1. “David Lynch: The Art Life” Documentary
An intimate and fascinating look at the life of the brilliant filmmaker and artist David Lynch will premiere at next month’s London Film Festival. The documentary, called “David Lynch: The Art Life……
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To celebrate the 12th anniversary of a Jins eyewear store, Schemata Architects has completed a renovation that involved taking a sledgehammer to the walls (+ slideshow).
The Japanese eyewear brand enlisted the Jo Nagasaka-led practice to create a more open-plan and welcoming space for customers of its store in Ageo, in Japan’s Saitama Prefecture.
Having knocked through the majority of the shops pre-existing walls, all areas of the shop can now be seen from the exterior – a key element in the architects’ design objectives.
The new glazing put in its place features a Low-E coating – meaning the amount of ultraviolet and infrared light that can pass through glass is minimised, without compromising the overall quality of light.
“We removed the exterior walls and installed Low-E paired glass to create the view towards the beautiful courtyard from the street, whilst making the impressive display of extensive eyewear products highly visible from the street at the same time,” said Schemata.
By exposing the structure that previously lay hidden inside the walls, the architects created an interior space characterised by the presence of wooden cross-braces.
“The interior design was intended to emphasise the effect of exposing the skeleton of the building,” the practice added.
“New interior walls are offset from the original wall lines, finished with brick tiles usually used for exterior finishes,” it said. “Shelves and display furniture are designed as independent elements detached from the building.”
Acknowledging that it can often be difficult to create a unique aesthetic in a market full of products that “vary in shapes and colours,” Schemata also developed a new graphic identity for the Ageo shop.
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The architects worked with design studio KIGI “to introduce visual elements in the shop so that the products and the space can relate to each other in a free and independent way”.
This collaboration with Jins marks the latest in a series of retail store projects for Schemata.
The studio recently worked with KHA Studio to create a minimal fashion boutique in Tokyo and designed a shop for sportswear brand Descente Blanc at the end of last year.
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Comme tous les ans, le concours de photographie Comedy Wildlife nous livre une succulente sélection de clichés de diverses espèces animalières. Ces animaux nous sont présentés dans des situations ou des postures insolites, pour notre plus grand plaisir. Découvrez cette série de photos dans la suite de l’article.
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London Design Festival 2016: print studio Eley Kishimoto has applied its graphic Flash pattern to a number of pedestrian crossings in Brixton, south London.
The London studio, made up of Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto, collaborated with spatial design consultancy Dolman Bowles to bring pattern to a prominent junction in the heart of Brixton.
“The location has significance locally with a history marked by trading, transport, riots and landmark pubs, and is now at the centre of Brixton’s resurgence as a cultural hotspot,” said the designers.
“The crossing has a high volume of cars, cyclists and pedestrians and can be a precarious place to navigate.”
To make the crossing more visible to both pedestrians and drivers, Eley Kishimoto’s 90s-inspired Flash pattern was applied to the floor in bold white, yellow, green and red colours.
The project is similar to one recently completed by artist Camille Walala, who applied her signature graphic patterns to a pedestrian crossing in Bankside, south London.
Eley Kishimoto’s prints were unveiled yesterday as part of the Brixton Design Trail – a new district of the London Design Festival.
Other events taking place across the capital include an exhibition of poo-related designs and an a retail installation inspired by the 1960s Op Art movement.
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London Design Festival 2016: the frame of this simple chair by designer Samuel Wilkinson is made using the traditional technique of steam-bending wood (+ slideshow).
The Brace chair gets its name from arch braces, the curved pieces of wood used to strengthen a structure.
Wilkinson has made the frame of the chair almost entirely of steam-bent arch braces, negating the need for any additional support.
The wooden seat is placed in the middle of the frame, allowing the chair to remain minimal and appear simple in construction.
“Steam-bending wood is a traditional process steeped in history,” said Wilkinson. “It is low energy, ecological and a truly economical method for manipulating wood.”
“It has a reduced scrap rate since smaller pieces can be bent into shape rather than machined from larger blocks.”
The steam-bending technique was pioneered by the original Thonet brand, which was established by German designer Michael Thonet in 1819.
The technique can be seen in many of the brand’s products, like the cafe-staple Thonet No 14 chair, produced today as the 214 chair.
When manufacturing the Brace chair, Wilkinson used locally sourced materials and a factory that is within 100 miles of his east London studio.
