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The search for the perfect work chair
Creating the perfect working chair is the holy grail of furniture design. But as one new ‘sitting experience’ follows another, it seems we are still awaiting that ideal blend of form and function, says Stephen Hitchins.
Foldability – One to Watch
One to watch is Kyla McCallum of foldability and her gorgeous origami lamps.
Light + building, Frankfurt – report
Light + building in Frankfurt was an overture to an increase in design diversity.
Placemaking: If you build it will they come?
It takes more than money and a big-name architect to create genuine places, says Veronica Simpson.
Aberrant Architecture: play for today
Humour has become something of a signature for the work of David Chambers and Kevin Haley, collectively known as Aberrant Architecture. And while finding the fun in the projects they work on, from interactive installations to studies of the British pub, the duo approaches them through historical research and storytelling.
Henri Matisse: A cut above
He broke convention after convention within the art world, and was raising eyebrows right up to the end of his long life. Artist Henri Matisse had turned away from painting completely by 1948 and replaced his brushes entirely with scissors and paper, producing designs for windows, murals and religious garb for a Dominican chapel, plus magazine covers, an illustrated book and more. Now an exhibition at Tate Modern is celebrating the work of Matisse’s late period.
RPW design gives sixties’ Hilton Rotterdam Hotel a new lease of life
Hospitality interior design practice RPW Design has completed renovation work for the Hilton Rotterdam hotel in the Netherlands. The project was the hotel’s first major upgrade since it was built in 1963 by Dutch post-war modernism architect Hugh Maaskant.
Benoy unveils Dream Centre master plans in Shanghai
Benoy has announced its appointment as the master planner for the Dream Center in Shanghai. Covering an area of 152,300 sq m, the master plan brings together 12 art, culture and entertainment venues to provide a cultural hub for the city.
Marc Mimram puts a twist on design for new architecture school
Marc Mimram has completed the first phase of the Strasbourg School of Architecture (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Strasbourg). Located in the centre of the city, La Fabrique (The Factory), pictured above, is a new 4,500 sq m building to be accompanied by the refurbishment of the adjoining building, Le Garage, due to be completed in December.
Rough with the smooth – designers talk materials
Architecture and design experts were encouraged to go against the grain and openly discuss their feelings about texture in interior design at a recent FX design seminar. Gareth Gardner reports.