Oct 08

OOS turns Swiss Pavilion into giant mirror at Dubai Expo

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Swiss pavilion at Dubai Expo

Zürich-based architecture studio OOS has covered the front of the Swiss Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020 with a giant mirror.

Set alongside a giant red carpet, the pavilion is named Reflections and aims to make visitors think about the image of Switzerland.

OOS designed the Swiss Pavilion at the Dubai Expo. Photo is by Tom Ravenscroft

“The meaning lies in the reflection,” explained Christoph Kellenberger, founding partner of OOS.

“The reflection of Switzerland. The reflection of the red carpet. The reflection of all the visitors,” he told Dezeen.

mirrored pavilion at Dubai Expo
Its facade is a giant mirror

Designed by OOS in collaboration with scenography designer Bellprat Partner and landscape architect Lorenz Eugster, the pavilion is a simple cube.

However, it is brought to life by its mirrored facade that has a funnel-shaped indentation facing the large red carpet area for queueing.

Mirrored facade of Swiss Pavilion
The facade reflects the red carpet. Photo is by Tom Ravenscroft

“The funnel-shaped mirroring of the front welcomes visitors on a discovery tour from afar,” said Kellenberger.

“This not only encourages visitors to reflect on themselves and others but also leads to an examination of the image of Switzerland,” he continued.

“The reflection is also intended to bring people into contact with each other and is the translation of the Expo’s leitmotiv: Connecting minds, creating the future.”

Fog-filled visitor attraction
The pavilion contains a fog-filled room

Within the pavilion, visitors walk up a pathway in a fog-filled room that leads to a view of a mountain top.

“We developed a walking tour through Switzerland that leads through the natural fog high up the mountain to a panorama over the sea of fog,” explained Kellenberger.

“The pavilion represents Swiss values such as inventiveness and openness, as well as the beauty of the Swiss landscape,” he continued.

“The experience of feeling real fog on their skin and then looking out over the sea of fog into the Swiss mountains is intended to awaken a desire to visit Switzerland.”

Visitor attraction in Swiss Pavilion
The fog reveals a mountain view

Following the mountain experience, visitors descend into an exhibition hall that focuses on Swiss innovation, before exiting from the side of the pavilion.

An additional event space is located on the roof of the building.

Exhibition hall in Swiss Pavilion
An exhibition hall contains examples of Swiss innovation

Despite the bright sunshine expected at the expo, the studio was not concerned about the reflected light.

“The main entrance faces west (and Mecca) – and thus sunset,” said Kellenberger.

“The reflection of the evening sunlight makes the red carpet shine. The visitors receive sun umbrellas which lead to a playful image in the reflection of the facade,” he continued.

“And if you look at the local architecture, reflective surfaces are often used.”

Rooftop events space
The pavilion is topped with a rooftop events space

Kellenberger also expects the pavilion to be popular with visitors as a spot for taking selfies.

“It was already clear on the opening day of the expo that the pavilion is a magnet for visitors,” he said.

“Many visitors take a picture or selfie of themselves right on the red carpet: so the iconographic shot is something they’re sure to take home with them.”

OOS’ Swiss Pavilion is one of numerous national pavilion’s designed to promote nations at the Dubai Expo, which is open for the next six months.

Es Devlin created a timber structure that presents an AI-generated poem for the UK’s pavilion, while Carlo Ratti topped the Italy Pavilion with a trio of boats.

The photography is by Jon Wallis, unless stated.

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Oct 08

Matt Gibson transforms Melbourne home with courtyards and glazed bridge

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Brick surrounds the exterior of the building

Australian practice Matt Gibson Architecture + Design has restored and extended a historic home in the suburbs of Melbourne, which has been shortlisted in the residential rebirth category of Dezeen Awards 2021.

Located in the South Fitzroy Heritage Precinct, the home’s historic Victorian frontage was retained, while its rear has been completely transformed. The local practice split it into three pavilions separated by planted courtyards and linked by a glazed bridge.

“As opposed to providing a newly-attached, contrasting addition (an oft supported heritage approach), the resultant conversion is instead set out as a series of separate, similar mews-like outbuildings separated by courtyards,” explained Matt Gibson Architecture + Design.

Top: Matt Gibson added a bridge above the courtyard that connects bedrooms. Above: Fitzroy Bridge House has a white painted brick exterior

The historic front of Fitzroy Bridge House has been preserved and restored to contain living and dining rooms, which connect across a large courtyard to a kitchen and a family room via a glazed corridor.

