Dutch Design Yearbook 2009
This first Dutch Design Yearbook presents a survey of more than 60 of the best designs in the field of spatial design, product design, fashion and graphic design that were produced in 2008-2009 in the Netherlands. A selection of important events, publications and exhibitions in the field adds colour to the design year and content to the design debate during this period. ‘Dutch Design’ – whether design pur sang, fashion design, graphic design or architecture – has over recent years been winning acclaim the world over. Besides being of interest to designers, studios and the industry, this publication is also highly accessible to a broad inter¬national readership with an interest in Dutch design. With designs by, among others, Maarten Baas, Irma Boom, Pieke Bergmans, Doepel Strijkers Architects, HUNK-design & ID-Eddy, Iris van Herpen, Juurlink [+] Geluk, Bureau Ira Koers, Klavers van Engelen, Ted Noten, Momkai, Observatorium, Thonik, Daan Roosegaarde, Ingrid Siliakus, Wieki Somers, Studio Libertiny, Rieks Swarte, UNStudio, Richard Vijgen, Thomas Kopperschlaeger, Marcel Wanders and West 8.
Via & more: Dutch Design Awards
Carbon 451 Lamp by Marcus Tremonto
American artist/designer Marcus Tremonto has created the Carbon 451 Lamp. When asked by art gallery owner Patrick Brillet to design a piece out of Carbon Fiber, we decided to celebrate and utilize the best of the materials true physical properties, its strength and lightness. The complexity of curves and required thinness could not be duplicated in any other material while still maintaining its ability to support itself completely…
Via & more: Contemporist
Facebook Headquarters by Studio O+A
Employees of Facebook recently moved to a new headquarters that facilitates interaction and connection, reflecting the company’s mission as a social networking website provider. Formerly a laboratory facility for high-tech manufacturer Agilent Technologies, the 150,000-square-foot structure at Palo Alto’s Stanford Research Park brings together more than 700 employees originally scattered throughout 10 locations in and around downtown Palo Alto.
The design of the space relied heavily on input from the users, appropriate for a flatly structured company that weights every employee’s opinion equally. O+A designers interviewed employees about what they wanted from their new headquarters. The Facebook platform was used to conduct company-wide polls about design decisions, post construction photos and updates, and keep everyone informed of the thought process behind the project. An advisory board of employees from every department collaborated with the design team on the design process, from space planning to finishes to final move coordination.
Via & more: Contemporist
MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts by Zaha Hadid
Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, the MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts, instituted by the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities is Italy’s first national public museum dedicated to contemporary creativity. Zaha Hadid, the winner of the 1999 international design competition for this project is currently approaching completion in Rome’s Flaminio neighborhood, on the site of the former Montello Barracks. Since 2003 an experimental and innovative construction site has been working to complete this new, ultramodern and contemporary museum. The museum runs over a surface area of 27,000 square meters, the complex was designed in such a way that it acts as home to two individual institutions: MAXXI Art and MAXXI Architecture. The MAXXI’s 27,000 square meters include in addition to the two museums, an auditorium, a library and media library, a bookshop, a cafeteria, temporary exhibition spaces, various open spaces for live events, commercial activities, workshops and spaces of study and recreation.
Via & more: Yatzer
Rainforest by Patrick Nadeau for Boffi
French designer Patrick Nadeau has created an installation for Italian brand Boffi, consisting of hanging domes covered in living plants. Called Rainforest, the installation comprises a series of Corian frames held together with cable ties. A type of hanging Spanish moss called Tillandsias usneoïdes, which doesn’t need soil, is draped over these frames. The domes are suspended from the ceiling and used to light the Boffi product displays. The installation was displayed during Designer’s Days in Paris, the London Design Festival and Milano Design-in-the-City.
Via & more: Dezeen
Visual Acoustics – documentary film about Julius Shulman
Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, VISUAL ACOUSTICS celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the worlds greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. Shulman, who passed away this year, captured the work of nearly every major modern and progressive architect since the 1930s including Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, John Lautner, and Frank Gehry. His images epitomized the singular beauty of Southern Californias modernist movement and brought its iconic structures to the attention of the general public. This unique film is both a testament to the evolution of modern architecture and a joyful portrait of the magnetic, whip-smart gentleman who chronicled it with his unforgettable images.
Via & more: juliusshulmanfilm.com
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