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EDITORIAL
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So 2012 has come and gone and its been a year in which
London was very much in the architecture and design
spotlight. Europes tallest building is now in the capital in
the very pointy shape of Renzo Pianos Shard. It seems to
have been pretty much already absorbed into the London
psyche, a natural part of the skyline. It should be even more
interesting when its finished. Yes, the building is up but its
not exactly a functioning part of the city yet. The hotel, due
to open around now, is off schedule and the first part the
public will get to access looks set to be the 25-a-throw
viewing platform on the 68th, 69th and 72nd floors, set
to open its doors on 1 February.
For 25 though you might as well pop over the river to
the Heron Tower, near Liverpool Street, and take the highspeed lift up to Sushisamba restaurant (above) or the Duck &
Waffle (yes, pretty naff names) where the cocktails easily
match the superb views from the 40th floor. At the inside
out bar, open until a very serviceable 3am, theres no us
and them counter, you get to stand next to your cocktail
shaker. So this way, for your money you get a couple of
cocktails and a view that includes The Shard (apologies to
Kohn Pedersen Fox as architect of the Heron Tower). This is
whats known as joined-up thinking!
So The Shard was very much in the architecture spotlight,
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WITH VISIONARY
DESIGNERS.
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JOHNNY TUcKeR
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FEATURES
SPECIAL K
The French harbour town of St
Nazaire is lifted from its war
history by K-architectures
theatre. Herbert Wright learns
how the shell of the new theatre
space is softened by its intricate
cast concrete pattern. The
question is whether the raw
materials and ornamental finish
is enough to counterbalance
the imposing U-boat bunker left
over from the towns wartime
past, providing a new theatre
for everyone
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M/MIXING IT UP
Over two decades the French
graphic design practice M/M,
otherwise known as Mathias
Augustyniak and Michal Amzalag,
has built an incredible repertoire
of collaborative work. From
Balenciaga to Bjrk, from
Madonna to M/Mink, its very own
perfume, Yolanda Zappaterra
meets the pair on the occasion
of the release of their monograph
to discuss their canny conceptual
approach towards working with
other artists and disciplines
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FISH OR FOWLER
While the Shoreditch environs
of his studio have morphed
from dive to des-res over the
past 10 years, Pete Fowlers
work remains deliciously,
phantasmagorically, silly. Johnny
Tucker meets the artist and
friend of monsters, seafaring
synth creatures and Super Furry
Animals. On the eve of a large
retrospective exhibition in his
native Wales, Fowler talks
technology, synthesisers and
finding inspiration in the ocean
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REGULARS
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COURTESY FUSE/TASCHEN
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OPENING SHOT
The RIBA has fully digitised its
Denys Lasdun archive, and this
months Opening Shot is a
classic from the collection
VIEW
Cinimods unearthly UFO for the
launch of Halo 4; Kickstarter,
crowdfunding and creativity;
art, baking, community in
Liverpool; Dan Hill takes the
helm at Benettons Fabrica
research lab; Michael Holt sends
a Letter from Sydney
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PRODUCE
Mapping and navigation
interfaces are one of the most
innovative and important areas
of contemporary interaction
design. Gian Luca Amadei talks
to Studio Tonne to find out why,
in the era of GPS, revisiting
historic technologies such as
the volvelle or planisphere is
a good strategy. Non-standard
ways of looking can lead visitors
to non-standard places and
gazing at streets and spaces
rather than at the screen
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REVIEW
Books: Agata Pyzik unpacks the
motley typographic collection of
FUSE vols 1-20; Johnny Tucker
looks at Le Corbusiers lessercelebrated furniture and interior
design. Exhibitions: The craze
continues with Corb in Italy
at the MAXXI; Herbert Wright
is rewarded by a retrospective
on the Artists Practice Group
at Raven Row; and Esme
Fieldhouse reflects on the
plethora of pop-up architecture
that overran London this year
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PRODUCTS
ARCHIVE
The Blueprint archive this month
pays tribute to two luminary
figures who are missed: Gae
Aulenti and Lebbeus Woods,
both of whom died this autumn.
