Frank Gehry, one of the world’s best-known architects has unveiled his design for a $150 million building at the University of Technology Sydney's business school, The Dr Chau Chak Wing; named after it's benefactor, an Australian-Chinese businessman, who donated $20 million for the project. This will be Gehry's first building in Australia.
Born in France in 1971, Emmanuelle Moureaux initially studied architecture and qualified in 1995. The following year she moved to Tokyo, where she still lives and works.
Miami
Design Miami/ have announced the appointment of Marianne Goebl as new director, she will begin the position in February when current director and founder Ambra Medda steps down from the role.
Miami
Following years of planning and anticipation, Miami Art Museum has broken ground for its new Herzog & de Meuron-designed facility in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park and next to the future home of the Miami Science Museum. The groundbreaking ceremony was held November 30 '10 at the Museum’s new site overlooking Biscayne Bay. The new Miami Art Museum is scheduled to open to the public in 2013.
Bertrand Fèvre has just won first prize at the International Creation of Limoges Porcelain for his giant sculpture “Ceci n’est pas”. Composed of 33 hanging porcelain pieces, the sculpture is a study in duality, in the positive and negative, the “tangible and intangible”.
Design Miami/ nominated Konstantin Grcic to be this year´s Desinger of the Year 2010. Konstantin Grcic will show an exhibition of selected works as well as a new work, specially designed for the occasion: NETSCAPE is an installation offering public seating for visitors just outside the Design Miami / exhibition tent.
Our world and our society are changing rapidly, which also means a changing role for design and the designer. Design has for a long time manifested and consolidated an outdated consumer culture, almost like a monoculture. With the undermining of the global and the rise of niche local subcultures, design has a possibility to adopt a more central role as the ‘creative nutrient’, thus performing a more vital role by promoting a new ethical, responsible and sustainable cultural position by restoring diversity, meaning and value.
So, how can we make this happen? I will give you some brief ideas, in six different bullet points:
Having graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2008, Pepe Heykoop jumped right into the global spotlight after being selected for Li Edelkoort's wishlist auction at Pierre Bergé & Associés September '09.
Heykoop has exhibited worldwide, catching my eye at various events. His designs offer a playful aesthetic that, at times, embraces the spontaneity of materials and process.
Published by Taschen Books, "Collecting Design" by Adam Lindemann is a great introduction to the design market. He focuses on what he calls the the five types of design market players: the designer, the collector, the dealer, the tastemaker, and the auction house expert.
Relatively recent Graduates from Design Academy Eindhoven, Daphna Isaacs & Laurens Manders have created a design studio that mixes an interest in cultural behaviours with material exploration.
Miami
Brazilian designer Brunno Jahara has just finished a collection of furniture made out of scrap wood in Brazil, called Neorustica. It pays homage to the country’s rural background and has the strong colors of the brazilian culture.
Scott, Rich & Victoria is the inter-disciplinary design partnership of New Zealanders
Scott Fitzsimons and Richard Hartle, who began working together in London in late 2007.
The pair later combined their talents to establish their international creative studio in September 2009, based in both London and Auckland, accessible to international manufacturers across Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions.
London
To Celebrate its 10th anniversary the Tiffany Foundation donated $1.25 million to the Royal Parks Foundation creating the Tiffany - Across the Water program, which focuses on creating ornamental drinking foundations throughout London's eight royal parks.
In June 2010, the Royal Parks Foundation launched a global design competition, requesting submissions for innovative new drinking fountain ideas. After receiving applications from 125 different countries, the Jury have selected two british designers, Moxon Architects and Robin Monotti Architects with Mark Titman.
This month we highly recommend picking up a copy of Daab’s "Dutch Design". "Dutch Design" provides a comprehensive study of Dutch architects and designers and their creative solutions to the demands of modern society.
With thousands of design hot spots in the world, each with their own loyal following, we can only imagine that you, our devoted readers, have got your personal favourites, and for the second year we would love for you to share them with us.
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