The Art Directors Club recently announced the 50 young creatives from 14 countries to claim the prestigious ADC Young Guns 8 title. Winners were selected from entries received from 37 countries in this international, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies today’s vanguard of young creative professionals age 30 or younger. The field includes young talent in the fie..
London Design Festival: designer Stuart Haygarth has installed picture-frame offcuts in stripes either side of a marble staircase at the Victoria & Albert Museum for the London Design Festival. Called Framed, the installation leaves a ziz-zag path between the painted frames, which were collected from art framers John Jones. The installation remains in place until 26 September. See all our storie..
Architect: Thomas Phifer and Partners Location: Fishers Island, New York, USA Managing Partner: Thomas Phifer AIA Project Partner: Donald Cox AIA Project Architect: Andrew Mazor Collaborators: Adam Ruffin, Eric Richey, Jonathan Benner, Lisa Tilney, Rebecca Emmons Structural Engineer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Mechanical Engineers: Ambrisino, DePinto&Schmieder Lighting Designer: Office for Visua..
This office building in Shanghai punctuated by rectangular apertures is a renovation by Chinese firm NHDRO. The existing building is situated in the former Shanghai French Concession, and original features such as timber joists and structural walls have been left exposed. The first of five storeys is a shop for retailer Design Republic while the floors above form offices for Design Republic and ..
Architects: Supermachine Studio Location: Varinchuprap, Ubonratchathani, Thailand Client: Prakit Chaisongkram Project Area: 500 sqm Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Jaroonrat Vithoosuwan & Pirak Anurakyawachon The villa is built around the exciting core idea of the young couple owner. The husband would like to make his working and living life even more inseparable by placing his working room hove..
Here are some more of the villas from Athens developer Oliaros‘ project on the island of Antiparos, Greece including designs from Tokyo architects Atelier Bow-Wow, Swiss firm Harry Gugger Studio and Greek firm decaArchitecture (see our earlier story). Above and top: Panagia I&II by Katerina Tsigarida Architects Antiaros Design Properties comprises 24 residences of which seven have already been b..
Our collection of extraordinarily beautiful lights created using ultra high-tech Digital Manufacturing technologies continues with the Tulip.MGX table light. Part of the 2009 Bouquet Collection by MGX featuring flower shaped laser sintered lights, Tulip.MGX takes its shape from intriguing organic forms – forms that are so far unknown and yet seem so familiar. Rather than translating something fr..
Architects: Radionica Arhitekture Location: Zagreb, Croatia Project Team: Blanka Gutschy, Vedrana Ivanda, Kristina Jeren, Goran Rako, Nenad Ravnić, Josip Sabolić, Marusja Tus Structural Engineering: Branko Galic Project Area: 18,000 sqm Project Year: 2004-2008 Construction Year: 2009 Photographs: Boris Cvjetanovic Cascade commercial center is situated in the center of Zagreb, about 500m to the n..
Architect: Barnes Coy Architects / Robert Barnes and Chris Coy Location: St. Barthelemy, France Project Architect: Charles Sferrazza Interiors: Lynne Grossman Builder: Xavier David EURL Floor Area: Interior 3,000 sq. ft.; Terraces 3,500 sq. ft. Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Robert Moore Brown The house is sited on a high, thin peninsula, affording 270 degree views from South through West to No..
London Design Festival 2010: London designer Héctor Serrano will present these reconfigurable wooden figures at 100% Design this week. Mr Cube comprises a set of wooden pieces with hidden magnets that can be attached to form the head, arms and legs of a figure or combined to create a cube. The figures will be on display as part of Ten Plan 23-26 September, which showcases the work of ten designe..
