(Harvard GSD): With Fidelio, Barkow Leibinger grapples with translating the immersive experience of theater to a 2D screen… When renowned US-German architecture firm Barkow Leibinger was approached by the Oscar-winning actor Christoph Waltz to help realize the stage design for Beethoven’s opera, Fidelio, in honor of the composer’s 250th birthday, the set they conceived for Vienna’s Theater … Continue reading Stage Design in a Pandemic
The Impression: Why Covid restrictions could usher in the bad old days of FROW snobbery…
The Impression: Misan Harriman is the first black male photographer to shoot a cover for British Vogue in its 104-year history. This is at once both celebratory moment – but also shameful that it has taken so long. Now, through his own digital platform, Harriman has some important insights to share for the fashion industry…
Soho House House Notes: Coming to terms with a recent divorce and the death of his father, TV chef and author Valentine Warner decided to write a very different kind of cookbook – one that explained the basis of his emphasis on seasonally sourced ingredients and explored how food has been a comfort to him … Continue reading Chef Valentine Warner on the Consolations of Food
Writer and author Mark Hooper misses human touch… will technology bridge the gap? (Soho House House Notes) (Photo by Sam Gregg) I remember when I last shook hands with someone. Every detail. As though it were five minutes ago. That’s a weird thing to say in itself. But what isn’t weird right now? I was … Continue reading Intimacy at a Distance
https://www.davidcollins.studio/projects/workspace-design David Collins Studio: First, a statement of the obvious: we don’t work the way we used to. You may have noticed. Flexible hours, homeworking and portfolio lifestyles mean that today, many of us do our jobs in very different spaces – and at very different times – to the traditional employment model. And, as … Continue reading Workspace Design
Published in November by Pavilion. Available to pre-order here. Social history as natural history: Fascinating stories behind 50 famous trees throughout British history How much do we know about the Glastonbury Hawthorn? This is a tree on the site of Glastonbury Abbey that flowers on Christmas Day, and is believed to descend from an original … Continue reading Coming soon: The Great British Tree Biography
The Impression: How we react to Coronavirus reveals the humanity at the heart of our community At times of crisis, the last thing most of us want to hear about is how the privileged and the super-wealthy are dealing with it. Which leaves the fashion world in something of a quandary. We are all worried, … Continue reading Fashion Stays Positive
Culture Trip: How Vienna's contrary spirit has shaped its artistic identity
Observer Design: subverting existing patterns and drawing together new stories with APFEL… From the grille of their east London studio onwards, you get a sense of graphic designers Kirsty Carter and Emma Thomas’ approach. Their agency name is written in letters sketched specifically for the metalwork, and produced according to the proportions of the golden … Continue reading A Design For Life
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