Two separate archival columns,
both taken from a 1995 issue,
demonstrate the enduring value
that each placed on the
architectural profession
a profile on Aulentis work is
followed by a review by Woods
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OPENING SHOT
dENyS laSduN arcHIvE
taken by photographer henry grant, this image show sirs Denys Lasdun and Laurence
olivier poring over a model of the National theatre at the RIBA in 1976, the year it
was completed. this image is part of the extensive Denys Lasdun archive held by the
RIBA that has now been fully digitised. As well as being available to explore via an
arrangement with the RIBA, the content will form the basis of Lasdun online, due to
go live in summer 2014. Curated by Barnabas Calder, of the University of strathclyde,
it will offer a fully comprehensive, illustrated list of Lasduns projects built and
unbuilt, accompanied by analytical essays. architecture.com
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WWW.IMM-COLOGNE.COM
WWW.LIVINGKITCHEN-COLOGNE.COM
The international
kitchen show
at imm cologne.
JOHNNY TUCKER
JOHNNY TUCKER
COURTESY MiCROSOFT
Bottom: the
15m-diameter,
3.2 tonne structure
used 20kW of
remotely controlled
LED lighting
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marco Pavan/fabrica
Left (l-r):
Paul Thompson,
Alessandro Benetton
and Dan Hill outside
Fabrica in Treviso
Below: An internal
agora at Fabrica
this interstice
of creativity and
business sees
young designers
emerging with real
commercial work
under their belts
an extremely interesting choice for the
mD role the corporate title itself
sitting slightly at odds with the
broadly educational stance of fabrica.
Hill has worked internationally
at the intersection of design and
institutional operations at city-scale,
in his consultant role with arup,right
down to pixel-scale, in his former
position as head of interactive
technology at the bbc. in Hills last
position, at Sitra, the finnish
innovation fund, his work involved
a confluence of governance and
design, bringing design thinking to
bear on policy and research at the
francESco raDino/fabrica
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A LETTER FROM
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SYDNEY
Tourists stand aside Sydney is
increasingly making its mark with its
architecture. Michael Holt writes from
the Sydney Architecture Festival
Right: Williams
Feuermans The
Mechanics of Visual
Perception at the
DAB LAB Research
Gallery at UTS, one
of several events
curated as part
of the Sydney
Architecture Festival
Below: The 4bn
Barangaroo district,
masterplanned by
Rogers Stirk Harbour
+ Partners, has
fuelled much debate
Below right: The
Frank Gehrydesigned Dr Chau
Chak Wing Building,
at UTS
SYDNEY COULD BE
AT A POINT OF
TRANSITION, BOTH
IN ITS METROPOLITAN
FABRIC AND ITS
ARCHITECTURAL
PROJECTION
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Right: Lebbeus
Woods Light
Pavilion, an
intervention within
the massive Raffles
complex in Chengdu.
Stephen Holl was a
collaborator and
friend of Woods,
hosting the latters
first and only built
work within his
Sliced Porosity Block
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Target: 11,000
Support: indiegogo.com/FloatingCinema
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What: Memoto is a tiny wearable
life-logging camera that
automatically registers your life,
organising a searchable and sharable
photographic memory
Who: It is the brainchild of Swedish
designer Martin Kllstrm
Target: $50,000 but at the time
of going to press it had already raised
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More: The Kickstarter campaign is
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New showrooms by piero
lissoni and 6a for Italian
furniture companies cassina
and arper are seen by Gian
Luca Amadei, who finds that
amid design differences they
both reflect the importance
of being in London
The glowing embers of the London
Design Festival were flamed in
October by the opening of two new
flagship showrooms/stores by Italian
furniture companies Cassina and
Arper. The two new spaces could
not been more different, both in
terms of location and design concept,
but both emphasise how important
the London and UK market is to
Italian furniture.
