Geometric Silhouettes

By Marina Correa

Photography:  Jonathan Richards - Picture Studios Ltd for Custo Barcelona store; Felipemardones for Munich store  

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Two fashion label stores in two different continents have been designed by Barcelona-based design studio Dear Designs, where geometrical silhouettes play the models but the real show-stoppers are subtly intrinsic to the brand’s DNA...

3D U/I – Management Toolo r Child’s Play?

By Udit Chaudhuri

LEGO ® building blocks to track step-by-step progress on everything

Your new camera or cell-phone possibly came without an instruction manual. Symbols next to any lever, switch or button gave you all choices and settings. A wrong action would be stalled or met by a beep. If you referred the manual or visited the Help site, it described each task in comic-book fashion, so as to rid any confusion. Likewise, when you enter a modern international airport, no matter how strange the land or language are, clear signage direct you until you reach your next transport.

Emergency Shelters

By Marina Correa

Photography:  Courtesy the architect

In a world increasingly challenged by man-made and natural disasters, a temporary housing solution called GRID packs a punch with its adaptability, toughness and mobility factor. But the alacrity at which it can be manufactured in just 48 hours and assembled in less than four hours, makes it truly remarkable…

Christmas Tree from Waste Bottles

By Udita Chaturvedi

Photography: Courtesy F.J. Chocarro San Martín & M. Urmeneta Fernández

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Wondering what to do with all the waste bottles collected at home? Well there is an idea and a “beautifully simple” one as some call it.

‘Moving Image’ wins 2013 Red Dot for Architecture

By Teresa Simon

Photography: Courtesy Leeser Architecture 

Museum of the Moving Image

Winner of 2013 Red Dot Design 2013 Award in its highly competitive Architecture and Urban Design category, ‘Museum of the Moving Image’ is termed "the finest recent American example of radical design" by the Wall Street Journal.

China Wood Sculpture Museum

By Marina Correa

Photography: Iwan Baan & Xiazhi; courtesy the architects

 

China Wood Sculpture Museum

Rising like a phoenix amidst a nondescript residential neighbourhood in Harbin, China is the China Wood Sculpture Museum that resembles a twisted and gnarled 200 meter-long steel structure.

“Interzum Awards: Intelligent Material & Design 2013”

Text & Photography: Courtesy Interzum Award 

Laureates Interzum Award 2013

Design as an engine of innovation: award ceremony for the “Interzum Awards: Intelligent Material & Design 2013” held on May 12, 2013 saw 51 best  designs in the international supplier industry for furniture and interior decor, get their place in the sun.