happily vintage
gorgeous summer house mixing vintage furniture & modern pieces! that is a home i love.
Popularity: 60% [?]
stay upstairs
hotel like Smyth at Tribeca seems to be quite alluring! 15 units of them are even for sale.
Popularity: 45% [?]
let it float…
SungKuen Lee is now exhibiting his work in Milan titling his work as ‘human + love + light’ (2007-09). materials he uses are just steel wires connected with loops to form geometric net structures of different colors that resemble shapes of cells, pebbles and cocoons…unique!
Popularity: 56% [?]
the opposite house
Not only do we love the name, but the spaces look incredible. Designed by Kengo Kuma & Associates, The Opposite House is a new boutique hotel concept in Beijing created by Swire Hotels, a new spin-off from the mall-building mega-developer Swire Properties.
Popularity: 41% [?]
a little whitespace
Our studio is named Whitespace for a very good reason but often people ask us or wonder what ‘white space’ really is. We’ve taken a moment here to highlight a few articles and visuals that hopefully shed some light on an often overlooked but vital element of graphic design.
A List Apart writes that “Whitespace,” or “negative space” is the space between elements in a composition. More specifically, the space between major elements in a composition is “macro whitespace.” Micro whitespace, is—yes, you’ve guessed it—the space between smaller elements: between list items, between a caption and an image, or between words and letters. The itty-bitty stuff.”
On his site, Sherif Tariq writes, “So why is white space so important? Part of the reason is pshychological, and part of it is physical: the text needs room to breathe. When text crowds all the way to the edge, it leaves us feeling crowded and cramped. Long passages of text, written edge to edge can actually tire the eyes“.
White space was well understood and defined by former Harper’s Bazaar art director Alexey Brodovitch and more currently, Fabien Baron. His own layouts for the same magazine in the Nineties was filled with whitespace or ‘negative’ space in photo shoots and typography.
Even Fabian Baron’s house, built by minimalist architect John Pawson, is a lesson in the beauty and serenity of whitespace. (by way of Materialicio.us)
The use of white space signifies simplicity and no one understands this better than John Maeda. “It is our culture’s tendency to want to fill in the very white space that designers understand to be a critical aspect of the design experience – nothing is as important as something and “when there is less, we appreciate everything much more.”
Whitespace to us is not only a design element but also a philosophy — connected to the way we see the world around us, and express our own studio objectives as well as those of our partners and clients. White space is simplicity and clarity, focus and restraint. White space is inspiration and freedom to think and create.
Popularity: 18% [?]
green goes up
Urban planners and architects have long understood that in crowded cities with limited land space, the only direction to develop is up. This has resulted in taller and taller buildings, so much so that the record for the world’s tallest building changes almost yearly.
However, it wasn’t until the last couple of years that we’ve seen environments at higher altitudes. This blending of landscape and building architecture has led to some very interesting creations.
The first two images are of Namba Parks in Osaka, Japan and the latter three are of the School of Art, Design & Media at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Popularity: 30% [?]
I scream for ?
The Rono Ice Cream shop facade in Tokyo could easily be mistaken for an upscale jewelry store or a fancy spa/salon entrance. Rarely do you see an ice cream shop devoid of vibrant colours and pictures displaying the countless number of flavors.
This was Japanese designer Hiroyuki Miyake’s inspiration when creating the atypical interior space. The lack of character, texture, and colour in the design is not so much minimalist-motivated as it is product-driven. His “less is more” approach effectively focuses the customer’s attention on the ice cream itself, where you’ll find the only splashes of colour in the entire store.
Popularity: 26% [?]
BCAM
The Broad Contemporary Art Museum designed by Renzo Piano is now open to the public. Check it out next time you’re roaming around the City of Angels.
Popularity: 23% [?]
Pop Modernism
Gone are the traditional Freudian chairs of years past, a permanent fixture in almost every psychiatric office. Patients can now rejoice at the sight of the Morphogenesis Lounge Chair created by architect and designer Timothy Schreiber.
Before manufacturing began, Timothy used CAD software to visualize the product and analyzed every structural nuance to ensure the right balance between form and function. His self-proclaimed “pop modernism” style utilizes clean/simple lines and minimalistic designs resembling the ever-so-popular Apple aesthetic.
Popularity: 16% [?]
chanel mobile art
Chanel teams up with Zaha Hadid to bring art to Hong Kong in the form of a futuristic mobile pavilion. Called Chanel Mobile Art, the intrigue is growing, as workers are seen putting the slick pod-like structure together on top of the old Star Ferry carpark. Inside, 20 international artists including Michael Lin, Araki, Sophie Calle, Sylvie Fleury and Yoko Ono, put their own unique take on Chanel’s iconic quilted bag, described as poetic, cheeky and inspirational. Sure to draw a crowd, the exhibition opens Feb 27 through April 5. Next stops on the world tour include Tokyo, New York, London, Moscow and Paris.
Popularity: 21% [?]
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