Zaha Hadid has designed a new flagship store for Neil Barrett in Tokyo. The duo teamed up with Patrik Schumacher to create a shop that shifts between architecture and sculpture, designed to parallel the same folding, pleating, cut-out and fixed-point design ethos utilized in the brand’s clothing. It seems to be a continuation of her fluid formal language w/ one of the most ambitious Corian projects to date.
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The video above shows a window into Greg Lynn’s recycled toy project @ the Venice Architecture Biennale. You can see additional images in a previous post >greg-lynn-the-golden-lion
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Chivas Regal has unveiled a new limited edition designer tin that conveys the contemporary exuberance of its famous 12 Year Old blended Scotch whiskey
Specially designed by internationally acclaimed New York based architect Evan Douglis, this highly collectible, elegant Chivas Regal 12 Year Old tin is a perfect gift for any whiskey lover with a design that clearly reflects the architect’s unique style and vision. read more
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Ventulett Symposium: Textile Tectonics
Generally structure is associated with simplicity and strength, while today digital tools allow us to understand structure as being integral to material complexity and aesthetic delicacy. Based on Gottfried Semper’s understanding of textile as the key component of architecture this symposium discusses tectonics as the expressivity of matter itself, arriving at a point where the classic opposition of structure and ornament, or abstraction and empathy, begins to dissolve. read more
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―Thinking about the future of design: Second Nature, from the depths of a sea of memories
This exhibition offers an opportunity to once again ponder the future of design as well as the mysterious powers of nature which transcend the limits of human imagination. Tokujin Yoshioka, the director of the exhibition, has attempted to incorporate in his own design work the many laws that exist in nature, while at the same time exploring the possibilities of technology. read more
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Implant Matrix - Toronto, ON - 2006
Visiting Pratt Design Professor and noted practicing architect from Ontario, PHILIP BEESLEY, will be presenting his work on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th at 6PM in the Higgins Hall Auditorium @ Pratt Institute School of Architecture. Visit philipbeesleyarchitect.com to see more of Professor Beesley’s work. read more
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This year’s Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts goes to the Japanese Architect Toyo Ito. Andreas Mailath-Pokorny, Vienna’s City Councillor for Culture and Science, presents the award on 16th October, 2008, at 11 a.m, at the Senate Chamber of the City Hall Vienna. read more
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