Cassina opted to locate its new
space in the Brompton design district,
commissioned Italian architect Piero
Lissoni to design its showroom, and
adopted a dark palette and more
domestic levels of lighting. By
contrast Arper chose Clerkenwell as
a base and, for its design, opted for
London-based architecture practice
6a, which developed the design
concept around a pale palette.
Cassina is pursuing a retail
market with a showroom set over two
levels within an early 20th-century
building. To give coherence to the
space Lissoni punched through the
Top: Arpers bright,
minimal showroom
by 6A in Clerkenwell
leans towards the
specifier market
Right: The lower
floor of Cassinas
showroom in
Brompton, showing
Lissonis punched
through staircase;
is a more retail and
homely presentation
many italian
companies are
opening their
own mono brand
showroom in
london to promote
their ethos clearly
space, rather than a white box.
Lightness and transparency
is what defines the design by 6a
for Arpers new London store, which
epitomises the companys vision of
the pursuit of the essential in design,
materials and production. The concept
for the showroom/store is inspired
by this philosophy as well as by the
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ACHTUNG!
ERIK SPIEKERMANN
Erik Spiekermann
set up MetaDesign
and FontShop, and
worked in London
from 1973 to 1981.
A teacher, author
and designer, he
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MELVIN GALAPON
MARBLE STAIRWAY
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MIDDLESBROUGH INSTITUTE OF
MODERN ART
LILIANE LIJN: COSMIC DRAMAS
Until 28 February
New York-born, UK-based artist Liliane
Lijn has been pushing the possibilities
of light and materials since her kinetic
Poem Machines of the Sixties. The
show features three installations,
the result of a decade of research for
a new feminine ikon, and studies and
drawings for the works from the artists
archive. visitmima.com
THIERRY BAL
ARNOLFINI BRISTOL
GOST LOG: MATTI BRAUN
Until 6 January
The main installation of this
retrospective is an entire gallery
filled with water and bridged by
slices cut from an especially felled
tree. Continuing Bauns exploration
of cultural misunderstandings, this
recreates the opening of a canned
film project by the Bengali director
Satyajit Ray apparently the seed
for Spielbergs E.T. arnolfini.org.uk
BURT GLINN/MAGNUM/HH
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SPECIAL K
k-architecures has brought drama
back to the harbour of St Nazaire
in the shape of a new theatre that
contrasts the old and the new.
reworking pavilions from the old
rail station and hard by a nazi
submarine silo, the theatre is a new
act in the unfolding story of the
practice, reports herbert wright
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Patrick Miara
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From 1867, trains from Paris disgorged
rail passengers into a station for transfer to
transatlantic liners docked directly alongside
it. The deep port was a perfect base for
Hitlers U-boat fleet, and in 1941 the quayside
of St Nazaire was blocked by a gargantuan
concrete bunker built to house it. The sheer
mass of it, 18m high and 130m long, cut the
town from the sea and still menaces it today.
Allied bombing took out the railway station
but its two connected entrance pavilions and
a quayside arcade survived.
The station was relocated in the
Fifties, leaving the abandoned remnants
of the original structure hemmed in by the
bunker, and later, a retail shed occupied
by hypermarket chain Carrefour, facing
its entrance. Demolishing the bunker was
considered, but instead the town decided
to launch a competition to design a theatre
behind it, with something of the spirit
of the town. Jol Batteaux, ex-urban planner
Luc BoegLy
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courtesy of K-architectures
PatricK Miara
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the nobility of concrete, and engraving the
bones of the building. The moulded concrete
is structural and is added like a decorative
element. It is inherent to the project. Its the
identity of the Thtre St Nazaire; its what
people will remember.
The smaller volume extending north
of the main one, literally the backstage area,
is by contrast clad in horizontal slats of wood,
unvarnished to gain the greying effect of time.
It takes the form of great wooden boxes and
references crates and dock warehousing,
but as Herman explains, the wood is also
an answer to the old and new, something
that lives. It responds to theatrical
movement. Furthermore, it recalls the
ephemeral decors which are assembled
and dismantled with every new play.
