clever + fun design. m.
Roos Abels for Vogue China
beautiful photography and designs — esp love the context. m.
Against a backdrop of sand and little else, model Roos Abels is an ethereal vision in the February 2016 issue of Vogue China. Posing in an editorial called ‘Desert Rose’, the blonde beauty models gorgeous gowns and leather jackets from the spring collections. Photographed by Camilla Akrans and styled by Martine de Menthon, the Dutch model wears the designs of Balmain, Givenchy and other labels. For beauty, hair stylist Franco Gobbi creates her sleek and straight tresses while makeup artist Christelle Cocquet gives Roos a bronzed glow.
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Video — Seashore Library by Vector Architects
pure minimalism — fantastic light control! m.
“As the sky dims, cloud is dazzling in purple blue. Within a glimpse, it vanished. Ocean is in charcoal gray. The wave paddles to the sand with a rhythm that you can almost hear. It’s a resonate sound that travels deep and far. The sea breeze leaves its footprint onto the sand land, creating ripples of air waves. An old boat sits half-sunken under the sand, as if it has harbored here for years. There are few tarred down small houses used to be fishermen’s shelter. The leftover shingles and broken walls enclose space in dark. Through the dilapated openings on the wall, look out, is the sea in stillness, like paintings hanging upon the wall”.
Kaws’ First Retrospective in Asia: Exhibition Design by ArandaLasch
fun exhibit — fantastically designed by the new york and arizona based design firm. kudos! m.
“Kaws likes to work with physical models so we built a 15-foot-long model of the museum to get acquainted with its tremendous scale,” Aranda told Dezeen. “It used to be an aeroplane hangar and its size is quite deceptive in photographs.”
“The design engages the massive hangar space with simple but large architectural elements, a room and a wall, that serve to organise artwork around them.”
Golden Workshop by Modulorbeat
Solange Wilvert by Jacques Dequeker for Iguatemi
Loft FOR by adn Architectures
killer minimalist loft design — when can i move in?! m.
This project was designed for a couple who wanted a converted loft that made efficient use of the space, which included an unfinished surface of 1,030 square feet, walls made of terracotta blocks, a raw concrete ceiling, windows on two of the four walls, and two technical ducts.
The architects sought a purity of form and functional simplicity through the creation of two new volumes, three pieces of furniture, and use of a very limited set of materials. The result is two internal bodies that embrace the envelope without touching it; opaque, translucent, airy, and abstract.
The two metallic volumes on the ground floor house the two areas that require closing doors: the bathroom and the laundry room. The top floors conceal a bedroom and an office.The position of these volumes alongside technical ducts determines different volumes with different qualities.
The three pieces of furniture then structure and give function to the remaining space: a long kitchen cabinet in a narrow space between the entrance and the laundry room, a wall of storage near the entrance, and a library in the more intimate space that leads to the balcony.
The materials include polyurethane screed for the floor; solid or perforated metal for the structuring elements, and stratified MDF for the furniture, with a paint finish to exacerbate the texture of the various materials. The ceiling is kept as-is to remind of the pre-existing unified volume.
Nicolas Andreas Taralis’ Offices Shanghai by Bernard Dubois
terrific minimalist collaborative design between fashion designer and architect — kudos! m.
Taralis collaborated with architect Bernard Dubois, co-curator of the Belgian Pavilion at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, to come up with the redesign of the two-storey 1,500-square-metre building.
“We worked collaboratively on the whole design, each of us bringing references and ideas together to make a coherent common project,”
Tornado Installation, Japan by Tokujin Yoshioka
beautiful installation by the japanese designer. m.
An installation of more than two million translucent straws provides the setting for a retrospective exhibition of work by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka.
Villa Criss-Cross Envelope by OFIS Architects
impecable detailing. m.
The Villa is located in the Mirje Suburbs within the city center of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The street of the villa runs perpendicular to the ancient Roman Wall and continues into a pedestrian passageway under the stone pyramid designed by Plecnik (as part his reconstruction project along the wall).
The Villa’s new structure embeds an existing retaining wall along the street front. By incorporating the wall as part of the new construction, the new house keeps original position on this street in an axial alignment to the pyramid.
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