Tag: Fluid form

Otto Bock Science Center Medical Technology | Gnädinger Architekten

Otto Bock Science Center Medical Technology | Gnädinger Architekten

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| May 23, 2010 | 2 Comments

The Otto Bock Science Center Medical Technology by German architectural firm Gnädinger Architekten was started from the idea of human muscle fibers, a metaphor for the simulation of complex biological processes and structures. Gnädinger created an amorphous, abstract façade, which wraps dynamically around the six-storey, reinforced concrete frame, encompassing around 1,000 square meters of floor [...]

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Strips | EASTERN Design Office + HOJO Structure Research Institue

Strips | EASTERN Design Office + HOJO Structure Research Institue

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| May 18, 2010 | 3 Comments

Japanese studio EASTERN design office has designed the sculptural facade – Strips in Shiga Japan. The form of this construction is the dancing light and the shadow. They dance slowly over one day. They dance slowly like a Noh performance. This has a sculpturesque solidity in its expression. EASTERN design office + Project description courtesy [...]

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Mesa Side Table & Planter | Phase Design

Mesa Side Table & Planter | Phase Design

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| May 15, 2010 | 1 Comment

Mesa Side Table & Planter designed by the founder of Phase Design – Reza Feiz, is the hand-sanded fiberglass shell with an automotive polyurethane gloss finish, it is also suitable for outdoor use. The challenge of design is to create something that is unique and funct ional, but above all has a nuanced and memorable [...]

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BIG celebrates the grand opening of the Danish Expo Pavilion 2010

BIG celebrates the grand opening of the Danish Expo Pavilion 2010

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| May 1, 2010 | 1 Comment

May 1st 2010, is the grand opening day of Shanghai Expo 2010. The Danish Pavilion at Shanghai’s World Expo 2010 designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group opens to the public today. Also see the previous post of Denmark Pavillion for Shanghai Expo 2010. + PRESS RELEASE courtesy of BIG BIG celebrates the grand opening of the [...]

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A five-metre-tall installation greets visitors to Zara’s flagship Milan store starting today

A five-metre-tall installation greets visitors to Zara’s flagship Milan store starting today

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| April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment

Displayed in the C. Vittorio Emanuele store’s impressive 40’s entrance hall, it was designed by the prestigious architect Ben van Berkel and his team at UNStudio. The main entrance of Zara’s flagship store on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan starting today plays host to an eye-catching installation created by the Netherlands-based design firm UNStudio. [...]

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Pollen IV | Tomáš Medek for A.M.O.S. DESIGN

Pollen IV | Tomáš Medek for A.M.O.S. DESIGN

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| April 12, 2010 | 0 Comments

Pollen IV, is an artwork made by sculptor Tomáš Medek. Pollen IV will be exhibited at this year’s Milano Design Week, within the framework of a broader programme of exhibitions orgazied by Jannelli & Volpi in the showrrom “J&V Store”. The artwork with a complicated organic structure was produced thanks to the combination of a [...]

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Bones Furniture | Marco De Gregorio

Bones Furniture | Marco De Gregorio

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| March 11, 2010 | 5 Comments

Italian architect Marco De Gregorio recently has designed the Bones Furniture. + Design description courtesy of Marco De Gregorio It is by studying a cell, an organ or a skeleton that we realize the beauty of it. Bones comes in a variety of shapes with a complex internal and external structure. They are strong, hard [...]

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The [F] club | PROGETTOSPORE

The [F] club | PROGETTOSPORE

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| March 4, 2010 | 0 Comments

Italian studio PROGETTOSPORE has designed The [F] club located in LIDO DI CAMAIORE [LU] Italy. The plan’s aim is to build a structure which answers the needs of a beach Club and at the same time is not a visual barrier but a frame between people who walk along the shore and the seaside. The [...]

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Copper Canopy | The Form Foundation

Copper Canopy | The Form Foundation

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| March 1, 2010 | 1 Comment

If you are architects / designers looking for the resource of complicated manufacturing, The Netherlands-based office The Form Foundation might meet your needs. It is an office specialized in complex geometries and computational research, and recently had finished a copper canopy which is completely digitally fabricated, whereby traditional (construction) drawings become redundant. + Project description [...]

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Circa on Jellicoe | studioMAS architects + urban design

Circa on Jellicoe | studioMAS architects + urban design

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| February 9, 2010 | 0 Comments

South African office studioMAS architects + urban designers has designed an iconic form for the multi-media art gallery in Jellicoe, South Africa. The aluminium fin facade was inspired by the nature, with its paradox of implied order and chaos. It created the sensation of shadow and light in the journey along the entry ramp. The [...]

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Piuma | Studio06

Piuma | Studio06

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| February 3, 2010 | 1 Comment

Italy-based Studio06‘s recently has created “Piuma” fluid chair. + Product description courtesy of Studio06 Light, smooth and sinuous “Piuma” creates a new icon. The chair is made of beech wood, laminated wood base and seat in curved plywood panel. Are joined together with polyurethane glue and dowels. The support base is chromed steel and has [...]

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Electric Ramps at the Old Centre | Roberto Ercilla Arquitectura

Electric Ramps at the Old Centre | Roberto Ercilla Arquitectura

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| January 24, 2010 | 0 Comments

Electric Ramps at the Old Centre is the winning project by Spanish architectural practice Roberto Ercilla Arquitectura in 2007. Due to its extreme winter condition in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain), the ramps are covered by dramatic envelope that intended to create the improvement of the visual impact in the historic district. We understand that uncovered ramps would [...]

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