Hasta La Ideas

The Anti Design Festival, Neville Brody’s outsider/insider, complimentary/ contradictory contribution to the London Design Festival opens tonight

After all the debate, derisory comments and national press coverage we’re still not entirely sure what to expect from the Anti Design Festival which launches in London tonight. Despite its ‘outsider’ status, it’s very much part of the LDF programme, its ‘rebel’ stance sponsored by a property developer and the National Lottery, as The Observer tartly pointed out.

It has an ‘open’ programme but is also curated, is anti-establishment yet of the establishment (contributors include Stefan Sagmeister, LCC’s Sarah Temple and new D&AD President Simon Sankarayya, Brody is now on the D&AD executive committee, up for the Prince Philip Designers Prize and about to take up his role at the RCA), is ‘anti’ design yet all about design.

Perhaps the most generous way to view it is as one of those events whose contribution and value only comes into focus once it has happened. A lot of commenters here and elsewhere have leaped to dismiss it before it has even begun, but anything that seeks to foster debate and that may create the conditions for new ideas to breed is worth giving a chance in our book.

Here’s an (incomplete) rundown of the ten days of events in ten different venues across East London that make up the ADF. More on its website here.

Bazooka
Aubin Gallery, September 17 – October 3
First UK show of the Franch ‘radical’ illustration group with new work produced in collaboration with Brody

Eley Kishomoto: Flashon
Shoreditch Studios, September 17-18
Mark Eley’s two-day event features Flash collaborations between his fashion house and various collaborators

Bare Bones
Maurice Einhardt Neu Gallery, September 18-26
Daily print and poster installation by Harry Malt and the Bare Bones collective planned to act as a record of th event as it unfolds.

Under Collision: Epic Fail
Idea Generation Gallery, September 18-26
‘New artists alongside political image making legends will show works that stretch across film, performance, installation, sculpture, drawing, painting and photography.’ We are promised ‘a collision that embraces failure as a viable way forward’.

Yuri Suzuki: Sound Interjection
KK Outlet, until September 30
Product designer and electronic musician Yuri Suzuki ‘takes an in-depth look at the at the machines and creations he has produced which explore how sound, design and people interact’.

4by4: Every collaboration is the result of a sin
Payne Shurvell, until September 26
Billed as ‘Four curators, four shows, four publications, four weeks. A series of multi-faceted, short, sharp shocks including video, sound, readymades, text, performance, interventions, ceramics, crafts, publications and newsprint’

Microplex – short film season
Londonewcastle Project Space, 28 Redchurch St E2, until September 26
A five-seat cinema showcasing a programme of experimental short films curated by onedotzero’s Shane Walter, Jon Wozencroft and others.

Radlab
Londonewcastle Project Space, 28 Redchurch St E2, until September 26
The main daytime event space for the ADF which will feature a mix of talks, live events and ‘happenings’. On Friday September 24 it will host a day-long series of round-table talks curated by Brody and Adrian Shaughnessy while there will also be shows from students of the LCC and RCA. Things kick off with Mistakes and Manifestos, curated by Daniel Charny of the RCA, which is described as ‘an open programme of selected exhibits and some scheduled events’. Among these will be performance artist Giles Ripley’s self-help film I’m a Winner (Why Aren’t You!!!) (still shown above) and a manifesto wall, Open Spike, by designer Martino Gamper, which will ‘accumulatively display both commissioned and open submission manifestos’. Tomorrow (Saturday 18) sees a talk by ‘anti designer’ (whatever that is) Jerszy Seymour, whose Workshop Chair is shown, top.

Brody’s Research Studios is running its own event on the final day, Anarchy / Apathy: ‘Are we anarchic? Are we apathetic? What do either of these states mean to us? Research Studios will be exploring the relevance of Anarchy and Apathy in everyday life, through real-time interactive information processing. The space will feature visual outputs, alongside other designers and image makers’ explorations of the subject’.

Salon
Londonewcastle Project Space, 28 Redchurch St E2, until September 26
The ‘Salon space’ will host free evening performances of ‘experimental music, sound, moving image, spoken word, performance and digital practice by some of the most exciting artists working in the UK and beyond’.

For more details and the full programme see here

Here are some more of the villas from Athens developer Oliaros‘ project on the island of Antiparos, Greece including designs from Tokyo architects Atelier Bow-Wow, Swiss firm Harry Gugger Studio and Greek firm decaArchitecture (see our earlier story).

Above and top: Panagia I&II by Katerina Tsigarida Architects

Antiaros Design Properties comprises 24 residences of which seven have already been built.

Above: Cliffhanger by Deca Architecture

The houses are spread over four sites, the two main ones being Pigadakia which hosts 15 properties and Panagia with seven, while the more peripheral sites of Sifneiko and Soros have one each.

Above: Cliffhanger by decaArchitecture

The architects taking part are:

• Atelier Bow-Wow
• Harry Gugger Studio
• Deca Architecture
• Camilo Rebelo and Suzana Martins
• Tala Mikdashi Studio
• Nicos Valsamakis
• Andreas Angelidakis Architecture Studio
• Andreas Fuhrimann and Gabrielle Hachler Architects
• Katerina Tsigarida Architects

Above: Kratir by decaArchitecture

All photographs are by Ed Reeve &  Mads Mogensen.

