Founded by Ifeanyi Oganwu, Expand Design Ltd is a London-based studio engaging in architecture and furniture design by investigating the correlation between history, base materials and opportunities presented by state-of-the-art fabrication techniques. Through our projects, we unearth unidentified typologies that are inspired by the past, grounded in the present, and on a journey to a new aesthetic domain.
Splice is featured in the Financial Times review of ‘Making Africa’ at the Guggenheim Bilbao.
Caroline Roux. “Africa: The Connected Continent.” Financial Times, Life & Arts, November 7, 2015
PDF copy available to download via link below:
Please visit www.ft.com/making-africa for slideshow accompanying the review.
Wonderfully tongue-in-cheek video tour of PDLEN starring model turned real estate broker Trish Goff.
Felix Burrichter. “Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau: A 21st Century Show Home.” Episode 187, W Magazine Fashion Films, November 6, 2015
http://video.wmagazine.com/watch/trish-goff-swiss-institute
Installation Detail, BULGY Inverted at Design Miami/Basel 2015
Photo, Fred Biver
Acoustic Stories, a new feature on fakeormistake photo blog features audio interview covering BULGY Inverted following its DMB 2015 presentation by Galerie Armel Soyer.
Fred Biver. “Histoires Acoustiques – Ifeanyi Oganwu | Expand Design LTD.” fakeormistake, June 2015
http://fakeormistake.net/frdbvr-photography/histoires-a-tiroirs-acoustiques/
Detail, BULGY Inverted at Swiss Institute.
Photo Sasa Stucin, courtesy Soft Baroque.
The reviews are in for ‘Pavillon de L’Espirit Nouveau’ at Swiss Institute.
Coverage spans Alldayeveryday’s extensive 3-part feature which includes a curator interview as well as others with some of the designers exhibited through to TL Magazine, Wallpaper and Purple.
“Maybe this is contemporary design’s fifteen minutes?” Asks W Magazine’s Kat Herriman in writing about the exhibition. Please see below for more.
Kat Herriman. “Just Innovate. Felix-Burrichter Makes His Curatorial Debut.” W Magazine, September 23, 2015
http://www.wmagazine.com/culture/2015/09/felix-burrichter-swiss-institute/
Adrian Madlener. “Pavillon de L’Espirit Nouveau at Swiss Institute.” TL Magazine, September 29, 2015
http://tlmagazine.com/pavillon-de-lesprit-nouveau-at-swiss-institute/
Brook Mason. “Modern Spirit: The Swiss Institute Gives Corbusier Icon a Millennial Twist.” Wallpaper, October 5, 2015
http://www.wallpaper.com/design/swiss-institute-millennium-twist-on-le-corbusier-icon
“2nd Edition ‘Pavillon de L’Espirit Nouveau: A 21st Century Show Home’ Curated by Felix Burrichter at the Swiss Institute, New York.” Purple Magazine, October 9, 2015
http://purple.fr/diary/2nd-edition-pavillon-de-lesprit-nouveau-a-21st-century-show-home-curated-by-felix-burrichter-at-the-swiss-institute-new-york/
“PAVILLON DE L’ESPRIT NOUVEAU: A 21st Century Show Home. Part 2: A Physical Experience.” Alldayeveryday, September 23, 2015
http://www.alldayeveryday.com/articles/a-21st-century-show-home/a-physical-experience#article
Blue Milk is featured in Dan Rubinstein’s editor’s letter published in Departures Home + Design Fall 2015 Issue.
Dan Rubinstein. “Out of (and Into) Africa.” Departures, Home + Design, October 2015
Feature available to download via link below:
Additional slideshow accompanying feature viewable via link below –http://www.departures.com/lifestyle/home-design/african-designs-new-wave
he publication was curated by Chus Martínez and commissioned by the Department of Cultural Affairs Basel-Stadt. Vitra Design Museum’s ‘Making Africa’ exhibition is covered by Edgar Pieterse and Tau Tavengwa’s contribution to the project.
Pieterse, Edgar and Tau Tavengwa.”Making Africa.” The Future is Here, Mousse Magazine, no 49. June 2015
Feature available to download via link below:
Bulgy Inverted featured in DMB 2015 press coverage by Designboom and Blouin Artinfo.
