STUDIOKCA Uses Plastic Waste to Construct “Skyscraper” Whale
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As part of the 2018 Bruges Triennial, STUDIOKCA has constructed a four-story-tall whale from five tons of plastic waste that has been pulled from the Pacific Ocean.The organizers of the 2018 Bruges Triennial approached STUDIOKCA to create an art piece interpr“Ser Estar – Sergio Rodrigues” at Itaú Cultural Institute, São Paulo
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Itau Cultural Institute in São Paulo, in partnership with Instituto Sergio Rodrigues, is hosting “Ser Estar – Sergio Rodrigues” as a tribute to the Brazilian architect and designer internationally known for his iconic Mole armchair.The exhibition evokeParticipants Announced For 4th Istanbul Design Biennial
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Curated by Jan Boelen with Nadine Botha and Vera Sacchetti under the theme “A School of Schools,” the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial has announced the first participants of this year’s edition. It aims at bringing together old and new knowledge, academicFoster + Partners' Apple Store in Macau is a “New Oasis of Calm”
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Foster + Partners’ Apple Store in Macau opened last week. With the use of stone, glass, and bamboo, the London-based architecture and design firm has cretaed a “new oasis of calm” in a buzzing city. The design, created by Foster + Partners in colla“Cycle & Pattern” at A+D Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles
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“Cycle & Pattern,” an exhibition featuring four dioramas based on multiple framings and perspectives, is on view at the A+D Architecture and Design Museum in Los Angeles, California. The show runs through August 19.The show highlights the playful inteLes Ateliers Courbet Unveils Gianluca Pacchioni’s Latest Collection
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Les Ateliers Courbet at its New York venue has unveiled Gianluca Pacchioni’s latest collection.Born in Milan in 1966, Gianluca Pacchioni discovered his life passion for art and metalsmithing when he moved to Paris in the 1990s. There, he experimented and leRIBA announces Best British Architecture for 2018
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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the 49 winners of the 2018 RIBA National Awards for architecture. The RIBA awards, which have been presented since 1966, recognize the best new buildings and provide an insight into the UK’s culChristo’s “London Mastaba” Unveiled in London
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“The London Mastaba” is a temporary sculpture by world acclaimed artist Christo, which was recently unveiled in London’s Hyde Park. This public work featuring horizontally stacked colorful barrels on a floating platform will be on view until September 2The World's Best Art Schools
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Parsons School of Design location New York known for training generations of fashion designersThe Parsons School of Design was founded as a gesture of rebellion in 1896 by the American Impressionist artist William Merritt Chase. It’s now named after its lonOPEN’s Pingshan Performing Arts Center in Shenzhen Nears Completion
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Pingshan Performing Arts Center, Shenzhen’s most awaited cultural venue, is nearing completion. Scheduled to open at the end of this year, this was the first theater planned for the city’s newly-developed Pingshan area in 2015, noted ArchDaily.OPEN ArchitAmin Alsaden Appointed as the Director of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial
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Amin Alsaden has been appointed as the Director of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial, the first major platform dedicated to architecture and urbanism in the Middle East, East and North Africa, and South Asia.Alsaden will contribute to the organization's grow
Olafur Eliasson’s “Reality Projector” at Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles
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Marciano Art Foundation has announced its second artist project, a site-specific installation created for the foundation’s expansive first floor Theater Gallery by renowned interdisciplinary artist Olafur Eliasson. “Reality Projector” (2018) is ElOlson Kundig to Design The Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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The George Kaiser Family Foundation has chosen Seattle-based firm Olson Kundig as the lead architect for The Bob Dylan Center that will be coming up in the Tulsa Arts District in Oklahoma. “After reviewing proposals from top firms around the world, we agree"Postcard from Superpoly” at Etage Projects, Copenhagen
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While creating this warm and homely interior with painted wood, metal, ceramic and tinted textiles at Etage Projects in Copenhagen, Superpoly was deeply influenced by a culture of crafting around the Mediterranean.Superpoly is a duet formed by Antoine GrulieRamy Fischler Named MAISON&OBJECT Designer of the Year 2018
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With every new edition, MAISON&OBJET PARIS selects a Designer of the Year in a bid to honor the most outstanding names in industrial and interior design worldwide. For its 2018 programme, MAISON&OBJET PARIS has chosen to celebrate the talent of Ramy F‘La Barricade’ Cushions from French Furniture Brand Smarin
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Stephanie Marin, founder of Smarin, has designed cushions that look like military defences for its public seating. The seating collection “La Barricade” is made up of large bean bag-style cushions that can be stacked to create soft walls and towering seatSteven Holl Architects Among the Six Finalists for University College Dublin's Campus Makeover
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University College Dublin’s Belfield campus is set for a makeover. In an international competition inviting design proposals for the future campus project, 23 different countries submitted 98 entries, from which six proposals have been shortlisted by the juChicago Architecture Foundation's New Home Opens Next Month
