Bicycle Club by NL Architects

Bicycle Club by NL Architects

When asked to draw up plans for a cycle-hire shop in southern China, Dutch studio NL Architects thought it would be fun to put a velodrome on the roof.

Bicycle Club by NL Architects

The curved rooftop track of the Bicycle Club will overhang the glazed exterior walls to shade a shop and cafe on the ground floor.

Bicycle Club by NL Architects

Once they’ve hired a bike, customers will be able to take it straight up to the track via central staircases, which will double-up as seating areas for spectators.

Bicycle Club by NL Architects

The architects are now working up detailed designs for construction.

Bicycle Club by NL Architects

Another Velodrome that’s worth a look is the one completed for this summer’s Olympic Games. See images here.

Bicycle Club by NL Architects

Here’s a little more text from NL Architects:


Housing Corporation VANKE has asked us to make a proposal for a Bike Club as part of a big resort in Southern China that we are currently involved in.

Bicycle Club by NL Architects

The Bike pavilion should accommodate bike rental and a cafe.

Bicycle Club by NL Architects

A protruding roof could be very welcome in this tropical climate.

Bicycle Club by NL Architects

The oversized top perhaps could house an additional function. What about a velodrome?

Bicycle Club by NL Architects

The elegant curvature of the steeply banked oval bike track creates an optimistic gesture; eaves curled upward: a surprisingly functional pagoda.

Bicycle Club by NL Architects

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The story of Pentagram

Pentagram Design celebrated its 40th birthday at the weekend (May 19). To mark the occasion, London partner Naresh Ramchandani created a charming film telling the story of the firm’s first four decades

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Written by Naresh Ramchandani and Tom Edmonds
Directed by Christian Carlsson
Additional animation by Simone Nunziato
Sound design by Iain Grant and Wam London
Music by Graeme Miller
Titles by John Rushworth
Design by Pentagram

 

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NY Design Week 2012 – ICFF: Philippe Starck’s Broom Chair for Emeco

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Fourteen years ago Philippe Starck and Emeco partnered up to produce a recycled aluminum chair that was designed to last 150+ years. “A great chair never should have to be recycled: it’s made for life,” said Starck. Called the Heritage chair, the entire collection is made from 80% recycle aluminum. In fact, Emeco is known as the aluminum chair company. “That’s what we do. Turning 80% recycled aluminum into classic chairs. It’s not easy. In fact it takes 77 steps to get there. Sure we use a few machines, but for us they’re just tools, operated by us, by hand. 116 hands to be exact. Not all at once though. To make just one chair it takes 50 hands 8 hours. And if you want it polished that’s another 8 hours. Made by hand. It’s what makes every chair unique. Look underneath a few. Some welds may be more buzzed than burred. Other more burred than buzzed. It’s not a mistake. It’s human. It’s what makes an Emeco chair an Emeco chair.”

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It’s great to see a major manufacturer like Emeco remain committed to making recycled materials a major part of quality design and craftsmanship. Over the years they’ve collaborate with designers like Frank Gehry and Norman Foster. For their latest collaborative effort, Starck and the folks at Emeco have created Broom, a chair that gives industrial waste a new life. “Imagine,” Starck said, “a guy who takes a humble broom and starts to clean the workshop, and with this dust he makes new magic.” He’s talking about literally sweeping up the leftover waste on a factory floor and creating a revolutionary new new material from it.

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Focus sur ce concept de la société Leap Motion en forme de boitier USB . Des interactions et des possibilités impressionnantes comme le contrôle de son ordinateur grâce à un appareil de reconnaissance gestuelle (du type Kinect). Conçu pour Mac OS X et Windows. A découvrir en vidéo dans la suite.



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In Brief: Polaroid Project, Best Urban Open Spaces, Neil Gaiman Addresses Grads, Intern for David Stark


Dueling bathing beauties: Boo George traveled to Oslo to photograph Norway’s “It” couple, Iselin Steiro and Anders Danielson, for the cover of T: The New York Times Style Magazine. At left, George Hoyningen-Huene’s 1930 photograph “The Divers, Paris.”

