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“I sometimes feel like I fell into doing fashion” says Jonathan Anderson

June 1, 2023 James Parkes 0

Loewe creative director Jonathan Andersen set up the brand’s annual craft prize to decode the “chintz” and “pastiche” associations of the discipline, he tells Dezeen in this interview. Luxury fashion house Loewe recently announced the sixth winner of its annual craft prize at NYCxDesign, which celebrates applied arts and innovation in modern craftsmanship. A spiky egg

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SOM and Princeton University create self-balancing arch for Venice Architecture Biennale

June 1, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Architecture studio SOM has worked with Princeton University’s Form Finding Lab for its contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale – a self-balancing brick arch that was built using augmented reality. The Angelus Novus Vault forms the entrance to the Time Space Existence group show, organised by the European Cultural Centre around the theme of the

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The Modernist Laboratory of the Future: Exploring Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn’s Architecture in India

June 1, 2023 Maria-Cristina Florian 0

At the beginning of 2022, curator Lesley Lokko announced the title of the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia: “The Laboratory of the Future.” The theme’s intention is to highlight the African continent as the protagonist of the future, a place “where all these questions of equity, race, hope, and fear converge and coalesce,” in the words of the curator. As the fastest urbanizing continent, Africa is viewed as a land of potential, but also of challenges, where matters of racial equity and climate justice are played out with a significant impact on the world at large.

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How Sentio VR’s Presentation Tools Can Help Architects Win Over Clients

June 1, 2023 Rene Submissions 0

Architects often face the challenge of effectively communicating their designs to clients, as architectural design is a complex process that involves numerous technical details and decisions. Current methods of presenting architectural designs, such as 2D drawings or renders can be limiting. In addition, clients may not have the same level of understanding of architectural concepts and may find it difficult to envision the final outcome leading to misunderstandings, delays and costly revisions.

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Shininess Explored: Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation’s Installation at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale

June 1, 2023 Maria-Cristina Florian 0

The Office for Political Innovation, led by Andrés Jaque, collaborated with a network of activists and community representatives from Xholobeni (South Africa), experts in seismographs and transduction from Poland, researchers, sound editors, and prop makers to bring a research-based installation at the Arsenale of the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale. Titled ‘XHOLOBENI YARDS. Titanium and the Planetary Making of SHININESS / DUSTINESS,’ the intervention addresses architecture’s problematic fascination with shininess.