Gifford Jackson on Radio New Zealand
The remarkable Gifford Jackson featured on Kim Hill’s radio programme last Saturday you can listen to the full interview here…ALSO…it’s not too late to visit Women and Places, an exhibition of Gifford’s photography in Depot Artspace’s Vernacular Lounge. Women and…
Intrepid Music Project: NZ Music Month Special Event
Intrepid Music Project: NZ Music Month Special Event At The Museum of the Vernacular (formerly Kerr Street Artspace), Devonport, Auckland, this Sunday, May 26, from 3pm. Above: Alex Taylor installing his map of New Zealand composers for the Sum of…
Gifford Jackson: Women and Places 1955 – 2013, a photographic exhibition
Opening May 16 at 11.30am 16 May – 13 June Vernacular Lounge After the successful Gifford Jackson: New Zealand Industrial Design Pathfinder exhibition and book launch here at the Depot Artspace, Jackson is back with his photography show Women and…
Vic Gurney’s Truck @ Village Arts, Kohukohu
Kohukohu is home to Village Arts, a superb gallery that exhibits the work of Hokianga artists. Village Arts trustees are passionate about their community and are currently celebrating a significant local icon, Vic Gurney’s truck, as a focus of community stories, relationships…
Rodney Wilson: d. 27 April 2013
“People who wear bow ties and ride a BMW motorcycle make an instant impression” Rod Bieleski We are immensely saddened by the death on Saturday of Rodney Wilson, past director of the Auckland Museum, the Auckland Art Gallery, founding director…
Is Gifford Jackson the Len Lye of industrial design?
Gifford Jackson’s career has been hugely undertstated in NZ, as has the value of industrial design and its contribution to our lives and culture. It appears that Gifford is given greater recognition for his vision and innovation in the USA where the…
Why the Gifford Jackson exhibition is so important
Little is known about Gifford Jackson, and given that he is one of NZ’s leading industrial designers with a career that spans 75 years, it indicates a general lack of recognition of industrial design, even though its products permeate our…