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do we really have to ask if trump is a conceptual artist? trying to label the border wall prototypes as land art artist christoph buechel raises some unpleasant questions. ground views of different border wall prototypes as they take shape during the wall prototype construction project near the otay mesa port of entry. ph mani albrecht via us customs and border protection

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by paolo rinaldi, rinaldi.paolo@fastwebnet.it, 0039.3483577940

filicudi, giugno 2017, ph carmine gulli, elaborazione manfredi bellati

voyages

the city of london has released new visualizations showing how its fast-changing skyline will look by 2026, as 13 schemes are currently under construction or due to begin construction in london’s financial district

http://www.visitbritain.com

reggio emilia, collezioni, mostre e architetture

http://turismo.comune.re.it/it, http://www.inchotels.com

parma, città creativa della gastronomia unesco

http://www.turismo.comune.parma.it/en

architecture

in berlin,  on the banks of the river spree, between the reichstag and the central station, lies the futurium, whose architecture complements the urban environment of the government district. spanning three floors and around 3,200 square metres of exhibition space, the centre for shaping the future offers insights into the world of tomorrow. designed bythe berlin architects richter and musikowski

http://www.richtermusikowski.com/

https://drivenxdesign.com/BRL17/project.asp?ID=16389

http://www.futurix.it/

institute for contemporary art by steven holl architects, richmond, va,usa. the open design of the ica features dynamic exhibition and programming spaces that can be creatively activated in order to support widely varied forms of contemporary art. the glass walls and windows create continuity between the interior and exterior spaces of the building. ph iwan baan

http://www.stevenholl.com/

in veracruz, mexico, rojkind arquitectos has completed ‘foro boca’, a structure designed to house the city’s philharmonic orchestra. the building’s shape was informed by the stones used for the foundation of the neighboring breakwater, with large sculptural volumes housing the concert hall and other programs. ph jaime navarro

http://rojkindarquitectos.com/

interni/interiors

the starting point was two independent dwellings on top of each other on the ground floor and mezzanine of a modest, old apartment building between dividing walls in the heart of the raval (barcelona). project raùl sanchez. manufacturers hay, santa & cole, nanimarquina, soft line, zanotta, sancal, menu. ph josé hevia

http://www.raulsanchezarchitects.com

hotels/restaurants/bars

lensvelt delivered the furniture for a special project: the movement hotel. a pop-up hotel staffed by refugees, in one of the towers of the amsterdam bijlmerbajes, one of the most notorious former prisons in the netherlands. lensvelt transformed the lobby and common areas into a colorful environment

https://www.lensvelt.nl/, http://www.themovementhotel.com/

japanese architect yasube horibe has designed a boutique nineteen-room floating hotel named guntû, that makes its home in the seto inland sea

https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5445.html

design

chips lounge chairs by lucie koldova studio

http://www.luciekoldova.com/

copenhagen-based art and design studio wang & soederstrom has used algorithms to form the patterned surfaces of these vases, which are 3d-printed from plaster and set inside lumpy bases

http://wangsoderstrom.com/

nido leather lounge chair was the result of playing with the juxtaposition of shapes. the egg-like shape of the leather upholstered wood seat nesting in the cross shaped solid wood frame, gives it the name nido, meaning nest in spanish. designed by estudio persona, a simple name for two personalities: emiliana gonzalez, an industrial designer and jessie young

http://www.estudiopersona.com/

thai designer apiwat chitapanya has designed a collection of brass armchairs for masaya. the ‘fig’ armchair’s structure refers to branches of trees. the designer deconstructed their lines and added an ethereal vibe to give the impression of natural growth

https://www.apiwatchitapanya.com/

mexican studio ad hoc collaborated with brazilian designer guilherme wentz on a pair of freestanding mirrors. the circular and elliptical reflective surfaces are interrupted at their bottoms with metal coverings, which fold out to form small shelves. both slot into tapered concrete bases, coloured light pink and mid grey to match the metals

http://www.adhoc.mx/

installazioni/installations

at the triennial of contemporary art and design at the national gallery of victoria (ngv), australia, the digital installation by teamlab, ‘moving creates vortices and vortices create movement’, is stirring up something otherworldly. teamlab is a collective, interdisciplinary creative group based in japan that brings together professionals from various fields of practice in the digital society. ph teamlab, courtesy ikkan art gallery, martin browne contemporary and pace gallery

https://www.pacegallery.com/artists/565/teamlab

lumières

moment factory illuminates montreal's notre-dame basilica with multi-sensory installation. the 45-minute installation, aura, combines sound, light, and colorful projections to enhance the existing architecture and emphasize important elements of the gothic style interior

https://momentfactory.com/home

left, laurent verly, o-line, https://www.laurentverly.com/

right, lampada a parete caterina by thdp e bretti per italamp

http://www.italamp.com
 

studioventotto, filo e ferro

https://www.studioventotto.com/en/home-en/

photos

from left

salvatore o' pazzo ritratto da ornella tondini nel 1978 e poi nel 2014 da maria vittoria backhaus
stefanino cappadona ritratto da ornella tondini nel 1978 e poi nel 2014 da maria vittoria backhaus

http://www.scuolapermanenteabitare.org

https://www.facebook.com/ornella.tondini

http://www.mariavittoriabackhaus.it/

arte

from left

bouke de vries, sometimes look east, sometimes look west, at officine saffi

http://www.officinesaffi.com

martin puryear at the museum voorlinden

http://www.voorlinden.nl

mostre/exhibitions

markus fraeger, dame mit statue at galerie clairefontaine

http://www.galerie-clairefontaine.lu

musei/musées

the mt. fuji world heritage center designed by shigeru ban has opened in japan: a landmark that celebrates the mountain’s relatively recent status as a unesco site and its symbolic value in the country

http://www.shigerubanarchitects.com/

tappeti/tapis

nuala goodman rug design with ceadogan rugmakers for nilufar gallery milano and minima of dublin

http://www.nualagoodman.com/

http://www.nilufar.com/, http://www.minimahome.com/

et caetera

eleni kalorkoti's interpretation used the popular iconography of atwood's writing to illustrate how the distance we've come since 1984 isn't nearly as far as it ought to be.” from the new yorker magazine