Russian photographer Anka Zhuravleva developed this series called “Distorted Gravity†where her subjects are seen going about their everyday lives in a zero gravity environment.
Raiffeisen Bank in Zurich was designed by Nau Design Studio.
From Nau: Raiffeisen’s flagship branch on Zurich’s Kreuzplatz dissolves traditional barriers between customer and employee, creating a new type of “open bank,†a space of encounter. Advanced technologies make banking infrastructure largely invisible; employees access terminals concealed in furniture elements, while a robotic retrieval system grants 24 hour access to safety deposit boxes. This shifts the bank’s role into becoming a light-filled, inviting environment – an open lounge where customers can learn about new products and services. This lounge feels more like a high-end retail environment than a traditional bank interior. Conversations can start spontaneously around a touchscreen equipped info-table and transition to meeting rooms for more private discussions.
The design for an existing loft located in Greenwich Village in Manhattan explores the interaction between a gallery and living space. The main walls in the loft flow through the space, and together with articulated ceilings create hybrid conditions in which exhibition areas merge into living areas. While the walls form a calm and controlled backdrop for the works of art, the ceiling is more articulated in its expression of this transition. By interchanging luminous and opaque, the ceiling creates a field of ambient and local lighting conditions, forming an organizational element in the exhibition and the living areas.
By UNStudio
Ben van Berkel with Arjan Dingsté, Marianthi Tatari and Collette Parras
Source: UNStudio
This Origami chairs designed by Flux, are stackable and foldable chairs convenient for any need. Made with plastic composites, the chairs come in several colors and weight only 10 pounds; the price is about 200 dollars each.
Located directly on the river Spree, nhow Hotel in Berlin lies in the heart of the creative scene of the Berlin districts of Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. The Molecule Man – a giant sculpture in the water on the border with Treptow – and the characteristic form of the Oberbaum bridge, which connects the districts of Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg, are both visible from the hotel. In the immediate vicinity, there are numerous bars and clubs. Designed by Karim Rashid, the nhow hotel was created to appeal to a sophisticated, cosmopolitan crowd, a client interested in fashion, design and music.
Amsterdam architects UNStudio have completed this department store in Cheonan, South Korea.
Called Galleria Centercity, the building has facade comprising two layers of lamellas, which create a moiré effect. Daylight is admitted through the facade and reflected around the all-white interior to reduct the need for artificial lighting.
From UNStudio: “The Galleria Cheonan responds to the current retail climate in Asia, where department stores also operate as social and semi-cultural meeting places. Because of this, the quality of the public spaces within the building was treated as an integral aspect of the design.†Ben van Berkel.
LOFF, a Portugeuse lighting design and architecture office, have designed the Meltino Bar & Lounge in Braga, Portugal.