Of the old station pavilions, one now
houses admin offices and the other, once the
railway buffet, is now the public entrance and
box office. Bronze panels salvaged from the SS
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PATRICK MIARA
LUC BOEGLY
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mounting on double joists for dance. Its
a hard space without any feature to divert
artistes from perfecting their performance.
Refuge from rehearsal is found in a private
patio, open to the sky and lined with wood.
Also in wood, a roof platform of boardwalks
above the foyer/cafe is accessed by stairs from
the plaza.
The new-build defines the long side
of this plaza, which is open to the street
between the pavilions. Big, brightly coloured
plant pots enhance a de Chiricoesque quality,
evoked by the line of neo-classical arches
opposite the theatre that once interfaced
station and quay, and the hint of industrial
structures on the horizon. The foyer-cafe
looks out on it through full-height glass,
the only window on dreams that otherwise
play out inside the auditorium.
Mayor Bateaux described the work as
feminine architecture, but Herman denies
what was intended as compliment: For me
LUC BOegLY
Flytower
Artistes patio
Auditorium
Stage
Orchestra Pit
HVAC plant
Box Office
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THE
NAME
GAME
does the NAme of AN
ARchitectURe pRActice mAke A
diffeReNce? some pRActices thAt
hAve choseN Not to follow the
tRAditioNAl NAmiNg RoUte tell
gemma barton theiR ReAsoNs
The architect as a figurehead is a
Renaissance invention. It was then that the
man of letters, as outlined by Alberti in
the middle of the first millennium, began
to lay claim to recognition for his creations,
rather than handing off all credit to his (and
it was only ever his) patron. Undoubtedly,
the complex reasons behind this include
an increased recognition of the artist, the
rise of humanist philosophy, the faith in
the power, even genius, of the individual
in society. Hence we recognise Brunelleschi,
Palladio, Michaelangelo the cult of the
individual had begun.
Skipping forward to the industrial
and commercial ages, the 19th to the
20th centuries saw a continuation of the
paternalistic tendency in architectural
identity. This was reflected as architecture
practices expanded from single authors
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to small teams, still using the names of
the figurehead or heads to determine the
practice ethos from the earliest practice
registered in North America, McKim Mead
& White, to the modernist masters such
as Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright
or Alvar Aalto, all individual figures who
eclipse their eponymous studios.
The late-20th century saw a
recognition of the breadth of architectural
practice; in a practical sense, in the form of
assistants, CAD technicians, model makers,
IT consultants, HR and administration.
But the post-war generation also used
their names to display a stance, political,
aesthetic or philosophical. For example,
the London-based collective of Archigram
fused the concerns of architecture with
the communicative immediacy of the
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UNStudio co-founder
Ben van Berkel
UNSTUDIO
EST AMSTERDAM AS VAN BERKEL &
BOS ARCHITECTUURBUREAU IN 1988,
RE-BRANDED TO UNSTUDIO IN 1998
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FREAKS FREEARCHITECTS
EST PARIS 2007
GUILLAUME AUBRY
The name FREAKS came as most of the
good ideas we have do, in a bar, late in the
evening, after a couple of drinks. It stands
for Fire, Rain and Earth Are Kids of the Sun.
No, it actually has no meaning, but it was
something like a statement against a trend
at that time when architecture companies
were named by acronyms based on the
initials of their partners. What we found
tricky in the way it crystallised around
determined people while we were
conceiving FREAKS as an open group
a group of young and free architects
working together.
FREAKS refers to monsters, which
comes from the Latin verb monstrare,
to show or reveal. FREAKS is then
something meant to be shown, showing
what we have integrated in our practice,
since we always carefully work on how
to document and show whatever the project
is, depending on the media, the support,
the viewer. But FREAKS mainly works as
a way of thinking. We use it as an adjective.
We were mostly surrounded by
non-exciting office names... And it was
certain that FREAKS had a great potential
for our office to feel a bit unique among
the others.
