Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Bamboo,Exotic Idea,FACADE / SKIN,Installation,Light Art,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,MASS & SHAPE,MATERIALS USED,Pavilion,Prefabricated elements,STRUCTURAL,SUSTAINABILITY,TravelMarch 9, 2013
LEAD created Golden Moon for Hong Kong Mid-Autumn Festival – The event, which attracted over 400,000 visitors last year, features a Giant Lantern, “Golden Moon”, with colourful LED lights and sound effects. The lantern’s design and construction is the result of a design competition organised by Hong Kong Tourism Board in conjunction with Hong Kong Ambassadors of Design, Hong Kong Designers Association and the Hong Kong Institute of Architects…
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Annemarie Wright is one of the UK’s most exciting young artists. Her work has appeared in the New York Post, USA today, The Telegraph, The Mail and Time Out London to name a few, she has also exhibited widely throughout the UK & USA…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Analysis / Solution / System,Circulation,City Space,Concrete,Editor's Picks,Harmony With The Context,Landform / Contour / Lawn,Landscape & Street Furniture,Landscape Award,Playground,Public Space,Sports Field,Square,Street Art,TravelMarch 7, 2013
Superkilen is a half a mile long urban space wedging through one of the most ethnically diverse and socially challenged neighborhoods in Denmark. A collage of stories and urban situations from around the world: Bjarke Ingels Group, Topotek1 and SUPERFLEX’s response to Copenhagen’s most multi-cultural district…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Editor's Picks,PaperArtMarch 6, 2013
American artist – Eric Standley creates intricately stunning works of art using hundreds of sheets of laser-cut paper. Each piece begins with Stanley drawing out the intricate design, then laser cutting the complex pattern into multiple layers. The painstaking drawing process can take months, while the laser cutting involves hours of meticulous precision. The final result is a work which resembles a labyrinthine 3-D stained glass window…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Crafts,Exotic IdeaFebruary 25, 2013
Freeman builds layer upon layer of found objects, cast-offs and junk into portraits whose detail and subtlety only emerges with distance. In his Assemblage series, out of a seemingly chaotic collection of buttons, bottle tops, pen barrels, key caps, baby dolls and other three-dimensional scrap plastic objects appears an impressionistic two-dimensional face constructed from an impressive range of shades and tones…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Art in Architecture,Exotic Idea,FACADE / SKIN,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,Landmark,MATERIALS USED,Ornaments & Details,Prefabricated elements,Sculpture,STRUCTURAL,SUSTAINABILITY,Travel,ViewPoint,WoodenFebruary 25, 2013
Designed by Ville Hara and its situated on a cliff-top site eighteen metres above sea level, with spectacular views of the sea and the city of Helsinki, the ten-metre tower is a delicately transparent landmark for Korkeasaari Island. The free form is inspired by its natural setting: it follows the existing low stone wall and skirts around a small birch grove…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,Exotic Idea,FACADE / SKIN,FUNCTIONAL,Green Project,Installation,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,MASS & SHAPE,MATERIALS USED,Pavilion,Prefabricated elements,STRUCTURAL,SUSTAINABILITY,Translucent,WoodenFebruary 24, 2013
KREOD is an innovative architectural sculpture, organic in form, environmentally-friendly and inspired by nature. Resembling three seeds, these three 20m² pods combine through a series of interlocking hexagons to create an enclosed structure that is not only magnificently-intricate but secure and weatherproof. KREOD functions beautifully both as an architectural landmark and an imaginative exhibition space…
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