As the founder and creative director of yU+co, a renowned LA-based studio specialized in film title sequences, Garson Yu knows a thing or two about telling a story in a matter of minutes. Yu’s creative expertise…
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Heart of Architecture installation photos © Jon Meade
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Giles Miller Studio required 2,433 pieces of curved stainless steel and etched brass to construct the large reflective disk currently on display in London for Clerkenwell Design Week. As the outdoor light changes, so do the lines of rectangles, which reveal new patterns at different times of day. The installation, called Heart of Architecture, is a brighter take on a project the studio built last year for the event—a similarly styled archway made up of 20,000 wooden hexagons.
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A few minutes ago the Alan Fletcher archive, Work and Play, went live online. It looks to be both a fantastic resource and tribute to the late British designer’s work…
The site covers Fletcher’s design work from his student years in the 1950s right up to work completed shorty before his death in 2006.
There are sections dedicated to his work at studios Fletcher Forbes; Fletcher Forbes Gill; Crosby Fletcher Forbes; and, of course, Pentagram, formed in 1971 when the expanding studio realised it could not simply keep adding surnames to the company name.
The site also includes various pieces of writing on Fletcher and his work by, among others, Emily King, Mike Dempsey, Craig Oldham, David Bernstein, and Steven Heller.
“We want this to be the very best collection of Alan’s creative legacy,” runs the brief introduction to the archive, which is maintained by Fletcher Studio, the company set up in 2010 by the designer’s daughter, Raffaella.
On a brief first look around, it certainly looks like it will be. See for yourself at alanfletcherarchive.com.
Pink Floyd fans may recognise the cover of our June issue. It’s the original marked-up artwork for Dark Side of the Moon: one of a number of treasures from the archive of design studio Hipgnosis featured in the issue, along with an interview with Aubrey Powell, co-founder of Hipgnosis with the late, great Storm Thorgerson. Elsewhere in the issue we take a first look at The Purple Book: Symbolism and Sensuality in Contemporary Illustration, hear from the curators of a fascinating new V&A show conceived as a ‘walk-in book’ plus we have all the regular debate and analysis on the world of visual communications.
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News: construction has started on a mixed-use development by Danish studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen on the former site of the 2010 Shanghai Expo.
The 50,000-square-metre Green Valley project is located next to the red Chinese pavilion and will feature shops, offices and restaurants.
Two major buildings will be located on each side of a central courtyard of greenery and water, with each featuring hanging gardens in its atrium.
“It will be a green, sustainable landmark for the city and for the entire region,” said Kristian Lars Ahlmark, partner at Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, which has offices in Shanghai as well as Aarhus and Copenhagen.
Green Valley, which is expected to be completed in 2015, is one of four projects across Shanghai designed by the same architects, all of which are redevelopments of the former industrial sites along the riverfront.
Other projects by the architects include a spiralling titanium-clad cathedral in northern Norway and the under-construction International Criminal Court in The Hague – see all architecture by Schmidt Hammer Lassen.
Many of the national pavilions at the Shangai Expo in 2010 were featured on Dezeen, include Thomas Heatherwick’s British pavilion made with 60,000 fibre optic rods and the Danish pavilion by BIG, which featured hundreds of free bikes and a swimming pool – see all coverage of the Shanghai Expo.
Here’s some more information from the architects:
On 30 May 2013, Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, East China Architecture and Design Institute, and Shanghai Expo Construction Development Company celebrated the ground breaking for, and start of construction of, the new Green Valley project on the site of the former 2010 Shanghai Expo.
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects won the international competition in 2012 to design the 50,000-square-metre project located immediately next to the iconic Chinese pavilion. The Green Valley development will become a new central urban development in Shanghai, integrating new sustainable solutions in both the urban design and the individual buildings on the site.
The Shanghai World Expo in 2010 placed emphasis on the future sustainable development of the formal industrial dockyard area of the city. The Expo event itself transformed this area into a new destination for the city. What remains after the Expo event is over and most of the pavilions are torn down is a strong and well-developed infrastructure with green parks, promenades and cultural attractions. The Green Valley project will mark the heart of the new permanent development of the site.
“The new Green Valley development, with offices, shops and restaurants, will become a new destination not only for the main users of the area but for people from Shanghai in general,” explained Kristian Lars Ahlmark, partner and project responsible at Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects. “It will be a green, sustainable landmark for the city and for the entire region. It is a great honour to be part of this development on such a prominent site.”
A central open space composed of greenery, water and a soft landscape runs through the middle of the site. It functions as the spine of the Green Valley. This open space splits the site equally into two, with two major buildings located on each side. The buildings have a large, connected structure, tightly choreographed to set a new scene for urban life. It will act as a guiding element in the development of the entire area.
The buildings are designed to offer modern office facilities with a high standard of finish, flexibility, consideration of environmental issues, and low operating costs. The design expresses openness and accessibility, with a strong identity. The green hanging gardens inside the open atriums will be visible from the surrounding areas, and the people working in the buildings will be offered a great view to the greenery and city beyond.
“The project is designed so that, despite the monumental scale of the site, it relates to the human scale in the public spaces, giving a diverse, vibrant and inclusive community,” said Chris Hardie, associate partner and head of Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects’ Shanghai office.
The Green Valley is just one of four major projects currently being designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects in the centre of Shanghai. All the projects relate to the redevelopment of the former industrial areas along the riverfront, and build on the studio’s celebrated track record in regenerating a number of prominent waterfront sites in major cities throughout Scandinavia. In Shanghai, the studio is designing the new Xuhui Binjiang Performance Arts Centre, is working on a redevelopment of a former coal storage building which will become a new art gallery and museum for an international art dealer, and has recently been appointed to design a pavilion for the West Bund International Biennale of Art and Architecture, alongside architects Atelier Deshaus, Atelier BowWow and Pritzker prize winner Wang Shu.
The Green Valley development is expected to be completed in 2015.
Lead design architect: Schmidt Hammer Lassen architects
Local architect: ECADI (East China Architecture and Design Institute)
Client: Shanghai EXPO Construction Development Co. Ltd.
Area: 50,000 m²
Competition: 2012, 1st prize in invited international competition
Status: Construction period 2013 – 2015
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L’artista canadese Laurence Vallières crea sculture di animali, riproducendoli in dimensioni reali e utilizzando solo cartone riciclato.
Questo week end si terrà ad Alessandria l’inchiostro festival: illustratori, fumettisti e calligrafi provenienti da tutta Italia, esporranno i loro lavori rigorosamente nero su bianco. Inutile segnalare la presenza del nostro (sempre più bravo) Riccardo Guasco. La lineup completa degli artisti la trovate qui e qui il sito dell’evento.
Inchiostro
1/2 Giugno
Chiostro Santa Maria di Castello
Via Santa Maria di Castello
Alessandria
About two months ago, designer Craig Winslow II unveiled “illuminimal,” a design concept that uses video projection mapping on a real footwear product to completely change the look of the shoes. Now, he’s collaborated with BucketFeet to bring the concept to life as ‘illumifeet,’ an interactive evolution that’s currently on display as part of a storefront pop-up shop in Treasure&Bond in Soho, NYC.
Winslow offered to elaborate on the process in his words:
I’ve been infatuated with video projection mapping for the past few years now. Seeing the way that light can completely change a building or environment is incredibly inspiring. However, many projection executions felt like tech demos to me. I wanted to create work with story, purpose and function. Although this new digital+physical medium is many years old, it continues to evolve and find its place in the world, and I wanted to contribute to its growth.
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