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Interstuhl Kanjo Take

Interstuhl calendar 2012

12 photographers focus on Silver

// Tags Furniture

The idea was to interpret products in a different way, releasing our ownproduct in the process, and looking at it from a totally …

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A matrix of white cushions expand and contrast in controlled rhythms.

Seventy-Five

by Nils Volker

// Tags Exhibition / Installation / Taiwan

For one of his largest installations to date, Nils Völker used 75 white cushions, aluminum sheets, a system of cooling fans and …

Pins and magnets magically become a moving sea urchin.

Sculptures Cinetiques

by Laurent Debraux

Laurent Debraux creates delicate sculptures that seem to come alive, thanks to mechanics and magnetic laws; the result is …

KSP envisioned an high-rise for Air China in the large western Chinese city, Chengdou.

Air China Blue Sky Tower

by KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten

KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten has won an international competition – the Blue Sky Building Project – to realize Air China’s …

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The Tunnel book is now available as an iPad app.

Tunnel App for iPad

by 108United

// Tags Tokyo / Technology

A new iPad application is inviting users to escape reality and head into mysterious tunnels, albeit virtually.

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Magazines

Frame #84

Jan/Feb 2012

Frame #84 samples large-scale urban projects that strive for connectivity, community and communication. Clive Wilkinson's dazzling European headquarters for Macquarie Bank, Jean Nouvel's media-saturated Milan department store and Zaha Hadid's spectacular Wangjing Soho showroom offer vibrant variants on the city-within-a-city concept. We also catch up with veteran designer and Pentagram-founder Kenneth Grange, whose designs have helped shape the urban …

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Mark #36

Feb/Mar 2012

From sky-high towers to bunker-like bungalows, we glimpse inside over a dozen homes around the world. Kimihiko Okada miraculously realizes a Hiroshima house ‘with no ground floor,’ while Lukas Lenherr stacked three different housing types into one solid block in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland. Meanwhile, architect Rudy Ricciotti pays homage to Jean Cocteau in a museum design. In The Netherlands, Erick van Egeraat tones down his ‘bling bling’ …

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Elephant #9

Winter 2011-12

We discover what happens when historical craft meets modernity, as the tradition of embroidery finds a place in contemporary art. Lauren DiCocco says she feels ‘part of a community’ because of her medium, while Melissa Zexters says it allows her to adjust photos and memories. We discover the two views of Zurich: that it is not typical of Switzerland, and that Switzerland is not typical of Zurich. To investigate, we trekked to the Kreis 5 and Kreis 4 …

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Agenda

Cevisama Valencia:

Design Fair Spain

07 - 10 February, 2012 // Valencia, Spain

The 30th international trade show for ceramic tiles, surface coverings, bathroom and kitchen equipment, raw...

event

Stockholm Furniture Fair:

Design Fair Sweden

07 - 11 February, 2012 // Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholm Furniture Fair is a trade fair, which takes place at Stockholm International Fairs in Älvsjö. The fair is...

event

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931):

A Passion for Finland

07 February, 2012 - 06 May, 2012 // Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

Naturalism, neo-romanticism, symbolism and expressionism are intermingled in Akseli Gallen-Kallela's work, which also...

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The ARC Show 2012:

The only event you need to attend this year

29 February, 2012 - 01 March, 2012 // BDC, London

The ARC Show is the only event where architectural, retail and commercial lighting unite in one place. Ensuring you...

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