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Nendo introduces Dancing Squares or how to freeze movement
Gloria Inglis
15.01.2011 | 15:19
Japanese studio led by Aki Sato, Nendo, introduces Dancing Squares, a collection of everyday objects designed to transmit the sense of movement, composing a series of items that are unstable in appearance. The square geometrical pieces that make up the object appear to freeze in time and space. The collection includes lamps, stools, tables and bookshelves.
Light and sketcho,...
Jasper Morrison for Camper
Redacción
17.12.2010 | 14:11
As in the past, Camper has recurred to renowned collaborators from the varying fields of design. Industrial designer Jasper Morrison is in this occasion the creator of The Country Trainer, a men’s footwear collection that is comfortable and has been developed with the identity of the Majorcan brand in mind.
This British designer, whom together with Naoto Fukasawa developed...
Shinjuku Gardens, a green friendly car park in central Tokyo
Ursicino Endaman Nsé
17.12.2010 | 14:07
Cheungvogl, has developed a project to replace an existing open parking area in central Tokyo to build a two storey car park using plant walls.
Vegetal façade.
Architects Judy Cheung and Vogl Cristoph have seen this project as an opportunity to introduce green areas in a city where existing infrastructures don’t allow this frequently. It is also an attempt to...
Neon for the interior design of a chemist’s
Gloria Inglis
17.12.2010 | 13:54
Buj + Colón Arquitectos have designed a project for a chemist’s in the centre of Palencia that includes interior design and signage. Using neon as a defining component, Madrid based architects Raquel Buj and Pedro Colón have worked on the different possibilities that light offers, as a tool that links, illuminates and provides information both inside and outside....
Portia wine cellar, Norman Foster in the Ribera del Duero
Editorial Team
17.12.2010 | 13:43
The Faustino wine group has asked Pritzker prize winner Norman Foster to design their new Portia wine installations in the Ribera del Duero region. It is composed of three distinct volumes in the shape of a clover, each representing one of the three basic stages of wine production, and a central operations area.
Entrance and views from the Portia wine installations.
These...
Vertical neighbours in Barcelona, by Roldán + Berengué
Editorial Team
03.12.2010 | 14:56
Roldán + Beregué Architectes have designed the Torre Plaça Europa council housing building. Different openings and setbacks have been introduced in the façade and the remaining volumes have been split up and composed to generate a tower with five apparent levels although it is actually a 15 storey volume.
Ventilated façade with Fudermax' pieces...
Still in Llove, an ephemeral hotel; Dutch and Japanese design in Tokyo
Gloria Inglis
03.12.2010 | 14:28
Dutch and Japanese designers have come together to present Llove, a temporary exhibition-hotel that will open from October 22nd to November 23rd 2010 coinciding with the annual design fair Designtide Tokyo. Designers Richard Hutten, Joep Van Lieshout, Pieke Bergmans, Scholten & Baijings, Hideyuki Nakayama, Yuko Nagayama, Jo Nagasaka and Ryuji Nakamura have been chosen to develop the...
