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Medusae Pendant Lamps: Interview with Californian designer Roxy Russell
Apr 02 2013“The ocean is such a boundless source of inspiration for myself and many other people, in all fields. Unfortunately, I am also very concerned about the fragile state of it’s very complex eco-system. I wanted to bring to the surface, and illuminate the growing problem of plastic polluting our oceans in a way that makes [...]
Coolum Bays Beach House by Aboda Design Group
Mar 13 2013From the designers: What was the owner or client brief? To create a refined, clean lined, modern but informal home with dramatic street presence that took optimum advantage of the site’s potential for outstanding views. To create a home for a family as a group of increasingly-independent adults, which catered for their differing lifestyle patterns [...]
Mario, it’s so stupid. I dislike architects because their crimes last longer than their own lives.
Sep 08 2012Politicians caught on camera say the darndest things. Like – if you’re Esperanza Aguirre, President of Madrid – that architects “should be killed.” The Politician was unknowingly recorded while speaking with the Mayor of Valdemaqueda, a municipality of Madrid, about their town hall. The building, known as Casa Consistorial de Valdemaqueda (1998), designed by Paredes Pedrosa, was an award-winner at the [...]
Revolution of Forms, Exclusive Interview with John Loomis
Jul 20 2012Revolution of Forms, Cuba’s Forgotten Art Schools (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011) tells the story of the most outstanding architectural achievement of the Cuban Revolution, which for many years stood neglected in the western suburbs of Havana. The Escuelas Nacionales de Arte (National Art Schools) were conceived and initiated by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara soon [...]
Matali Crasset on Design Stories
Jul 17 2012Born July 28th 1965 in Châlons-en-Champagne (France), Matali Crasset trained as an industrial designer. In the spirit of one of her best-known objects, the roll-up guest bed Quand Jim monte à Paris (When Jim comes to Paris), she uses her own methodology, questioning the things we take for granted in our everyday life in order [...]
Neil Denari’s Conversation with Design Stories
Apr 17 2012You have a career as a teacher , a lecturer, you are a writer, a designer and you are also practicing architecture as well. Do you feel that you miss something in between practice and theory? The question seems to ask if there is possibility that one might lose focus on a particular area [...]