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ab rogers: the life of ernesto bones

<p>a modern interpretation of the surrealist game 'exquisite corpse', the installation is comprised of 24 pieces by 24 international designers ranging from chefs to architects to art critics, who collaboratively detail a day in the life of the fictional mr. ernesto bones.</p>

leigha db
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kwas: iron gallery

<p>wedged onto a 27.33 square meter plot along a bustling arterial road in tokyo, this gallery extends its small interior space by borrowing views to the adjacent natural green area through a large vertical window.</p>

kensuke watanabe
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kimihiko okada: toda house

<p>raised upon a series of inclined columns, this dwelling offers its inhabitants unobstructed vistas of the inland sea and city of miyajima in the distance over the rooftop of the neighboring home.</p>

lauren grieco

kimihiko okada: house in kujyukuri

the wall of the house starts as a site boundary, a continuous spiral, changing in height - getting progressively taller - which ends as a partition of a central single room within the home.

andrea chin
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koji kakiuchi: gassho

<p>conceived at a scale of a DIY project, the open-air shelter sits on the remaining concrete foundation of homes that were swept away during the march 2011 tsunami as a place of retreat and meeting. </p>

erika kim

koji kakiuchi: hut

<p>utilizing the rhythmic composition of pillars and beams present in torri corridors, the elevated hut seeks to create a simple space that connects the inhabitant with the forest. </p>

erika kim
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shinobu koizumi: eternal

<p>the stone chair is detailed by 16 ticking clocks, reminding the individual that they too are subject to the passage of time. </p>

shinobu koizumi
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christmas tree driedel

with christmas lights in the form of the letters of 'nes gadol hayah sham', the ornamental toy dreidel celebrates christmas when upright and hanukkah when spinning upside down.

or leviteh
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eric owen moss interview

<p>designboom: what is the best moment of the day?<br /> (laughs raucously)<br /> I can surprise you.<br /> the one that hasn't come yet.<br /> you have a tricky question, so I have a tricky answer.</p>

andrea chin
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huan zhang: east wind, west wind

<p>the exhibition of works includes ash paintings, cow skin faces, memory doors, and ash sculptures, as a whole reflecting and interrogating eastern and western cultural beliefs and their relationship to one another. </p>

jenny filippetti
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reinhard dienes: punch light

<p>the design features a round, stainless steel diffuser that has small holes punched through it, offering a soft, mottled lighting effect.</p>

andrea chin
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andrea galvani: higgs ocean

<p>the surrealistic photographic exhibition documents the artist's travel to the arctic circle with a research expedition.</p>

leigha db
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soil table by ori mishkal

the 'soil table' is a bit of a disturbing object, where one is accompanied by the strange feeling of plants on the hips when sitting at the table.

andrea chin
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devorah sperber: american gothic thread works

<p>the craft and high tech body of sculptural work is composed of thousands of thread spools, arranged in such a way that the nature of human processing of sensory data becomes part of the artistic exploration. </p>

leigha db
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