Ando Masanobu exhibition at Mjölk Toronto
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kaspar hamacher: stein no. 1
On 18 June, the V&A unveiled SWARM STUDY / III, a new interactive light installation by Random International which is made up of illuminated brass rods, suspended from the ceiling in an arrangement of four large cubes. As visitors move up and down the stairs, so the light follows in swarm-like formations, varying subtly in its intensity. Tracked by a camera, the visitors’ movements stimulate the behavior of the installation. Controlled by a complex algorithm, Swarm Study / III translates collective behavioral patterns found in nature into moving light. Though apparently inanimate, the installation is brought to life by visitors’ activity, engaging them with both the swarm itself and the surrounding space of the Museum.
Text and Images from designapplause.com
barragan rez | interior ~ luis barragan via: subtilitas: x cabbagerose
Interior of industrial designer, Eva Zeisel’s studio home. From Handcrafted Modern, photographer: Leslie Williamson.
The second-floor studio of Zeisel’s country house in Rockland County, New York, charts the evolution of her designs. “Glasses, plates, teapots, casserole dishes, dinnerware — some with patterns, others plain — all happily cohabit on these shelves.” An un-upholstered version of her 1993 lounge chair is in the foreground.
Photo Source: http://www.sightunseen.com/2010/10/handcrafted-modern/
archiphile:
Dutch designer Aldo Bakker has created the TONUS stool from solid oak wood.
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House in Ise by Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates
The Intention was to create a rich relationship between the house and these surroundings.
Tomoko Azumi and Shin Azumi
Nextmaruni chair, 2005
Material / Solomon mahogany & Leather
For the London-based Japanese designers Shin Azumi and Tomoko Azumi, a Japanese aesthetic resides in the way in which “consideration and attentiveness are present to an astonishing degree while, on the surface, an expression of utter simplicity is maintained.” At first sight their chair looks beautiful yet austere, offering visual minimalism but not promising comfort. On further investigation, however, its simple flat panels prove not to be made from a hard laminate as they appear but instead are yielding, upholstered leather cushions.
Text from Design Meets Disability
Anzas Dance Studio by Yoshimasa Tsutsumi, architect
By applying a gradient of dots on to the room’s mirrored surfaces, a deep fog effect is created, resulting in a dramatic altering of the room’s atmosphere.
The design aims to bring into dizzying focus the presence of the floor which has been done in a grainy, deep-coloured tigerwood. The holistic effect of the materiality coupled with the mirror applique is a merging of the space and a blurring of the room’s depth and boundaries.
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Tadao Ando - Water Temple 1991
One is then directed, indirectly, through a simple series of two gesturing white-washed concrete walls of light and shadow that eventually lead one to what seems like a pool of water. The pool itself is filled to its outermost perimeter, forming a boundless horizon line about which it infinitely reflects its surroundings of mountains, sky, rice paddies and bamboo groves. The stillness of the water has a meditative effect and perhaps implications of a spiritual cleansing.
A concrete stairway which cuts the circular pool in two symmetrical halves descends down into momentary darkness from the light, below the water, and, eventually, into the sacred space of the Buddhist temple. Contrary to the monochromatic approach through the white walls and neutral concrete stair, the interior of the temple is saturated with color. The circular space is filled with an intense red-orange light which seems to be pulsating from its core, the inner most and most sacred space of the temple which houses the Buddha statue.
Again, one does not approach the inner sanctuary of the temple directly but circulates around the inner sanctuary where the color gradually becomes more and more intense and eventually reveals itself as one follows the silky smooth concrete walls to the light source.
The vermilion red color is most intense during sunset as light radiates through a western facing window.
