Tim Dubitsky

Works with Patrick Li
Three-dimensional letters, inspired by historic printed and decorated “foliate” letters, adorned with leaves and ocean motifs for Miami, including fish, octopus, and crab claws. Tattoo imagery was also translated into glass. The pieces were blown and hot-sculpted.
Tim Dubitsky
American, b. 1978
We are working with taking two-dimensional form and taking it to a three-dimensional form… Inspired by our surroundings here in Miami… we took the classic tattoo… and brought it into the third dimension.

Tim Dubitsky was born in 1978 in Michigan. Dubitsky earned a BA in studio art and psychology from New York University in 2000. Dubitsky works in a style that he has coined “autopluralism.” Drawing from the stylistically free forms of the 1970s, his concept-driven body of work includes a range of design projects and exhibitions.

Designs include “By Request,” a gourmet sit-down dinner with a menu offering the last meal requests from death row inmates, presented at Doyer Street Gallery in New York City, and “Grey,” a re-bound book of white supremacy and black power publications, presented at Partners and Spade in New York City. Dubitsky also designed Hood.e, a hoodie designed with MP3 player speakers in the hood, made in collaboration with fashion designer Angel Chang as part of New York Fashion Week in 2008. Dubitsky was part of a New York-based collective group called Line Up, including artists and designers Amelia Bauer, Robert de Saint Phalle, and Tobias Wong, which formed in 1998. They contributed the project called non-mailable matter to The Book of Stamps, published in 2008 by Cabinet Books in New York and The Greenwall Foundation. This project consisted of a redesign of postal stamps featuring items that are forbidden to mail through the US postal system.

Dubitsky previously worked with Li Inc., the multi-disciplinary design studio formerly known as Work in Progress. Li, Inc. helped organize Self Service Magazine and The Wrong Store, which was presented as part of New York Design Week in 2007.

Dubitsky’s awards include the New York University Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts in 2000, and the 2002 Visual Harlem Grant from the Jacob Lawrence Foundation.

Dubitsky currently lives and works at Artesea in Hawi, Hawaii.

Videos: 

During Art Basel in December, 2008, GlassLab presented at Design Miami. Designer Tim Dubitsky describes working at GlassLab during this event.

In May, 2008, GlassLab presented at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Designer Tim Dubitsky describes working at GlassLab during this event.

Designer Tim Dubitsky describes working at GlassLab during a two-day design session at The Corning Museum of Glass, August 14 - 15, 2012.

Events
GlassLab Design Session: Tim Dubitsky
GlassLab Design Session: Tim Dubitsky |
August 14 - 15, 2012 from 10:00am - 12:00pm
Designer Tim Dubitsky works with Museum glassmakers to explore and prototype his design concepts in a public GlassLab session at the Museum’s Hot Glass Show on the Courtyard Stage. Sessions run... more
Yves Behar at GlassLab at Design Miami 2008
Design Miami 2008 |
December 5 - 7, 2008
GlassLab was presented in 2008 at Design Miami/Art Basel, working with six designers over the course of the fair: Yves Béhar, Michele Oka Doner, Tim Dubitsky, Paul Haigh, and Steven and William Ladd... more
GlassLab at the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum 2008
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum |
May 17 - June 3, 2008
GlassLab graced the elegant garden of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, with more than 10 days of design performances. Designers included Harry Allen, Laurene and Constantin Boym, Michelle... more
Process: 
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab Design Miami
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab Design Miami
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab Design Miami
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab Design Miami
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab Design Miami
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab Design Miami
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab Design Miami
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab Design Miami
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab Design Miami
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab Design Miami
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab Design Miami
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab Design Miami
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab Design Miami
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab Design Miami
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab Design Miami
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab Design Miami
Designer Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab Design Miami
Design Concept by Tim Dubitsky for a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, 2012
Design Concept by Tim Dubitsky for a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, 2012
Design Concept by Tim Dubitsky for a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, 2012
Design Concept by Tim Dubitsky for a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, 2012
Design Concept by Tim Dubitsky for a GlassLab Design Session in Corning, 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Gaffer Chris Rochelle works with Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Glassmakers Dane Jack and Chris Rochelle work with Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Gaffer Chris Rochelle works with Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Tim Dubitsky at GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Design prototype by Tim Dubitsky for GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Design prototype by Tim Dubitsky for GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
Design prototype by Tim Dubitsky for GlassLab in Corning, August 2012
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