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Uhuru founders Jason Horvath and Bill Hilgendorf will be one of the featured speakers this Friday at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The talk will explore the creative process at Uhuru and give an overview of our work. Our Cyclone Lounger was acquired by the museum for its permanent collection this year in conjunction with the 40 under 40: Craft Futures exhibition.
The talk is part of Design Craft, a creative partnership between the Washington Design Center and the Renwick Gallery. Interior designers were asked to design rooms for a DreamHome using pieces from the 40 under 40 show for inspiration. Two selected interior designers and two artists will be speaking at the event. Come support Uhuru if you’re in the area!
Friday, October 12, 2012
12pm
Renwick Gallery
Smithsonian American Art Museum
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. (at 17th Street)
Washington, D.C. 20006
Uhuru Jewelry is off to Coeur Show in LA. Hello West Coast. http://www.coeurshow.com/
Cibo Matto and Sean Lennon performing Moon Child at a birthday party hosted by our neighbor in Red Hook, The Intercourse
Road to the Renwick:
Two years later, we still have the very first rendering for the Cyclone Lounger hung in our office.
The exhibition opens this Friday, July 20, in DC!
Road to the Renwick:
April, 2010. Our full line starts to come together. Some shots from the first assembly of another use from reclaimed Coney Island boardwalk- our Drop End Table. The different tones of the wood was really surprising once we started working the layers down.
Road to the Renwick:
April, 2010. Late in the night, after the shop’s closed for the day, Bill fits reclaimed boardwalk ipe onto the base of the very first Lounger.
Road to the Renwick: In just under two weeks, our Cyclone Lounger will be featured in the Craft Futures exhibit at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum! We’re so honored. On the blog in the coming weeks will be pics of our inspiration and design process.
March, 2010. We test out a prototype of what will become the Lounger.
Road to the Renwick: In just over two weeks, our Cyclone Lounger will be featured in the Craft Futures exhibit at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum! We’re so honored. On the blog in the coming weeks will be pics of our inspiration and design process.
Photos from a cold, clear day in February 2010, that inspired the Coney Island Line.
The Coney Island Line is crafted from reclaimed wood taken from the demolished iconic boardwalk. The Ipe wood, first installed on the boardwalk in the late 1940’s, has weathered in the sun, salt, and snow for 70 years. The design is inspired by the duality of Coney Island- its whimsical, colorful summers and melancholy winters. The pieces interpret the architecture of the desolate dreamscape: low-rise buildings patched with signs and seasonal layers of paint, beneath the towering old-fashioned rollercoaster.
[Pics by Jason Horvath, 2010]
