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Guess The Building—Rooftop Edition!
These Shoes Were Made For Drafting: Architect-Designed Footwear
Nouvel’s Torre Agbar in Barcelona (left) and his new line of shoes. Photos: via Oobject and Co.Design Jean Nouvel has taken a break from drafting (and re-drafting) MoMA’s controversial new Tower Verre to launch a line of … leather moonboots? Yes, Nouvel is the latest architect to dabble in shoe design, launching his Pure Capsule Collection
These Shoes Were Made For Drafting: Architect-Designed Footwear
Nouvel’s Torre Agbar in Barcelona (left) and his new line of shoes. Photos: via Oobject and Co.Design Jean Nouvel has taken a break from drafting (and re-drafting) MoMA’s controversial new Tower Verre to launch a line of … leather moonboots? Yes, Nouvel is the latest architect to dabble in shoe design, launching his Pure Capsule Collection
Polka Dot Paradise: Louis Vuitton + Yayoi Kusama’s Insanely Happy Pop-up Shop
This project won the 2013 Architizer A+ Jury Award in the pop-up category. See the full list of winners here.
We dare anyone to stroll into the exuberantly designed Louis Vuitton – Yayoi Kusama pop-up in London and not walk out of there with a smile. (The fact you can’t afford any of the designer duds sitting inside somehow doesn’t diminish its giddy pleasures.) Filled with the Japanese artist’s signature polka dots—and her surrealist sensibility—this red-and-white pumpkin-shaped store, located in Selfridges London, won the hearts of the A+ Awards jurors, snagging the prize for best pop-up. Read more!
Brooklyn-based firm THEVERYMANY, who created the pop-up for Kusama’s collaboration with luxury brand Louis Vuitton, based its design on Kusama’s popular pumpkin installations and endless polka-dot paintings. A series of pumpkin-like elements—perforated oversized chandeliers; squat podiums that display Kusama’s bright, spotted bags; and the round form of the structure itself—intersect and overlap, creating a dizzying, fully immersive environment. The architects applied a “high-resolution perforated gradient pattern” in an attempt to not only utilize the artist’s famous dots, but also increase visual depth for “a hypnotic and infinite universe.”
Due to the constrictive nature of the retail environment, and the ephemeral nature of the pop-up, THEVERYMANY had to create an efficient assembly method for the design. The result: an extremely lightweight pleated shell structure made with carbon-fiber and pieced together using a modular system with pre-assembled parts. Ingenious!
Beyond the design, the Vuitton-Kusama pop-up is “the world’s first fully carbon-fiber self-supported shell applied to architecture,” say the designers in the project statement, “and therefore an important milestone toward larger, economically-sustainable carbon-fiber architectural structures.”
Guess The Building: Red Edition
Ah fashion photography—in what other context would a bevy of glamourous women lounge nonchalantly on the ground in genuine Valentinos? Then again, those steps are *genuine* travertine, whose beautifully pocked surface catches shadows oh-so-well, camouflaging splotches of chewing gum and cigarette butts infinitely better than New York’s crusty cementitious sidewalks. So, where in the world is this fantastic urban stair? If you think you know this awesome project, sound off in the comments below!
Design A Pop-Up Boutique For Menswear Designer Michael Bastian For BOFFO Building Fashion
Pop-up designed for Nicola Formichetti by Gage/Clemenceau Architects, one of last year’s competition winners. Photo: Evan Joseph
BOFFO Building Fashion is back! The series, a collaboration with public-art nonprofit BOFFO, pairs emerging architect teams with up-and-coming fashion designers to create (some pretty amazing) pop-up stores in New York City. And after last year’s tremendous success—two AIA NY Interior Merit awards, plus incredible spaces for lingerie brand The Lake and Stars, Gaga stylist Nicola Formichetti, and more—we’re excited to announce Building Fashion’s latest iteration!
This year, we have a new location (a shipping container near Manhattan’s Meatpacking district) and three new designers! First up: Michael Bastian, the award-winning menswear maven whose riffs on all-American classics like cardigans and khakis have revitalized men’s fashion in the US.
Now all we need is an architect!
Looks from Michael Bastian’s spring/summer 2010 and 2013 collections
We’re running a competition to design Michael Bastian’s pop-up store! Architects have from today, April 12, till May 23 to submit design proposals expressing their vision of a retail space specifically tailored to the Michael Bastian brand. The jury will include Eva Franch (Storefront for Art and Architecture), Stefano Tonchi (W Magazine), and David Van Der Leer (Guggenheim Museum), along with other industry professionals and BOFFO and Architizer staff.
The winner will receive $20,000 to build and realize his or her vision. The Michael Bastian pop-up will be open to the public from November 1 to 21.
You can find more competition details, including how to apply, here.
Design A Pop-Up Boutique For Menswear Designer Michael Bastian For BOFFO Building Fashion
Pop-up designed for Nicola Formichetti by Gage/Clemenceau Architects, one of last year’s competition winners. Photo: Evan Joseph
BOFFO Building Fashion is back! The series, a collaboration with public-art nonprofit BOFFO, pairs emerging architect teams with up-and-coming fashion designers to create (some pretty amazing) pop-up stores in New York City. And after last year’s tremendous success—two AIA NY Interior Merit awards, plus incredible spaces for lingerie brand The Lake and Stars, Gaga stylist Nicola Formichetti, and more—we’re excited to announce Building Fashion’s latest iteration!
This year, we have a new location (a shipping container near Manhattan’s Meatpacking district) and three new designers! First up: Michael Bastian, the award-winning menswear maven whose riffs on all-American classics like cardigans and khakis have revitalized men’s fashion in the US.
Now all we need is an architect!
Looks from Michael Bastian’s spring/summer 2010 and 2013 collections
We’re running a competition to design Michael Bastian’s pop-up store! Architects have from today, April 12, till May 23 to submit design proposals expressing their vision of a retail space specifically tailored to the Michael Bastian brand. The jury will include Eva Franch (Storefront for Art and Architecture), Stefano Tonchi (W Magazine), and David Van Der Leer (Guggenheim Museum), along with other industry professionals and BOFFO and Architizer staff.
The winner will receive $20,000 to build and realize his or her vision. The Michael Bastian pop-up will be open to the public from November 1 to 21.
You can find more competition details, including how to apply, here.