Above, these two blocks house bedrooms and bathrooms, linked by a bridge that crosses above the courtyard. A thin, low strip of glass provides views out while minimising the risk of overheating due to its southern orientation.

Behind the painted brick wall is a timber structure
Pavilion-style structures surround the home

At the western end of the home, a third, more independent block sits at the other side of a second courtyard. This houses a garage and studio at ground-floor level, and a study that can be converted into an additional bedroom above.

“The series of buildings house sleeping quarters above, with a linked open, ‘living’ breezeway beneath containing flexible living spaces that straddle two landscaped courtyards,” said the practice.

These new pavilion-style structures were built using bricks recovered from the original home, which have been painted white throughout and are contrasted by black metal window frames in the courtyard’s walkway.

The white bricks define the building’s street-facing northern elevation, with the rising and lowering of the wall expressing the home’s blocks and courtyards.

Fitzroy Bridge House living area opens out to the courtyard
The bridge spans the courtyard above a pond and irregularly-shaped stone slabs

For the rear facade, the black-painted heritage frontage is contrasted by the recovered white brickwork, with thin arched windows and a large, slatted wooden door to the garage

“When seen from the public realm of Little Napier Street the three buildings are viewed in combination, unified by their material lustre, colour and solidity,” said the practice.

Tall and slender arched windows look out to the garden at Fitzroy Bridge House
The interior of the home has a pared-back minimal look

The interiors combine new finishes with those of the original house that were required to be maintained, all treated to create a feeling of openness across the ground floor.

Pale timber panelling and white wall finishes work with flexible layouts, intended to increase the ability for “opening up” or “shutting down” the home from its courtyards. Pale curtains in the glazed walkway offer a looser way of enclosing the space.

Matt Gibson Architecture + Design has previously completed several conversions of heritage properties in Australia, including a redbrick extension with glazed undercroft in Melbourne.

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Oct 08

Bardi's Bowl Chair by Lina Bo Bardi for Arper

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Bardi's Bowl Chair by Lina Bo Bardi for Arper

Dezeen Showroom:  Arper has collaborated with the Venetian textile company Rubelli to create a limited-edition version of Bardi’s Bowl Chair by modernist architect Lina Bo Bardi.

Designed in honour of Bo Bardi’s recent Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in memoriam, awarded during the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, the new version of Bardi’s Bowl Chair is made in a numbered edition of 500.

A photograph of the Bardi's Bowl Chair by Lina Bo Bardi for Arper in Lollipop fabric
Bardi’s Bowl Chair is available in two Rubelli textile options, with Lollipop having a 50s-style print

The iconic chair comes upholstered in a choice of two colourful Rubelli fabrics – Lollipop and Eureka – chosen because of their similarity to Bo Bardi’s work.

Recalling 1950s prints, Lollipop has a geometric pattern conjured in loose brushstrokes of red and mustard yellow, while Eureka features similar colours woven into a textured fabric.

A photograph of Bardi's Bowl Chair by Lina Bo Bardi for Arper in Eureka
The Eureka textile is woven from a multicoloured mix of threads

Both are paired with cushions upholstered in orange Rubelli fabrics – Lollipop with Ralph and Eureka with Nap.

Bo Bardi designed the semi-spherical chair in 1951 and in 2012 Arper started manufacturing it, balancing the original design with contemporary advances in technique and production.

Product: Bardi’s Bowl Chair
Designer: Lina Bo Bardi
Brand: Arper
Contact: info@arper.com

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Oct 08

Aston Club seating by Jean-Marie Massaud for Arper

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Aston Club seating by Jean-Marie Massaud for Arper

Dezeen Showroom: French designer Jean-Marie Massaud has expanded on his Aston chair design for Arper, with new club chair variations designed to enclose the sitter in luxurious comfort.

The Aston Club chair and Aston Club Low Back chair are based on the shape of the 2006 original but with features more suited to the lounge than the boardroom.

Aston Club chair by Jean-Marie Massaud for Arper
The Aston Club chair offers luxurious comfort with the serenity of a wraparound headrest

Described by Arper as offering “a timeless form designed for superlative comfort”, the Aston Club chair has a deep inclined seat and a wraparound headrest to offer privacy and respite from the world, along with an optional footrest.

