CLERKENWELL DESIGN WEEK
Editorial
22 Jun 2011
The much-loved little sibling of international design events, Clerkenwell Design Week is a three-day event that has grown from the creative history of this cosy little area in London. Over 150 events, showcases and workshops brought together the best of this year’s British contemporary design, from tiny one-man band product designers to international architects. A whole day is barely
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ICFF 2011
Editorial
22 Jun 2011
In New York, design blooms in May. That's the time of design week and the annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair, a sort of serial dating affair between designers and makers. Now in its 24th year, the four-day event, held each year at the Javits Center, puts on view "what's next and best in design" as thousands of designers troll the cavernous exhibition space looking for inspiration.
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URBAN PRAIRIE
in square lab Ltd
22 Jun 2011
Urban Prairie is an intuitive and interactive motion recognitive installation conceived and designed collaboratively by London architecture firm In Square Lab, post production and visual effects specialist MPC Digital and software developer Existential. Inspired by the rapid reduction of green spaces due to urbanisation of cities, Urban Prairie seeks to recreate a 1000sqm sea of prairie from a
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INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING COMPANY
SHH
21 Jun 2011
SHH has completed an office interiors project, set within a 5-storey early Georgian terrace in the West End of London, for an international shipping company. The new offices are spacious and dramatic, with cool, contemporary furniture and interventions creating a strong contrast with the building's classic fabric, which was renovated as part of the scheme. Major new design features include a
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MERCANTILE LOFT
LADG
20 Jun 2011
The LADG, LLC recently completed an interior renovation of a 1906 Chicago Style Beaux-Arts building in Downtown Los Angeles. The project re-worked the public spaces of the Mercantile Lofts, a condominium development which is the latest occupant of the historic structure. After changing ownership and uses over the course of a century, there are now extreme structural and mechanical constraints
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THE LACEY
Division1 Architects
20 Jun 2011
The Lacey is a 26-unit, four level, 25,000 SF residential building organized around a three-level central corridor/atrium. Outdoor space is ample with a communal second floor terrace and rooftop, as well as private balconies, courtyards, and terraces for the units. The Lacey is located three blocks from the famed U Street Corridor in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC. The buildings
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PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS HQ
JOI - Design Interior Architects
17 Jun 2011
Pricewaterhouse Coopers has just moved into a new state-of-the-art tower in Frankfurt which will soon become the company's headquarters in Germany as well as the country's fourth tallest building. However, the monolithic architectural structure of Tower 185 belies the lithe organic style of the interiors. Instead of following the conventional route and working with an office designer, PwC
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PRIDE OF SOLDIERS
Scabetti
07 Jun 2011
Pride of the Netherlands.Dominic and Frances Bromley create a unique installation for the Land Forces Command Head Quarters in The Netherlands. Dominic and Frances Bromley's unique commission ‘Pride of Soldiers' will only ever be seen by strict invitation. These photographs are now the only access many will have to this remarkable work of art, as it is sited in one of the most secure
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DIMENSION
Lervik Design AB
07 Jun 2011
BriefLervikDesign was in 2008 commisioned to create a light installation for the leading scandinavian insurance-company Skandia, suitable for their indoor courtyard at the new HQ in Stockholm. They demanded a piece with longevity, a clever use of material limiting environmental damages before and after production. It had to reflect Skandia's core values, its stakeholders and their
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SAFFIRE RESORT
Point Of View Design
07 Jun 2011
Located at the fringe of National Park in remote Tasmania, the lighting design essence is preservation of darkness. Prior to construction this was a camp site and PointOfView's ambition was to impose no more impact on the landscape than the glow of earlier camp fires. Consequently the interior was vigilantly considered from an exterior perspective. Light is judiciously applied with emphasis on
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SHOAL
Scabetti
06 Jun 2011
Shoal, Sushi and Sashimi; Scabetti's perfectly themed sculptural centre piece graces the interior of new high end Japanese restaurant. The owners of WATATSUMI saw the ideal marriage between their new high end Japanese restaurant and Scabetti's statement piece installation Shoal. The emotional and visual link between the food served and the sculpture creates a calm and natural presence within the
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HILTON MCCLEAN HOTEL
Hilton Hotels Corporation Global
06 Jun 2011
When Hilton Hotels Corporation moved their global headquarters to McLean, Virginia, tvsdesign was engaged to work with them to transform the twenty-five year old adjacent Hilton hotel into their flagship property. The Hilton brand promise is to enable travellers to work, relax and enjoy the hotel through personal and enabled experience 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Lighting became a key
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NOKIA
Gensler
06 Jun 2011
The Nokia project is a true example of how the changing workplace and economy has evolved into a new expression of design, and a greater collaboration of ideas which respond to that change. The new economy demands that projects work with substantially lower design fees as well as lighting fixture packages, requiring a much higher level of lighting design creativity. Here at Nokia, we saved
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DIAMOND SEA
Lasvit s.r.o.
