Bang wins fifi.
Beyond the Oscars lie the Tonys and the Webbies. But the FiFi’s were new to me—the top awards of the fragrance industry. The award for best packaging went to designer Harry Allen for the Bang bottle.
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2011 designers of the future award. Design miami/basel. W hotels.
Since 2006, the Designers of the Future Award has honored emerging designers and studios. Each year, multiple designers are recognized as a way to honor a variety of approaches in the constantly evolving landscape of contemporary design. The award moves beyond pure product and furniture design to acknowledge technologically and conceptually vanguard pieces that work across multiple disciplines. The goal of the award provides next-generation design creatives the opportunity to present their works to a wide-ranging audience of collectors, dealers and journalists at Design Miami/Basel, while drawing attention to new directions in design.
The W Hotels and Design Miami/ Basel partnership allows winning designers the opportunity to exhibit their projects at W Hotels around the globe following the first presentation at the Design Miami/ Basel fair in June. The winners are: asif khan (uk) | mischer’traxler (australia) | studio juju (singapore)
designers: asif khan | mischer’traxler | studio juju
schedule of events
Design Miami/ Basel 14-18 June 2011
Public Hours of Admission 11a-7p daily
VIP Opening (invitation only): 13 June
Press Preview: 13 June 3-6p [ pre-register online ]
Vernissage: 13 June 6-10p
Nocturne (invitation only): 16 June 7-9p
about design miami/
Design Miami/ is the most prominent and substantive forum for collectible design, representing a convergence of commerce and culture. Its annual shows in Basel, Switzerland (June) and Miami, USA (December) bring together the most influential galleries, collectors, designers, critics and curators from around the world. [ details ]
Design Miami/ Basel is presented in partnership with HSBC Private Bank, whose dedication to innovative international design is an example of its emphasis on the value of connections.
about w hotels worldwide
W Hotels is a contemporary, design-led lifestyle brand and the industry innovator with 41 hotels and retreats in the most vibrant cities and exotic destinations around the world. With more than 12 years of proven success, W Hotels is on track to reach more than 50 hotels by the end of 2012. W Hotels and W Retreats have been announced for Paris, St. Petersburg, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, Bangkok, Athens – Astir Palace, and Verbier, among other international destinations. [ details ]
IDA 2010 winners.
2010 international design awards winners list. competition categories include: architecture, fashion, graphic, interior, and product design. [RK]
Jonathan muecke at volume gallery. Chicago.
open objects debuts april 30 – thru may 15 2011.
above: divider (2011) jonathan muecke
Volume Gallery launches its fourth series with a collection of new works from Jonathan Muecke, titled Open Objects. Opening reception on April 30th from 6-8PM, Chicago, IL.
Open Objects represents Jonathan Muecke’s first solo exhibition, comprised of eight objects. The individual objects designed for Volume Gallery, were developed independent of each other. Rather than a collection, Muecke considers each object its own project, the result being that each object is consistent to its counterparts only in its potential – “a quality that is itself immeasurable”.
Leaving all to interpretation, Open Objects is a comprehensive study of each object’s unique qualities, and dissection of their definition. Muecke’s projects are a reflection of the common forms of design and continue to study the meta-object. His projects demand examination. It is within this confrontation, between viewer and object, that development of new thought on functionality and materiality lives. Utilizing materials such as coal slag, glass sand, carbon fiber and gold foil, each piece removes our limitations of understanding and encourages the viewer to engage and interact, rather than react to the object.
above: frame (2011) jonathan muecke
“Principally, objects present limits– figured in function/process/material/form/idea and so on. In this case objects are measured to each variable and equally fixed in the variables. In this normal and productive way objects are figured backwards. My interest is going forward – remaining inconclusive to the terms of measurement. In this way potential remains in an object.”
Jonathan Muecke operates around the edge of design; he emphasizes each object’s conceptual purpose and universal meaning. Open Objects is his continual practice to un-define objects while defining something larger. Each object is restrained and composed in design, raw and visionary in intent. Each project in Open Objects is firmly tied together with the strong visual language that is inimitable, unique and undeniable.
Jonathan Muecke
Jonathan Muecke was born in 1983 in Cody, Wyoming. He works from his studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota since his graduation from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2010 where from 2009-10 he was the Florence Knoll scholar. In 2006 he received a Bachelors of Architecture from Iowa State University followed in 2007 by an internship at the architectural office of Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland. In July of 2010 the jury of the Design Parade 5 (Hyéres, France) assigned him the Veuve Clicquot Award. His field of work circulates around the periphery of design.
