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“I have been working with the concept of storage by looking at it, not as a practical issue involving the storage of known objects, but in sync with our memory; comparing the mental storage capacity with the acctual”
Imeüble By Norwegian designer Bjørn Jørund Blikstad
Newspaperwood (2004)
Newspaperwood turns around the process of making paper, paper becomes wood.
By Dutch designer, Mieke Meijer.
Images you will find in A MAGAZINE curated by Kris Van Assche.
Filmmakers Michael Bernard and Gavin Froome will take us on a journey from Los Angeles to Vancouver; from 1922 up to the present exploring modernist architecture on the West Coast. A core group of architects embraced the Coast with its particular geography and values and they have left behind a legacy of beautiful and inspired dwellings. Today, architects have picked up the thread and they continue to explore and celebrate the principles established by their predecessors.
Interviews with architects, photographers, and dwellers of modernist houses will be featured.
The modernist houses themselves will take centre stage, shot in high definition: the open plans, simplicity of form and integration of site will awe and inspire.
View the trailer here: Coast Modern Film
BLOG: This Ain’t No Disco (it’s where we work)
This Ain’t No Disco is a portfolio of some of the best agency interiors in the world. The book is coming soon!
Designer snow men at Holt Renfrew in Vancouver.
Via: couvy:
Forgive me if I’m late on this one, but I was walking past Holts today with my friend and we stopped dead in our tracks when we saw this window and flipped the fuck out. At first we just thought they were cute snowmen, then upon closer inspection we saw a frosty Anna Wintour, and an Andre Leon Talley! Our fav (I just realized I cut him out of the photo, he’s smack dab in the middle wearing his Valentino robe). How cute are these little designer snowmen?
There’s also Karl, Coco, John Galliano, Alber Elbaz, Donatella, Jean Paul Gaultier, Sonia Rykiel, and I think Ralph Lauren, Anna Piaggi, Patricia Field, and Betsey Johnson. One of my favourite windows of their’s to date.
Vives
In November, BoConcept Brand Store in Prague was contacted directly by owner of a multi-brand store, who sells unique designer brands such as Valentino, Jean Paul Gaultier, dsquared2 and Roberto Cavalli.
The owner spotted BoConcept products in various interior magazines and was amazed by its elegant design and functionality and asked BoConcept interior decorators, if they were able to create an interior design for window displays of the Valentino showroom, which is located in an exclusive a beautiful historical area of Parizska street in the centre of Prague.
The brief from the owner of the Valentino store was clear. BoConcept Interior Decorators Martina Kropikova, Jan Maca and Ales Rejman had to choose the pieces of BoConcept furniture and/or accessories, which would fit into the tight window display, to the type of Valentino clothing and to the minimalist interior of the Valentino store. The chosen products should have been expressive and cool in design, yet in harmony with distinctive Valentino fashion style. The interior designers also had to deal with the fact that the BoConcept furniture and accessories would be used for displaying the clothing itself. The owner also wanted an armchair and a lamp.
Martina, Jan and Ales had to choose Aero chair from the 2009 collection in the end. The reason for this was a simple fact, that it was the only chair with a sharp look that fit into the tight space of the window display. The look was completed with a Salon Floor lamp in black color.
Second choice was a white-lacquered Amari divider, which perfectly fits both into the window display and into the showroom and its multi-functionality was ideal for arranging wonderful Valentino accessories. The simple yet sophisticated look of BoConcept furniture made a beautiful contrast to the exclusive Valentino apparel. There was also a special tag given to all furniture used for decorating , so that everyone could know that it was from BoConcept.
The cooperation with the owner of the store was successful, the lady was very happy with the result and asked our interior decorating team to re-decorate her Moschino store, which is just accross the street!
Imola chair pays a tribute to Guinness
One of the most iconic worldwide brands of the 21st century - GUINNESS® beer - is celebrating their 250 year anniversary this year. In 1759 Arthur Guinness laid the foundations for the creation of Guinness beer and in honour of the 250 year anniversary, the globally renowned brewery business is prompting people all around the world to raise a toast to Arthur Guinness.
The celebrations were global - with concerts in many countries beamed to Irish bars across the world. But the main celebration event was a concert in the Guinness Hop Store at St. James’ Gate, which is Ireland’s biggest tourist attraction with more than 900.000 visitors a year. The concert kicked off on 24 September at 17.59 (referring to the year 1759 where everything started).
Performers were famous artists such as Kasabian, Tom Jones, David Grey, Black Eyed Peas, Razorlight, Jamie Cullum, and Soul II Soul to name a few.
BoConcept Beacon South Quarter from Dublin in Ireland had the honour of teaming up with Guinness by supplying furniture to the two studios that were set up at the concert for interviewing the stars that attended. The interviews were shown globally on a specially commissioned Guinness digital TV channel, and repeated on many global networks such as MTV.
One of the stars of the new BoConcept collection 2010 - the Imola chair - also joined in on the celebrations. BoConcept Dublin had two special versions of the chair made in tribute to the famous beer. The chairs both had a Cream leather headrest and black leather seat imitating an appetizing Guinness beer. The two Imola chairs have been signed by some of the acts and given as a prize on National TV to highlight one of Guinness’ main Marketing initiatives to get 1,000,000 signatures in a petition for Arthur. Guinness is donating €2.50 for each signature to a special Arthur Guinness foundation that sponsors social entrepreneurs to make a difference.
Things you will find on -
BLOG: http://grainedit.com/ - modern graphic design inspiration + vintage graphics resource
Moleskine Bauhaus Exhibition Box
Created to coincide with the MoMA exhibition, Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity, this limited edition set includes three ruled Moleskine cahier notebooks and one ruled pocket notebook in a box. The set comes with an insert with information on the Bauhaus movement, along with Bauhaus-inspired stickers.
Product selected to accompany Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity.
via the MoMa Store.
The Guggenheim’s Wright Restaurant
“a modern homage to the legendary architect, who designed the museum to harmonize with the artwork within.”
THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF HERBERT MATTER is a revealing look at the fascinating life story of the highly influential mid-century modern design master. Known as a quintessential designer’s designer, Swiss born Herbert Matter is largely credited with expanding the use of photography as a design tool and bringing the semantics of fine art into the realm of applied arts.
Inspired by Russian constructivists and taught by artists such as Fernand Léger, Le Corbusier, and A.M.Cassandre in Paris in the late 20s, Matter designed a series of cutting-edge Swiss travel posters that won international acclaim for the pioneering use of photo-montage combined with type. Always striking a balance between fine art projects and commercial work, the taciturn designer found his own unique language, which resulted in the creation of such iconic works as the corporate identity for Knoll Associates and the New Haven Railroad. With his photography he was adept in documenting the early furniture of Charles and Ray Eames and creating covers for Vogue and Arts & Architecture as well as documenting his contemporaries Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning or Alberto Giacometti. As a filmmaker, he directed a critically acclaimed film “Works of Calder” about his good friend Alexander Calder, with music composed by John Cage. Later in life he was a professor for photography and graphic design among Paul Rand and Josef Albers at Yale University.
In today’s commercialized and oversaturated world, the documentary directed by Reto Caduff (“Charlie Haden - Rambling Boy”, “A Crude Awakening”) lets luminaries such as Robert Frank, Massimo Vignelli, Alvin Eisenmann, Steven Heller, Elaine Lustig Cohen and others explain why Matter still matters. Through never-before-seen footage, personal photography and stunning graphic design work, the film explores the social and cultural impact of his personal visual langauge that influenced a whole generation of designer and artists.
PREMIERES SPRING 2010
