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How are protected views shaping cities?

December 25, 2019July 17, 2015 by Editorial Team

In the battle between heritage and development, we face a ‘crisis of verticality’. But does an approach to planning based on protected views just turn the city into a museum?

Which urban views would you protect?

Collection Lacroix for Forestier

July 17, 2015July 16, 2015 by Editorial Team

The home division of Maison Christian Lacroix teamed up with French lighting company Forestier to produce four lamps with two print options. Sacha Walckhoff, Christian Lacroix Creative Director turned to the vegetal world to create the Frondaison chandelier, the Jeune Pousse table lamp, the Branchages wall lamps and the Arbuste floor lamp, all dressed in Christian … Read more

Bright lights, big trees: Dutch designer imagines an ‘urban forest’

December 25, 2019July 10, 2015 by Editorial Team

City links: Blueprints for a neighbourhood of tree houses and smiley-face signals to reduce road rage feature in this week’s best city stories

Clicquot Mailbox: Take a look at Veuve Clicquot Re-creation Awards winner

July 8, 2015 by Editorial Team

Last October, Veuve Clicquot champagne house introduced the Re-Creation Awards – and international on-line competition inviting the public to design the 2015 Clicquot Mailbox. The “USA-style” Mailbox packaging inspired by Madame Clicquot’s history of correspondence with her clientele, allows one to send a bottle of a Yellow Label Brut through postal mail.

The twenty international finalists from around the world were delivered to Veuve Clicquot’s Hôtel du Marc, in the Champagne region of France, for a prestigious two day experience. At a glamorous ceremony, an international jury of influential names in design revealed Canadian, Eileen Ugarkovic as the International Winner of the Veuve Clicquot Re-Creation Awards. Ugarkovic’s Clicquot Mailbox is decorated with paper airplanes in Veuve Cliquot colors, symbols of freedom and hope.

“Her design won over the jury with its simplicity and resonance with the theme of travel,” announced LVMH’s champagne house.

Eileen Ugarkovic received 10,000€ in prize money and had her Clicquot Mailbox showcased at Milan Design Week. Her creation is distributed worldwide as a limited edition offer.

“In creating my concept, I was inspired by Clicquot’s anchor, the symbol of hope. When one thinks of hope, birds immediately come to mind – birds also represent freedom & ideas. Since freedom & ideas are conceived on paper I envisioned paper birds, or paper planes, flying into Madame Clicquot’s mailbox. Blue was chosen in addition to the brand colour to symbolize Clicquot’s historical contribution to the city of Reims. Combined these colours are regal & royal just like the Clicquot brand itself,” explained Eileen Ugarkovic.

Body building: welcome to Beyoncé towers

December 25, 2019July 8, 2015 by Editorial Team

Queen Bey’s curves have inspired a new skyscraper. But it’s by no means the only superstar-shaped building out there

State of the Art: The winners of the Swarovski Designers of the Future

July 3, 2015 by Editorial Team

The Swarovski Designers of the Future Award acknowledges emerging studios and designers who are actively expanding design culture through experimentation with cutting-edge technologies. This year’s recipients include Studio Swine, Tomás Alonso and Elaine Yan Ling Ng, who debuted new works at the 10th anniversary of Design Miami/ Basel.

Design duo Studio Swine presented the groundbreaking Terraforming, a multifaceted project that explores the future of resources in luxury design. The work consists of 3 objects—a dune table featuring a constantly-changing landscape in Swarovski Xero crystal, a dune timer or digital hourglass and a table top object entitled “Solaris” — as well as a film that depicts Planet Swarovski, a crystallized world terraformed into a habitable environment. The story charts a young cartographer as he transforms the landscape, leveraging design as a tool to impact the world around him.

Inspired by the point within crystal where light is either reflected or refracted, designer Tomás Alonso created 47°–a collection of crystal objects cut at this important angle. The objects are fused with colored UV glue, crystal effects and mirror foiling to reflect or refract light depending upon the vantage point of the viewer. Alonso is known for his clear and pragmatic vision which produces elegant, linear and poetic pieces.

TED fellow and founder of THE FABRICK LAB Elaine Yan Ling Ng brings together textiles, electronics, biomimicry and craft. Ng unveiled “Sundew” at this year’s Design Miami/, a kinetic creation inspired by the exotic and carnivorous Sundew. The installation features three interactive structures whose movement is triggered by human presence. Complementing the multi-sensory experience is a fragrance that permeates the installation space and lures audiences in to interact with the work.
Although this is the first year the brand sponsored the Designers of the Future Award, Swarovski has supported Design Miami/ since 2008, collaborating with renowned talents including Greg Lynn, Asif Khan, Guilherme Torres and most recently Jeanne Gang.

The Designers of the Future award offers the opportunity to promote new talent and contribute to the wider design conversation through work that challenges traditional design approaches. Supported by Swarovski, the winners are given free rein to explore imaginative new design solutions and push the boundaries of crystal as a creative material.