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The Art of light and space
Above installation views from Californian artist JAMES TURRELL (b.1943) ‘Wolfsburg Project’ – a walk-in sculpture of light where you’ll get a sense of infinity. The ‘Wolfsburg Project’ was exhibited @ Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany – Oct 2009-Apr.2010. Turrell is probably one of the best known artist working with light and space. Liberating light from its source and letting it spread freely throughout a room is the essence of Turrell’s work. He is influenced by the celestial architecture of various advanced civilizations. Coudn’t resist posting the lowest sculpture as well entitled ‘Bouliée Boula’ from 1988. A future house perhaps?
Architectural photography
Love these black and white architectural photos by LA-baed photographer NICHOLAS ALAN COPE. I find them very peaceful and calming to look at. Nicholas’ work has a strong focus on abstraction and viewer perception. He divides his time between working both on personal projects and for a number of commercial and editorial clients such as Japanese Vogue, Getty Images, Surface Magazine to name a couple. Via triangulationblog
COLOR BERLIN
Cool series of images by Berlin based photographer MATTHIAS HEIDRICH. Click here to view his behance network page. Via bumbumbum.me
‘Architecture of Density’ – the organic metropolis
‘ARCHITECTURE OF DENSITY’ is a collection of photographs by MICHAEL WOLF (b.1954 Germany), who lives and works in Hong Kong. Wolf investigates Hong Kong’s (one of the world most densely populated cities) vibrant city blocks, revealing a mesmerizing abstraction in the buildings’ facades. Wolf explores the theme of the organic metropolis – that which is developed both by the architects and its citizens.
Upon closer inspection of each photograph, the anonymous public face of the city is full of rewarding detail- suddenly public space is private space, and large swatches of color give way to smaller pieces of people’s lives.
Architecture of Density was exhibited at Robert Koch Gallery back in 2005. Via anyaroz.
Spikes and cubicles in the urban environment
Heatherwick Studio is a London-based studio working within fields such as architecture, sculpture, urban infrastructure and product design. The first four pictures above are from their project Sitooterie 2 – an impressive aluminium cube sculpture situated in Barnards Farm, Essex, UK. The last four pics are from their B of the Bang project, which was commissioned to mark the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The design reacts against the convention for passive-looking monuments to sporting events that celebrate peace and harmony, rather than the dynamism and explosiveness of physical competition. Unfortunately, it has now been dismantled due to structural problems.
via itsnicethat
Carousels, Costumes & Clouds at Chanel’s 08/09 fashion show
Can’t help admiring CHANEL‘s way of creating the space design for their fashion shows. Whenever I think of CHANEL I somehow always think of my friend, Camse, who is a big fan of Chanel, like many others.
Superstudio in Space
Came across these images from architectural group Superstudio @ another blog; butdoesitfloat. Superstudio was founded in Florence by a group of radical young architects in 1966. SUPERSTUDIO was at the heart of the architectural and design avant garde until its dissolution in the late 1970s. Through photo-collages, films and exhibitions, it critiqued the modernist doctrines that had dominated 20th century design thinking. To read more about the architectural group, click here.
Swarovski waterfall chandelier
Vincent Van Duysen (Antwerb, Belgium) is behind this Swarowski Chandelier. Van Duysen is an architect known for his minimalistic and timeless design and style. He apparently rejects all sorts of kitsch, and is not subject to trends at all. Ilse Crawford – an Elle Decoration editor in Britain was the creative force behind the new Swarowski chandelier collection in Milan. That collection was supposed to undo the old-fashioned image of the earlier Swarowski crystal ware.
Via strongkentwythe
