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The Art of repetition: self expression in Communist-era Hungary
They may have been subjected to the rigidity of the country’s Communist regime, but Hungarians living in post-war state housing nevertheless made the monotonous block dwellings individual and full of character through painting and decoration. Artist Katharina Roters has documented the phenomenon in a new book, out now.
One to Watch – Kreis Design
Nikki Kreis now designs furniture, via hotel interiors and showrooms.
Breaking Wave, John Lewis, York
The Tubes are not deployed in the same way, but the piece Breaking Wave harks back to Dan Flavin in using industrial T8 fluorescent lamps as the main component.
Glass: A flexible material
Chris Lefteri examines new strides in glass, the once fragile and brittle material that, through technology, offers both flexibility and transparency, and as such is guaranteeing its place in the future. Lefteri, a designer and author, has helped some of the world’s largest consumer brands formulate new strategies for effective materials integration during the design process.
Renzo Piano – interview
The maestro sends Herbert Wright a picture of his secret forest retreat and from there enlightens him about the Fondation Pathé, the secrets of a tranquil garden and hidden beauty.
Bottle Wall Coca-Cola UK head office, Uxbridge, by Acrylicize
Acrylicize has designed and developed art elements for a three-storey wall at Coca-Cola’’s new UK and European HQ, including a bespoke intelligent-light installation of 5,000 LED-illuminated recycled Coke bottles.
La belle et la bête: the Fondation Pathé by Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano has inserted a radical aluminium-clad six-storey structure directly into the historic urban fabric of Paris, but it remains virtually invisible from the street. Piano himself admits that the Fondation Pathé ‘looks like a little animal actually trying to go up and breathe fresh air’.
Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture – review
American architect Louis Kahn is renowned as a visionary, his work taught in architecture schools far and wide, and yet his acclaim is based on a few diverse buildings completed in a relatively short burst of just 25 years.