This video shows an interview with architect David Chipperfield, the director of the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale. He has offices in London, Berlin and Milan, and a representative office in Shanghai. Uncompromisingly modernist in outlook, his practice is driven by a consistent philosophical approach, rather than a ‘house style’. Chipperfield studied Architecture at Kingston Polytechnic, graduating in 1976 along with the Architectural Association in London. He worked at the practices of Douglas Stephen, Richard Rogers and Norman Foster, and in 1984 established his own practice, David Chipperfield Architects. The architect got the recognition thanks to the award-winning River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames designed from green oak cladding, concrete and glass. He has been awarded with many architectural awards including RIBA’s Royal Gold Medal and Stirling Prize, Andrea Palladio Prize and Tessenow Gold Medal. During the interview, Chipperfield speaks about Common Ground, his theme for the biennale, and gives his views on the contemporary architecture scene, comparing architects to “perfume brands at Duty Free, on a pedestal, singular and isolated”.
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“People bring design to life” is the slogan used by IKEA to promote Milan Design Week 2012. Graffiti and street art enthusiasts will surely recognize the Banksy and Obey inspired stenciled-posters over its ads. Found all over the subway stations in Milan, the black and white additions do a great job in complimenting the colorful IKEA posters and transforming them into eye-catching messages. The IKEA creative team also glued the stenciled-posters on turnstiles, stair-steps and on the floors, which means walking through Milan with the subway just got more interesting. We added a video below, that should answer any questions you may have about the campaign implementation process. Enjoy the unexpected black&white stencils in the photos and tell us if you find this IKEA campaign as original as the company’s previous creative efforts.
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Living Walls is a street art project initiated by artist Nikita Nomerz, from the western Russian city of Nizhniy Novgorod. In his series titled ‘Living Walls’, Nomerz brings derelict buildings to life with his whimsical characters. In an interview with The Telegraph, Nomerz remarks: “I started in school with classic hip hop graffiti but became more interested in street art and began all sorts of experiments. Now basically I like to play with space and objects. I am inspired by the place itself. I love watching the city and finding an interesting point. Usually I do not spend so much time to create one work, sometimes less than an hour. But it all depends on the size of the object and my ideas.” What do you think about this type of art?
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This video shows an interview with John Pawson who is a British designer associated with the minimalist aesthetic. He focused on ways of approaching fundamental problems of space, proportion, light and materials, rather than on developing a set of stylistic mannerisms – themes he also explored in his book Minimum, first published in 1996, which examines the notion of simplicity in art, architecture and design across a variety of historical and cultural contexts. His early commissions included homes for the writer Bruce Chatwin, opera director Pierre Audi, contemporary art dealer Hester van Royen and collector Doris Lockhart Saatchi, together with art galleries in London, Dublin and New York. Subsequent projects have spanned a wide range of scales and building typologies, from Calvin Klein’s flagship store in Manhattan and airport lounges for Cathay Pacific in Hong Kong to the new Cistercian monastery of Our Lady of Novy Dvur in Bohemia. During the interview, Pawson talks about his path to architecture and his view on the British design. He also explains what is the most important in a designer profession and what was the project of a lifetime.
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This video shows an interview with a Pacific Northwest architect Jim Olson. Olson’s main inspiration comes from the relationship between architecture and art. His work consistently demonstrates that art is not an afterthought to architecture but an integral part of it, as he creates homes that offer an appropriate environment for living with art and sensitivity to the varying space and light requirements of differing art genres. Olson has been published in publications worldwide, including the New York Times, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Art + Auction, Monocle, and Interior Design. Olson is the recipient of the 2007 Seattle AIA Medal of Honor. He is a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architecture and has served on the boards of a number of Northwest arts organizations and other community institutions. During the interview, he talks about his early inspiration, the relationship between art and architecture, and the Northwest aesthetic.
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Global design firm Fentress Architects recently announced the winning designs for the 2011 Fentress Global Challenge, an international competition launched last fall for architecture and engineering students to present their visions for the Airport of the Future. Expert jury members narrowed the 200 submittals to 16 finalists, and then to the top three with two honorable mentions. Designs were evaluated on creative approach, response to site, sustainability, and functionality.
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Slashing a hotel room in two has never looked so interesting! This half white, half graffiti-covered interior can be admired at the Au Vieux Panier hotel in Marseille, France. Each of the five rooms of the hotel are annually redesigned by artists, graphic designers, and painters from all over, each of them lending a unique style to the interiors. This Graffiti-styled room was named “the Panic Room” and was created by artist Tilt featuring Tober, Grizz and Don Cho.
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This movie presents an interview with Tim Jones, President & CEO of Artscape. Over the last 24 years, Artscape has developed a reputation as Canada’s leading practitioner in multi-tenant space development for the arts and culture sector. Artscape projects are designed to build and leverage the local community’s cultural assets and creative resources while serving as catalysts for neighborhood growth and transformation. Artscape has earned a reputation as an international leader in the fields of culture-led regeneration and city-building through the arts. During the interview, Jones explains what are the most important factors in a successful project of Artscape.
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