“There are only a small number of skilled manufacturers who can produce steam-bent products on any scale, and these are expensive due to rising labour costs and the handmade discipline required,” he said.
The Brace chairs will be available heavily sandblasted to make the wood grain prominently visible. They will be available in a variety of finishes, including matt black, cobalt blue and lime-washed ash.
Brace launched at the Design Undefined exhibition during this year’s London Design Festival, which takes place until 25 September.
Other designers launching products at the festival include Bert & May, which debuted a range of handmade tiles featuring simple geometric shapes, and Bethan Gray, who has designed brass-patterned furniture based on the architecture of Oman.
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This week on Dezeen: this week Moby slammed the ergonomics of a Zaha Hadid-designed hotel room, while Nicholas Serota waded into the feud between Neo Bankside residents and Tate Modern.
Musician Moby hit out at architects who prioritise aesthetics over comfort, claiming that “sleeping in a dumpster would be more comfortable” than staying in the room designed by Zaha Hadid inside the Puerta America Madrid hotel.
Tate galleries director Nicholas Serota said concerned residents of the luxury Rogers Stirk Harbour-designed development should add blinds or net curtains to stop visitors to Tate Modern’s new observation platform from looking into their homes.
The dispute broke out after residents of Neo Bankside threatened legal action, accusing museum visitors of spying on them.
The Norwegian government offered to abandon plans for the proposed Utøya memorial after protesting local residents described the project as a “rape of nature”, a “tourist attraction” and a “hideous monument”.
In other architecture news, it was announced that Peter Zumthor will extend Renzo Piano’s Fondation Beyeler art museum, and BIG, MVRDV and Snøhetta unveiled competing designs for the new San Pellegrino headquarters.
This week we featured highlights from the London Design Festival, including a rippling steel installation inside the V&A by Benjamin Hubert, a giant “smile” by Alison Brooks and pop-up indoor forests by MINI and Asif Khan.
Also at the London Design Festival, David Adjaye won the annual London Design Medal and industrial designer Kenneth Grange was given an award for lifetime achievement.
Design and lifestyle magazine Wallpaper has revealed its Thomas Heatherwick-designed cover, which features a trellis-like opening system.
American firms Rogers Partners and Nelson Byrd Waltz conceived a raised, tree-lined park for Atlanta, Georgia, while UK firm Knight Architects revealed its plans for Finland’s largest bridge.
Popular stories on Dezeen this week included a rippling glass extension perched above an Antwerp port building by Zaha Hadid Architects and a zinc-clad home in the middle of a Wisconsin crop field.
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Tall translucent doors open two sides of this theatrical rehearsal space created by Brazilian architect Alan Chu for an actor in São Paulo (+ slideshow).
Alan Chu designed the 90-square-metre space to mimic a theatre stage, covering the floor in wooden boards and draping the walls in floor-to-ceiling curtains.
Tall hinged doors made from translucent polycarbonate sheets open the front and rear of the boxy structure, allowing them to be used for theatrical entrances and exits.
“In addition to serving as closures and providing both illumination and ventilation as needed, these doors also can be opened and closed as part of a theatrical performance,” explained Chu.
The studio floor and internal doors are made from plywood, but the structure’s metal structure is left exposed across the ceilings and end walls.
A white masonry box to one side of the main performance space hosts a dressing room and bathroom at ground level, and an office upstairs.
Openings of various sizes are cut into the white wall, but can be closed over with plywood screens.
Named Galpão Sim, the studio is built in the rear garden of the actor’s house in the Brazilian city.
The architect and client hope to collaborate on scenery design projects in the future.
Alan Chu, who also works for Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld, has previously renovated a São Paulo apartment using ceramic ventilation bricks to create partitions.
He also overhauled another tiny 36-square-metre in the city to include space-saving storage and a dramatic black, curling staircase.
Photography is by Djan Chu.
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How do you keep the first ever clock made of trucks running for 24hrs? See the new generation Scania trucks and services take on the greatest challenge there is. Time itself. 14 trucks – 24 hours – a 750,000 square foot clock…(Read…)
While taking his dog on an early morning walk at Whitecliff Harbourside Park in Poole, Dorset, England, Dave Mott filmed this stunning video of a sika deer happily prancing along the coastal mudflats…(Read…)
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