david altrath

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stay up to date with all the latest topics to be featured on designboom with our dedicated tag overview. we've collated the most recent themes in the worlds of art, architecture, design and technology for your easy reading: from emerging architecture studios to new design trends to relevant events from around the globe.

24 degrees studio

architecture

24 degrees studio: daphne installation

hundreds of cut and folded paper patterns are linked to form a tunnel leading the way to the peak of pyrgos at the santorini biennale of arts.

danny hudson

architecture

24 degrees studio: cut back hills

to provide a minimized impact to the wetland, the main circulation spine follows the existing hard pack path, only elevated so its structures are all anchored to the path below.

ridhika naidoo

all 2 stories

plaza carso

architecture

ensamble studio: cervantes theater in mexico city

an underground stop is denoted by a large metallic structure that shoots upward into the public square of plaza carso in mexico city.

andy butler

architecture

interview: fernando romero discusses the open soumaya museum

to coincide with the opening of the soumaya museum designboom met with its designer, fernando romero to learn more about the project.

andy butler

all 2 stories

htmn

architecture

htmn: fantasmagorle

a minimalist approach to a housing renovation making only very few but concise modifications that change the interior character of the space.

danny hudson

architecture

htmn: suspensions of space

working with the structural restrictions of the pre-existing house, the design seeks to create a sense of open space by lifting the ceiling above the rooms.

erika kim

all 2 stories

minale maeda

design

minale maeda: slideshow mirror

by using physical characteristics from film stock, the mirrors take their influence from the accurate replication of specific color temperatures, where they reflect only part of the light spectrum.

rodrigo caula

design

minale maeda: blueprint

the furniture object is comprised of a wooden frame with a removable silken top cover that is decorated by embroidered sections of blueprints displaying the chest's construction.

andrea chin

all 3 stories

letman

design

letman interview and book report

to mark the release of gestalten's 'letman' book designboom spoke to job wouters about his hand rendered designs.

andy butler

all 1 stories

r zero studio

architecture

r zero studio: H24 house

an irregular shaped plot is resolved with an introverted plan creating an internal landscape within itself.

lauren grieco

architecture

r zero studio: la peña house

located inland on a small peninsula allows this residence to have its own unique micro-climate that is maintained through its construction of materials and position within the landscape.

richelle db

all 3 stories

franz west

art

franz west 1947 2012

having begun his career in mid-1960s vienna when actionism was in full swing, the austrian sculptor has passed away after a long illness at the age of 65.

andrea chin

art

franz west: gekröse sculpture at art basel 2012

one of the largest and most peculiar pieces at this year's art basel.

anita hackethal

all 3 stories

molo design

architecture

molo design: nebuta house

a perimeter enclosure comprised of 820 paper thin steel ribbons spans 12 meters in height, bending and twisting to create entries and openings to the internal building which appears to be have been formed by the wind.

lauren grieco

design

molo design + architecture for humanity: heartfelt for japan

this special limited edition of 50 lantern / bags features a hand-painted japanese 'sun disc'. all proceeds will go to architecture for humanity's current relief work in japan.

jonathan db

all 4 stories

jill sylvia

art

jill sylvia: intricately cut ledger paper structures

using ledger paper as her medium, the american artist re-creates significant U.S. buildings as a means of exploring society's serial structure, financial architecture, capital as an ungrounded sign and value in general.

andrea chin

all 1 stories

S&O design

design

bambi chair by hisakazu shimizu and eizo okada of S&O design

the chair takes influence from the 1940s animated film about a young deer.

rodrigo caula

design

S&O design: fruit still life clock by hisakazu shimizu

a new venture founded by designboom's friends eizo okada and hisakazu shimizu, trained product designers who since 2008 have been developing limited edition pieces with a focus on expanding the art design market.

andrea chin

all 2 stories

mind design

design

holger jacobs (mind design) interview

holger jacobs of mind design tells designboom his thoughts on graphic design, strategy, cycling and more...

andy butler

design

mind design: poopoo strategy

mind design take a satirical look at the increasing importance of 'strategy'.

andy butler

all 2 stories

atelier cube

architecture

atelier cube: christ the king kindergarten

a pixelated facade of windows and layered concrete panels serves as a backdrop to an outdoor playground for the young school children.

lauren grieco

architecture

atelier cube: house in amagi

an unsystematic grid creates a strategic arrangement of internal partitions to divide the interior volume into rooms, allowing one to enjoy the garden's cherry trees from anywhere inside the dwelling.

lauren grieco

all 2 stories

LIAG architecten

architecture

LIAG architecten: sportscomplex strijp

a colorful new sports complex with a playful form sits upon a natural plinth and provides all the athletic facilities for a college in the netherlands.

danny hudson

architecture

LIAG architecten: FEM building

an extension that accommodates the growing number of students in the HAN campus, the new building offers a variety of colorfully animated spaces that satisfy their expanding educational needs.

danny hudson

all 2 stories

make it right foundation

architecture

frank gehry: house for the make it right foundation

two-toned with teacup rose and lily lilac, this 1,780 square foot duplex for the lower 9th ward continues the organization's goal to provide housing for victims of hurricane katrina.

lauren grieco

architecture

morphosis architects and thomas mayne: the float house

the first floating house permitted in the united states for brad pitt's make it right in new orleans is a new model for flood-safe, affordable and sustainable housing that is designed to rise securely with water levels.

ridhika naidoo

all 3 stories

lawrence lek

design

pod inhabitable sculpture by lawrence lek

experimenting with contrasts, the interactive, inhabitable sculpture features a meticulous, technical structure composed of the interactions among canvas, rubber, and wood.

jenny filippetti

architecture

lawrence lek + onur ozkaya + jesse randzio: 3013 installation

formed from leftover exhibition panels, the three sculptures of the 4-story installation create a temporary courtyard gathering space.

lawrence lek

all 3 stories

atelier 37.2

design

atelier 32.7: arteologie

the overall form of the land art installation recalls the shape of a mammoth and appears as a giant skeleton rising out of the excavations of the puy de serveix summit in auvergne, france.

andrea chin