by Jacques L
In its latest newsletter launched today, 20 August, the New Economics Foundation (nef) announced that the day that marks when humanity starts living beyond its ecologically means falls earlier than ever, this year on 21 August 2010. The jump is almost a month ahead of 2009’s date and is partly due to the availability of new data, meaning that previous Ecological Debt Day dates were almost certainly too conservative.
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by Jacques L
Charles Kroehle (1876?-1902) et Georg Huebner (1862-1935). Indien Chipivo, fleuve Pachieta. Amazonie, Pérou, 1888. Tirage sur papier. albuminé / 13,4 x 10,4cm. Musée du quai Branly, Paris. © Photo musé du quai Branly. © Editions R.M.N., Paris 2006
Submissions are now open for Mother Tongue, INDIGO’s innovative online exhibition that seeks to capture the power of language. Mother Tongue calls on you to respond by submitting your own interpretation to the brief. You may choose to submit a poster, a photograph, a poem, a song, a video, a product or a piece of architecture that interprets the spirit of Mother Tongue.
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by Jacques L
The DESIGN> stable has just launched the second edition of DESIGN>EDUCATION magazine. DESIGN>EDUCATION – or just call her ED> – aims to contribute to the development of a better informed and better equipped future generation of designers who have a clear grasp of the challenging roles and responsibilities required by a new age, infused by technology, yet anchored in the solid values of designing a better future that serves all of humanity.
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by Jacques L
Aerial view of the campus area under construction
Masaryk University Campus, designed by architects A PLUS a.s. Brno, is the largest project of its kind in the Czech Republic. The project was set up in 2000 and the construction of the first part of the campus was completed in 2005. Currently the last parts of this imposing high-tech building are near to completion.
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by Contributor
Haus Ast in Berlin
On the Alt-Stralau (AST) peninsular in Berlin, architects Clarke and Kuhn realised a truly special building project: Haus Ast, a free-standing private house with separate self-contained apartment that is situated amongst the town houses of a popular residential area. The building’s owners attached particular importance to forward-looking planning: right from the start, they wanted to make sure that they could grow old in and with the house.
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by Jacques L
Peace, shalom, salaam… Not much more need to be said.
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by Jacques L
This year The Loerie Awards will publish tables of the top brands, top agencies, and top production companies. We’ll list large, small and medium agencies, and we’ll show the top agencies in Advertising, Communication Design, Experiential Marketing and Digital Media.
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by Jacques L
This year The Loerie Awards is introducing an official ranking of the winners, in order to provide a transparent report on the outcome of the awards, and to avoid different and sometimes confusing claims.
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by Jacques L
SHOTOPOP was recently tasked by French-based WIZZ to create the graphics for a new Asics television ad. Bruno Aveillan directed the ad, while SHOTOPOP took care of the graphics and moods.
DESIGN> caught up with South African designers Carin Standford and Casper Franken of SHOTOPOP (now based in the UK) for the lowdown on the project.
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by Contributor
Hylozoic Ground by architect and sculptor Philip Beesley
The Venice Biennale in Architecture is the single most important and prestigious international event in contemporary architecture. Hylozoic Ground by architect and sculptor Philip Beesley (PBAI / University of Waterloo) was selected through a national juried competition to represent Canada at the 2010 Venice Biennale in Architecture.
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