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DO-HO SUH

"Do-Ho Suh grew up in Seoul but later moved to the US for further studies after fulfilling his term of mandatory service in the South Korean military. His sculptures are architectural environments that question the dynamic of personal space versus public space and the thin line between strength in numbers and homogeneity."-Don`t Panic 

DO-HO SUH.Image credit by Don`t Panic.(Via)

Polygon Crash Lamp by Flip Sellin (Coordination)

 

 

Polygon Crash – Pendant Light - Flip Sellin/Coordination 

Polygon Crash is a handcrafted, prototype pendant light measuring approx. 110 x 80 x 60 cm. It is made of mild and stainless steel and consists of three layered polygon shades, each holding a micro-tubelight. The partially mirrored polygons are suspended by thin steel wire. The shade’s composition creates a central void which the tubelight pouches are orientated towards. Once lit, the Polygons appear to crash into each other, reconstructing shapes, reflecting and incorporating the surroundings as sliced images. The object merges with the space, creating an iconic appearance and starts a dynamic dialogue between space, object and observer. Polygon Crash lamp by Flip Sellin (Coordination) Image credit belongs to Yves Sucksdorff.Via.

Gisele Bündchen by Mario Testino

 

 

Gisele Bündchen by Mario Testino as shown in Vanity Fair (link) Image copyright belongs to Vanity Fair & Mario Testino.via

Halston Fall 09 Video Lookbook

enjoy.

Anna Wintour 60 Minutes Interview

An interview with the Vogue editor Anna Wintour featuring Bernard Arnault,John Galliano,Marc Jacobs,Karl Lagerfeld. Enjoy.

designgeist is back !

Dear readers. Excuse the long delay in posting activity. designgeist is back and will bring you 3 new posts per week. We will continue to publish the best in design,photography,fashion & architecture.  Stay tuned for the new updates. Thanks for your loyalty and patience.

 

Following the mantra of this years Biennale, I will not publish anymore boring posts. 

Photography by GILLES-MARIE ZIMMERMANN PHOTOGRAPHY

Photography by GILLES-MARIE ZIMMERMANN PHOTOGRAPHY as featured in the Simply I Project.click

Photography by Sina

Simply stunning photography by Sina. (link)

Magnetic Movie (Video)

Semiconductor's Magnetic Movie by Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt (link).  Even though the movie has been on the web for quite a while, I thought it might still be worth the post.  The two researchers shot the film at the NASASpace Sciences Laboratory at UC Berkeley.  Originally it was produced for Channel 4.

All image copyright belongs to Semiconductor.

This is what wikipedia has to say on magnetic fields: "A magnetic field is a vector field which can exert a magnetic force on moving electric charges and on magnetic dipoles (such as permanent magnets). When placed in a magnetic field, magnetic dipoles tend to align their axes parallel to the magnetic field. Magnetic fields surround and are created by electric currents, magnetic dipoles, and changing electric fields. Magnetic fields also have their own energy, with an energy density proportional to the square of the field intensity.

There are some notable specific instances of the magnetic field. For the physics of magnetic materials, see magnetism and magnet, and more specifically ferromagnetism, paramagnetism, and diamagnetism. For constant magnetic fields, such as are generated by stationary dipoles and steady currents, see magnetostatics. A changing electric field (which is mathematically identical to a moving electric field) also results in a magnetic field (see electromagnetism).

The magnetic field forms one aspect of electromagnetism. (See also relativistic electromagnetism.) In a simplified form the magnetic field can be thought of as the relativistic part of an electric field. More precisely, magnetic fields are a necessary consequence of the existence of electric fields and special relativity. A pure electric field in one reference frame will be viewed as a combination of both an electric field and a magnetic field in a moving reference frame. Together, the electric and magnetic fields make up the electromagnetic field, which is best known for underlying light and other electromagnetic waves." via

Photography by Jordan Chark

Amazing photography by 15 year old Jordan Chark.  Visit his website here.