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Come August and the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) will have a new home — the Chicago Architecture Center (CAC), which is scheduled to open on August 31, 2018. Located at 111 East Wacker Drive, the 20,000 square-foot structure has been designed by ChV&A Presents Frida Kahlo’s Most Intimate Personal Belongings
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The V&A Museum in London has partially recreated the iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s home ‘The Blue House’ for an extraordinary collection of her personal artefacts and clothing for the exhibition “Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up.”Architectu“Anita Mandl: The Works” at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford
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Gallery Pangolin in Chalford is celebrating the work of Anita Mandl, one of the gallery’s longest-standing gallery artists, with the solo exhibition titled “Anita Mandl: The Works.”10 years on from the gallery’s last solo exhibition of Mandl’s work“Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980” at MoMA, New York
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The exhibition “Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980” looks at the architecture of former Yugoslavia. A first major US show that explores these works will open on July 15, 2018, and run through January 13, 2019, at the Museum“PA-DONG! The Furniture of Susi and Ueli Berger” at Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Toni-Areal
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The Museum fur Gestaltung Zurich is showcasing some of Susi and Ueli Berger’s iconic designs in the exhibition “PA-DONG! The Furniture of Susi and Ueli Berger” that will run through August 19.The show features mass-produced furniture and prototypes alonMeaghan Roddy to Lead Phillips’ Los Angeles Design Initiatives
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Meaghan Roddy, Phillips’ Senior International Specialist, Americas, will take charge of its Design department’s West Coast initiatives in Los Angeles, underscoring the increasing importance of California in the company’s expansion strategies.Roddy willOMA Releases Images of Albright-Knox Art Gallery Expansion
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OMA has released new images of their proposed expansion project to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery with the preliminary schematic design for a bold, freestanding building on a greener, park-like campus. The Albright-Knox Art Gallery entered a new phKwangho Lee’s “The Shape of a River” Series Uses Ancient Enamelling Process
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Kwangho Lee’s 25-piece “Shape of a River” collection, including chairs, lamps, stools, vases, and consoles, was presented by New York-based gallery Salon 94 Design at Design Miami/Basel earlier this month.The collection shows the designer’s deep-rooteGuy Leclercq at Galerie Dukto, Paris
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Galerie Dukto presents a collection of stylized and abstracted paintings by Belgian artist Guy Leclercq. The Paris gallery will host this monochromatic exhibition until July 28, 2018.In the words of gallery owner Jean-Jacques Dutko, “abstraction is how GuyCandelabra from Painted Hall Greenwich at Bonhams Interiors Sale
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The upcoming Bonhams Home and Interiors Sale in London on July 25 will offer more than 50 of the splendid candelabra that lit up the Painted Hall in Greenwich in the middle of the 20th century. Divided into 16 lots, they have a combined estimate of £100,000.R & Company at Masterpiece London
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R & Company is debuting at the 2018 edition of Masterpiece London with Jeff Zimmerman’s unique vertical «Vine» illuminated sculptures.For its first participation in the fair, which is taking place from June 28 to July 4, the gallery is featuFreelandBuck’s “Out of the Picture” at The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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FreelandBuck's “Out of the Picture,” the finalist entry for MoMA PS1's 2018 Young Architects Program, is being exhibited at The Museum of Modern Art as part of Young Architects Program 2018.The exhibition features models and images of FreelandBuck's propoChristie’s Design Sale Grosses More Than US$8 Million
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The New York “Design” auction by Christie’s saw soaring growth as it registered a sales figure of US$8,308,875 — with 95% sold by lot and 98% sold by value — boosted by active participation across all sales channels and registered bidders from AsiaRare Chippendale Furniture to Auction at Christie’s London
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Christie’s landmark sale “Thomas Chippendale 300 Years” will celebrate the genius of Chippendale’s designs and the perfection of his execution in the 300th anniversary year of his birth.The dedicated London auction on July 5, 2018 will present 22 lot“Steven Holl: Making Architecture” Exhibition to Travel to Seoul, Korea
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The travelling exhibition “Steven Holl: Making Architecture” examines Steven Holl’s intricate and distinctive design process, through the presentation of more than 100 works including models, watercolors, drawings, prototypes, and photos from new projec“Oïphorie: atelier oï” at Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
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The Museum fur Gestaltung Zurich is hosting an exhibition of works by Swiss design agency atelier oi to mark the opening of a refurbished main building on Ausstellungsstrasse. The show titled “Oiphorie” is open through September 30, 2018.The installationShortlist Announced for Dulwich Pavilion 2019
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Dulwich Picture Gallery and the London Festival of Architecture have shortlisted six architectural firms from 150 entries to develop proposals for the second “Dulwich Pavilion” — a temporary, outdoor visitor welcome and public events space within the hiBob Greenberg “Selects” at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
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The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, is hosting an exhibition of work curated by Bob Greenberg, founder of the international design innovation company R/GA. The show will run through September 9.The current exhibition is the 16th installa