• Got Polaroids? The Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, in connection with MIT and London-based publisher Thames & Hudson, is at work on a major project on Polaroid photography. Slated to open at MIT in late 2015 and then travel internationally, the show will cover Polaroid-related art, science, and technology. “This is a call for submissions,” William A. Ewing, who is curating the art aspects of the project with Barbara Hitchcock, told The Art Newspaper recently. “It demands the best of the best material. This is not a community project, we want the stuff that can hold its own against the art of the period—and it was a long period, from 1950 to 1990.” Deborah Douglas and Gary Van Zante are in charge of the project’s science and technology aspects.

• Five finalists have been selected for the Urban Land Institute‘s Urban Open Space Award, a competition that recognizes “an outstanding example of a well-used public open space that has spurred regeneration and the transformation of its surrounding community.” Two NYC projects—the High Line and Pier 25 at Tribeca Section in Hudson River Park—made the final five, along with Railroad Park (Birmingham, Alabama), RiverWalk Urban Waterfront Calgary, Alberta), and Tanner Springs Park (Portland, Oregon). The winner, to be announced in October, will receive a $10,000 cash prize, and if we know this group, they’ll blow it all on bulbs and shrubs.

• Author and graphic novelist Neil Gaiman delivered the commencement address and picked up an honorary doctorate at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Among his advice for the graduates: make mistakes. “If you’re making mistakes, it means you’re out there doing something,” said Gaiman last Thursday. “And the mistakes in themselves can be useful. I once misspelled Caroline, in a letter, transposing the ‘a’ and the ‘o,’ and I thought, ‘Coraline looks like a real name…’” Watch the full speech (his first-ever university commencement address) here.

• Event designer extraordinaire David Stark has taken to the web in his search for a star intern. He has partnered with Apartment Therapy on its “Design is not Taught” contest. In addition to a three-month internship with David Stark Design and Production, the winner will have the opportunity chance to work with Stark one-on-one to edit and curate his or her portfolio. The intern’s final project? To single-handedly design Apartment Therapy’s holiday party. Click here for details.
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Surtex: Frank Sturges Reps.

The Heads of StateAlanna Cavanagh reports from NYC:

Another booth that really stood out was for Frank Sturges Reps. Frank has been in the illustration representation business for over 15 years and represents a small group of incredible illustrators including  The Heads of State, Jessica Hische, and Katherine Streeter.


The booth made an impact with large panels of gorgeous illustration and saturated colour. Definitely a favourite of the day!


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Surtex: Sorry You’re Happy

Alanna Cavanagh reports from NYC:

First off it must said that being at the Javitts Centre can be an overwhelming experience. Your pass allows you admission not only into Surtex but into the National Stationery Show and ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair) as well.  If attending all three shows you are literally exposed to thousands of images, exhibitors, attendees, press packages, “trend seminars”, workshops, and business cards. By the end of Day 1 I had a strong desire to be put into a sensory deprivation tank with a big glass of Cabernet Sauvignon.

I come from an illustration background and bring a bias to the Surtex show—I am most excited by the illustration booths.

One of the freshest presentations I’ve seen so far was from Sorry You’re Happy. This art licensing and surface design studio is made up of husband and wife illustrators Kyle Reed and Jen Hsieh (You might be familiar with them from UPPERCASE’s Work/Life book series). It was exciting to see that they were exhibiting work from two established and talented Toronto-based illustrators Katy Dockrill and UPPERCASE contributor Aaron Leighton.

Kyle and Jen holding one of Jen’s tea towels.All the work in the booth looked fresh and playful with the perfect amount of quirkiness thrown in. Jen and Kyle are particularly interested in licensing their art in the children’s market and I think it would work beautifully there. I can easily imagine any of these designs dancing on a onesie or on children’s bedding.

Booth panels by Aaron Leighton, Kyle Reed and Katy DockrillOne of Katy Dockrill’s patterns in the sample book