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The installation mirrors the shapes of humans moving in front of it.

Future Self

by rAndom International

// Tags Installation / Lighting / Berlin

An interactive lighting installation is capable of capturing the shapes of people around it, then mirrors their forms in its …

Projekt Dandelion in Poznań.

Projekt Dandelion

Street Art

// Tags People / Poland

Projekt Dandelion has invaded the streets of Europe, as stickers of people carried by dandelions are plastered to public walls …

Suspended cable-and-wood buildings anchor either end of the ponds.

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

by Safdie Architects

In Bentonville, Arkansas, a contemporary art museum is a stunning series of wood-and-glass pavilions nestled around two ponds.

Two towers rise from a common platform, gently sloping toward one another. Photo: Iwan Baan.

CCTV Headquarters

by OMA

// Tags Facade / China / OMA

Earlier today, OMA officially completed the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing after eight years of construction.

Newly added structures create a spatial and chromatic dialogue with existing spaces.

Cineteca Cinema Center

by Churtichaga+Quadra-Salcedo Architects

// Tags Public Building / Spain

Instead of representing an economic downfall, a former slaughterhouse has been given new life as a cultural venue.

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Magazines

Frame #86

May/June 2012

Ready for an adventure in Hungary? In this issue, we dive into Budapest’s design scene, taking in the city’s freshest interiors – like the Capsula store by Göske Project – and meeting its most promising young designers. Then in Amsterdam, we tour the cream of the new crop of hotels, including Piero Lissoni’s latest minimalist masterpiece and the funkiest of fashion hotels: Hotel The Exchange. Finally, we catch up with Philippe Starck, the …

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Mark #37

Apr/May 2012

We’re off to Georgia, where we uncover the new architectural program – plus a governmental mission – that has birthed the country’s biggest construction boom in centuries. In Norway and Tokyo, natural resources are given two very different architectural functions, while a Stuttgart library channels the Renaissance and a Chilean campus brings students and teachers together. In China, plagiarism is part of the modernization of architecture. …

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Elephant #10

Spring 2012

Elephant #10 explores how visual artists are using new strategies and approaches in making art. Drawing is being transformed from ‘a means to an end’ to ‘an end in itself,’ as artists shift lines away from their sketchbooks and move them onto an epic scale. The notion of the heroic painter mutates into that of the dauntless draftsman (not exclusively male). Meanwhile, Stan Douglas revisits key turns in the history of photography, questioning the …

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Agenda

International Contemporary Furniture Fair:

Design Fair

19 - 22 May, 2012 // New York, USA

North America’s premier showcase for contemporary design, the ICFF annually lures those in determined pursuit of...

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Prototyping Futures / Occupying the Present:

The Piet Zwart Institute initiates a three-day conference with workshops.

19 - 21 May, 2012 // Groothandelsgebouw Stationsplein 45, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Prototyping Futures / Occupying the Present, is a three-day conference with workshops initiated by the Piet Zwart...

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Energy Battle: Hyper-butter, Mana-batteries:

A life-sized board game at the Mediamatic Fabriek.

19 May, 2012 // Mediamatic Fabriek, Oostenburgermiddenstraat, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Graphic designers Femke Herregraven and Chris Lee developed 'Hyper-Butter, Mana-Batteries', a life-sized board game....

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reSITE International Festival 2012:

Contemporary and collaborative design can improve life in cities

21 - 27 May, 2012 // Various venues, Prague, Czech Republic

reSITE Festival is a major international event in Prague that is committed to exploring collaborative ideas for the...

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