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✖‘Psychedelia’ exhibition and auction, ICA
Giles Round, Bicycle Event, 2011
Velorution Chopper bike
© Mark Bothwell
New work by Vincent Dubourg at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery
‘Doors I’ by Vincent Dubourg, 2010
Yohji Yamamoto takes over London
Yohji Yamamoto exhibition view at the V&A, 2011. The museum’s dedicated homage to Yamamoto’s work through an installation-based format, also designed by Nihei, sees over 80 garments on show.
Courtesy: V&A Images
Swiss Church, London revamped by Christ & Gantenbein
The revamped church has just re-opened to the public following extensive refurbishment by Basel-based architects Christ & Cantenbein
Photography by Hélène Binet
Book: Cyclepedia - A tour of Iconic Bicycle Designs, by Michael Embacher
It’s hard not to love the unconventional tandem make-up of Tur Meccaica’s 1980 Bi Bici bicycle, which actually measures only slightly larger than a single bike.
To parallel the physical production of the +YvesBéhar, the company has decided to explore this stand, on a deeper philosophical level, through a freeform periodic publication. The first effort – the Tænker 001 – brought together a diverse group of design writers, cultural editors, gallery curators and architecture critics to talk about values and creativity in a world that gives such ideals short shrift.
‘Arquivo Brasilia’ by Lina Kim and Michael Wesely
Inauguration day at the Congress Building
© Lina Kim and Michael Wesely - foto Jesco von Puttkamer- Acervo PUC GO-IGPA
‘The Joy of Living’ exhibition, London
The currently anonymous works of art in the Joy of Living exhibition include:
'Lines of Grace_2’
Hermès book: La Maison by Koto Bolofo
Front cover
‘God Machines’ by Robert Longo and images from the archive of Gallery Thaddeaus Ropac
'Untitled (Rock Band)’ by Robert Longo, 2011
Hannah Martin jewellery: ‘The Man Who Knows Everything’
Shaman’s Triangle simple ring from 'The Man Who Knows Everything’ narrative.
Photograph courtesy: Chris Peun
The Frankfurt Kitchen: from the very first German fitted kitchen in 1926 to today’s hot stuff
Measuring a meager 1.9m x 3.4m, and inspired by the compact kitchen facilities of the luxury modern railcar, Lihotsky invented the first mass-produced fitted kitchen, and the world has never looked back.
R 20th Century celebrates 10 Years in Tribeca
The front of the gallery at 82 Franklin Street in New York’s Tribeca neighbourhood. The neon ‘R’ was picked up at an auction by Meyers and Synderman around the time of the opening and thought it looked so good in the window they made it the name of the gallery.
Photography by Sherry Griffin
March beauty news: editor’s picks
Chanel beauty pack
Leave it to Chanel to raise the bar, even with the launch of their new beauty website. The video-driven web portal gives visitors a peek into the exclusive world of Chanel via backstage footage and interviews. Above all, it showcases the multifaceted creativity of the house’s make-up creative director Peter Philips, best exhibited through a series of films featuring dancing robots made entirely of make-up.
Posters and graphics by Wim Crouwel
Exhibition poster by Wim Crouwel, 1968, for Foder Museum, Amsterdam
Mizutaki
Alpine Barn by EXiT Architetti Associati in Italy
In a UNESCO World Heritage site in Selva di Cadore, Italian architecture practice EXiT have taken a classic Belluno barn and successfully reworked it for the 21st century
Photography: Teresa Cos
Normandy House by Beckmann-N'Thépé in France
Located in an isolated residential patch of the Perche countryside in France’s Normandy region, this house is Paris-based Beckmann N'Thépé’s latest residential project
Photography: Stephan Lucas
Chilmark Guest House by Charles Rose Architects in Massachusetts
Peering out from a forest, the Chilmark Guest House in Massachusetts is a beautifully compact guest cabin
Photography: Bruce Martin
The Houl by Simon Winstanley Architects, Scotland
Emerging from the contours of an elevated and exposed Dumfriesshire hillside, The Houl is not only a fine contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional Scottish ‘longhouse’ but also a net zero carbon dwelling that doesn’t wear its progressive eco credentials too visibly on its sleeve
Photography: Andrew Lee
Alfa Romeo 4C GTA
The Alfa Romeo 4C GTA hints at future design cues for the Italian marque.
One of Narinder Sagoo’s elegant, cartoon-like project descriptions for Foster + Partners. This one is entitled Working in the park
How to make a book with Steidl
Gerhard Steidl has spent the last forty years printing and publishing books. His legendary, unconditional obsession with his trade has led him to become the publisher of choice for an A list of artists that include Martin Parr, Ed Ruscha, Robert Adams, Jeff Wall and Robert Frank among other. Steidl is himself an artist in his way, travelling the world to discuss the saturation of colours, the perfume of ink and the comparative qualities of paper with his clients, then returning to his presses in Göttingen, Germany to assail his staff with a minutiae of details in his quest for perfection. Steidl’s passion is infectious, his client list unique and the quality of his work without parallel. These, together with his idiosyncratic approach have made him a gift for documentary film makers Gereon Wetzel and Jörg Adolph who spent a year following the meister and his herculean schedule: ten appointments in a day; Los Angeles, Astoria, Nova Scotia and Vancouver in four days, then months at the presses. Their resulting film: ‘How to Make a Book with Steidl’ is a gem of a document.
Palm Springs Modernism Week tour
The old-style 1960s sign which used to welcome people to the city
The Modern Danish Warehouse pop-up store, London
The Modern Danish Warehouse pop-up store in London features vintage finds and rare items once used in Danish schools
Lagar do Marmelo is a recently completed olive crushing facility by Ricardo Bak Gordon in Portugal
Paris Fashion Week A/W 2011: Womenswear
Rick Owens
Rick Owens has his woman covered in more ways than one for the winter. The American designer delivered incredible layers of sharply sliced wool fabrics and buttery leathers, each one stacked above the other like a perfectly assembled puzzle set. Curved-hem cloaks were worn with fuzzy turtlenecks pulled over models’ heads and paired with tunics, over wrapped tubular skirts. It sounds complicated but the effect was eerily cohesive and strikingly beautiful. Best of all were the fur head veils that looked just about as rigorous as nuns’ habits.
Nowhere exhibition at KK Outlet:
Untitled by Trevor Jackson
EveryDayDutch pop-up store at Selfridges, London
The EveryDayDutch pop-up store at London’s Selfridges, curated by Wallpaper* contributor Jane Withers, runs until 27th March