The Sound of the Earth / Yuri Suzuki
The sound of the earth is a spherical record, the grooves representing the outlines of the geographic land mass. Each country on the disc is engraved with a different sound, as the needle passes over, it plays field recordings collected by Yuri Suzuki from around the world over the course of four years; traditional folk […]
InstallationJapanSound designYuri Suzuki
Window Display for Issey Miyake / Drawing and Manual
Tokyo based collective, Drawing and Manual have created an ingenious low-tech window display for Issey Miyake. The installation is formed by individually cut cards displaying an array of Issey Miyake designs, constantly rotated to form a different composite image. The installation can be seen at the fashion house’s flagship store in Ginza. –@ybaynes Art Director:Tetsuro Tsuji,...
FashionInstallationIssey MiyakeProgrammingTokyo
HYPERMATRIX (Robotic Kinetic Wallscape) / JonPaSang x Expo Hyundai Motor Group
Seoul-based media arts collective JonPaSang has created HYPERMATRIX a kinetic vertical landscape installation for the Hyundai Motor Group Exhibition Pavilion in Korea. The exhibition comprises of thousands of 30cm x 30cm cubes, which make up the internal facade of the building. A steel foundation was developed to support the integrated stepping motors that control each individual volume. The...
HyundaiInstallationJonPaSangKineticKoreaRoboticsSeoul
Venice Biennale 2012: Arum / Zaha Hadid Architects
With their early work inspired by Russian Suprematism, Zaha Hadid Architects’ pays homage to the historical lineages of collective research that has led to the major works of today’s contemporary architecture at the 2012 Venice Biennale with the installation Arum. The pleated metal structure is derived from the work of German architect Frei Otto, who paved the way […]
ArchitectureInstallationItalyVenice BiennaleZaha Hadid Architects
Bloom / Alisa Andrasek and Jose Sanchez
Commissioned by the Greater London Authority as part of Wonder series that are celebrating Olympics and Paralympics, Bloom is designed and developed by Alisa Andrasek and Jose Sanchez from The Bartlett School of Architecture at UCL. Designed in neon pink (the official Olympics color), Bloom is conceptualized as an urban toy that seeks the engagement […]
2012 OlympicsArchitectureDigitalInstallationLondonThe BartlettUK
O (Omicron) / Romain Tardy (ANTIVJ)
When opened, Hala Stulecia was the largest reinforced concrete structure in the world. With a diameter of 65m it was home to the largest dome built since the Pantheon in Rome eighteen centuries earlier. The piece proposed for the Centennial Hall of Wroclaw is based around the notion of timelessness in architecture, and the idea […]
ANTIVJHala StuleciaInstallationLightOmicronProjectionRomain Tardy
Cruel Summer Pavilion / OMA
Cruel Summer is a new “7-Screen Experience” short film and art installation by Kanye West which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this week. Similar to West’s 2010 short film, Runaway, this installation and film will be used to promote the new album by G.O.O.D. Music, which will also be called Cruel Summer. This is the first project by Kanye West’s […]
ArchitectureCannes Film FestivalCruel SummerFranceGOOD MusicInstallationKanye West
INNOVATES / Jean-Michel Verbeeck
Audio visual light canvas installation that explores depth / perspective & illusions of perception. Like the title of the installation describes – this is a representation of the next step in human evolution – We call this ‘Innovates’ – People who try to innovate and create new paths and opportunities. With this installation Konstruktiv tries […]
InstallationJean-Michel VerbeeckKonstruktivLightLight projection
Archifon I (Interactive Installation) / The Macula
The Macula: Archifon is a big interactive virtual musical instrument originally made for the Olomouc Baroque de-baptized chapel. Architectonical objects are re-interpreted by virtual layer via projection and sound. It is possible by mapping the virtual surface on the chapel’s interior. Up to ten visitors at a time can interact with the Archifon through the […]
InstallationLightLight projectionPragueThe Macula
Song 1, Hirshorn Museum / Doug Aitken Workshop
The Hirshorn Museum in Washington D.C. is a personal favorite.
ArchitectureHirshornInstallationWashingtonD.C.
Public School NYC x Twin Shadow / Michael Belcher
This was a multi-screen installation directed by Michael Belcher in collaboration with Vanguard Bots. It was featured at Milk Studios and was made for New York fashion house Public School for NY Fashion Week Winter 2012. It features Twin Shadow who made the instrumental soundtrack for the visuals. –@teemunny Twin Shadow: I met the men behind Public School briefly last […]
FashionInstallationNY Fashion WeekPublic SchoolTwin Shadow
The CUBE / Electrolux
The Cube by Electrolux is a wondeful example of temporary, parasitic architecture. This compact structure houses a culinary experience conceptualized by Electrolux. It was developed and managed by Absolute Blue and designed by Park Associati. Designed to be placed in unexpected and dramatic European locations, it was launched in Brussels on April 1, 2011, where it sat atop of […]
ArchitectureBelgiumBrusselsFoodHospitalityInstallationItaly