The newest variation, the Aston Club Low Back, offers a similar feeling of generous comfort but in a more minimal form.

Aston Club Low Back chairs by Jean-Marie Massaud for Arper
The Aston Club Low Back combines comfort with a more minimal form

With no headrest, the Aston Club Low Back works well on its own or grouped in multiples for both conversation or relaxation.

Both Aston Club chairs come in a wide range of upholstery options, with four-star bases in either polished or painted aluminium, finished in no-VOC paint.

Their internal parts are made from post-industrial recycled plastic, and the chairs are made with no glue to allow for easy disassembly and recycling or upcycling.

Product: Aston Club
Designer: Jean-Marie Massaud
Brand: Arper
Contact: info@arper.com

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Oct 08

Kinesit Met chair by Lievore Altherr Molina for Arper

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Kinesit Met chair by Lievore Altherr Molina for Arper

Dezeen Showroom: furniture brand Arper has evolved its Kinesit office chair by Lievore Altherr Molina, adding new textured and nuanced materials that give it a contemporary feel.

The Kinesit Met office chair can be upholstered in a wide range of materials and colours, with complementary options available for the seat and backrest, and a metallic finish on the armrests.

A photograph of the Kinesit Met chair by Lievore Altherr Molina for Arper
The update to the Kinesit office chair brings in new colours and textures

The new materials give Kinesit Met a soft appearance that makes it a good fit for the home office or comfortable work environments.

Originally designed in 2014 as Arper’s first office chair to be fully compliant with regulatory requirements, Kinesit has a discreet, elegant silhouette, uninterrupted by typical office chair adjustment mechanisms, which are hidden away under the seat.

A photograph of the Kinesit Met chair by Lievore Altherr Molina for Arper
The chair’s arm rests and base have metallic finish options

There is also adjustable lumbar support concealed in the thin frame of the backrest.

Kinesit Met is available with either a low or medium backrest. Its aluminium base and armrests come in a copper, light grey or an anthracite finish.

Product: Kinesit Met
Designer: Lievore Altherr Molina
Brand: Arper
Contact: info@arper.com

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Oct 08

AvroKO designs Supper Club restaurant at Justin Timberlake's The Twelve Thirty Club in Nashville

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Performance space at The Supper Club

A modern take on a 19th-century supper club is the final space to open at a Nashville dining and drinking destination owned by restauranteur Sam Fox and musician Justin Timberlake.

Design firm AvroKO created the Art Deco-influenced interiors for the 400-seat Supper Club, located on the second floor of The Twelve Thirty Club on Upper Broadway.

Supper Club at Twelve Thirty Club main dining area and bar
The Supper Club is the final space to open at The Twelve Thirty Club

Occupying a full city block at Fifth and Broadway, the multi-level bar and restaurant venue first opened in spring 2021.

“Each level of The Twelve Thirty Club is completely unique unto itself when it comes to the menu, cocktail program and design,” said Fox, founder of Author & Edit Hospitality.

Bar area
The restaurant and bar spaces were designed by AvroKO with a nod to the 1920s

The Supper Club, which offers a steakhouse-style menu, was the final of four spaces within the building to welcome guests, starting in late September.

AvroKO, which is best known for its hospitality projects, designed the dining area, bar and performance space with a nod to the 1920s.

Red corridor
Red surfaces and upholstery are used throughout the dining areas

The restaurant is reached via a grand staircase from the first level, which provides glimpses of antique lighting and opulent chandeliers as visitors ascend.

Upstairs, rich colours and tactile materials create a sophisticated yet comfortable atmosphere in the main dining and bar area.

Stage and performance area
A stage is set up for musical performances

Globe-shaped pendants with tufted details illuminate dark-hued banquettes on the perimeter, sandwiched between panelled columns painted deep blue.

The elliptical bar in the centre has a pale stone countertop and bright red siding, which contrasts the dark green leather stool backs.

Wine storage and display case
A custom wine storage and display case holds rare wines from around the world

Another dining room features russet tones – from the seat upholstery to the ceiling – and walls patterned with the mist-shrouded silhouettes of fir trees.

Along a corridor stretches a custom wine storage and display case, which houses part of a collection of 1,800 bottles from around the world.

Russet-coloured dining area
Another dining area features russet tones

A stage for musical performances is surrounded by pairs of red velvet armchairs, accompanied by small black tables topped with petite lamps.

