One may be quick to assume the inherent theatricality offered by Paris Fashion Week pertains to the exquisite venues. To a certain degree, this is true. But a far greater power stems from the fearless, exploratory nature of the designers showcasing……
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You’ve seen tonnes of portable conveyance systems, but none are as elegant as Raven here. Raven is a portable scooter that’s all about simplicity. It simply folds up into a stick shaped piece of metal that you can carry around, much like a skateboard. However, when it’s open, it is a full fledged scooter, handles and all!
What makes Raven’s design so beautiful is that it’s functional when opened out, but unlike most foldable products the Raven is pretty ergonomic when folded up too. Its design makes it easy to carry, with its grippable frame, and the signature bump on its frame allowing you to rest it on your shoulder with ease. Even the handlebars fold out and in, making Raven a great scooter to drive, as well as carry! If only more products had this level of design elegance!
Raven is a winner of the Red Dot Design Award for the year 2016. Well deserved!
Designer: Citybirds
When New York Post City Hall bureau chief Yoav Gonen tried to ask a question at today’s press conference for the NYC Rent Freeze Program, it did not go well.
That’s because one of the people sitting alongside Mayor Bill de Blasio at the dais was Victor Calise, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities. Calise was singled out in a recent Post article by Bruce Golding and Rich Calder as being the highest-paid of de Blasio’s ‘bloated band’ of special assistants. Per a thorough summary of today’s fracas by Washington Free Beacon video editor David Rutz, it culminated with the mayor telling another journalist this:
“I got no use for a right-wing rag that attacks people who are good public servants and tries to undermine their reputation. This man [Calise] is not anything but a change agent, an activist… So I’m not playing that game.”
The Post will no doubt run “ragged” with this for Friday’s front page.
There’s been a lot going on in the sneaker world over the past few weeks—here’s two newsworthy sneaker relases:
Image via Smithsonian.comNRG recently developed five pairs of these minimalist, all-white beauties made mostly from recycled carbon dioxide emissions turned polymer. The sneakers were created to promote the NRG sponsored, Carbon XPrize, a four year competition asking participants to develop innovative products using carbon emissions.
Image via Smithsonian.comNRG chose sneakers as their competition entry example for a simple reason—everyone wears shoes, and if mass-produced items can be made with carbon emissions, we’re off to a good start.
Environmentally friendly and ultra-exclusive? What more could a sneakerhead in 2016 ask for? Well, we’ll show you…
Image via NikeNike is bringing back the infamous Nike Mag with an 89 pair release to benefit Parkinson’s disease. This specific fight-for-a-cure release is fitting, as the sneakers made their debut on Michael J. Fox’s feet in Back to the Future 2.
Among the Nike Mags’ bulky, post-apocalyptic shape, very ’80s light up sole and Nike logo lies the real appeal to the iconic sneakers—power lacing. It’s hard to imagine that self-lacing sneakers were designed over 30 years ago, but they were, and now Nike has the technology to make them happen IRL.
It’s kind of like Inception for design—in 1989, these shoes were considered sneakers of the future. We’re now in said future, but we’re looking to the past to decide what the future should look like. NRG’s Shoes Without a Footprint have a more classic silhouette than the Nike Mags, but the process used to design them is arguably more futuristic than Nike’s. Food for thought.
The best part about the Nike Mags, though, is that unlike the Shoes Without a Footprint, these novelty sneakers can be yours.
The online draw to win a pair of Nike Mags is currently open and runs through October 11. 100% of the proceeds go to the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
Regular Marty Costumes are boring. Add some authenticity with a pair of real Nike Mags. At only $10 a pop, entering once or twice might be worth it. Halloween is right around the corner, so hand over the petty cash in the name of a Marty costume upgrade and donating to a good cause. The odds of winning are slim, but I have faith that someone will represent Core77’s readership with brand spankin’ new pair of Nike Mags.
Either way, big thanks to Nike for giving us a way to simultaneously own part of the past and the future.
