Steven Holl is an American architect. He is up for the Brit Insurance Design Awards 2009 for his companies Linked Hybrid building in Beijing completed October 2008.
The 220,000 square meter Linked Hybrid complex, for pedestrians is sited adjacent to the site of old city wall of Beijing. It aims to counter the current urban developments in China [...]
Norman Foster is a British architect whose company maintains an international design practice. He is Britain’s most prolific builder of landmark office buildings. He was born in Manchester in 1935. After graduating from Manchester University School of Architecture and City Planning in 1961 he won a Henry Fellowship to Yale University, where he gained a Master’s Degree [...]
This online magazine provides an in-depth look at the latest news from top designers and architects around the world before anyone else. Dezeen was launched at the end of November 2006 and has grown rapidly to become one of the most popular and influential architecture and design blogs on the internet as they get over a [...]
Jean Prouvé is one of the greatest French designers of the 20th century. Working as a craftsman, designer, manufacturer, architect, teacher and engineer, his career spanned over sixty years. He mainly worked with buildings and furniture. I heard about him during my first visit to the design museum and there fore looked up his work.
From his [...]
One of the most influential British architects of our time, RICHARD ROGERS has established himself and his practice, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, at the cutting edge of today’s architecture industry.
The Pompidou Centre in Paris has proved itself to be one of the most remarkable buildings of the 20th century. The image of the Pompidou pervaded [...]
Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the first architects that caught my eye when I first got into researching art and design. I used to not find geometric designs that appealing but within architecture I feel it works very well. The way angular shapes are positioned on such a large structure seems unnatural. It not only makes you question its [...]
Ikea have done some very intriguing websites recently. In 2008 they launched their ‘ You need a quite space’ website. Its a combination of slow moving animation and interactivity. It switches from slow motion, ‘quite’ bedroom scenes, to fast ‘chaotic’ everyday clips. It is to symbolise that everyone needs time and space to relax, set in four bedroom scenarios.
‘After a Traffic [...]
When I decided I needed a new phone I obviously first thought of the latest iphone however being a student I wasn’t sure i’d be able to afford it and had also heard mixed reviews on it and thought I should probably wait until it is developed further. Therefore on deciding on a new phone I thought i’d stick [...]
While looking for my favourite websites I came across this …
http://www.coca-cola.com/template1/index.jsp?locale=en_US&site=../happiness_factory/index.html
It is the American Coca Cola website. It is interactive and tells a story about characters (as shown above) working in the Happiness Factory. It is an animated television commercial demonstrating the joys of life behind the scenes in a Coke vending machine. The animation was designed by Psyop [...]
My first book was ‘Bye Bye Baby’ by Janet & Allan Ahlberg. I loved it. Now that I look at the husband and wife duo they did a few books that I enjoyed as a child. They worked together for over 20 years and created over 30 books, Allan wrote the books, and Janet illustrated them. [...]
