DATE: 23rd Oct, Thursday
TIME: 10:30am - 11:30am
WHERE: ARAM GALLERY, 110 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5SG
TRAVEL: train to Charing Cross and a 10 min walk to Drury Lane
TICKETS: £10 available from Eventbrite. Please click on the direct link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blackheath-society-architecture-group-visit-to-the-aram-gallery-tickets-1771679002589?aff=oddtdtcreator
A unique opportunity to visit the Aram Gallery, with architect Andrew Jackson.
Learn about the current exhibition ‘Beyond Foam’ and Aram’s unique organisation’s history. Alongside the leading design store, ‘the Aram Gallery was founded by Zeev Aram in 2002 as an independently curated gallery that encouraged and promoted experimental and new design.’
‘Zeev Aram (1931-2021) founded Aram in 1964 with the aim to bring the best of modern design to the UK. Zeev achieved his goal and is now known for having introduced and promoted, both within the UK and internationally, the likes of Marcel Breuer, Achille Castiglioni and Eileen Gray, amongst many others. Now, sixty years on, Aram continues to be family-run and resolute in our goal of being an incredible resource for 20th century and contemporary design through our store, trade department and gallery.’
We will be visiting the store and the current exhibition: ‘Beyond Foam explores a largely unseen yet global problem, and the potential for positive change that addressing it could bring. Conventional polyurethane foam is a material widely used in the furniture design industry. It can be formed into almost any shape a designer imagines, as well as being comfortable, lightweight, low-cost and readily available. However, when mishandled - as the vast majority of it is - it is damaging to both human and environmental health.’
Our guide, Andrew Jackson is an architect, who lives in Greenwich and was an associate at the interior architecture practice of Zeev Aram & Associates, which ran between 1963 – 1989. The practice employed a collective of creatives: graphic designers, industrial and furniture designers, as well as interior designers. Andrew worked for the practice for 18 years, first from their studios in Kings Road and then in Lambs Conduit. They were responsible for many commercial projects, offices, banks, hotels and retail, including Simpson’s of Piccadily.
