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Burberry Prorsum offer a look into its pre-Fall collection for 2010. Inspired through Burberry’s extensive heritage in military-inspired design, creative officer Christopher Bailey speaks of the collection’s inspiration and key highlights for Fall of next year.
Chief Creative Officer Christopher Bailey mined Burberry’s military heritage for the Prorsum pre-fall season with a battalion of weatherproof wool felt coats cinched with chunky belts, leather and shearling aviator jackets, and gabardine trenches. “This collection is anchored in history, and what you’re seeing is a roll-call of Burberry outerwear,” said the designer. “I love mixing different decades — but using modern fabrics.” He said the brand’s new social networking Web site, artofthetrench.com, got him thinking about the ways Burberry trenches have been worn over the years.
But there are soft edges, too, with Victorian elements, such as silk dresses overlaid with delicate lace and even lace-covered trenches. And Bailey easily brings hard and soft together: Wool sweaters have silky bow-shaped epaulets, while bows and ruffles take the edge off sharply tailored skirts and peplums add flourish to military-inspired suit jackets. Colors range from brooding dark greens and blacks to khaki and nude.
Source: WWD
Just over a year ago, the former municipal mortuary at 104 de la rue d’Aubervilliers in the 19th arrondissement of Paris was transformed by Atelier Novembre into Centquatre, one of Europe’s largest artists-in-residence complexes.
There are no traces of what went on in the red-brick buildings before — coffin making, hearse repair and other such grim undertakings — it is now a place that exudes joy and play. Prolific and always fun Parisian designer Matali Crasset has now created a special 1,500-square-foot space for tiny artists as well. Maison des Petits (House of Little Ones) is an activity center for kids under six, where creativity and discovery are the only goals. Centquatre’s resident artists are encouraged to create toys and activities, but there is no set program.
Crasset’s colourful, surrealistic garden has a cozy and soft “navel” at the centre for the littlest ones to crawl in and for older kids, whimsical “activity mushrooms” and fun seats that look like gas cans or curling stones. - Tuija Seipell
The work coming out of the talented team at OFIS Arhitekti of Ljubljana is consistently elegant and graceful, with a refreshing honesty and clarity. Many of their buildings exude a peaceful balance of curves that are never frivolous, sharp angles that are never harsh, and materials that are earnest and timeless.
Another recent example is their entry in the international competition to design the Ljubljana City Administration Center. OFIS’s suggestion came third in the competition that posed a considerable challenge of having to juggle the new buildings among existing, protected buildings and existing underground facilities as well. The total area of new buildings for the project is 42.288m2.
OFIS’s proposal is a series of rounded, low-rise glass-facade buildings that are modern yet toned-down and beautiful yet soberly sensible. All of the buildings in the entry convey a graceful sense of openness and appear welcoming and unstuffy — in stark contrast to the clunky, traditional “government office” style buildings so prevalent in Eastern European cities.
The proposal also meets lofty goals in terms of minimizing operational costs and maximizing sustainable practices — from optimizing indoor air, light and acoustic qualities, and using healthy and local materials, to minimizing the consumption of energy and water.
Project leaders for the entry were Rok Oman and Spela Videčnik, the two 39-year-old architects who established OFIS in 1998. They are both graduates of the Ljubljana School of Architecture and the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. - Tuija Seipell
Ronnie Fieg got together with Polo Ralph Lauren Footwear to create the Grey Ranger “Cookie” boot which will be releasing this coming “Black” Friday, November 27th exclusively on DavidZ.com as well as the David Z. flagship store in soho. For this limited release Fieg gathered a group of individuals who have influenced him for a photo shoot in Central Park. Photographed by Pj Monte, the shoot features: Ronnie Fieg, Marcus Troy (marcustroy.com), Emeka Obi (10.Deep), Joshua Kissi (streetetiquette.com), Irving Jimenez (Creative Recreation), Sean Munro (Public School NYC) , and Niyah Kerr (David Z).
| on january 31st, 2010 following four years of construction, the design museum holon by ron arad architects, will be inaugurated.  exterior image courtesy of design museum holon the design museum holon is arad's first architecture project of this scale. constructed of five sinuous bands of varying shades of COR-TEN(weathered steel), the overall mission of the institution is to explore the impact of design and its relation to urban spaces and everyday life. the new museum will join holon's mediatheque, a cultural centre which includes the national cartoon museum, repertoire theatre with original productions, cinematheque, material and public library. the project was initiated by holon's mayor mr. motti sasson and managing director, ms. hana hertsman who invited ron arad to create the iconic building. ron arad architects has been invovled in the project from the program development stage through to the conceptual stage to building completion. 'holon is a city which is re-inventing itself culturally, with ambitious plans that are investing  the view above from inside the museum image courtesy of design museum holon  construction phase still ongoing ron arad’s design for the museum, demonstrates an sculptural approach, combining ingenuous and playful functionality with highly visual design. in reference to his approach he says: 'every project is unique; each one invites a different response. when we started working on design museum holon, it was like a white canvas, things developed and a direction was formed. we created a hierarchy of outdoor spaces so you walk in under the building into a semi-covered yard, where you have a choice to take the air-conditioned route or one exposed to the elements. the building envelope is not just a pretty space; it’s also a structure.' |
| exterior image courtesy of design museum holon the design museum holon is arad's first architecture project of this scale. constructed of five sinuous bands of varying shades of COR-TEN(weathered steel), the overall mission of the institution is to explore the impact of design and its relation to urban spaces and everyday life. the new museum will join holon's mediatheque, a cultural centre which includes the national cartoon museum, repertoire theatre with original productions, cinematheque, material and public library. the project was initiated by holon's mayor mr. motti sasson and managing director, ms. hana hertsman who invited ron arad to create the iconic building. ron arad architects has been invovled in the project from the program development stage through to the conceptual stage to building completion. 'holon is a city which is re-inventing itself culturally, with ambitious plans that are investing the view above from inside the museum image courtesy of design museum holon construction phase still ongoing ron arad’s design for the museum, demonstrates an sculptural approach, combining ingenuous and playful functionality with highly visual design. in reference to his approach he says: 'every project is unique; each one invites a different response. when we started working on design museum holon, it was like a white canvas, things developed and a direction was formed. we created a hierarchy of outdoor spaces so you walk in under the building into a semi-covered yard, where you have a choice to take the air-conditioned route or one exposed to the elements. the building envelope is not just a pretty space; it’s also a structure.'  image courtesy of ron arad architects  the museum is comprised of two primary galleries and a number of alternative exhibition and education spaces. the upper gallery (500m²) celebrates the abundance of natural light in israel and the qualities it can bring to the display of three-dimensional objects, while allowing curatorial flexibility through modulating light levels. the smaller, lower gallery, (250m²) is taller inside but offers a more intimate, personal relationship between the visitor and the objects on display. |
