July 2008

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• Architecture

  Shigeru Ban to Design New Architecturally Significant Building

  07.30.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Photo: Normadic Museum in Santa Monica
  Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, Director and Chief Curator of the Aspen Art Museum (AAM), announced today the selection of Shigeru Ban Architects (SBA) to design a new 30,000 square-foot facility for the AAM. This will be Ban’s premier museum design in the U.S. SBA was the unanimous choice […]

• Product design

  AIL VASE LAMP

  07.22.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Japanese interior design store IDEE released a new lamp called Ail vase lamp. “Ail” means “Garlic” in French. It has an organic and asymemetric form. The way it looks varies depending on angle. The idea of “idee” is to create a new value by re-evaluating Japanese modern design between 1950 - 1980.
  AIL VASE LAMP GLAND […]

• Architecture

  Atelier Bow-Wow for ORDOS 100

  07.16.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Japanese architect office Atelier Bow-Wow (Yoshiharu Tsukamoto & Momoyo Kaijima) has participated in a project called ORDOS100 in Nei Mongol. Below you can see some details of the project.

  Source: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_473f90ad0100ae83.html

• Architecture, Product design

  Interview with Junya Ishigami

  07.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  We wrote about “Green Auction”, which Japanese furniture store hhstyle hosted this spring.See the article
  Here is a interview with Junya Ishigami, one of the designers who participated in the project. (via http://opners.jp)
  - What is the concept of La chaise which you designed?
  My favorite Eames chair is “La chaise”. You can sit, and lie down, or […]

• Product design

  another work*s - 01

  07.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Japanese mobile phone company “au” has been collaborating with many designers and companies. This time “au” will launch a new project called “another work*s” with six designers including Nendo.
  Nendo’s Oki Sato says, “we have been paying so much attention to mobile phones, but we need to design something that will support our lifestyle - something […]

• Product design

  SIWA by Naoto Fukasawa

  07.04.08 | Permalink | Comment?

   
  It is made of paper, but it is much stronger than normal paper. The material is called “Naolon” developed by a small company in Yamanashi, Japan. The wrinkled surface gives a unique impression. Naoto Fukasawa, who was born in Yamanashi, found this material and decided to start a new brand called “Siwa” by taking advantage […]

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