A row of semi-circular banquettes also face the stage, separated from the closer seating area by a strip of checkerboard floor tiles.

Twelve Thirty Club rooftop bar
The Twelve Thirty Club also has an outdoor rooftop bar

The Twelve Thirty Club also has an outdoor rooftop bar.

Designed to have a relaxed atmosphere, it features casual cane furniture, light hues and copious planting.

The street-level Honky Tonk bar and lounge is also more laid-back than The Supper Club.

Here, teal ceilings and green leather seating complement wooden flooring and wall panels, lending the space the look and feel of a sports bar, although it also offers live music.

Twelve Thirty Club Honky Tonk bar
The building’s first floor is occupied by the Honky Tonk bar. Photo by Jason Bihler

The final space in the building is Honorary Member, an intimate cocktail lounge that seats 50.

Located on a mezzanine level, this room continues the colour palette of the bar below, but in more luxurious materials and furniture pieces.

Twelve Thirty Club Honorary Member lounge
On a mezzanine level is a more intimate space, known as the Honorary Member cocktail lounge. Photo by Jason Bihler

Overall, the destination is intended to provide a variety of environments to suit different tastes, whether for locals or visitors to the famed Music City.

“Nashville is a city unlike any other,” said Timberlake. “Sam and I wanted The Twelve Thirty Club to stand out and celebrate the different people and cultures that make this place so special. It’s stylish and sophisticated, but still has an unmistakable energy driven by music.”

The bar at the Honorary Member lounge
Green, brass and wood are combined in the Honorary Member lounge. Photo by Jason Bihler

AvroKO has offices in New York, San Francisco, Bangkok and London, and has completed a wide variety of hotel and restaurant project globally.

Among these are the Eaton hotel in Hong Kong, the Mortimer House member’s club in the UK capital, and the Arlo Hudson Square hotel in Manhattan.

The photography is by Seth Parker, unless stated otherwise.

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Oct 08

Volvo's new logo features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter

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A black circular Volvo logo with an arrow

The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features Volvo’s new flat logo.

Swedish car manufacturer Volvo has revealed a flat, less colourful version of its longstanding Iron Mark logo.

The new identity retains the same circular shape and upward-pointing arrow first used by the brand in 1927.

Readers are disappointed, commenting that the design “lacks the attention to detail shown in the brand’s car designs”.

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Tumu Studio opens up Flatirons Residence to mountain views

Other stories in this week’s newsletter include a Tumu Studio-designed home in Boulder, Colorado, BIG’s design for the Fuse Valley development in Porto, and Gensler’s redesign of the lobby inside the AT&T building in Midtown Manhattan.

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Oct 08

Studio Drift and Sou Fujimoto explore rhythms of nature with Basel installation

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Studio Drift and Sou Fujimoto installation for Superblue

Dutch design office Studio Drift and Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto have designed an installation where flower-like lamps rise and fall within a “forest” of wooden beams.

Occupying the entrance to this year’s edition of Design Miami/Basel, the installation combined two works: Shy Synchrony, by Studio Drift, and Forest of Space, by Fujimoto.

Studio Drift and Sou Fujimoto installation for Superblue
Studio Drift’s Shylights rise and fall overhead. Photo is by Ossip van Duivenbode

Shy Synchrony showcased Shylight, a suspended textile lamp that is programmed to continuously rise and fall, creating an opening and closing motion that is reminiscent of flowers blossoming.

Here, dozens of these lights were grouped together and choreographed so that they moved in synchronisation.

Shylight by Studio Drift at installation for Superblue
These textile lamps open and close like flowers as they move

Studio Drift’s aim was to encourage people to be more aligned with the rhythms of the natural world. It is a theme that often features in the studio’s work, with past examples including Franchise Freedom, which featured a swarm of drones.

“Natural movements remind the body of how to adapt and align with our environment,” said Lonneke Gordijn, who leads Studio Drift with partner Ralph Nauta.

“In this time of disconnect and climate crisis, we are in desperate need of aligning with each other to create a vision that will secure the future of our planet,” she stated.

Forest of Space by Sou Fujimoto
Sou Fujimoto’s Forest of Space frames the installation

Forest of Space was designed specifically to frame this dynamic performance. Hundreds of wooden beams were arranged vertically, creating a series of curved objects that together formed an ellipse.

Positioned at an angle, these wooden elements doubled as seats, giving visitors a place to take in the artwork.

