april 16, 2018 subscribers: 255,794 | designboom weekly |
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architecture in 2006, russian businessman vladislav doronin commissioned zaha hadid to design his private house on a remote plot of land outside of moscow. now, the ‘capital hill residence’, which is the only private home that hadid designed, is complete. located on the north-facing hillside in barvikha, where pine and birch trees grow to heights of up to 30 meters, the form of the building is defined by its natural topography with fluid geometries emerging from the landscape and remaining partially embedded within the hillside. in other news, bjarke ingels group unveiled plans for a new hotel in switzerland, which will be embedded into the topography of the scenic vallée de joux. designed for audemars piguet, ‘hôtel des horlogers’ will be sited next to the luxury watch manufacturer’s museum — which is also being designed by BIG. as part of the hotel’s design, five zigzagging volumes, which contain hotel rooms, traverse a gently sloping exterior path, leading directly to the museum as well as the region’s ski trails. |
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design milan design week is here — the city’s busiest and buzziest time of the year! MDW brings together 2,000-plus exhibitors from more than 165 countries, taking over the trendsetting city with a plethora of must-sees and not-to-be-misseds, setting design lovers the impossible task of seeing it all. curious about this year’s highlights? designboom’s insider guide to milan design week 2018 rounds up the top 30 in two parts to satisfy your planning needs in the run up to the most exciting event of the year. discover PART ONE and PART TWO. this year, designboom will host the second edition of THE DESIGN PRIZE, the award recognizing design excellence on a global scale; an evening in conversation with artist phillip k. smith III on his dynamic, light-based installation for COS; the annual LEXUS DESIGN AWARD; bring you live coverage during ICON’s series of design talks and from carlo ratti associati's installation 'four seasons under the same roof' at the duomo square; and last but not least, has teamed up with cutting edge japanese brands SONY and ISSEY MIYAKE and will report from inside the shows. |
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art what happens to once-iconic global attractions? jade doskow answers this question in her decade-long photo series, ‘lost utopias’ — presented at new york’s front room gallery from april 20 – may 20, 2018. the series captures the sometimes desolate remains of world’s fair architecture. meanwhile, with the simplest of materials — 120 black markers and a 10 x 7 x 4 white vinyl surface— oscar oiwa created a paradise. the immersive drawing is a part of oscar’s solo exhibition at japan house são paulo. |
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technology brain-monitoring, emotion-measuring, digital marketing agency 'isobar' is one of the first companies to measure emotional responses to virtual reality content via the use of neuroscience research. recently, they partnered with zoos victoria — and slightly altered their research process — in order to bring quality virtual reality experiences to an overlooked target audience (cats). isobar's tests were conducted with only the most authentic cat content, like swimming koi fish, and low-flying birds. meanwhile, 'the brick wall' created a vacuum cleaner vehicle to tidy up all of the LEGO pieces left on the floor. the hackers have called the robot the 'LEGO rumba'. the studio built the creation using different pieces, combining them with 7 motors in total. the only other materials used in addition to this are flaps from an old bicycle tube to create the rotating sweeper mechanism and a blinking red light. |
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readers the most popular article of the week went to 'vespampère', a free reinterpretation of the classic vespa by italian designer giulio iacchetti. with an electric motor and a cantilevered seat that links back to the 98 cc model, the company’s first scooter launched in 1946, the vespampère’s dynamic, light design nods to the slimmer, stylish vespas rode by actors in neorealist films. kodai iwamoto transformed mass-produced plastic pipes into 'ex-portation', a series of flower vases on show during milan design week. exploring the potential of combining an old manufacturing process with a cheap, easily-available material, the japanese product designer applied the technique of glass blowing to turn plastic pipes used to distribute water into works of art. |
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