NUNSWITHGUNSDESIGN
EST LONDON, 2009
HUW WILLIAMS, FOUNDER
I felt it was important to have something
distinctive and unusual as a kind of
standard to raise in the battleground
landscape of British architecture. It was
about not wanting to be perceived as a
typical architecture practice. In this way
the name/logo was a means to sabotage
any preconceived expectations that people
may have had about me being an architect,
of working against the conventions of what
an architect is, and to put the emphasis
a bit more on being an ideas and not a
service provider.
The name was conceived together
with a shadow label logo, which together
help set up a certain ambience that aims to
be suggestive and slightly mysterious. Of
course it has connotations of rebellion,
subversive practice, irreverence. Many
people find it mildly amusing, which is
good because it means that the name is
more likely to be memorable.
I didnt want the surname and
surname partnership names, or the head
honcho first name/surname architects
that are the standard issue way of naming
architecture practices. Also I wanted to
avoid the abstract corporate sounding
names that are usually a set of initials, or
the names that are trying too hard to be
trendy most of these fail to convey
anything about the personality of the
practice and what it is about.
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VOLA Studio
32-36 Great Portland Street
London W1
Tel: 020 7580 7722
VOLA UK Ltd.
Unit 12, Ampthill Business Park
Station Road, Ampthill
Bedfordshire MK45 2QW
Tel: 01525 84 11 55
sales@vola.co.uk
www.vola.com
REVIEW
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WILLIaM KLEIN +
daIdo MoRIyaMa
Right: Saturday
Morning at the
Hypermarket
Semi Final of the
Miss Lovely Legs
Competition,
taken in apartheid
South Africa by
David Goldblatt
DAIDO MORIYAMA
DAvID GOLDBLATT
ThE PhoTogRaPhs
REfLEcT ThE qUIRKs
aNd dETaILs of
EvERyday LIfE
PLayEd oUT agaINsT
a BRoadER caNvas
of TURBULENcE...
comment of others, yet the context of
race and social change is ever-present
in his enigmatic images. Meanwhile,
Davidsons iconic shots of the Civil
Rights movement are shown alongside
subtler observations, underlining the
eras emotional atmosphere.
At Tate Modern the mood is
different, if no less energetic or
confrontational. There are images of
protest among William Kleins
photographs of New York, Tokyo and
Moscow. Yet this exploration of his
work, alongside that of Japans Daido
Moriyama, is as much about the
presentation of photography as the
work. There are the iconic covers for
Domus by Klein, and issues of Provoke
magazine in which Moriyama and his
contemporaries published their work.
Kleins documentary photographs
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>>EXHIBITION
LITaLIa dI LE
CoRBUsIER
MaXXI, Rome, until 17 February
Review by Roberta Marcaccio
Below: Hundreds of
original documents
illustrate Le
Corbusiers creative
involvement with
Italy including
this plan for the
new Venice Hospital,
sketches of
monuments (below
right), and project
schemes (far right)
Right: Umberto
Rivas rough timber
walls of the
exhibition are a
contrast to the
smooth marble
of Zaha Hadids
museum venue
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>>BOOK
LE CoRBUsIER
FURNITURE aNd
INTERIoRs 1905-1965
arthur Regg
Fondation Le Corbusier /
scheidegger & spiess
140
Review by Johnny Tucker
HIs INTERIoRs
sERvEd HIm as
a TEsT Pad wHERE
HE CoULd ovERsTEP
BoUNdaRIEs aNd
oPPosE PREvaILINg
CoNvENTIoN aT wILL
obsessive or completist that would sit
down to read this in its entirety. Its
really a book where you flit between
projects and gradually build up a
vision of how he worked and what
he created. Reggs easy-to-read yet
authoritative style helps you in this
mode, continually cross-referencing
and drawing lines of evolution.
In its totality, the work is hit and
miss, some fantastic and much that
would have been lost in the annals
of time had it not been for the other
masterful output by its creator. That
makes the book no less interesting
though, and it is perhaps the perfect
companion piece to the eight-volume
Le Corbusier Oeuvre complte, which
as Regg points out, glosses over this
part of the mans output.
The importance of the work is
summed up by the author thus: His
interiors served him as a test pad
where he could deliberately overstep
boundaries and oppose the prevailing
convention at will; examples of this
can be found throughout his oeuvre.
