Founded by architect Alex Mustonen and contemporary artist Daniel Arsham, design firm Snarkitecture has a history of making work from the unexpected. Their latest product, a resting dock…
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Coup de cœur pour le studio Snarkitecture basé à Brooklyn et qui a imaginé cette superbe table de ping-pong appelée « Slice ». Cet objet noir composé de richlite, d’acier et de caoutchouc offre un design très impressionnant. L’ensemble est à découvrir en détails et images dans la suite de l’article.
Created by Harvard-educated architect Steven Learner, the first-annual Collective Design Fair opens this week at NYC’s Pier 57, ushering in a range of vintage and contemporary works that speak to a discerning, multi-faceted design community. Among the exciting roster of 23 exhibitors are…
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This year, in addition to our annual coverage of Milan’s Design Week, we’ve teamed up with Heineken to hold a series of Designer Master Classes on 9, 10 and 11 April 2013 at The Heineken Magazzini in Milan’s Zona Tortona. In order to give our readers access to some…
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Created as a way to honor innovation and impressive new structures in architecture, the Architizer A+ Awards today announce their finalists and open up voting to the public on the much anticipated popular choice award. Judged by 200 jurors including Cool Hunting co-founders Josh Rubin and Evan Orensten, each…
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Created as a way to honor innovation in contemporary architecture and design, the Architizer A+ Awards are now nearing the final entry deadline of 21 December 2012. Entrants will be judged by 200 jurors across 50+ categories, and the winners will be awarded a trophy designed by Snarkitecture at…
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Design Miami: New York studio Snarkitecture has hidden the Design Miami collectors fair behind a facade of inflatable sausages (+ slideshow).
Snarkitecture clad the Design Miami tent with weiner-shaped vinyl tubes, bundling them together at different heights to create a shaded social space at the entrance.
“We’re always trying to make objects perform in unexpected ways and do things that they shouldn’t really be doing,” artist and designer Daniel Arsham of Snarkitecture told Dezeen at Design Miami. “So that sort of notion translates across our practice in general, as well as using a kind of limited palette, a limited range of materials.”
“We really haven’t added any material – the vinyl is the material that is used for the tent anyway, all we’ve done is transform the way that it’s presented. So we created these inflated tubes that are raised and lowered to create a sort of reverse landscape,” he said.
Architect and design Alex Mustonen added: “A lot of times when we’re starting a project or thinking about approaching a work, it’s about looking at an existing condition, an existing space or architecture, and analysing or exploring the materials or structures or programmes of that space […], and looking at ways that we can either reimagine or manipulate those elements to create a sort of additional programme.”
Snarkitecture is a collaboration between Arsham and Mustonen, who met while studying at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City.
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Dezeen was in Miami last week reporting on the highlights of Design Miami, including an “ice halo” of Swarovski crystals by Asif Khan and a collection of luxury travel accessories for Louis Vuitton, including a hammock inspired by pasta ribbons.
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We also met Designer of the Year Vito Acconci, who told Dezeen that now is “not the best time for design” in the United States and added that he was sceptical about plans to build a playground designed by Acconci Studio in Miami.
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Photographs are by James Harris for Design Miami, except where stated.
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