Archive for February, 2008
February 27th, 2008 | Author: Surfer
Junya Watanabe was born in Japan in 1961, and studied at the Bunkafukuso Gakuin Institute in Tokyo. He apprenticed under Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Gar?ons, first as a pattern maker, and then enventually a designer.
Under Rei Kawakubo’s patronage, Junya Watanabe struck out on his own in 1994 to launch his own label.
Like his mentor, Watanabe’s style is deeply rooted in Comme des Gar?ons’s aesthetic (mix of bright and dark colors, whimsically placed or upside-down pockets, de-emphasized shoulders, extra-long sleeves), but the layering, textures and colors are slightly exaggerated.
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February 9th, 2008 | Author: Surfer
National Stadium in Beijing, Chaina. Beijing is an old city full of beauty and mystery, but time has visibly taken its toll over the centuries. With the successful bid to host the Olympics, the ancient town has taken steps towards revealing its historic glory to the world. The stadium is a bowl shape with a red stand that looks like a nest structure. It is made of gray mining steel covered with a transparent membrane. The stadium was jointly designed by Herzog and de Meuron, Switzerland, who have also designed the “Allianz Arena” in Munich, Germany. According to designer de Meuron, it is a contemporary Chinese building, has close links with Chinese culture and is reliable in its use of techniques. In the new century it will reflect the contemporary culture of the Olympic Games. The stadium is designed for its people; the “gentle” environment shows respect to its athletes.
As big, eye-catching Olympics architecture goes, nothing may be as sustainable as the Beijing National Aquatics Center, or Water Cube, the latest cutting-edge building to open on the enormous construction site that is China. Taking the structure of soap bubbles as inspiration (and mimicking nature’s way of filling 3-d space most efficiently), PTW Architects and Arup gave the $200 million Cube an elegant, light-weight design: a rectangular box covered in iridescent bubble wrap.
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