Fujimoto wanted to create a place where people could “engage in conversations about the past, present, or future of architecture, and about urban settlements and the natural environment”.

Studio Drift and Sou Fujimoto installation for Superblue
These curving seats are made from hundreds of timber lengths

On show at the Messe Basel exhibition centre from 21 to 26 September, the installation was presented by Superblue, a new initiative that aims to create opportunities for large-scale, immersive art installations.

The project was a collaboration with Therme Mind, a joint venture between developer Therme Group and neuroscience expert MindMaze exploring how neurotechnology can be used in art and design to promote mental and physical wellbeing.

Studio Drift and Sou Fujimoto installation for Superblue
The space hosted panel discussions and workshops during Design Miami/Basel

The involvement of Therme Mind led Studio Drift to bring a new dimension to the Shylights, which have previously been presented at Dutch Design Week and at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Unlike previous installations, visitors to Shy Synchrony are taken on a guided meditation experience.

As they arrive, they are given a headset that measures their heart rate activity, brain relaxation patterns and facial movements.

As they experience the installation, the data gathered is processed by an algorithm and fed directly into the control system for the Shylights, guiding their movement patterns to encourage users into “deeper states of consciousness”.

“By integrating Therme Mind’s neurotechnology, Shy Synchrony creates an experience where audiences can become a part of the artwork, observe their mental activity and explore the conditions that support their own mind-body wellbeing,” said Mikolaj Sekutowicz, CEO and co-founder of Therme Art.

Visitors to Superblue installation
Workshops and guided meditation also took place in the space

The space doubled as a venue for panel discussions and workshops hosted by Therme Art.

The headline event, titled Art and Architecture as Healing: Shaping a Mental Health Economy, explored architecture’s potential to improve mental health.

Photography is by Simon Bielander, unless otherwise indicated. Main image is by Ossip van Duivenbode.

Design Miami/Basel took place from 21 to 26 September 2021. See Dezeen Events Guide for an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.

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Oct 08

iF Design Award 2021 winners use packaging design to create engaging narratives

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Dezeen promotion: packaging for children’s pens and a make-up set designed to look like an egg carton are among the winners in the Packaging Design category of the 2021 iF Design Award.

The iF Design Award spotlights the latest designs across communication, product design, architecture, packaging, user experience and interior design.

For the Packaging Design category this year, the award focused on projects that create interesting narratives and show how packaging can be used as a tool for storytelling.

Below are the award-winning projects. Explore the rest of the winning designs on the iF Design Award’s website.

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Dragon Rouge Coca-Cola Signature Mixers Creation

Coca-Cola’s Signature Mixers bottle design is a reimagination of the brand’s first glass bottle from 1899. It aims to combine the familiarity of Coca-Cola with contemporary mixology aesthetics and won a prestigious iF Gold Award in its category.

Project: Dragon Rouge Coca-Cola Signature Mixers Creation
Manufacturer: Coca-Cola GmbH
Designer: Dragon Rouge GmbH
Category: Beverages

Grace of Waste – the upcycled Furoshiki

Furoshiki is a reusable cloth inspired by the Japanese tradition of wrapping gifts in a reusable material.

It is made from ocean plastic and features a pattern that illustrates the location of floating islands of garbage in the oceans.

Project: Grace of Waste – the upcycled Furoshiki
Manufacturer: Peter Schmidt Group
Designer: Peter Schmidt Group
Category: Industry

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4Life Mineral Water by Doi Chaang

4Life Mineral Water is spring water sourced from Doi Chaang, a forest in northern Thailand.

Its design references how important water is to forest animals and intends to raise awareness of the local habitat.

Project: 4Life Mineral Water
Manufacturer: Doi Chaang Coffee Original
Designer: Prompt Design
Category: Beverages

A picture of the iF Design Award winner

Yafu Rice

The outer packing of Yafu Rice includes an illustration of a trusted figure in Chinese culture called “China’s Model Worker,” based on agricultural scientist Zhao Yafu.

The inner bag features a seal that gives the packaging a handcrafted feel.

Project: Yafu Rice
Manufacturer: Shenzhen Bob Design
Designer: Shenzhen Bob Design
Category: Food

A picture of the iF Design Award winner

Dou You Ji

Dou You Ji is a beer can with bold, colourful graphics intending to reference scenes from Journey to the West, a Chinese legend here represented by humorous images.