Moodwall by Urban Alliance

Urban Alliance consists of Studio Klink, Illuminate, Matthias Oostrik and Cube.  They have joined to create the Moodwall, which is a subway installation in Amsterdam.  This is what Urban Alliance has to say:

"Media architecture collective Urban Alliance has recently finished the Moodwall: a 24 metre long interactive light installation in Amsterdam. The Moodwall is located in a pedestrian tunnel and interacts with people passing by, improving the atmosphere in the tunnel and making people feel happier and safer. The interactive urban wallpaper is made from 2500 LEDs behind a ribbed semi-transparent wall. The curves in the wall make it less vulnerable to graffiti and improve visibility.

The Moodwall is a pilot project for a 70 metre long media wall proposal by Urban Alliance (in collaboration with Daan Hartoog) which won a competition for ideas to improve the public space of the socially unsafe area of the Amsterdam Bijlmer.

The Moodwall was designed by Jasper Klinkhamer (Studio Klink) in collaboration with Remco Wilcke (Cube), who was also responsible for the construction. The content was developed by Hans van Helden and Matthijs ten Berge of Illuminate in collaboration with artist Matthias Oostrik and students of the Dutch art academy HKU."

via.

Loud Mouth by Yu Tsai

Loud Mouth, an ad for Bang & Olufsen by Yu Tsai.  The photographer has pictured celebrities Anne Hathaway and Ewan Ewan McGregor apart from shooting for brands such as Apple,Lexus and being published in the Vogue magazine. We will feature more of his work soon.  All image credit belongs to Yu Tsai.

The LOVE Magazine

Condé Nast  released "The LOVE Magazine" (link) featuring Alber Elbaz, Raquel Zimmerman, Iggy Pop, Courtney Love, Kate Moss and many more.  The purpose of the magazine is to ask celebs what they love.  Whether it is going to be a commercial success or not, the photographs are fantastic. Enjoy!

Agyness Deyn

 

Photography Josh Olins

"WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT QUEEN ELIZABETH II?
I love how she had six shots fired at her during a ceremony in the Eighties and only ducked slightly to avoid them! That shows true composure. Such a lady! I heart her!

 

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE OUTFIT OF THE QUEEN?
Her jubilee dresses and the crown are fantastic. And I love her country attire of wellies and a Barbour mac!

 

DIANA OR CAMILLA PARKER-BOWLES?
Diana. In 1987, when so many still believed that AIDS could be contracted through casual contact, Princess Diana sat on the sick bed of a man with AIDS and held his hand. She showed the world that people with AIDS deserved no isolation, but compassion and kindness. It helped change the world’s opinion, and gave hope to people with AIDS.

 

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE QUEEN SONG?

I like ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ – who doesn’t?! Also ‘Fat Bottom Girls’ is really something!

 

WHAT OR WHO DO YOU LOVE MOST IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW?
My mum.

 

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE LOVE SONG?
‘My Girl’ by The Temptations, because my grandad used to play it for me when I was little.

 

ALL YOU NEED IS…..

To dream.

 

WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
Everything. Love spelled backwards is evol, the opposite of love.

 

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU LOVE TO HATE?
I hate the misuse of the word ‘love’.

 

DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE?
Yes. Love is connection.

 

WHAT HAVE YOU SACRIFICED FOR LOVE?

A lot of time."-The LOVE Magazine

 

Victoire de Castellane

 

Photography Phil Poynter

"WHO WAS YOUR FIRST LOVE?
My mother. 

ALL YOU NEED IS…..
Life.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU LOVE TO HATE?
Yes, but it’s strictly between my psychoanalyst and myself. 

DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AND WHY?
Of the two available forces, love and hate, the only true creational one being love is the one I choose."-The LOVE Magazine

Raquel Zimmermann

 

Photography Josh Olins

"WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
Everything.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU LOVE TO HATE?
Not really, I try to stay away from hate.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE? AND WHY?
Of course – love is the greatest force in our lives.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE TERM OF AFFECTION FOR YOUR LOVED ONES?
That’s privileged information!"-The LOVE Magazine.

All image copyright belongs to the respective artists and/or The LOVE magazine.

Marissa Mayer on the design behind Google (Keynote Video)

Marissa Mayer, who is the Vice President of Search Products & User Experience, gave a keynote at the Google I/O Developers Conference .  It gives some truly remarkable insight into the entire design process behind Google.  Some of the most compelling facts are listed below.

 

The first ever Google homepage from 1997.  

