An amazing blend of art, architecture and fashion in the Yi Ou Lai Opening Show. Recipient Collective and Xiao Ke dance company have been invited by Italian curator Davide Quadrio to create a show in Suzhou, near Shanghai. The underlying theme of the show was the encounter, the influence and the mutual fascination between Chinese and European culture.
VIDEO: Jaime Hayón creates “fantastical urban landscape” for MINI
In this movie from Dezeen, filmed in Milan, Spanish designer Jaime Hayón explains why he used traditional craft materials in his installation showcasing MINI’s new electric scooter concept.
VIDEO: Steven Holl: Spaces Like Music
“The soul has more need for the ideal than the real,” says American architect Steven Holl, who shares his organic approach to creating architecture in this interview for Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
VIDEO: Marc Kushner on Ark Nova in Matsushima, Japan
TED Ideas and Marc Kushner, author of “The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings,” present a tour of Ark Nova in Matshusima, Japan. Designed by Arata Isozaki and Anish Kapoor, this inflatable and mobile concert hall is made of a stretchy plastic membrane that brings both art and hope to earthquake-devastated Japan. The 500-seat venue… [Read More]
VIDEO: Norman Foster: Striving for Simplicity
“Quality is an attitude of mind.” The great architectural mastermind of our time Norman Foster, who turned 80 in June 2015, here reflects on a long and prosperous career – and life – with prominent buildings and more than 1,000 employees all over the world. Norman Foster was interviewed by Marc-Christoph Wagner in his home near… [Read More]
VIDEO: Expo Milano 2015 Belgian Pavilion Holographic Display by The Others
The Belgian Pavilion at the Expo Milano 2015 highlights Belgium’s environmental sustainability, technological innovation and national identity. The Others have been in charge of coordinating the overall audiovisual content management of the pavilion, creating a special branding to standardize all audiovisual contents, creating and animating 3D photorealistic insect models and creating and animating hydroponics and aquaponics… [Read More]
VIDEO: Luminescent Radiolaria window installation by Holly Sumner
Mixed Greens presents Luminescent Radiolaria, a site-specific window installation by Holly Sumner. Known for her work that often combines informational diagrams with depictions of a living organism, Sumner presented large-scale ink drawings of Radiolaria on translucent logarithmic paper for each of the three windows on New York City’s Mixed Greens gallery on 26th Street.