Here’s some more from the Oliaros:

OLIAROS launched its first project Antiparos Design Properties (ADP) in 2004, with 7 bespoke houses in 100,000 m2 of land, designed by young architects, successfully introducing the concept of high end, low density housing on the island of Antiparos in the Cyclades.

Above: Kratir by decaArchitecture

To date our properties have been published extensively and have received numerous awards, while the  number properties has reached 24, situated on a total of 500.000 m2 of land, the 5 last available ones (Tree House, Sif 09, Viewfinder, Kratir, VLS) being introduced in the Summer 2010 season.

Above: Helix by decaArchitecture

Antiparos is a small fisherman’s island located in the centre of the Cycladic complex of Islands in the Aegean Sea.

Above: Helix by decaArchitecture

Located next to the Island of Paros, Antiparos offers the privacy and character of a small island and benefits from the services and amenities of its larger neighbour.

Above: Kedros by Tala Mikdashi Studio

Antiparos is 80 miles away from Athens and can be accessed by plane & high speedboat via Paros, or privately.

Above: Kedros by Tala Mikdashi Studio

OLIAROS has been working with a distinct team of 10 internationally acclaimed architects designing sustainable, balanced microenvironments: decaArchitecture, Katerina Tsigarida Arch, Andreas Angelidakis (AA Architecture Studio), Nicos Valsamakis, VOIS, Atelier Bow Wow, Harry Gugger Studio, AFGH Architects, Camilo Rebelo – Suzana Martins and Tala Mikdashi / tm studio, lanscape design  by Doxiadis+.

Above: Vls by Nicos Valsamakis

Each property is pre-sold, custom designed to suit the owners’ needs with a 14-18 month delivery, while all properties are offered with optional management and maintenance services.

Above: Vls by Nicos Valsamakis

Completed individual ADP properties have received international recognition in more than 150 international publications.

Above: Little Cedar by Tala Mikdashi Studio

Aloni and Kratir have received a number of awards (2010 Commendation AR House Awards, Piranesi Award 2009 and finalist for the Greek Architectural Awards 2009) for respecting the Cycladic landscape and re-interpreting the traditional characteristics of Cycladic Architecture in contemporary ways.

Above: Little Cedar by Tala Mikdashi Studio

Above: Peninsula by Atelier Bow Wow

Above: Peninsula by Atelier Bow Wow

Above: Ring by Atelier Bow Wow

Above: Ring by Atelier Bow Wow

Above: Ravine North, West, Central and South by decaArchitecture.

Above: Ravine North, West, Central and South by decaArchitecture.

Above: Ktima by Camilo Rebelo – Suzana Martins

Above: Ktima by Camilo Rebelo – Suzana Martins

Above: Kat II by Andreas Fuhrimann /Gabrielle Hachler Architects

Above: Kat II by Andreas Fuhrimann /Gabrielle Hachler Architects

Above: The site reserved for Katoikia by Harry Guugger

Above: Pen IV Andreas Fuhrimann /Gabrielle Hachler Architects

Above: Pen IV Andreas Fuhrimann /Gabrielle Hachler Architects

Above: Viewfinder by decaArchitecture

Above: Viewfinder by decaArchitecture

Above: Tree House by Camilo Rebelo – Suzana Martins

Above: Tree House by Camilo Rebelo – Suzana Martins

Above: Sif 09 by Andreas Angelidakis Architecture Studio

Above: Sif 09 by Andreas Angelidakis Architecture Studio

Above: aerial view of Panagia

Above: aerial view of Pigadakia

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While New Yorkers are still angry at Pelli Clarke Pelli for their plans for the Empire State Building-blocking 15 Penn Plaza tower in that city, they have far more fans at the moment out here in the midwest. Two years after the flood that swept through the University of Iowa campus, damaging many of its river-adjacent art buildings, it’s just been announced that the firm has landed a project to design a replacement Hancher Auditorium. The original performance art building was severely damaged during the flooding and apparently not suffering the same rebuilding FEMA hurdles that Steven Holl‘s Art Building West has. Here are the early details of Pelli’s new Hancher, which it landed over 59 other firms who were also vying:

The new building will overlook the Iowa River from atop a hill on the main route into Iowa City. Just north of the original 1972 Max Abramovitz building, the site is adjacent to the Levitt Center, a campus landmark. The design will draw from the site’s natural surroundings and sustainability will be a priority.

The new 144,770-gross-square-foot building will include a proscenium theater and spaces for rehearsals and teaching. Construction of the building, which will be partially funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is expected to begin in spring 2012.

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Dezeen promotion: design brand Ligne Roset Contracts have put into production the Aluchair, designed architect Jacques Ferrier for the French Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010.

The design features looped legs in stainless steel and aluminium, and has a plastic shell forming the seat and back.

Intended for use in hotels, restaurants, bars and spas, the seating can be used indoors and outside.

Here’s some more information from Ligne Roset Contracts:

LIGNE ROSET CONTRACTS – ALUCHAIR

Architect Jacques Ferrier was entrusted with the design and realisation of the French Pavilion at Expo Shanghai 2010. In honour of this very special occasion he designed the Aluchair chair, manufactured by Ligne Roset Contracts and now produced for purchase by hotels, restaurants, bars and spas. An indoor/outdoor chair, it brings together exterior-friendly hard-wearing elements such as aluminium and stainless steel for its feet and injected plastic for its seat/back shell. When used indoors the shell may be dressed with a woollen pad, which clips easily into place.

www.ligne-roset-contracts.com
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