Items of furniture transplanted from
the office, a hospital or military
context into a domestic interior thus
became one of the hallmarks of his
slightly odd-looking Purist repertoire,
just as provoking the establishment
was a key motif at the Pavillon de
LEsprit Nouveau of 1925.
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>>BOOK
FUsE 1-20
Neville Brody & Jon Wozencroft
Taschen, 34.99
Review by Agata Pyzik
Right: A selection
of Neville Brody
covers for FUSE
an inspirational remembrance of
the possibilities and ambition that
graphic designers could have.
Taschens retrospective designed
by Brodys current outfit, Research
Studios tries to repeat the cardboard
box format, but instead of a floppy
disk you get a graphic card with free
access to the last two digitised issues
and fonts. Certainly, compressing
everything in a chip eludes all the
tangible excitement of encountering
new forms and inventions. Wozencroft
is now more dedicated to his
audiovisual label TOUCH (again,
the onus on physical sensations is
surely no coincidence), but his darkly
humorous manifestos are something
we truly miss.
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>>EXHIBITION
ThE INdIvIdUaL aNd
ThE ORgaNIsaTION:
aRTIsT PLacEmENT
gROUP 1966-79
Below: Sculptor
Garth Evans had
an APG placement
with British Steel,
resulting in
sculpture, a film
(both showing at
the exhibition at the
Raven Row Gallery
here) and a book
Until 16 december
Raven Row gallery, London E1
Review by Herbert Wright
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>>POP-UPS 2012
TEmPoRaRy sTRUcTUREs
IN LoNdoN
Review by Esme Fieldhouse
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ThE ENdURINg
aTTRacTIoN of
somEThINg
TEmPoRaRy Is
IN maNy ways
aN oBvIoUs
maRkETINg TooL
that a resilient business case is
crucial. There are two possibilities for
the Bathhouse: to find one new home
or for parts to be taken to various
destinations. One suggestion is that
the self-functioning sauna shed, with
its wood-burning stove, could move
to local allotments. Both situations
were happy with, says Merritt.
It seems quite fitting that Barking
Bathhouse may find a more permanent
home in allotments, a traditional stopgap use of land populated by informal
structures that offer tranquillity in
the city. Wherever it finally ends up,
locality is important. It was a gift
to Barking; to suddenly take it away
would be a shame, adds Merritt.
These two projects are not as
diverse on the pop-up scale as they
first appear. The Filling Station must
sell Kings Cross Central, an area so big
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IGUzzINI
iGuzzini introduces its new in30
LED system. in30 LED allow
setups of lighting solutions
that adorn the space with
continuous fine lines, whilst at
the same time providing general
lighting solutions. Careful study
of the optics allows realization
of general lighting levels,
normally required indoors, while
simultaneously eliminating
glare, especially in working
areas that incorporate video
monitors. in30 LED incorporates
reduced dimensions, careful
control of light distribution,
easy installation in continuous
lines, and high energy
efficiency.
iGuzzini
info@iguzzini.co.uk
www.iguzzini.co.uk
NCS CoLoUR
nCS Gloss Scale. Define gloss levels and see how
seven different gloss levels can effect the way
colours appear. Four colours from the greyscale
are shown based on the lightness distribution
in nCS Colour Space. Works well with the nCS
atlas which has scales of lightness on each page.
Launch promotion online.
KI
KIs Opt4, which has received a red Dot Design
award, is an easyto-carry, easy-to-stack and
easy-to-move chair. Opt4 is Greenguard certified.
all the plastic parts and mesh are made from
100% recycled material; the waste matter of
moulding processes in the production of plastic
bottles, food containers and vehicle parts. Simple
construction enables easy disassembly into each
material type from recycling.