Project: Dou You Ji
Manufacturer: Shenzhen Chengzui Cultural
Designer: Shenzhen Oracle Creative Design Co.
Category: Beverages

A picture of the iF Design Award winner

BXL Polaris Team

BXL Polaris Team is a package design for liquid foundation, based on the design of an egg carton. The bottles are partly transparent so that users can easily distinguish between products.

Project: BXL Polaris Team
Manufacturer: Shenzhen Baixinglong Creative Packaging
Designer: Shenzhen Baixinglong Creative Packaging
Category: Beauty/Health

RRD Pen packaging

These children’s pens have abstracted silhouettes of animals illustrated on their packaging, and are made from reusable and eco-friendly materials. Each pen is covered in animal skin patterns.

Project: RRD Pen packaging
Manufacturer: Dongguan Donnelley Printing Co
Designer: Dongguan Donnelley Printing Co
Category: Consumer products

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Blandy’s Bual 1920

This is the first wine from the Blandy’s Heritage Wine Collection, a collection of Madeira wines.

Its packaging pays homage to Blandy winemakers and their family history.

Project: Blandy’s Bual 1920
Manufacturer: Blandy’s
Designer: Omdesign
Category: Beverages

iF Design Award

Tea House tea packaging

This tea packaging was designed to be interactive and aims to establish a new relationship with consumers by encouraging young people to experience different types of tea.

Project: “Tea House” tea packaging
Manufacturer: ZRP Printing Group Co
Designer: ZRP Printing Group Co
Category: Beverages

Power Temptation

The “Power Temptation” bottle was designed for the young Chinese market.

It features decorative labels that tell the story of Adam and Eve and their time in the Garden of Eden.

Project: Power Temptation
Manufacturer: Left and Right Creative Design (Shenzhen) Co
Designer: Left and Right Creative Design (Shenzhen) Co
Category: Beverages

Oranginal

Orange + Original’s design references Chinese fruit cultivation. Its packaging includes woven bamboo baskets and aims to raise awareness about the hard work of fruit farmers and show the distinguished tradition of crafts in Chinese culture.

Project: Oranginal
Manufacturer: inDare Design Strategy Limited
Designer: inDare Design Strategy Limited
Category: Food

Mahjong Tea

Mahjong Tea’s packaging design hopes to enhance the enjoyment of drinking tea.

Its tea box is made of untreated wood and brass. As the box ages, it develops a decorative patina.

Project: Mahjong Tea
Manufacturer: Suncharm Media Co
Designer: Suncharm Media Co
Category: Beverages

Jinsha sauce liquor

This packaging design intends to represent the brand’s historical origins, depicting its ancient brewing techniques.

The outer box has an abstract graphic design created with Chinese ink washes and its top cover unfolds like a picture scroll.

Project: Jinsha sauce liquor
Manufacturer: Shenzhen Chaopai International
Designer: Shenzhen HJRdesign Consultant Co
Category: Beverages

Mi 10 national style version of packaging design

The design of this smartphone gift set is a response to the trend of Chinese cultural icons used in packaging. The boxes feature bold images that relate to Chinese culture.

Project: Mi 10 national style version of packaging design
Manufacturer: Xiaomi
Designer: Xiaomi
Category: Consumer Products

Bizeun gift set for the examinee

The Bizeun gift set for Korean sticky rice cake packaging depicts Korean cultural leaders.

Its colourful illustrations aim to encourage students to prepare for their exams.

Project: BIZEUN GIFT SET for the examinee
Manufacturer: SPC Group
Designer: SPC Group
Category: Food

Really Dig Ya

Singer Zhou Yong’s folk music album Really Dig Ya features lyrics in the regional Shanghai dialect, which more and more young people can’t speak, according to the singer.

The album cover draws attention to Shanghai’s culture and references a deep-fried dough stick, a local favourite food.

Project: Really Dig Ya
Manufacturer: China Digital Culture Group
Designer: Bangqian Zheng, Shanghai Dongxiang Culture Communication Co
Category: Consumer products

LIFEWTR S1 Arte Sin Fronteras Mexico

In 2019, LIFEWTR launched Mexico with Art Without Borders, a series exploring the power of art to foster cultural understanding. This is a continuation of the project.

