While Denver’s skyline lacks an iconic structure comparable to the Empire State Building or Sears Tower, there is no shortage of noteworthy architecture around town. In the past decade alone internationally acclaimed architects have made some impressive contributions to our growing cityscape.
Thanks to Doors open Denver, anyone in town the weekend of […]

Deep in the depths of the Denver Art Museum (DAM) lies the institution’s latest major acquisition, the American Institute of Graphic Arts’ (AIGA) Design Archives. The collection, which found its new home in Denver late last year, is now in the process of being formally catalogued and stored…all 8,000 pieces of it. Add to that […]

This month alternative spaces are taking the forefront, we’ve chosen to highlight art showing at a bar, a sneaker shop and a graphic design studio. These venues consistently show great art and prove that the galleries aren’t the only place to see inspired work. That being said, Sliding Door Gallery has a great show […]

Peter Kozma creates outdoor art installations with light — projecting images onto buildings to temporarily transform the space they occupy. The work is all site-specific with each image designed for the building it is projected onto and the area around it. Kozma is coming to Denver to see what kind of inspiration he can find […]

Launched in 2004 by Ellen Jordheim and Giovanni Stone, Hinge is a local industrial design and build firm based in Denver. Skilled in custom furniture design and manufacturing, the pair made the practices of design, prototype creation and building in-house the cornerstone of their work. Hinge offers “concept development, design consultation and custom design services” […]

The paintings and drawings showing in the Associates Gallery at Pirate are a response to the philosophy of D. Ravjai, a Buddhist philosopher in Mongolia. The show, The Two, is titled after his work, an exploration of the dualities of life, addressing such topics as intelligence and ignorance, the cosmos and Nirvana. This complex subject […]

This month, the work in the sidebar at Plus Gallery has a very simple title, New Photographs, but the work is complicated, indeed. Though there are only three photographs mounted on the walls, there is enough to look at for hours. However it’s not until you are aware of the full process in creating these […]

From Andy Warhol’s Souper Dress to toilet paper wedding gowns, the idea of a paper dress is not entirely new, but what local designers are doing with the medium for Paper Couture, the paper fashion show put on by the Art Directors Club of Denver, is truly amazing. Last year’s show included a human-sized Dixie […]

Picture a world filled with wild characters from all walks of life and every corner of the imagination — from robots and beasts to scenesters and celebrities. Welcome to the Custom Toy Show, currently on exhibit at The Plastic Chapel, Fabric Lab and The Shoppe on the 3100 block of East Colfax. The show, which […]

March is the Month of Photography in Denver, which this year coincides with the national convention of the Society for Photographic Educators. Most galleries in town will be showing work, from the wacky and fun to the intense and cerebral, that will give Denverites a chance to discover all that the genre has to offer.
We’ve […]

Aaron Ray spent as much time titling his work for the show Pretender — showing this month at The 400 — as he did making the work itself. With Morrissey-length titles like “The president of Team Awkward has a crush” and “Manly woman in need of a man” that doesn’t mean the work was made […]

From the perspective of an artist, art auctions can be a fantastic way to give more to a good cause than you may be able to give monetarily, or they can be harder to say no to than the sweet little girls selling Girl Scouts cookies in front of the grocery store. You give away […]

As Andy Cruz puts it, designers are jaded and easily bored — of course he includes himself and his cohorts at House Industries in that category. Fortunately they use that as an excuse to make more, and better, things everyday. House Industries is known for paying homage to lettering styles from the past and turning […]

Political conventions may have their superdelegates, but Denver has the Super Block: A trifecta of creativity and fun made up of The Shoppe, The Fabric Lab and Plastic Chapel. To kick off the convergence of this East Colfax alliance, the three will be hosting the Custom Toy Show in March. There is an open call […]

Nathan Abels is an aerial photographer, a painter and, most recently, a pigeon enthusiast. Yes, pigeons are his new thing and he handles the subject matter with as much intellectual rigor and manual dexterity as he has his past work.
Abels has made a name for himself in Denver, in just a little over a year, […]

Plus Gallery is now firmly established in Denver’s art scene as the place to go for cutting edge art, but that reputation didn’t come easy and it didn’t come over night. Ivar Zeile came to Denver a little more than five years ago to open a design studio and art gallery. He had the backing, […]

If you’re a modern design enthusiast, you know Denver is not exactly considered the center of cutting-edge design. But thanks in part to a handful of hard-working modern design stores, locals can have their own glimpse into the world of international design.
One of the leaders on this front is […]

Okay, so I’ll admit it, I don’t really know what design is. My best friend is a designer, I work for designers, I even enjoy looking at design websites while I am procrastinating writing blogs for TWID, but I can’t tell you at this point in time what design is. Is design, like art, something […]

Alicia Bailey and Heidi Zednik met during an artist residency in California in 1995. They were instructed not to talk to the other artists that were there in the spirit of quiet contemplation, so it was likely that the two would have never spoken. One day a terrible storm, in which an oak tree landed […]

Next Tuesday marks the beginning of an exciting and important event series, Green Salon: Local Heroes for Sustainability. Although the term “Green Salon” may conjure up images of a new-age hair palace with herbal dyes and patchouli hairspray, it, in this case however, refers to a grassroots meeting of design professionals eager to create a […]