NCS UK
01491 411717
www.ncscolour.co.uk
TwYfoRd
BaThRoomS
KI
020 7404 7441
www.kieurope.com
Twyford Bathrooms
www.twyfordbathrooms.com
BENTLEY
PRINCE STREET
available in broadloom,
carpet tile and area rugs,
Iconic Intensity is opulent in
broadloom, chic in carpet tile
and edgy when modular accent
colors are intermixed. Featuring
a reimagined and progressive
color line, Iconic Intensity
represents a bold arrangement
of stripes crafted with various
textures. Smooth, frieze and
velvet texture designs alternate
between wide and thin stripes,
celebrating our vast heritage of
textiles. Its wonderful scale and
luxurious finish makes a grand
statement in hospitality and
retail environments.
Bentley Prince Street
07879 605795
www.bentleyprincestreet.com
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VITamIN
The Knot Pendant Lamps come
in two different designs of
hand-blown glass shade, each
supported by a monkey-fist
knot. The knots are tied from a
brightly coloured cable available
in a selection of 5 colours.
The Lamps are aesthetically
versatile and can be displayed in
an illuminating cluster, a line or
alone, creating a single ambient
glow. Whichever way you choose
to display them,the Knot Lamps
will subtly draw attention with
their enigmatic aura.
Vitamin
+44 (0)20 7092 9191
www.vitaminliving.com
KERamag dEsIgN
Keramag Design offers a design-led portfolio
of sanitaryware and furniture for the top end
of the market, from luxury hotels to high-end
commercial properties. using only top-class
materials and state-of-the-art technology,
Keramag Design strives to create bathroom
collections that not only deliver cutting-edge
ideas but also premium quality and timeless
design.
FORBO
Keramag design
www.keramagdesign.de
KOmFORT
Komfort
www.komfort.com
BLaCK mILLWORK
Colour, sleek aesthetics and
environmental performance
were the deciding factors that
led to andersen windows and
doors from Black Millwork being
specified for a sustainable
construction project in
Guildford, Surrey. Converting a
stable block into an eco-friendly
family home, the developer was
looking for high specification
windows that would complement
the other sustainable features
of the property, which
include a rainwater harvesting
system, substantial insulation
throughout the build and
solar photovoltaic panels for
renewable energy generation.
Black millwork
www.blackmillwork.co.uk
RaK CERamICs
raK Ceramics has introduced the Sandust tile
collection to its porcelain range. Inspired by the
varying tones and textures of the arabian Desert,
the Sandust Collection includes two tile formats
in a variety of subtle sandy shades and finishes.
Sandusts landscape-inspired design is achieved
using the latest ink jet technology, which
provides great depth and an authentic colour
pallet.
RaK Ceramics
01730 237850
marketing@rakceramics.co.uk
www.rakceramics.co.uk
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KhRs
Khrs has introduced a new
collection of three-strip ash
and oak wood floors. Offered
in a variety of wood grains
and finishes, the new avanti
Collection includes seven
designs in a spectrum of shades,
from pale creamy ash Ceriale
to conker toned Oak Supai. all
designs benefit from a durable
satin lacquer, matt lacquer or
oil prefinish and feature Khrs
Woodloc joint for fast, accurate
installation. Individual boards
measure 2423x200x13mm and
all surfaces are three-strips
wide.
Lg haUsys
Wiesbaden architects 3deluxe have transformed
the office floor of the turn-of-the-century
Frankfurt branch of the international design
agency Syzygy into a futuristic working
environment. HI-MaCS acrylic stone has been
used to create a flowing linear design delivering
a striking space-creating effect on the interior of
the central reception area and adjoining waiting
area.
JIs EURoPE
Brand new additions to the JIS Sussex range are a
set of three Fletching rails, substantial towel rails
especially conceived to match the modern trend
towards retro-styled bathrooms. The Fletching
rails are beautifully made to a smart but chunky
design that has distinct overtones of the
massiveness of superior Victorian plumbing. The
Fletching rails are in top quality stainless steel in
a polished finish.
Lg hausys
01892 704074
www.himacs.eu
ModULEo
Moduleo design flooring is
proud to be flying the flag
for eco-friendly luxury vinyl
flooring in the uK. Designed
to reflect the unique patterns
and textures found in nature,
Moduleo flooring combines
the authenticity and beauty
of natural products with the
rugged durability of vinyl
technology. all Moduleo
products contain up to 50
per cent recycled material
of verified origin and are
themselves recyclable; while the
companys Belgian production
plant meets the strictest Eu air
and water pollution policies.
