Sunday 18 December 2011
Lavazza con te Partirò by Fabio Novembre
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its calendar, Italian coffee brand Lavazza presented an exhibition that celebrates espresso, imagery and beauty.
With art direction by Fabio Novembre and projection mapping by Apparati Effimeri,Lavazza wasn’t shy about name dropping in its recent exhibition. To boot, it included a photographic monograph published by Rizzoli and Rizzoli International including the work of masters such as David La Chapelle, Steve McCurry, Eugenio Recuenco and Annie Leibovitz.
The exhibition unfolded a story, which Novembre described as one of ‘travel and seduction.’
‘A ladder suspended in the void gave viewers the opportunity to cross the stream of projected images, to pass through the curtain and find themselves sucked into a vortex of architecture that revealed every page of an unknown story,’ Novembre said.
Previous calendars were displayed at the end of the exhibition alongside next year’s addition.
Cherry Tree Installation by Tom Price
Using nothing but polypropylene plumbing pipes and nylon cable ties, London-based designer Tom Price has created an entire forest of cherry trees.
‘It’s partly about the material and what can be done with it, but it’s also intended as an observation of our understanding and acceptance of beauty,’ Price explains. ‘There is a certain irony in representing something so natural and ephemeral with a material that’s manmade and has a very long shelf life.’
The project questions our relationship with and attitudes toward plastic, which is generally seen as inferior and undesirable. Price says he enjoys working with the utilitarian material, which he finds malleable and unpredictable.
The installation was shown at the Industry Gallery in Washington DC, earlier this month. Price says the project pays homage to DC’s iconic cherry trees, which were gifted to them by the Japanese government in 1912.
‘It’s partly about the material and what can be done with it, but it’s also intended as an observation of our understanding and acceptance of beauty,’ Price explains. ‘There is a certain irony in representing something so natural and ephemeral with a material that’s manmade and has a very long shelf life.’
The project questions our relationship with and attitudes toward plastic, which is generally seen as inferior and undesirable. Price says he enjoys working with the utilitarian material, which he finds malleable and unpredictable.
The installation was shown at the Industry Gallery in Washington DC, earlier this month. Price says the project pays homage to DC’s iconic cherry trees, which were gifted to them by the Japanese government in 1912.
Dynamic Performance of Nature By EB Office
An interactive architectural media installation in Salt Lake City, Utah, is using lights to communicate environmental changes from around the world.
A synthesis between light, material, space and the environment, the project appears to be alive as it pulses with information.
‘It communicates something in its own language which is indelibly linked to the material, geometry, and form of the wall itself,’ say its architects Yong Ju Lee and Brian Brush, founders of EB Office. They say they created the project based on the idea that sustainability should be crafted to evolve ‘beyond conventional application techniques into something alive and integrated with the environment.’
The installation is infused with sensors that capture data from across the world and feed it to the solar-powered LEDs embedded in the wave-like structure. The lights thus reflect fluctuations in wind, temperature and seismicity, as seen through spectral waves.
The permanent installation is located at the Leonardo Museum of Art, Science and Technology in Salt Lake City.
A synthesis between light, material, space and the environment, the project appears to be alive as it pulses with information.
‘It communicates something in its own language which is indelibly linked to the material, geometry, and form of the wall itself,’ say its architects Yong Ju Lee and Brian Brush, founders of EB Office. They say they created the project based on the idea that sustainability should be crafted to evolve ‘beyond conventional application techniques into something alive and integrated with the environment.’
The installation is infused with sensors that capture data from across the world and feed it to the solar-powered LEDs embedded in the wave-like structure. The lights thus reflect fluctuations in wind, temperature and seismicity, as seen through spectral waves.
The permanent installation is located at the Leonardo Museum of Art, Science and Technology in Salt Lake City.
Wald aus Wald by Takashi Kuribayashi
A fairytale forest crafted from paper is a homage to nature, floating airlessly above a gallery floor in Hong Kong.
The Wald aus Wald installation resembles a giant cloud as it hovers above visitors, with intermittent head-sized holes for viewing.
'This poetic white artwork is, however, filled with ironic meaning,' explains the curatorial team at the Hong Kong Art Centre, where the exhibit can be seen until 29 January, 2012.
The reference to irony refers to the exhibition’s depiction of trees constructed entirely from paper products. They are made from a combination of kozo, a type of mulberry tree, and mitsumata, a paper bush.
Modeled to resemble larch trees of Yamagata, Japan, the installation is part of theVision of Nature: Lost & Found in Asian Contemporary Art exhibition that’s celebrating nature and its connection to art.
