Pryds Drawing in 24timer

Something very unusual happened today: 24timer hit the streets with a drawing of mine on the pages. Newspapers are not all clipart and computer generated designs – once in a while the old colour pencils and chalks come to life. This one is about how we can use the new light bulbs that save electricity, but give a completely different light in the house. See more at 24.dk (it's on page 6-7).

Pryds Creativity Piece in Design Magazine

The fall/winter issue of Design magazine has landed on my doormat – and on doormats of subscribers all over the world. Design is published quarterly by the international organization Society for News Design, and the theme for this special double issue is "Hitting the reset button". Editor Jonathon Berlin asked me to write a piece about rebooting creativity, and I sent him the spread shown above – a package including both text, illustration and page design, with the title, "Six Simple Tricks to Keep Your Pencil Sharp". The spread was kindly included on page 16-17 in the 'reset section', which also feature great articles by Joe Grimm, Vladdo, Sarah Slobin, Roger Black, Mike Swartz and SND President Matt Mansfield. (Click the image to see a larger version).
__The magazine cover (shown right) is a wonderful collage inspired by Rodin's "The Thinker", Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel , and – Apple's reset button.
__One element from my illustration (the pin-up girl, of course, see below) is also used on the contents page; which means that one of the points I make on the spread – finding something to grab the reader's attention – actually works.
__Amazing, by the way, to se my name spelled in three different ways in one magazine (Pyrds, Prdys, and Pryds – the latter being the right way). But then again, nobody's perfect, and I guess it's probably even more difficult to pronounce correctly …

Store Formater has opened

A few glimpses from the opening of "Store Formater" in Galleri Lisse Bruun, Copenhagen. The vernissage was on Thursday, and the exhibition is on until 23 May 2009.
More info at www.pryds.com/storeformater2009

Painting ready for exhibition

The painting is finally finished – and ready to take to the exhibition in Galleri Lisse Bruun. Store Formater ("Large Formats") will open in Copenhagen on Thursday, and this is what I will show: 1.4 m high, 2 m wide, entitled "Black and White / Simone Does Her Hair". Come see it live: Vernissage: 23 April, from 5pm to 7pm.
More info at www.pryds.com/storeformater2009

Shit Trademark

Is this really possible? I know Manzoni canned and successfully sold his personal shit back in 1961, but that it should be possible to register shit as such as a trademark is amazing. Saw this on a traffic light just outside my house today (it's our building in the background, actually…)

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Kære venner –

torsdag den 23. april åbner Galleri Lisse Bruuns traditionsrige udstilling "Store Formater". Otte kunstnere udstiller i år, og Pryds deltager med et spritnyt, 2 x 1,4 m stort maleri med titlen "Black and White / Simone Does Her Hair" – hvis det når at tørre... Pryds har desuden atter fået lov at lave udstillingens plakat – efterhånden er dét vist blevet en tradition!
Velkommen til fernisering: Torsdag den 23. april 2009, kl. 17-19.
Galleri Lisse Bruun, Store Kongensgade 99, København K.
Mere info: www.pryds.com/storeformater2009

VærkstedsGalleriet i Kerteminde viser fra 3. maj udstillingen "Til Pyntens Pris".
Paulette Adam, Lisbeth Degn og Lisbeth Tolstrup, der står bag arbejdsfællesskabet og forlaget FiberFeber, udstiller smykker, pynt og andet tilbehør med udgangspunkt i deres udgivelse, bogen "Til pyntens pris". På udstillingen vises arbejder fra bogen, suppleret med nye ideer og eksperimenter af de tre "Fiber-Finker", der med egne ord er stukket af en gal håndarbejdsbi.
Velkommen til fernisering: Søndag den 3. maj 2009 kl. 13-14.
De tre udstillere vil naturligvis være til stede og fortælle om deres arbejde. Kom og køb bogen – og få den signeret!
VærkstedsGalleriet, Gedskovvej 3, Kerteminde. Mere info: kortlink.dk/6g89

Ser du nyheder? Læser du aviser? Så var det måske noget at tage på et seminar for nyhedsformidling og -design:
SNDS – Society for News Design Scandinavia – afholder sit årlige designseminar den 14-16 maj, i Oulu, Finland. En lang række prominente talere fra hele verden kommer og holder oplæg om emner så forskellige som: "Chinese News Design"; "Do's and Don'ts in News Site Usability"; "How to Build News Rooms of the Future"; AD Martin Gee fra Oregon Business Magazine kommer for at give os "A Kick in the Pants", og hey! – der er sågar et foredrag af Lars Pryds på programmet! Dét handler om hvordan man mixer nyhedsformidling og kunstnerisk udtryk. Og – Pryds har forresten designet seminarets logo …
Tilmelding på www.snds.org/oulu24 – hvor der selvfølgelig er mere information og præsentation af samtlige talere.

