Architects: Manel Brullet & Albert de Pineda Location: Barcelona, Spain Project year: 2006 Client: Grup Agrupació Mutua, Ajuntament de Barcelona y el Consorci (Zona Franca de Barcelona) Structural Engineer: Manuel Arguijo, Arq. Artists: $42,35M Euro (US $54M) Constructed Area: 55,000 sqm PRBB building has a total surface of more than 55.000 m2 and is located at a 9000 m2 site at Barcelona’s seaf..
this delightfully deranged promo video for Maximum The Hormone’s “Bikini Sports Ponchin” was directed by Kōki Tange (Yellow Brain).
Architect: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects Location: Bistrupvej, Birkerød, Denmark Client: Birkerød Municipality Ingeneering: Moe & Brødsgaard Consulting Engineers Construction Year: 2005-2008 Constructed Area: 9,200 sqm / New build 8,000 sqm - Refurbishment: 1,200 sqm Photographs: SHL This newly completed sports and leisure complex has a distinctive, sculptural quality, further enhanced by the..
1 - 2 - 3 - PLAY is a modular storage and shelving system designed to be assembled without tools or fixings nor instructions. The elements interlock in a system reminiscent of jigsaw puzzles. Using three basic elements (all available in 6 exciting colours) you can create an almost endless variety of configurations which you can modify as often as you like. You can even design entire room divider..
Design: FEEK, Frederik Van Heereveld This modular sofa programme by FEEK has some very special qualities. The first thing that stands out is its organic and light-hearted appearance. In order not to limit your creativity this couch can be "Q-ued" in all lengths, shapes and colours in any way you want. Today you need a set of 1-seaters, tomorrow a long couch to fit all your friends in a row? No p..
Victoria University School of Design student Brittany Bell has designed a conceptual seed archive in Wellington, New Zealand. “Seeds will be stored in the event of a future apocalypse,” explains Bell, who goes on to say that “Structure is a plant that has grown from the city.” The following text is from Brittany Bell: – Every year more and more species of plants are becoming endangered or extinc..
Belgian artist Arne Quinze has created an installation called The Sequence outside the Flemish Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. Quinze designed The Sequence for the Festival of Politics at the Flemish Parliament last month; it will remain in place for at least five years. The following information is from Studio Arne Quinze: – ARNE QUINZE FOR THE FLEMISH PARLIAMENT The immediate environment of t..
A cube is filled with water and fish. Underneath is an array of ultra-violet lights (blacklights) that light up the fish from below. Because of the properties of UV light, the light source itself doesn't glow but only the light bounced off certain surfaces does. The fish are used as light reflectors, glowing as the UV light is bounced off them. An organic lighting system. Exhibited for Cliche ma..
Design Miami 08: Lebanese designers Huda Baroudi and Maria Hibri of Bokja presented a collection of found furniture pieces upholstered in vintage Middle Eastern fabrics at Design Miami last week. The collection was created for ALEF, an exhibition held by Al Sabah Art & Design Collection. See our earlier story about Pieke Bergmans’ collection for Al Sabah Art & Design Collection, which was shown ..
