Archive for July, 2007

July 24th, 2007

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Office for Metropolitan Architecture has designed what will be the tallest tower in Latin America, to be built in the centre of Mexico City. More »

July 23rd, 2007

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Type the Sky by Lisa Rienermann is an alphabet formed of shapes buildings make against the sky when photographed from below. More »

July 23rd, 2007

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Here are some photos of the newly opened expansion of the Akron Art Museum in Akron, Ohio, USA designed by Austrian architects Coop Himmelb(l)au. More »

July 23rd, 2007

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Italian design brand Tacchini will hold the UK launch of its new furniture collection in London this September.

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The collection includes pieces by PearsonLloyd (whose Polar stool is shown above), Claesson Koivisto Rune and Ben Addy of Moxon Architects, whose Mull chair will be presented for the first time (top image). More »

July 23rd, 2007

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Board Room is an installation by Atelier van Lieshout at the new Hayward Projects Space at the Hayward Gallery in London. More »

July 22nd, 2007

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RCA summer show 07: Design Products graduate Jordi Canudas has sent some new images of Wallfa, a screen-cum-sofa he exhibited at the Royal College of Art summer show last month.

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July 22nd, 2007

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OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture have sent us some new renderings, plans and sections of Porsche Design Towers I and II, which they are jointly designing with Porsche Design. More »

July 22nd, 2007

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Phillips de Pury & Company will present an exhibition of 16 lights by American designer-artist Marcus Tremonto in New York this December. More »

July 22nd, 2007

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Carmaker BMW has published the results of a UK-based study into the way people behave and feel while travelling in cars, both as drivers and passengers. The findings come in a report called “The Secret Life of Cars and What They Reveal About Us”, which was commissioned to help BMW understand drivers’ current and future needs. More »

July 21st, 2007

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Typographic designer Pippo Lionni presents an installation called Everlastingblast as part of the Material Culture: Contemporary American Design exhibition at Max Lang Gallery in New York. More »

July 20th, 2007

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Tonight (Friday) saw the opening of an installation by Brazilian designers the Campana Brothers in the John Majedski Garden at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. More »

July 20th, 2007

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We’ve updated our blog for the Design Museum’s Zaha Hadid exhibition with new content, including photos and movie footage of Metapolis II, a ballet featuring stage designs by Hadid that opens at the Lincoln Center in New York next week (above and below).

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There’s also a movie of Hadid’s speech at the private dinner following the opening of her exhibition at the Design Museum, and an acerbic essay by Times architecture critic Tom Dyckhoff.

July 20th, 2007

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Furniture designer Matthew Hilton (below) will launch a new range of furniture under his own brand for the first at the 100% Design show in London this September. More »

July 19th, 2007

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Slovenian architects Ofis have completed two apartment projects, including a block in a mountain village near Ljubljana that is based on local Alpine hayracks (above). More »

July 19th, 2007

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OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture have designed a new international airport for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.

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Located between Jeddah and Mecca, the airport will cater for the two million pilgrims who make the journey to Mecca during the holy Hajj period and features a special terminal for the Saudi Royal Family (top two images). More »