JIs Europe
01444 831200
info@jiseurope.co.uk
www.thecoastalrange.co.uk
Moduleo
01332 851500
salesuk@moduleo.com
www.moduleo.co.uk
INdIgENoUs
Indigenous has introduced a
new Caribbean Weave Design
Mosaic to its surface range.
Ideal for bathroom feature
walls, the new holiday-inspired
stone mosaics create a wave-like
natural surface in a spectrum of
delicate seashell shades. Their
naturally bumpy format makes
the mosaics easy to fix to even
the most uneven walls, where
they provide a practical surface
with a strong coastal feel.
Formed from travertine fingers
fixed to a netting sheet, the
new Caribbean Weave Design
Mosaic has a distinct undulating
surface.
Indigenous
01993 824200
enquiries@indigenousltd.com
www.indigenousltd.com
dELTaLIghT
The Supernova range has grown to become one
of the lighting industrys most comprehensive
and versatile product families. With its 26cm or
33cm diameter, the Supernova XS (Extra Small)
can be considered to be the baby in the range
when it comes to size, but not when it comes
to performance and skills. The disc of LEDs is
specially designed to guarantee a uniform and
perfectly balanced light output.
deltalight
0870 757 7087
design@deltalight.co.uk
www.deltalight.co.uk
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VIasIT
Impulse, designed by ralf
umland in collaboration with
Viasits r+D team was launched
at Orgatec 2012. Impulse shares
the same gene pool as its
predecessors, but is clothed in
and delivers a new innovative
design and ergonomics package
previously unseen in the high
volume market. Impulse work
chairs embrace new and class
leading functional improvements
with fully integrated control
buttons and a unique dynamic
forward tilt. The modular design
principle of the products allows
adaption to fit any and every
scenario.
Viasit
0207 253 7652
www.viasit.co.uk
PHILIP waTTs
new for 2013 Crushed is a fantastic wall tile,
made from solid hand cast resin with a real metal
powder top coat. The top coat impregnates the
resin surface for a super durable vibrant metal
finish in brass, bronze or copper. The tiles can
also be made from solid metal, and shown here in
mirror polished aluminium.
BLUEBELL
FINIsHEs
HITcH MyLIUs
Simon Pengellys popular and successful hm86
chair is now perfectly complemented by a
matching two-seat sofa, extending the versatility
of the range and making it the ideal choice
for projects throughout the entire contract
environment. available on either chromed tubular
steel or lacquered oak legs, the moulded foam
shell can be upholstered in a wide range of
fabrics, vinyls and supple leathers.
Hitch Mylius
020 8443 2616
sales@hitchmylius.co.uk
www.hitchmylius.co.uk
Bluebell Finishes
01371 873313
info@bluebellfinishes.co.uk
www.oikos.it
aRTIMEDE
Copernico 500, suspension
lamp, an extension of the range
of the Copernico series. The
articulation with gold-plated
contacts (patent pending)
allows the power supply to pass
between the concentric rings
that make up the low voltage
LED light sources allow users to
configure the light in space by
clasping and physically moving
the object, modulating emission
according to requirements.
The light flow can be oriented
homogeneously in all directions
or directed to highlight a
particular feature.
artimede
020 7291 3853
showroom@artemide.co.uk
VoRwERk
Visitors to the annual Vienna Design Week
Vorwerk carpets Uk
witnessed carpet in a completely new light thanks 020 7096 5090
www.vorwerkcarpets.co.uk
to Vorwerk Carpets collaboration with designers
Oscar Wanless, of Silo Studios, and Bethan Wood,
of WOOD London. In an attempt to distort usual
perceptions of carpet and explore the notion of
public space, Oscar and Bethan designed and
constructed a freestanding 2.5m dome out of
patches of Vorwerk carpet.
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