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the sixth edition of MADE is titled 'machine art', after architect philip johnson's 1934 MoMa exhibition, which was the first one to show industrial design objects in a museum of modern art.
sponsored by bradesco private bank, the event's fourth edition was organized with the intent to increase and diversify the local art and design community.
the lisbon cruise terminal is inserted between the walls of the landfilled dock, seeming not to touch the ground, between the trees of the park that, along with the building, now inhabits this stretch of the river front.
the hill occupied by são jorge castle is the site of the first known human settlement of lisbon, a vantage point overlooking the tagus estuary and its inland territory. the excavation of the castle’s praça nova, begun in 1996, uncovered remnants of its successive periods of inhabitation.
made of an aluminum tube, the piece can store your magazines and other sundries.
varying between a pendant lamp, desk lamp and floor lamp, the styling of this collection is simplified to pure lines.
senju is commonly referred to as one of the masters of 'nihonga painting, a style which emphasizes traditional japanese methods and materials.
subtly rising and dipping with the natural contours of the land, the single-storey museum directly engages with the surrounding landscape, using the forest as a backdrop to the exhibited works of art.
the symbolic separation of functions results in a lightweight, open space that overcomes its restricted size.
emphasizing the character of each flat, the added spaces are highlighted with vibrant colors.
the salon aims at setting an airy space featuring japanese visual simplicity and conceptual sophistication.
the tabloid-free salon includes a library complete with a hand-picked selection of books.
at street level, an urban installation of paper-like sheets creates a soft layer, hovering over the city life, connecting the different parts of the development in an ambiguous urban inside/outside space.
the terminal building forms a thin line, following the river flow to invoke a sense of lightness corresponding with the flow of water.
the studio inserted a canopy structure comprised densely of vertical wooden members.
this outdoor pergola tells its own story with a unique architecture vernacular and stand out from the landscape almost as a monument.
the designer has used robotic machining to bring out the elegance and purity of the original stone blocks.
a conceptual tool which the designer applies to his work in order to generate sculptural, sensual, serene and singular products using a mathematical and simple production.
a photogenic german shorthaired pointer leads us through a tour of the home, pausing occasionally to lounge on the plush furniture.
contained within a T-shaped plan, regular public spaces are articulated around the patio, where a hall, a living room, a dining room, and a kitchen form the first part of the dwelling.
the piece consists of a metal frame and cushions tightened by a belt.
with a shape inspired by the cognominal table game as know as 'reversi', the lamp is made of acrylic and PET felt.
once the sun goes down, the focus shifts from the volcanic landscape to the oppressed ancient cultures that once hid in these valleys.
the giant art commission pays homage to the series of dams, dykes, and storm surge barriers that protect large swathes of the netherlands from the sea.
the series on show features sculptures created by designers héctor esrawe, emiliano godoy, and brian thoreen which go under the name 'precarius', and EWE studio-designed wall lights 'magma'.
presented by galerie VIVID at design miami/ basel 2018, olivier van herpt's blue and white series is created after holland's famous delftware/delft blue.
the project involves the production of large-scale 3D-printed formwork, enabling an adaptive surface through embedded capacitive sensors in the structure.
for the realization of the project, a new hybrid process chain consisting out of digital generative form-finding, large-format 3D printing and traditional foundry work was created.
each residence comprises a telescopic hall that frames the landscape, and is connected by a perpendicular brick structure.
separate homes have been constructed, unified at ground level with a communal enclosure.
the sides of the pool are inscribed on the inner side, with the water reflecting reversed and inverted lettering.
the updated proposal integrates the changing rooms and kiosks within the floating pontoon, offering a self-sufficient lido that could be located in a variety of urban waterways.
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