På gensyn i Store Kongensgade, i Kerteminde og i fantastiske Oulu højt mod nord, hvor det er lyst 24 timer i døgnet!
kh Lisbeth & Lars

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Dear friends –

Thursday 23 April will see the opening of the annual exhibition of "Large Formats" in Copenhagen based Galleri Lisse Bruun. Eight artists are invited to show their work, and Pryds will exhibit a brand new painting, 2m by 1.4 m, entitled "Black and White / Simone Does Her Hair". Almost as a tradition, Pryds has also designed the poster for this year's exhibition.
Welcome to the vernissage, Thursday 23 April 2009, 5pm-7pm.
Galleri Lisse Bruun, Store Kongensgade 99, Copenhagen K.
More info: www.pryds.com/storeformater2009

From 3 May, VærkstedsGalleriet in Kerteminde hosts the exhibition "Til Pyntens Pris" – "Homage to Decoration".
Paulette Adam, Lisbeth Degn and Lisbeth Tolstrup, the three girls behind the working partnership and publishing company FiberFeber, will exhibit textile ornaments and other accessories from their book "Til Pyntens Pris", as well as new works and ideas the three have developped sine the publication of the 112 page book, a few months ago.
Welcome to the vernissage: Sunday 3 May 2009, 1pm-2pm.
The three Fiber-Chicks will be present to sign copies of the book and demonstrate their working techniques.
VærkstedsGalleriet, Gedskovvej 3, Kerteminde. More info: kortlink.dk/6g89

Are you watching the news? Do you read newspapers? Then maybe a conference with focus on news design and communication is something for you:
SNDS – Society for News Design Scandinavia is hosting this year's design seminar and workshop in Oulu, Finland, on 14-16 May 2009. A long list of prominent speakers have already signed up to present subjects such as: "Chinese News Design"; "Do's and Don'ts in News Site Usability"; "How to Build News Rooms of the Future"; AD Martin Gee from Oregon Business Magazine will give us "A Kick in the Pants", and hey! – there's even a presentation by Lars Pryds! His subject is how to mix news design with fine art. And by the way – he also designed the logo for the seminar …
Sign up at wwww.snds.org/oulu24 – where you will also find more info about the seminar and the speakers.

See you in wonderful Copenhagen, in Kerteminde and in fabulous Oulu – where daylight is on for 24 hours a day!
Best regards from Lisbeth & Lars

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Allan Axelsen i Galleri Claus•C

Allan Axelsen, kunstneren bag maleriet "I have a bird that sing" herover, udstiller på temaudstillingen: Jazz og Kvinder i Galleri Claus•C, St. Kongensgade 118, 1264 København K
Fernisering: Lørdag den 18. april 2009 kl. 10.0015.00

Der vil selvfølgelig blive spillet jazz – mellem kl. 11.30–13.30
Musikere: Mette Ott og Caroline Leander

Allan Axelsen er ikke alene på væggene i galleriet: I alt 27 kunstnere udstiller hver tre værker, som max. måler 40x40 cm. Udstillingen markerer samtidig overdragelsen af galleriet, der tidligere hed Galleri Kellum, til den nye ejer, Claus Christoffersen, der skal løfte arven fra Ulla Kellum.

Sidste udstillingsdag er 6. juni 2009.
Læs mere på www.palaur.dk

What to show at "Store Formater"

Hmm. Thought I was going to show this painting at the exhibition "Store Formater" at Galleri Lisse Bruun (opens April 23 – check it out here) – it has a reasonable size for the title (180 x 140 cms) but my wife, that clever thing, told me that this is not your retrospective one-man solo show, so showing a twenty years old painting is just not good enough. Hm. Going to find another one, then, or make a new one. Pretty good painting, though, don't you think?

India Flint's workshops

Our good friend in Australia, the Botanical Alchemist India Flint, has released additions to the programme for her workshops scheduled in the near and not so near future. If working with textiles and/or dying felt with ecoprint colours is somethng that appeals to you, please read on as we bring you India's latest newsletter:

Greetings from the driest state on the driest continent where it seems to have forgotten that it ought to be Autumn and all we seem to have here are dancing dustbunnies. Thank goodness for workshops and wandering as it means I am able to enjoy green leafy goodness elsewhere, if not at home!
__It's been a hugely busy teaching year in which I've had the delight of seeing several students return for second and third helpings - it's wonderful to see their work developing. [mind you my sceptical children mutter that it's either a huge compliment or that it says something about the quality of the teaching in that it needs so much reinforcing...ah well]
__For those keen to cross paths with the peripatetic alchemist, here are a few new options...

A possible workshop is plotted [at ridiculously short notice] for Belgium on April 29 & 30 this year. this has occurred because family matters take me to London in that month. The London workshop [April 25 & 26] has already filled.

In addition to the range of workshops listed on [surprise!] the workshops page of my website and the odd snippet on the news page ['something in the air'] I am planning a series of retreats.

In December [1-3] there will be a three-day felt-dye retreat at Crockett Cottage Studio in Mansfield in the beautiful Victorian High Country. It's a wonderful time of year to be there - you'll have to find your own accommodation in the area but eleven o'clockish nibbles, lunches and afternoon teas will be provided. For three days we'll make, embellish and dye felt using that match-made-in-heaven...wool & eucalyptus.

In March 2010 there will be a four-day retreat on the Coromandel Coast of New Zealand based at the Indigo Bush Studios. Register your interest with me early...it's a fantastic region with abundant and varied flora so the dyepots are likely to reveal new magic. There's a broad range of accommodation locally so participants should be able to find something that suits tastes and budgets. It has the added bonus of being near a beach where a hot river bubbles up through the sands at low tide...let's hope there's a low tide when we have time to relax...

Have a safe and Happy Easter [or Feast of Cheeses if you're simply celebrating Spring somewhere]
best wishes

India – www.indiaflint.com