H Lorenzo is a brand striving for perfection in every detail. From that point of view it’s really interesting to read about their new eco-store in Los Angeles. The Creative Director, Steven Trussell says: "It's so covered in green, you'll have to wash your hands when you leave." Read JC Reports article on the new concept store. |
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Top row from the left: Anna Irinarchos, Hanna Brogård, Malin Lundmark.
Bottom row from the left: Johanna Asshoff, Lisa Widén, Moa Jantze.
Photo: Henrik Bonnevier.
At Stockholm Furniture Fair the collective Camp Site exhibited for the first time together, at Berns Salonger. The event was a complete success and now we wonder when and where the next camp will take place? Camp Site consists of six young, innovative, female, Swedish designers. It’s Moa Jantze, Hanna Brogård and Johanna Asshoff from JBA. It’s also Malin Nordmark who normally runs her own business, and finally Camp Site also includes the duo of WIS Design – Lisa Widén and Anna Irinarchos. In the meantime, we recommend you to supply your desire of nice and neat design at the websites of the companies that constitute Camp Site:
JBA
Malin Lundmark
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Oscar Niemeyer is today over 100 years old, and still going strong. One of his masterpieces, beside the building of the Brazilian capital Brasil, are situated on the Portuguese island Madeira – Pestana Casino Park Hotel – with five star hotel, congress centre and a casino. It was designed in 1966 but not completed until 1976. After thirty years the complex was in need of a thorough refurbishment and in May last year it was reopened, after 12 months of work, under the supervision of architect Jaime Morais, who’s just like Niemeyer Brazilian. Have you planned your summer vacation trip yet? Madeira has got many reasons to pay a visit, and Niemeyer’s complex is definitely on of them. |
The director Wes Anderson has a talent for visual storytelling and he makes fantastic films. But it is the staged choreography and, the magical and memorable moments, which can be the source of great inspiration for architects. So is definitely the case with his latest movie The Darjeeling Narrative. Tino Schaedler and Alice Charlotte writes for the magazine Mark continues like this: “In this visually demanding homage to the landscape and spirituality of India, the story traces three reunited brothers on a spiritual quest that quickly turns into a series of uplanned events. The most poignant and cinematically revealing moment in the film is when the brothers are stranded in a remote village, attending the funeral of a young boy… The choreography shows a well-defined composition of the three main characters walking in the midground with staged relatives and scenery in the foreground and background. The arrangement creates visual depth and parallax, like watching an animated version of a vast Renaissance painting portaying several religious stories by travelling from one side of the painting to the other. This shot tells a complete story on its own.” So, if you’re into architecture, this ought to be next movie to watch. |
Fashion reporters JC Report presents an article about the Japanese designer Hikaru Matsumura’s innovative bag project. He has created a collaboration between a classic baseball glove maker in Osaka and handbag craftsmen from a company in the Issey Miyake group. The results are brilliant! Read the full article here. Pay a visit to Matsumura’s site, maybe not to read very much but to look at the fancy bags. |
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Norwegian architect agency Snøhetta has designed the new National Academy of the Arts in Bergen, Norway. It’s a 17,500 m2 building that are supposed to blend into the beautiful surroundings, consisting of the three mountains Fløyen, Ulrikken and Løvstakken. The building is situated in Bergen, on the shore of lake Store Lungegårdsvann. Snøhetta describes the importance of the new building with saying “In this new location the Academy will become an important generator of the city along the shores and of the lake, and become an important icon for the cultural life of Bergen.” The new school will be ready to be taken in possession in 2009. |
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Europe’s largest football stadium is FC Barcelona’s habitat Nou Camp, hosting about 95,000 spectators, will be enlarged to accommodate more than 106,000 fans. There will also be a new roof to shelter each and every fan. The complete stadium will be enclosed by brightly coloured, translucent mosaic tiles, all in the colours of the club. Foster & Partners are responsible for the re-make of the stadium and wants the thousands and thousands of tiles to symbolise “the loyalty and devotion of FC Barcelonas fans worldwide”. The new design is inspired by the city’s greatest artist Gaudí. The original stadium will retain in the essential elements. Camp Nou was inaugurated in 1957 and designed by Francesc Mitjans-Miró, García Barbon and Soteras Mauri. |
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Zaha Hadid, acclaimed British-Iraqui architect, is already known for placing Innsbruck on the world map with the Bergisel Ski Jump. Now she’s done it again. With four futuristic landmark railway stations she has put her own impress of the complete city. Each and every station really looks like ice sculptures. It you are nearby, don’t miss out! |
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In this news we had the intention to tell you about Zandra Ahl’s contribution at the interesting exhibition ”Examining form” at the Swedish Nationalmuseum. But Zandra Ahl, artist-craftsman (and inaugural speaker at FutureDesignDays 2005) is no longer part of the exhibition. Her critical documentary film was shown at the vernissage last week but was taken away from the exhibition on Monday. |
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