T H E D E S I G N I S S U E
A BUILDING
AN EVERYDAY OBJECT
Recently I went to Hokkaido, where I was impressed by the Tadao Ando chapel on the water. I love the simple work, the refinement, and the natural side all at the same time and the incredible scenography, especially with its mirror effects.
The Rubik’s Cube, fascinates me as much as it repels me. I am fascinated because I think it’s beautiful with its Mondrian aspect, but I don’t understand it: it seems incredible that people enjoy playing with it.
Jean-Philippe Nuel
The French archi tect of the Hotel Mol i tor in Par is, Cures Mar ines in Trouvi l le-sur -Mer and Hotel Croiset te Beach in Cannes, pays special at tent ion to the locat ion: “that is the star t ing point of any stor y. For the Cures Mar ines, a fashion shot seen in a magazine guided me in the project : the model was wear ing a thin str iped l inen sui t , wi th class and incredible imper t inence…”
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A CITY
Rome. I know it so well because I lived in Trinità dei Monti when I was a student. I love its complexity, the resurgence of eras that cover a long period. Rome isn’t a museum-city, it transcends time; and let's not forget La Dolce Vita... and the Italian cuisine!
AN ICONIC DESIGN OBJECT
Philippe Starck’s Juicy Salif juicer for Alessi. Not so much for its aesthetics, but its capacity to accept all types of citrus fruit without having to use electricity, in a world ruled by high tech, energy-devouring machines.
A BUILDING
The Acropolis Museum in Athens, designed by Bernard Tschumi. Rather discrete, the attraction resides in the interior landscape that takes you on journey through the antique works and the Acropolis view in the backdrop.
Lisa Hassanzadeh
Head of Inter ior & Par tner at concrete, which is responsible for the inter ior archi tecture of INK Hotel Amsterdam: “our credo is to transform requi rements into creat ive solut ions. For the INK, i t took the form of wel ls of l ight in the hear t of the common areas. The strong histor y of this former newspaper of f ice was the per fect star t ing point for new stor ies to come”.
AN ARCHITECTURAL PERIOD
The Bauhaus. Architecture was decisive because it was omnipresent and founded on innovative principles and not elements of style and architecture from the past.
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