10m³ di Pausa is an urban installation which helps us acknowledge the value of space in the city and the growing necessity for green cars. A field of green 'grass leaves' takes hold of the urban space, offering 10 cubic meters of relax for the people passing by. Interaction with this grass field and the possibility of immersion within it allows us to escape from the traffic and confusion. The si..
Starting with a digital body scan, the dress is digitally drawn. This animation serves to compare the drawing process with the final product and the variability in reality. from vimeo
Project Title: Phoenix Flowers, Garscube Landscape Link Location: Garscube Road/ M8 Flyover, Glasgow, Scotland Cost: £1.2million Construction start date: 21st September 2009 Completion date: 28th June 2010 Summary The first phase of the regeneration of the Speirs Locks area in Glasgow has been completed with the opening of the Garscube Link, a new public realm intervention which re-connects Nort..
For the Young Architects Forum Atlanta’s 10UP! National Architectue Competition, participants were challenged to create a temporary installation for Atlanta. The winning 45 ft tower, Periscope, designed by Brandon Clifford and Wes Mcgee of Matter Design Studio, is an “inhabitable installation with iconic implications to advocate bold architecture for the Atlanta community and young designers acr..
The “18 septemberplein” is one of the major squares in the city of Eindhoven. The square is the connection between the central station area and the main shopping district of the city. The demand for 2000 parking places for bicycles together with the important logistical function of the square led to a design of an underground bicycle parking, leaving room for the movement of people on the square..
Paris-based designer Robert Stadler has created the Royèroid sofa and armchair. The collection was recently exhibited at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery booth during the Design Miami/Basel show in Basel, Switzerland. Why, as a designer, focus on the decorator Jean Royère? ?His anachronistic levity and his anticipation of freer forms in our habitat make his merits beyond question. The ‘Ours Polai..
Italian designer Giancarlo Zema has created the Bright Woods collection for the Avanzini Group. The limited edition of 120 stools and 60 coffee tables are made from wood and resin with an integrated LED light. from contemporist
Ozel Office, a practice based in both LA, California and Istanbul, Turkey, has designed a competition proposal for an Opera House for Izmir, a port town off the Aegean Coast. The competition challenged participants to see architecture as a “catalyst” that could potentially help the city re-center itself as a hub of economic activity and source of cultural significance. The collaborative effort w..
Anne Kyyrö Quinn is a London-based designer and producer of three-dimensional wall coverings made from felt. The studio works with architects and interior designers to create custom pieces for a variety of interior settings. The panels are designed, cut, sewn and finished by hand at their London based studio. from contemporist
London studio Orproject installed an undulating tree-like structure in the doorway of the Italian Cutural Institute in Belgrave Square for last month’s London Festival of Architecture. Called OR², the structure is a shading device and comprises a series of polygonal segments with integrated photovoltaic cells that are connected by bolts to form a single surface structure. The photosenstive segme..