Some of the most interesting facts:

• The copyright notice at the bottom of the Google homepage is meant to provide an anchor, so people would not keep waiting for the site to load.
• Increasing the search results per page would decrease first page searches by 20 % because the page would load slower (latency, access to more servers etc.      
• In an early user survey some people asked "Is this a real company"
• By entering a search into Google it will direct your query to approx. 1000 servers and travel between various data centers at the speed of light.
• Reducing the size of Google maps by 30 %, leads to an increase in usage by 30 %.
• Because the feedback loop in search is so fast (A novice user learning the "technique" to enter the best possible query very quickly matures to be an expert), they aim at building a product for the expert user. Hence things that are too didactic, will not be put on the page.
• Start thinking 10 years out and then make a product roadmap for the next 6 months.  This technique helps you go in the "ultimate" direction faster without having to re-iterate.
• 1 % of the web is in Arabic vs. 50 % being English.
• “If I had asked customers what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”-Henry Ford

"Marissa leads the company's product management efforts on search products – web search, images, news, books, products, maps, Google Earth, the Google Toolbar, Google Desktop, Google Health, Google Labs, and more. She joined Google in 1999 as Google's first female engineer and led the user interface and web server teams at that time. Her efforts have included designing and developing Google's search interface, internationalizing the site to more than 100 languages, defining Google News, Gmail, and Orkut, and launching more than 100 features and products on Google.com. Several patents have been filed on her work in artificial intelligence and interface design."-Taken from the official Google exec. bio page.

Marissa Mayer on the design behind Google (Video).via

Julia Stegner Portraits

Portraits of internationally renowned model Julia Stegner.  Via.

New York in Slow Motion & Almeri by Vicente Sahuc (Videos)

Amazing work by by Vicente Sahuc.via

Loewe Sound Commercial (Video)

Even though not directly design related, the new Loewe ad is still worth the post. 

Advertising Agency: Scholz & Friends, Berlin, Germany
Creative Directors: Oliver Handlos, Matthias Spaetgens
Art Director: Michael Schmidt
Copywriter: Caspar Heuss
Director: Alex Feil
Production: Element E
Aired: December 2008

Bocca Red Lip Sofa by Franco Audrito

Bocca Red Lip Sofa designed by Franco Audrito and re-editioned by 65 Furniture. Initially designed by Franco Audrito in 1970, it was re-editioned by 65 Furniture in 2004. (via)

Regium Waterfront by Zaha Hadid Architects

Museum of the Mediterranean & Multifunctional Building for the performing arts at the Regium Waterfront in Reggio Calabria, Italy by Zaha Hadid Architects. The image credit belongs to Zaha Hadid Architects. Please find the entire press release below.

REGIUM WATERFRONT [Reggio Calabria, Italy]

The project aims to define the city of Reggio Calabria as a Mediterranean cultural capital through the realization of two characteristic buildings: a museum and a multifunctional building for performing arts.

The location of the site on the narrow sea strait separating continental Italy from Sicily offers an opportunity to create two unique buildings, visible from the sea and the Sicilian coast: a Museum of the Mediterranean History and a Multifunctional Building.

The form of the museum draws inspiration from the organic shapes of a starfish. The radial symmetry of this shape helps to coordinate the communication and circulation between different sections of the museum and its other facilities. The Museum of Mediterranean History will house exhibition spaces, restoration facilities, an archive, an aquarium and library.

The Multifunctional Building is a composition of three separate elements that surround a partially covered piazza. The building will house the museum’s administrative offices, a gym, local craft laboratories, shops and a cinema. Three different auditoriums, which can be converted into one large space, are also housed in the Multifunctional Building.

PROGRAM: Mixed-Use: Museum of the Mediterranean and Multifunctional block.

CLIENT: Comune di Reggio Calabria

ARCHITECT: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
Project Architect Filippo Innocenti
Design team [competition] Michele Salvi, Roberto Vangeli, Andrea Balducci Castè Luciano Letteriello, Fabio Forconi, Giuseppe Morando Johannes Weikert, Deepti Zachariah, Gonzalo Carbajo

CONSULTANTS:  Structures Adams-Kara-Taylor: Hanif Kara
M&E Max Fordham: Neil Smith
Fire safety Macchiaroli & Partners

Pandoras Box by Michael Flückiger

Pandoras Box by Michael Flückiger (link).