Project: LIFEWTR S1 Arte Sin Fronteras Mexico
Manufacturer: PepsiCo
Designer: PepsiCo
Category: Beverages

GreenArc

GreenArc is a creative partnership that references Roman Catholic imagery in its packaging.

Divine Lumiere, its first collection, features a shopping tote bag informed by the La Sagrada Familia basilica. An illustration of the building’s architecture is printed on the inside of the bag.

Project: GreenArc
Manufacturer: B:SCOPE
Designer: B:SCOPE
Category: Consumer products

MMINNI liquor packaging

MMINNI-X-lab is a brandy designed to appeal to young people. Its colourful packaging and vessels that look like laboratory bottles are intended to represent young people’s “fearless spirit of exploration”.

Project: MMINNI liquor packaging
Manufacturer: Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Company
Designer: Shenzhen Oracle Creative Design Co
Category: Beverages

Huaxiang Manor Tea

Huaxiang Manor Tea’s design intends to express the natural beauty of the environment where the tea has grown.

This includes the estate’s gardens and house, introducing the consumer to the teas but also to Huaxiang Manor.

Project: Huaxiang Manor Tea
Manufacturer: Shenzhen Qianhai Phecda Creative Design Co
Designer: Shenzhen Qianhai Phecda Creative Design Co
Category: Beverages

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Oct 08

Frank Gehry tops Louis Vuitton perfume bottle with aluminium flower

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Five perfume bottles designed by Frank Gehry for Louis Vuitton

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has designed his first perfume bottle for French fashion brand Louis Vuitton.

The bottle was created to hold five different scents from the Louis Vuitton Les Extraits perfume collection, which is meant to capture “liberation” and “absolute movement”.

A Louis Vuitton perfume bottle with orange liquid inside
Frank Gehry designed a perfume bottle for Louis Vuitton’s Les Extraits collection

“I wanted to approach the project from a sculptural point of view, to bring something different to perfume,” Gehry said.

“It’s not a finished geometric form, it’s just movement – visual movement with the added interest of ephemerality.”

Five silver aluminium perfume bottle caps
The flower-shaped bottle caps are made from aluminium

For the bottle’s crinkled cap, Gehry took a sheet of aluminium and sculpted it into a twisting, blossoming flower that sits on top of the flacon.

The architect employed a similar technique for a crinkled gold bottle he made to mark the 150th anniversary of Hennessy X.O.

Gehry wanted the shape to embody the spirit of sailing, an activity that the architect is widely known to love.

“When you sail, on the ocean or elsewhere, there is a very intimate relationship between the skipper at the helm and the wind, and the visual impression it creates,” Gehry explained.

“The sail moves gently, the air moves and you just try to keep steady – there’s an idea of movement, but it’s not the same as with a racecar.”

Frank Gehry's Symphony perfume bottle filled with pink liquid
The cap is meant to capture the spirit of sailing

Gehry’s design for the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, which is formed of twelve curving sails and 3,600 glass panels was directly used to inform the design.

The bottle is meant to represent the thirteenth sail of the building.

“Reproducing, through micro-architecture, the bulge of a boat’s sail, seafaring, hair blowing in the wind, Les Extraits Collection evokes the thirteenth sail,” said the brand.

“The Les Extraits Collection bottle reproduces, without imitating, the tension of those twelve sails.”

The bottle’s rounded shape was informed by the original bottle for the fragrance designed by Marc Newson. Frank Gehry altered and expanded the lines.

The Louis Vuitton logo is embossed on the side of the bottle, along with the name of the perfume.

Five floating perfume bottles from the Les Extraits collection
The rounded bottle is based on the original Marc Newson design

The refillable bottles house five different perfumes created by Louis Vuitton’s master perfumer Jacques Cavallier Belletrud. The fragrances are called dancing blossom, cosmic cloud, rhapsody symphony and stellar times.

Each of the bottles in the Les Extraits collection is packaged in a cylindrical white box with a slightly sloped top.

Les Extraits perfume bottles in white cases
The bottles come in white cylindrical cases

Gehry is one of the world’s most respected architects. He is the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, America’s Presidential Medal of Freedom and Japan’s Praemium Imperiale, among other accolades.

He has a long history of designing for Louis Vuitton. For Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul, he added a stack of sweeping glass sails on top of the white stone building.

Sailing has inspired many of Gehry’s past designs. In 2015 he created a wooden sailing yacht called Foggy for his own personal use.

Photography is by Florian Joye.

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