This evening the Helvetic Centre held an event at Cafe OTO in Dalston called "The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2008 in London". The event included a panel discussion with four London-based designers, which started as a discussion on Swiss design and quickly became a heated debate on the merits and downfalls of design competitions.
Roger Hiorns, a British artist up for the Turner Prize, coated a flat entirely in electric blue copper sulphate crystals. According to the Tate's website, "his exploration of chemical processes took spectacular effect in Seizure, in which a derelict flat in South London was filled with liquid copper sulphate, which after a period of time encrusted every surface of the space with blue crystals." I love me some crystals.
The project was commissioned by Artangel and is on view until January 3, 2010.
