Henn StudioB, the Berlin design and research studio of Henn Architekten, have won a competition to design a new business district in Wenzhou, China. The Central Business District is located where the Ou Jiang river meets the East China Sea and will comprise five towers of differing heights. The towers will be situated in a staggered row to provide views of the river, while at street level a series of green spaces and walkways will weave inbetween the structures.
Author: Henn Architekten
http://www.dezeen.com/2010/11/18/central-business-district-wenzhou-by-henn-architekten/
Here is another project from the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, this time Israeli student Sharona Merlin has designed a flattened cup and saucer. Slim Cup has the outline of an archetypal cup when viewed from one side but when turned 90 degrees almost disappears. The ceramic molded cup and saucer form a part of wider collection of slim tableware currently in progress.
Author: Sharona Merlin
http://www.dezeen.com/2010/08/11/slim-cup-by-sharona-merlin/
Fashion designer Iris van Herpen collaborated with New York company .MGX by Materialise and artist Daniel Widrig to create 3D printed clothes. Created as part of her Spring/Summer 2010 collection called Crystallization, the designs were inspired by the transformation of liquid into crystals.
Author: Iris van Herpen, Daniel Widrig
http://www.dezeen.com/2010/08/11/crystallization-by-iris-van-herpen-daniel-wright-and-mgx-by-materialise/#more-91015
An exhibition of work by South Korean designer Kwangho Lee, including this seating made of woven garden hoses, will be presented at Hunting and Collecting gallery in Brussels this September.The Kwangho Lee, lifelike design exhibition will represent an exceptional overview of Kwangho Lee’s works in his up to now short but brilliant career and thus offer a unique insight into his creations. The exhibition will be accompanied by a looped motion picture about the creative processes behind Kwangho Lee’s works in order to further illustrate the context of the designart discipline.
Author: Kawangho Lee
http://www.dezeen.com/2010/08/10/lifelike-design-by-kwangho-lee-at-hunting-and-collecting/
The Orishiki is not same as any another luggage system geometric and lovely shape. The material and system are also quite unique which is way combined folding and swallowing up volume inside.
There is big possibility of many way to use the system on many different type of luggage in the future.
“Orishiki” is a hybrid word composed of “Ori”, taken f rom Origami, Japanese paper-folding art, and “Shiki” taken f rom Furoshiki, Japanese traditional wrapping cloth which is large enough to wrap and transport goods and gifts, as well as wearing them as scarves.
Author: Naoki Kawamoto
http://www.dezeen.com/2010/11/14/orishiki-handbag-by-naoki-kawamoto/
French architects Studio Bellecour have completed a pair of office buildings near Toulouse, France, wrapped in aluminum fins and connected by a twisting concrete element. The horizontal fins curve around all sides of both offices to prevent overheating in the summer and reflect light back into rooms during the winter. Galilée is one of the debut projects realized in the UDZ (Urban De- velopment Zone) Andromède, in Blagnac, near Toulouse in France.
Author: Studio Bellecour Architects
http://www.dezeen.com/2010/08/09/galilee-by-studio-bellecour-architects/
