Interesting interview with David Chipperfield by Martha Thorne (Associate Dean for External Relations of IE School of Architecture and Executive Director of the Pritzker Prize). He shares his thoughts on new concepts in architecture.
Here are some images from ©MURAKAMI, a retrospective exhibition of work by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, which opened two weeks ago at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. The exhibition includes paintings, sculptures and animation by the artist, including the unveiling of a new animation called Kaikai & Kiki. Watch Murakami give a tour of the exhibition, and a preview of the new a..
The winners of the RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards were announced at a ceremony in London yesterday. James Tait from the University of Strathclyde was awarded the Design Part 2 silver medal for his project Time and Tide for Seaweed (above and below), a seaweed farm complex for Arisaig in Scotland that comprises an offshore farm, bothy, steam baths, restaurant and spa. Waynne Leung and Fra..
More a service than a material, Clay Solutions is a package of pre-engineered design, fabrication and installation capabilities that transform solid surfacing materials like Corian and Avonite into seamless walls, ceilings, carved objects and textured surfaces. Combining advanced computer technology with human ingenuity and masterful craftsmanship, use CLAY Solutions to seamlessly transition fro..
Ofthe countless trains running on Japan’s 20,000-kilometer (12,000-mile)rail network, a few are decorated with images of anime and mangacharacters, colorful ads, and designs by notable artists. Here is asmall sample. Pikachu on Seto line, Aichi prefecture * * * * * Galaxy Express 999 train, Furusato-Ginga line, Hokkaido [Photo] Characters from Leiji Matsumoto’s “Galaxy Express 999″ anime/mangaad..
‘fallingwater seasons remix’, 2008 the architect's house rare gallery, new york november 15 – december 20, 2008 eamon o’kane is a belfast born artist who is currently exhibiting his debut solo show at new york’s rare gallery. ‘the architect’s house’ feature large scale oil paintings that demonstrate o’kane’s interest in architecture and design. many of the works show masterpieces in the modern a..
1. ABOUT Concrete Canvas Shelters are rapidly deployable hardened shelters that require only water and air for construction. The 16m2 variant can be deployed by 2 people without any training in under 40 minutes and is ready to use in only 12 hours. The key to CCS is the use of inflation to create a surface that is optimised for compressive loading. This allows thin walled concrete structures to ..
Dezeen podcasts: in this latest in our series of podcasts for the Design Museum, illustrator Alan Aldridge gives a talk recounting stories from his career, which spans nearly 50 years. A retrospective exhibition of his work is on show at the museum until 25 January. Involving characters from Princess Margaret to the The Beetles, the stories cover Aldridge’s early experiences of illustration, his..
Contemporary Japanese visual artists tweaked the genes of Osamu Tezuka’s manga characters in dozens of works featured at the recent “Tezuka Gene - Light in the Darkness” exhibit at Parco Factory in Shibuya. Here is a small selection. Astro Boy (Enlightenment) The Three-Eyed One (Enlightenment) Phoenix (Hiroki Tsukuda) Ambassador Magma (Yutanpo Shirane) Buddha (Teppei Maki) Unico (Tsuyoshi Kusano..
Duality + Co. Reel 2008 from Christopher Holewski on Vimeo In the past, we have featured several architecture photographers, such as Cristobal Palma, Joao Morgado and Iwan Baan. But the web allows for much more than just images. This time, the guys over Duality Co -readers of our blog- shared with us their reel on architecture videos, a new service they are offering to architectural firms. They ..