Philadelphia-based videographer/photographer Rocco Avallone often has his lens focused on musicians. His documentary collective Out of Town Films has traveled the world to capture live sets, often in intimate spaces, from indie bands. When away……
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Geometrical Puzzle est un très beau puzzle imaginé par le designer Efil Türk. Chaque pièce du jeu est conçue en Résine époxy « cristal », fabriquée par coulée dans des moules en silicone. L’aspect final, similaire à du marbre, confère un aspect très élégant au jeu.
Caruso St John Architects has won the RIBA Stirling Prize 2016 with the “highly accomplished and expertly detailed” London gallery it designed for British artist Damien Hirst (+ slideshow).
Described by judges as a beautifully curated collection of buildings, Newport Street Gallery in south London is the 21st winner of the prestigious prize, awarded for the biggest contribution to British architecture in the last year.
The project involved creating a space for Hirst to exhibit pieces from his own personal collection, which includes works by Francis Bacon, Tracey Emin and Pablo Picasso.
Stretching along an entire street, the gallery occupies three century-old red brick warehouses – originally used for theatre carpentry and scenery production – and two new brick structures, including one with a spiky saw-tooth roof.
The project was named winner of the Stirling Prize in a ceremony this evening at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London.
It was selected ahead of five other shortlisted projects: Blavatnik School of Government by Herzog & de Meuron; City of Glasgow College by Michael Laird Architects, and Reiach and Hall Architects; Outhouse by Loyn & Co Architects; Trafalgar Place by dRMM Architects and Weston Library by WilkinsonEyre.
Judges included Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher, AHMM co-founder Paul Monaghan, Heneghan Peng director Roisin Heneghan and artist Rachel Whiteread.
“This highly accomplished and expertly detailed art gallery is a bold and confident contribution to the best of UK architecture,” they commented.
Related story: RIBA names best British architecture projects of 2016
“Caruso St John’s approach to conservation is irreverent yet sensitive and achieves a clever solution that expresses a poetic juxtaposition of old and new,” they added.
“Internally, the five buildings are connected as a continuous and coherent sequence of light filled gallery spaces. The simple and logical circulation is enlivened by exquisitely detailed and sensuous staircases.”
This is the first time Caruso St John has won the Stirling Prize, although the British studio has been shortlisted twice before – for the Brick House in west London in 2006, and the New Art Gallery Walsall in 2000.
The firm is best known for its gallery projects, which include Nottingham Contemporary and the renovation of Tate Britain.
Studio founder Peter St John described this latest gallery as “a palace for direct, intimate and luxurious encounters with contemporary art”.
“It’s rare for architects to be given the opportunity to realise a personal vision of the quality of the Newport Street Gallery, and for that vision to have a generous public dimension,” he said.
Newport Street Gallery opened in late 2015 with an exhibition dedicated to the work of Sheffield-born abstract painter John Hoyland, and is currently showing work by American artist Jeff Koons.
“Newport Street Gallery has realised my ambition to create an unobtrusive and beautiful series of buildings that work perfectly as a space to exhibit great art,” said Hirst.
“I wanted to stay true to the history and roots of the building and Caruso St John understood that from the start,” he added. “I am immensely proud of what we achieved.”
The Stirling Prize has previously been won by firms including Zaha Hadid Architects, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and David Chipperfield Architects.
Last year’s winner was Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’ overhaul of a 1950s school for girls in London.
Photography is by Hélène Binet.
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Yiddish is a thousand-year-old language. With many words originating in the Bible, it makes sense that there’s no term for “email” or “transgender” or so many other modern-day words. However two people, Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath (Yiddish editor and……
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After completing a silversmith course in 2009, Steve West played around with his craft for a few years before a man asked him to create a custom ring for his husband. The result was a silver spinner ring that had a more polished and refined look……
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Tivoli Audio’s new ART collection wireless speakers (including the CUBE, as well as an ORB option) deliver clean sound in design object wrapping and can be used alone or in groups to fill your house. It’s a lot of sound, flexibility and style for the……
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