Volume Gallery
Volume Gallery is an event-based gallery with a specific focus on American design, particularly emerging contemporary designers. Founded by Claire Warner and Sam Vinz, formerly of Wright Auction, Volume Gallery releases editions, publications and exhibits that showcase the work of American designers to regional, national and international audiences.
For additional information and picture inquires: Sam Vinz 414 841 3003 | sam at wvvolumes dot com
Volume Gallery Presents
Jonathan Muecke: Open Objects
Exhibition date: April 30 – May 15 | 11 AM – 6 PM daily
Reception: Saturday April 30 | 6-8 PM
Exhibition Location: 328 S Jefferson Street Chicago IL
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[ DesignApplause interviews Rich/Willing/Brilliant and Volume Gallery ]
Winners of the green design awards.
above: great river energy HQ by perkins + will
The winners of the third annual Green Design Awards were announced by the New York School of Interior Design earlier this week. The awardees represent the best of the best in the following categories:
Interior spaces: Perkins + Will
Interior products: Designtex
Development: The Steel Yard
Business Practice: InterfaceFLOR
Advocacy: Terrapin
These “sustainability trailblazers” received the Green Design Award medal designed by Michael Graves, who’s also a member of the NYSID International Advisory Board. “The work they are doing is not only groundbreaking,” said NYSID president Christopher Cyphers, “it is absolutely necessary for the future of the environment.”
2011 pritzker prize. Eduardo souto de moura.
Portugese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura has won the 2011 Pritzker Prize.
His works are praised for their careful use of natural materials and their unexpected dashes of color. Souto de Moura is recognized for the homes, hotels, museums, sports facilities and other structures he has designed, predominantly in Portugal, but other European countries as well.
“Eduardo Souto de Moura’s architecture is not obvious, frivolous or picturesque. It is imbued with intelligence and seriousness,” the Pritzker jurors wrote in their citation. “His work requires an intense encounter, not a quick glance. And like poetry, it is able to communicate emotionally to those who take the time to listen.”
[ 2011 Pritzker Prize ]
Patricia urquiola. Luminaire.
more design happenings in miami.
Luminaire is hosting an event with Patricia Urguiola. Urquiola was selected to Fastcompany’s 2010 Masters of Design and most recently featured in Surface in a special icon issue. above: “fat” seating system
Introducing pedal power with the Re:energy bike.
bike designs seem to be getting more and more ambitious all the time,
but Re:energy, from Korean designers jinsik kim and boseung seo, might just trump them all.
Not because it’s faster, sleeker, lighter or smaller, but because it enables the rider to create and store energy just by pedaling. The bike’s front wheel has a plug that supports both the standard 2-pronged plug and USB.
So, for example, if you’re riding your bike to the park to work on your computer, you can plug in your laptop or your phone, iPod, whatever. Or, once you bring your bike indoors after a ride, you can charge up with the energy you yourself created instead of plugging into the wall and paying for it. Re:energy won an iida 2010 design award.
designers: jinsik kim and boseung seo
Masters of design 2010.
fastcompany mod2010.
designers with a purpose.
Patricia Urquiola -designer ( high-art, commerce, woman )
Walter Hood – landscape architect ( urban, public, green )
Bjarke Ingels – architect ( youth, controversy, planet )
Gadi Amit – designer ( green, sustainability, anti-obsolescence )
Denis Wiel – vp of concept and design, mcdonald’s ( style, process, modern )
Fiona Morrisson – brand architect, jetblue ( branding, design, passion )
rising stars
michael murphy ( architecture student/designer ) christien meindertsma ( product designer ) candy chang ( urban planner/graphic designer ) emily pilloton ( designer ) eviana hartman ( fashion designer ) bobby c martin jr ( graphic designer ) ma ke ( fashion designer )
Konstantin grcic. Designer of the year award.
design miami has named the german designer konstantin grcic as its designer of the year for 2010: awarded annually to an internationally renowned designer or studio “whose body of work demonstrates unmatched quality, innovation, and influence, while expanding the boundaries of design.” the designer also recently won furniture designer of the year from wallpaper* magazine. past designer of the year winners include maarten baas, fernando and humberto campana, zaha hadid, and marc newson.
design miami commissioned new work by grcic that will presented at the fair and grcic came up with “netscape,” an installation that will be presented in the courtyard of design miami’s temporary structure designed by moorhead & moorhead.
the interactive installation consists of a six-point star-shaped structure from which seats made of polypropylene (PP) netting will be suspended from nylon woven rope. the 24-seat web of hanging chairs will create a space for guests to engage with one another before entering or leaving the fair. fairgoers will also be treated to a selection of grcic’s greatest hits with an exhibition of career highlights curated by grcic himself.
designer: konstantin grcic
information:
design/miami
moorehead & moorehead