06 Jun 2011
The youngest Ritz Carlton hotel in Hong Kong and the world's highest hotel became another top client for Lasvit, the Czech Republic based company which focuses on bespoke luxury lighting solutions. Lasvit's domain is not just in projects which command originality, artistic design and attention to detail but also in an unrivalled understanding of the nature and character of glass. The
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NEW YORK TIMES BUILDING
Office for Visual Interaction, Inc.
06 Jun 2011
Lighting enhances the dynamic presence of The New York Times Building, a glass skyscraper draped with lace-like screens of thin ceramic tubes. A precise gradation of light graces each face of the tower, brightest at the base and tapering up to a soft glow - giving a sensation of soaring lightness on the city skyline. Creating a 856' light gradient was challenging since the tower has no ledges
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W HOTEL
Maurice Brill Lighting Design
06 Jun 2011
In February 2011, the UK's first, (Starwoods 40th) W Hotel opened at the core of London's entertainment district, Leicester Square the previous site of the Swiss Centre building. MBLD carried out the lighting design for all of the interior public areas spaces, Spa, W suites, Wow suites and Wow Apartments. The building architects Jestico & Whiles, and developers McAleer & Rushe MBLD we
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THE MET HOTEL
L+DG Thomas Gravanis Lighting Architects
06 Jun 2011
Modern, luxurious and clearly urban, the Met Hotel is the new ultra-modern five-star hotel by Chandris Hotels in Thessaloniki. The hotel comprises 212 rooms and suites, 13 rooms for multiple uses with max capacity of 1200 individuals, 2 restaurants, 3 bars, spa facility and roof garden complete with roof-deck and pool. The lighting strategy for this project is based upon three elements.
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W HOTEL
chroma33
02 Jun 2011
Located in the Xinyi District of Taipei, the W hotel is a new establishment in the heart of the financial and premier shopping district of Taipei. The overall lighting methodology focuses on creating a dynamic, playful, and futuristic design to enhance the luxury boutique experience of the W. At the entrance, a combination of downlights and uplight wallwashers are utilized to
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NOAM GAGNON WELLNESS CENTRE
Stantec Architecture Ltd.
02 Jun 2011
Open for just six months, the Noam Gagnon Wellness Centre was selected by WE Magazine as "the best Pilates studio in Vancouver" and has subsequently been featured in the Wallpaper City Guide for Vancouver. Stantec provided Architecture, Interior Design, and Lighting Design for this new Pilates studio located on the second level of a 1970s retail building. The challenge for the design team was to
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OVO
ACT lighting design
02 Jun 2011
On first sight you see the shape of an egg, the two gateways inviting you to enter. Symbolic associations spring to the visitor's mind, suggesting richness and universality, linked to ideas of birth, unity, and perfection, of a cocoon, of transformation. The structure is a combination of 24 crossed spiral pairs, based on the Golden Number. This organic fractal structure that exists in the
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