Shine Store by NC Design & Architecture Ltd
Upon entering the store, visitors find themselves in a 7-m-tall asymmetrical room with a pivoted, angled ceiling that seems to glow. Designer Nelson Chow says he was inspired by the shape of a star, coating the ceiling in glossy white and the interior walls with crystalline black.
The store comprises of three main areas: the foyer, upper sales area and dressing room. The foyer is an extension of the front window display, acting as a stage for mannequins.
A 'suspended' staircase leads to the sales room, which is filled with geometrical fluorescent lights and mirrors. Clothing hangs on metal ledges or black racks, with niche areas used for extra display space.
Finally, the dressing room is coated in mirrors, creating a kaleidoscopic 'endless' effect as shoppers look at their own reflections.
Shine is located at 77 Leighton, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
Ayala Serfaty: memory at design miami
designboom is back from israel where we participated in vibe israel's 'design tour' hosted by non-profit social start-up kinetis.
of the many shops, museums and studios that we visited during our stay, one of the stops was the working space of aqua creations.
the warehouse sized building is home to all of the company's product conception, manufacturing, shipping and administration.
this is where head designer ayala serfaty has been working on her 'memory' lamp, part of the soma series which is presented
by new york's cristina grajales gallery at design miami 2011.
of the many shops, museums and studios that we visited during our stay, one of the stops was the working space of aqua creations.
the warehouse sized building is home to all of the company's product conception, manufacturing, shipping and administration.
this is where head designer ayala serfaty has been working on her 'memory' lamp, part of the soma series which is presented
by new york's cristina grajales gallery at design miami 2011.
the lighting sculpture manipulates glass and polymer to form delicate nuances in the artist's interpretation of nature's organic
and complex structures. the piece is made of worked glass filaments contained within a polymer membrane with light bulbs.
the fibrils are 2 to 3mm thick tinted various shades of color all hand-made by glass artist sergio serra in empoli, italy.
creating the spatial structure of the lamps, each individual piece is flame worked in house by studio members eytan hall and anna gautier.
once the filaments have been arranged in desired shape, they are then sprayed with a clear polymer -
developed in the late 40s by the US military for cocooning ships for preservation - generating a skin-like membrane.
and complex structures. the piece is made of worked glass filaments contained within a polymer membrane with light bulbs.
the fibrils are 2 to 3mm thick tinted various shades of color all hand-made by glass artist sergio serra in empoli, italy.
creating the spatial structure of the lamps, each individual piece is flame worked in house by studio members eytan hall and anna gautier.
once the filaments have been arranged in desired shape, they are then sprayed with a clear polymer -
developed in the late 40s by the US military for cocooning ships for preservation - generating a skin-like membrane.
Jelly swarm - interactive origami lighting installation
'jelly swarm' is an interactive lighting project created by vancouver-based tangible interaction who works in
creating sensory installations which stand as participatory experiences. the piece is comprised of ninety-four 'jellies',
each made from laser cut and scored Tyvek® that is then carefully hand-folded by origami artist joseph wu.
the ninety-four unit, all illuminated from within by an LED module, are suspended from a reflective aluminum structure
which reflects patterns of color and light onto the surrounding space.
creating sensory installations which stand as participatory experiences. the piece is comprised of ninety-four 'jellies',
each made from laser cut and scored Tyvek® that is then carefully hand-folded by origami artist joseph wu.
the ninety-four unit, all illuminated from within by an LED module, are suspended from a reflective aluminum structure
which reflects patterns of color and light onto the surrounding space.
installed within the pacific canada pavilion gallery at the vancouver aquarium, the work is part of the institution's
holiday program 'luminescence' which invites guests to witness and learn about the light phenomena which lives
in the deepest part of our seas. 'jelly swarm' has been developed to imitate, the natural and reactive behaviours of
bioluminescent jellyfish which glow when they have been disturbed. within the exhibition space,
when visitors move their hands across plinth-mounted touchscreen interfaces, their actions cause the jellies to respond.
if left alone, the origami forms, individually programmed, interact with their closes neighbours,
resulting in generative luminescent displays.
holiday program 'luminescence' which invites guests to witness and learn about the light phenomena which lives
in the deepest part of our seas. 'jelly swarm' has been developed to imitate, the natural and reactive behaviours of
bioluminescent jellyfish which glow when they have been disturbed. within the exhibition space,
when visitors move their hands across plinth-mounted touchscreen interfaces, their actions cause the jellies to respond.
if left alone, the origami forms, individually programmed, interact with their closes neighbours,
resulting in generative luminescent displays.
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