Nina Azzarello. “galerie armel soyer interprets a neo-classical room at design miami/basel 2015.” Designboom, June 11, 2015
http://www.designboom.com/design/galerie-armel-soyer-design-miami-basel-06-11-2015/
Jana Perkovic. “Sneak Peek: 7 Mind-Blowing Ways to Use Technology at Design Miami/ Basel.” Blouin Artinfo, June 08, 2015
http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1172272/sneak-peek-7-mind-blowing-ways-to-use-technology-at-design#
Bulgy Inverted, interior photo by Fred Biver as seen on fakeormistake.net
Arts.21 TV Mag, Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle covers ‘Making Africa’ in the March 28 episode of Arts.21, where you can hear from curator Amelie Klein and a handful of participants featured in the show.
Andrea Kasiske. Arts.21 – The Cultural Magazine, Deutsche Welle, Broadcast March 28 2015
http://www.dw.de/arts21-the-cultural-magazine/av-18347535
Section D Radio Show, Monocle 24
For Episode 178, Monocle 24’s design radio show Section D focused on design in Africa, with David Plaisant chatting with Vitra’s ‘Making Africa’ curator Amelie Klein and Tom Morris moderating a roundtable discussion in conjunction with Pierre-Christophe Gam.
Tom Morris. “Modern Africa.” Episode 178, Section D Radio Presentation, Monocle 24, Broadcast March 10 2015
http://monocle.com/radio/shows/section-d/178/
Madame Mag – Air France
Blue Milk makes an appearance in Madame Magazine’s Art Opening feature styled by France de Jerphanion and shot on location at Galerie Armel Soyer by Antoine Harinthe.
“Art Opening.” Madame, Air France, Issue 166. March 2015
Feature available to download via link below:
Harper’s Bazaar, China
Dior Haute Couture collides with Full Circle in the April edition of Harper’s Bazaar China!
Art directed by Jian Yueshu and shot by photographer Cécile Bortoletti on location at Salle Principale Gallery, Paris.
Stylist: Cheney Chen, assisted by Sid Yahao Sun and Ryan You.
“Art on Demand.” Harper’s Bazaar, China. April 2015.
Feature available to download via link below:
September:
Design Indaba
Design Indaba profile by Tapiwa Matsinde.
Tapiwa Matsinde. “Fluid Forms.” Design Indaba, September 4 2014
http://www.designindaba.com/articles/interviews/fluid-forms
Art Base Africa
Interview with Burcu Yancatarol Yagiz featured in the sophomore issue of Art Base Africa.
Burcu Yancatarol Yagiz. “Ifeanyi Oganwu: Designing Expanded Experience.” Art Base Africa, Issue 3, September 2014
http://www.artbaseafrica.org/issue/2/ifeanyi-oganwu-designing-expanded-experience
October:
AD España
Galerie Armel Soyer featured in AD España’s list of Design Temples.
Rocio Ley. “10 Temples of Design.” AD España, October 2014.
Feature available to download via link below:
Omenka
Interview with Bomi Odufunade featured in fall issue of Omenka Magazine.
Bomi Odufunade. “Ifeanyi Oganwu.” Omenka, Volume 1, Issue 4, October 2014.
Feature available to download via link below:
Following Galerie Armel Soyer’s presentation at the inaugural edition of Design Shanghai, Contoured Crater is featured in the May edition of Elle Decor China.
The short feature on editorial favorites praises Armel Soyer’s dedication to collaborating with artists and artisans in the making of beautifully crafted works, including the Contoured Crater that is “inspired by natural craters and made up of 50 birch ply slabs that are assembled in the form of a crater.”
“Favorites.” Elle Décor China, May 2014. Feature available to download via link below:
Another wonderful presentation featuring Armel Soyer’s home and design collection with Ren and Contoured Crater Desk.
Anna Cardinale. “Il Mondo di Armel.” Elle Décor Italia, March 2014.
Feature available to download via link below:
Paris-based gallerist Armel Soyer is featured in the current edition of Ideat Magazine, which showcases the home she shares with photographer Gilles Pernet and their two sons. Their design collection includes Ren table and Tootsie rug.
Mikael Zikos. “Maximaliste.” Ideat, March 2014. Feature available to download via link below:
