* Design: Salone del Mobile Milan 2012: Lighting: LED Candles by Moritz Waldemeyer

Design: Salone del Mobile Milan 2012: Lighting: LED Candles by Moritz Waldemeyer: “.. LED candles, showcasing the soft lighting pieces in a threaded chandelier, as well as scattered throughout the space as candlesticks..each ‘candle’ is an individual unit, comprised of a custom-designed 250-LED panel and circuitry. waldemeyer explained to designboom that he programmed the behaviour of the ‘flame’ based on video footage of actual candles, converting the moving imagery to pixel data and working with a software engineer to code each individual LED to reflect the movement of the flame, achieving an extremely realistic representation. from a slight distance or in darkened settings, the pixels meld together and the top of the lighting unit disappears, leaving only a virtual flame visible and flickering atop a candle-like form..the project is on exhibition for milan design week 2012 as part of ingo maurer’s ‘a dozen red things’ showcase at spazio krizia..”  Superb, nature-inspired technology..

image, article + video: Designboom

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* Design: Salone del Mobile Milan 2012: Dezeen Studio: Tuesday at MOST

Design: Salone del Mobile Milan 2012: Dezeen Studio: Tuesday at MOST:  The ever-dynamic architecture and design site Dezeen offers short interviews with the designer Tom Dixon and the design journalist Johanna Agerman-Ross from Disegno magazine.  Off we go…

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* Architecture: London 2012 Olympics Information Pavilion by DCPP Arquitectos

Architecture: London 2012 Olympics Information Pavilion by DCPP Arquitectos: “..a temporary information pavilion for the London 2012 Olympic Games, located in Trafalgar Square in the heart of London..an elevated circular structure composed of five intertwined rings.  From each ring falls a curtain of water, producing a threshold that visitors have to cross, presenting each person with the challenge to take a step into the unknown.  Once the threshold has been crossed, visitors enter into a sensory space that is completely different than before.  The water here acts as a filter that modifies our perception, our senses are heightened and altered in the interior.  The water curtains will also act as projection screens for all the major events and highlights..”  Refreshing..

image: DCPP Arquitectos; article: Arthitectural

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* Architecture: German Pavilion (aka Barcelona Pavilion) by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Architecture: German Pavilion (aka Barcelona Pavilion) by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: “..An emblematic work of the Modern Movement [41°22’14N – 02°08’60E], it has been exhaustively studied and interpreted as well as having inspired the oeuvre of several generations of architects. The Barcelona Pavilion was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe as the German National Pavilion for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition..Built from glass, travertine and different kinds of marble, the Pavilion was conceived to accommodate the official reception presided over by King Alphonso XIII of Spain along with the German authorities. After the closure of the Exhibition, the Pavilion was disassembled in 1930. As time went by, it became a key point of reference not only in Mies van der Rohe’s own career but also in twentieth-century architecture as a whole. Given the significance and reputation of the Pavilion, in 1980 thoughts turned towards its possible reconstruction. Work began in 1983 and the new building was opened on its original site in 1986..”  Iconic..  The article includes a very nice, rather atmospheric, video by Franco Di Capua.

See our other posts: Residential Architecture: Villa Tugendhat – Reopening a Mies Modernist Landmark and Architecture: Mies van der Rohe Gas Station Conversion by Les Architectes FABG.

image: Franco Di Capua; article: Arthitectural

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