Panta Rhei college interiors by i29
In the design for the new accommodations of public school Panta Rhei in Amstelveen (NL) there is a lot of attention on the balance between freedom and a sense of security. Snelder Architecten realised a building with many open multifunctional spaces where students can make themselves familiar with the teaching material. The interior design by i29 links up with that perfectly and gives the spaces an identity that connects with the students’ environment and addresses them directly and personally. i29 let itself be inspired by the name of the school. Panta Rhei, meaning ‘everything flows’, ‘everything is in motion’. This led to a design that leaves space for the imagination of the users, offering elements that can be used flexibly, which also propagates the school’s identity.
Via & more: ArchDaily
Zaha Hadid in the rhythm of J S Bach, updated
Zaha Hadid Architects have created a unique Chamber Music Hall specially designed to house solo performances of the exquisite music of Johann Sebastian Bach. A voluminous ribbon swirls within the room, carving out a spatial and visual response to the intricate relationships of Bach’s harmonies. As the ribbon careens above the performer, cascades into the ground and wraps around the audience, the original room as a box is sculpted into fluid spaces swelling, merging, and slipping through one another.
Via & more: Yatzer
Designing in Teheran by Woronowicz Kalinowski Kus Rewski
The international competition Designing in Teheran seeks to modernize the Iranian city by fusing the existing cultural area with a more contemporary environment. Such an environment will include influence from the fashion world through the introduction of new retail areas. This competition is comprised of the design for two towers, Tower A and Tower B, which will provide retail space for the popular clothing store the United Colors of Benetton. The jury has selected three winners for each tower, and soon will narrow the selection to one winner per tower. The proposal by the team formed by Grzegorz Witold Woronowicz, Jakub Piotr Kalinowski, Piotr Kus and Krzysztof Rewski was selected as a winner for Tower A, attempting to create a new kind of shopping experience for users within the complex.
Via & more: ArchDaily
The Eames Lounge Chair – book from BIS Publisher
The first comprehensive case study of an American design classic from the previous century: the Eames Lounge Chair. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the legendary armchair and matching footstool, an impressive team of design experts have studied this revolutionary design. The result is a wealth of fantastic visual material and very readable discussions on the cultural, design, historical and social context of The Chair. The Eames Lounge Chair originated in 1956 as a result of experiments the distinctive Eames husband and wife team undertook during and after the war in modelling three-dimensional plywood. In 1940, Charles Eames together with architect Eero Saarinen took part in a design competition held by the MoMa in which their plywood chair won first prize. They translated the technical expertise gained in the war with the manufacture of leg splints into even more advanced furniture design using the same material. The Lounge Chair produced by Herman Miller and Vitra with its rosewood veneer and black leather upholstery turned into a status symbol. The chair evolved to become the height of luxury and comfort and one of the most important design icons. A square, lavishly illustrated book full of curved seats and back rests – lots of chairs! – and never before published sketches and exploded construction views of the Eames Lounge Chair. A marvellous book for industrial designers and all aficionados of timeless design.
Via & more: BIS Publishers
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