La créatrice Gabriela Ligenza, basée à Londres, a lancé une collection Automne/Hiver 2014 de chapeaux imaginés à l’aide d’une imprimante 3D. Les modèles ont été inspirés de la forme des couvre-chefs des Amish, des coquilles d’escargots ou encore des turbans orientaux.
Qualche anticipo della linea PR1MO di IUTER l’avevamo già snasata qualche mesetto fa. In piena SS14 la collezione è oramai completa e disponibile nei migliori store. Vi allego qualche capo per capire di cosa stiamo parlando: attenzione maniacale per i particolari, stampe a sublimazione, 100% Made in Italy.
An apartment at Modernist architect Le Corbusier‘s Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille has undergone a colourful refit by French designer Pierre Charpin (+ slideshow).
Pierre Charpin installed furniture and artwork at Apartment N°50 as part of a series of installations commissioned by owner Jean-Marc Drut, which has included refits by the Bouroullec brothers and Konstantin Grcic.
Cité Radieuse was completed by Le Corbusier in 1952 as the first of his Unité d’Habiticion series of Modernist housing estates.
“The Cité Radieuse is an iconic building, but the inside of the apartments is largely unknown to visitors,” Drut told Dezeen. “Even if full size reproductions have been exhibited in various museums around the world.”
Although tourists can explore the public spaces and rooftop of the building, they don’t usually have access to the private apartments to experience their layout and interiors.
Related story: Konstantin Grcic at Appartement N° 50
“I thought it was a shame that most visitors, coming from all over the world, could experience all these parts of the building, without being able to have an inside view of the apartments,” said Drut.
The apartment includes original furniture by Modernist designers Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé, as well as by Le Corbusier himself. With each of the installations, Drut wanted to reinvigorate the interior in keeping with these pieces and bring it up to date.
“I could have kept this apartment like a historical display with Perriand, Prouvé and Corbusier furniture, but I felt more interesting to re-activate it with contemporary designs and see if it was still relevant in the 21st century,” he said.
Charpin’s refit includes his own colourful glassware, ceramics and furniture, arranged around the space to look as natural as possible.
“Pierre Charpin has brought plenty of colours and joy to the apartment,” said Drut. “He is playing a lot with the strong light of the Mediterranean, with his amazing glass vases for Galerie Kreo and Venini for example, and he plays with the architectural lines.”
The designer’s linear drawings are mounted in bright frames, sized according to the Modulor measurement system that Corbusier defined and used throughout his work.
The apartment was in its original condition when Drut took ownership. He asked British designer Jasper Morrison to complete the first installation in 2008. Morrison then chose Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for the next iteration in 2010, who in turn selected Grcic for 2013.
Each designer has had free reign over the design, providing they don’t change the colours of the walls or alter any of the existing furniture.
“It is all about transmission and sharing a mutual passion and interest,” said Drut. “There is no brief, no constraints, apart from the obvious respect for such a place.”
Charpin’s installation will be in place until 15 August, during a period when the apartment is unoccupied.
The rooftop of Cité Radieuse was opened to the public last summer as a contemporary art space masterminded by French designer Ora-Ïto. The building was damaged in a fire in 2012.
Le Corbusier’s seminal Maison Dom-Ino was built as a full-scale model for this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, while earlier this year his Notre Dame du Haut chapel at Ronchamp was vandalised. See more stories about Le Corbusier »
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If you haven’t heard about why the Tesla name has been all over the news lately, perhaps it’s time to discover what makes this company so innovative. On July 1st, you have the chance to get the inside scoop directly from the Director of Product Design and Project Management, Javier Verdura. In their second event in this series, the RKS Sessions presents Designing Disruptive Innovations, a look under the hood of the innovative company- sharing their history, design process and where they’re headed in the future.
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How fast can you go? Can you go from 0 to 60 in 2.8 seconds flat? The Road Legal BAC Mono can! Step on the pedal and head your mouse over to the TouchOfModern site where this super-sexy-car is being offered at a very very very very …. sexy price. As the exclusive US importer of the ultra high performance BAC Mono sports car, ToMo is out to give you racy experience.
The car you see here is the first US registered Mono and is the world’s only single-seat racer designed for street use. The open cockpit is pretty classic; the 2.3-liter Cosworth engine thrusts you from 0-60mph sprint in under three seconds and keep running all the way to 170mph.
The car is lightweight and features low center of gravity allowing it to smoothly and safely handle corners at monumental speeds. The fully adjustable suspension and six speed sequential gearbox are designed with the enthusiast in mind, and the high-strength carbon fiber composite construction utilizes the latest technologies in material science.
The car even boasts of the second fastest lap ever recorded on TopGear. My question is, what’s stopping you from becoming a near F1 Driver? Go get ‘em tiger!
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