        
          
    
        
           The crossing of the Mediterranean Sea is a particularly deadly stage of the path of migrants to Euro...        
 
       
    
       
           Things As They Are        
 
        
          
    
        
           Erin O´Keefe is a visual artist and architect based in New York City and New Brunswick, Canada. She...        
 
       
    
       
           It Must Be Beautiful        
 
        
          
    
        
           Bus stop embellishments in Belarus.
Photographer Alexandra Soldatova was born in 1983. She graduated...        
 
       
    
       
           Jean Arp: Randomness        
 
        
          
    
        
           Randomness was a key part of Jean Arp’s work right from the creation of the first dadaist group in...        
 
       
    
       
           Seventies Portraits        
 
        
          
    
        
           Beautiful black and white portraits from the seventies.        
 
       
    
       
           Time Bandits        
 
        
          
    
        
           Visual communication artist Sabine Marx-Nieder is based in Munich, Germany.        
 
       
also:
 Night Stories        
 
        
  
 (C) Mario Gagliardi 2014        
      
        
       
 
 Choreography of pictorial fetishes        
 
        
  
 Afterword by WM Hunt
These are photographs.
These exist uniquely as photographs. The artist, Manuel ...        
      
        
       
 
 Bus station        
 
        
  
 Photos captured as a part of incomplete project looking to be completed.        
      
        
       
 
 Twenty Twentyone        
 
        
  
 Impressions from Vienna in the latter half of 2021. Images by Mario Gagliardi.        
      
        
       
 
 Parallel Universe        
 
        
  
 Sometimes, you can catch one of these scenes when things seem less real, as if another version of re...        
      
        
       
 
 Surface N° 2        
 
        
  
 Arctic Paper presents Surface N° 2 – a second edition featuring a specially curated selection of ...        
      
        
       
 
 Casa Sperimentale        
 
        
  
 One of the most visionary built experiments of 20th century architecture was created through the per...        
      
        
       
 
 colors        
 
        
  
 colors        
      
        
       
 
 Archip-elles        
 
        
  
 Swiss graphic designers We Play created this pop-art inspired, fun poster series for the Archipelles...        
      
        
       
 
 Les Concerts du mercredi        
 
        
  
 The idea of Swiss based graphic design practice We Play Design for these posters for Les Concerts du...        
      
        
       
 
 Paris        
 
        
  
 Paris 2019. (C) Mario Gagliardi        
      
        
       
 
 Street Life        
 
        
  
 Photographic impressions in the streets of Tokyo and Kyoto. (C) Mario Gagliardi        
      
        
       
 
 Energy        
 
        
  
 Every photo has an energy, a direction, and a story. I do not own this story.        
      
        
       
 
 Bones, Stones, Sticks, & Stones        
 
        
  
 Digital photography and manipulation on paper.        
      
        
       
 
 Dawson        
 
        
  
 Yukon Territory, Canada        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Romantic Modern: The California Architecture of Harwell Hamilton Harris. Writer and Designer, Ted We...        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Casting Shadows, Auguste Rodin. Writer and Designer.        
      
        
       
 
 Hoi An        
 
        
  
 Ancient Town in Vietnam and South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century
2...        
      
        
       
 
 worlds of planet earth        
 
        
  
 A set of photos from different places on Earth.
2018        
      
        
       
 
 Painted by Time        
 
        
  
 Inricate patterns created by lichens, made over time around the tiny cracks of ceramic tiles. (C) Ma...        
      
        
       
 
 penccil: This was 2017        
 
        
  
 The penccil year in review is a project selection for 2017, this year curated by Mario Gagliardi. Se...        
      
        
       
 
 Wayne Sorce:  Urban Color        
 
        
  
 "Wayne Sorce: Urban Color" is on view from October 21st through November 30th at Joseph Bellows Gall...        
      
        
       
 
 BKM/Barozzi/Veiga        
 
        
  
 The extension of the Villa Planta, which will accommodate the Bündner Kunstmuseum, is an exercise o...        
      
        
       
 
 The wall        
 
        
  
 photography and theoretical  project about the The seperation wall between Israel and the west bank        
      
        
       
 
 Swiernalis        
 
        
  
 Polish alternative musician Swiernalis        
      
        
       
 
 Franz Kline        
 
        
  
 Around 1950, Franz Kline radically simplified painting: “Instead of making a sign you can read, yo...        
      
        
       
 
 Kenzo Tange        
 
        
  
 Kenzo Tange was born September 4, 1913 in Osaka, Japan. After graduating from the University of Toky...        
      
        
       
 
 American Food        
 
        
  
 Davide Luciano is a New York based conceptual food and beverage photographer and motion artist. His ...        
      
        
       
 
 Franz De Lacroix        
 
        
  
 Model: Franz De Lacroix / Average is Boring
Photographer: Paulina Wyszynska        
      
        
       
 
 Carlo Scarpa: Sketch and Work        
 
        
  
 There is hardly another architect of the 20th century in whose work the progression from sketch to c...        
      
        
       
 
 Peter Zumthor: Thinking Architecture        
 
        
  
 A selection of remarkable work by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor.        
      
        
       
 
 Struth: Nature & Politics        
 
        
  
 Thomas Struth´s work shows us highly complex equipment, structures and constructions. His pictures ...        
      
        
       
 
 Spatial Clusters        
 
        
  
 "Refined nature consists of evolved technology such as robotics, artificial intelligence, cybernetic...        
      
        
       
 
 Christian Herdeg: Kunst und Bau        
 
        
  
 Christian Herdeg was born 1942 in Zurich. Trained as a photographer, cameraman and lighting technici...        
      
        
       
 
 Obsolete Distinction        
 
        
  
 In contemporary society, the digital world pervades the physical to such an extent that any distinct...        
      
        
       
 
 L’ITALIA CI GUARDIA        
 
        
  
 On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic, 40 masters of photogra...        
      
        
       
 
 The Glass House        
 
        
  
 "This house was Philip Johnson's autobiography—all of his interests were visible, and all of his a...        
      
        
       
 
 Design & Politics        
 
        
  
 Photo series "design and politics" by Philippe Jarrigeon, photographer and publisher, born in 1982 i...        
      
        
       
 
 Julius Shulman: Visual Drama        
 
        
  
 "Julius had an eye for visual drama. With modernist buildings, he loved capturing the strong lines s...        
      
        
       
 
 Memories of Ruins: Rebecca Bathory        
 
        
  
 Finding beauty in darkness, poetry and meaning in the forgotten and surreal, imaginary worlds amongs...        
      
        
       
 
 Toshio Onda        
 
        
  
 Japanese Fashion photographer Toshio Onda studied at the University of West England. He lives in Par...        
      
        
       
 
 Jean-Jaques Lequeu        
 
        
  
 Jean-Jacques Lequeu  (1757-1825) worked as a draughtsman at Rouen, and from 1779 in Paris at the Cad...        
      
        
       
 
      
      
    
      
      
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— William Mocca
        
       
     
       
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