April 2021 Issue - Interior Design https://interiordesign.net/issues/april-2021/ The leading authority for the Architecture & Design community Sun, 09 Jul 2023 16:36:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://interiordesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ID_favicon.png April 2021 Issue - Interior Design https://interiordesign.net/issues/april-2021/ 32 32 Petr Hájek Architekti Designs Hunting Grounds, a Templelike Pet Crematorium in Žižice https://interiordesign.net/designwire/petr-hajek-architekti-designs-hunting-grounds-a-templelike-pet-crematorium-in-zizice/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:30:09 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/designwire/petr-hajek-architekti-designs-hunting-grounds-a-templelike-pet-crematorium-in-zizice/ At Hunting Grounds, a templelike crematorium in Žižice by Petr Hájek Architekti, man's best friends gets a special sendoff.

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The exterior of the Hunting Grounds pet crematorium features a reflective facade surrounded by trees
Photography by Radek Úlehla/Coatmen.

Although the U.S. ranks highest in pet-care spending per person, the Czech Republic is among the top 20 countries of dog and cat populations. At Hunting Grounds, a templelike crematorium in Žižice by Petr Hájek Architekti, man’s best friends can not only get a special sendoff but their owners may also experience what the great beyond might look like for them. The site itself is unique: a 3,000-square-foot decommissioned military bunker. It’s one of several at the Drnov Air Defense Site, the Cold War fortification turned museum and tourist destination situated approximately 25 miles northwest of Prague. The underground concrete structure remains mostly in its original form, except for an ethereal transformation near the building’s entrance. Running perpendicular to a pair of concrete-block walls, Petr Hájek installed a monumental panel finished with a reflective mirrorlike surface that channels the works of Anish Kapoor and Richard Serra. “It’s like moving toward a liquid wall,” Hájek says of the 20-by-36-foot expanse onto which he and his team glued 6,000 pieces of aluminum-coated polycarbonate by hand, so that each has a slightly different tilt and angle. The resulting image is a mosaic abstraction of the surrounding landscape that seems to shimmer and flicker as visitors walk by. “It’s like a gate to another dimension,” the architect notes, “and adds a mystical feeling.”

A monumental panel finished with a reflective mirrorlike surface that channels the works of Anish Kapoor and Richard Serra.
Photography by Radek Úlehla/Coatmen.

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Library Street Collective in Detroit is a Snarkitecture First https://interiordesign.net/designwire/snarkitecture-designs-its-first-freestanding-gallery/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/designwire/snarkitecture-designs-its-first-freestanding-gallery/ For Library Street Collective in Detroit, Snarkitecture draws on the facade’s historic brick to create the key design feature. Read on to learn more.

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Snarkitecture draws its name from The Hunting of the Snark, a Lewis Carroll poem. A recent project, Library Street Collective in Detroit, the firm’s first freestanding gallery, is evidence of that inspo. Situated in the Belt, a downtown alleyway populated with murals and artistic interventions, the ground-floor space occupies 1,600 square feet in the landmarked L.B. King and Company Building from 1911. In its signature reinterpretation of everyday materials, Snarkitecture worked with what was present on-site, namely the facade’s historic brick, to create the key design feature: a portal connecting the alley to the gallery interior that also nods to the notion of a bricked-up window. “The intent is to create a moment of wonder,” co-founder Alex Mustonen says. Carroll would be proud.

A Closer Look at the Facade of Library Street Collective in Detroit

The brick facade of Library Street Collective in Detroit by Snarkitecture
Library Street Collective in Detroit. Photography by PD Rearick/courtesy of Library Street Collective.
A closer look at the original brick that inspired the current design of Library Street Collective
Library Street Collective in Detroit. Photography by PD Rearick/courtesy of Library Street Collective.

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The Design Museum in London Exhibits Art-Producing Humanoid Robot https://interiordesign.net/designwire/the-design-museum-in-london-exhibits-art-producing-humanoid-robot/ Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/designwire/the-design-museum-in-london-exhibits-art-producing-humanoid-robot/ “Ai-Da Self Portraits” at the Design Museum in London demonstrates how arts institutions, and possibly your client’s living room, are being shaped by AI.

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A robot sketches on a white pad at the Design Museum in London
The robot has been programmed with AI to produce art. Photography courtesy of the Studio of Aidan Meller Gallery.

AI is practically
everywhere these days—phones, cars, hospitals, outer space. Now, with “Ai-Da Self Portraits” at the Design Museum in London, add arts institutions, and possibly your client’s living room wall, to the list. Named after Ada Lovelace, the pioneering female scientist and mathematician, the robot is the vision of independent gallerist Aidan Meller and researcher/curator Lucy Seal and made by Engineered Arts and University of Oxford PhD students. Ai-Da stands 5 feet 8 inches tall, took a year to build, and has been programmed to use algorithms to create art that comments on the current and future uses of AI. “She” will be present at the opening of the exhibition, alongside the trio of selfies she produced.

The show includes three self-portraits by Ai-Da, each an oil on canvas.
The show includes three self-portraits by Ai-Da, each an oil on canvas. Photography courtesy of the Studio of Aidan Meller Gallery.
Ai-Da, a life-size humanoid robot cloaked in a custom vintage-style dress
Ai-Da, a life-size humanoid robot cloaked in a custom vintage-style dress to highlight her timeless endurance, is the subject of an exhibit at the Design Museum, London, that runs May 17 to June 6.

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Centerpeak’s Handmade Vessel Celebrates the Human Form https://interiordesign.net/designwire/centerpeak-s-handmade-vessel-celebrates-the-human-form/ Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/designwire/centerpeak-s-handmade-vessel-celebrates-the-human-form/ Partners in life and work, ceramicist Elliot Reynolds and industrial designer Jeff Rubio’s handmade vessel celebrates the human form.

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Partners in life and work, ceramicist Elliot Reynolds and industrial designer Jeff Rubio’s handmade vessel celebrates the human form.

A white ceramic vase with two circular forms resembling the shape of a butt
Butt Vase in glazed ceramic in glossy white by Centerpeak. Photography by Elliot Reynolds.

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Studio Proba and Concrete Collaborative Unveil Encaustic Tile Collection https://interiordesign.net/products/studio-proba-and-concrete-collaborative-unveil-encaustic-tile-collection/ Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:13:34 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/designwire/studio-proba-and-concrete-collaborative-unveil-encaustic-tile-collection/ With Aurora, from manufacturer Concrete Collaborative, Studio Proba’s Alex Proba can add tile to her ever-expanding portfolio with a 25-piece collection.

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Brightly colored Aurora tiles with geometric patterns on a white staircase
Aurora tiles.

Her signature mash-ups of 1980s-leaning abstractions in offbeat color combinations have been applied to swimming pools, hotel murals, rugs, and wallpaper. Now, with Aurora, from manufacturer Concrete Collaborative, Studio Proba’s Alex Proba can add tile to her ever-expanding portfolio. The 25-piece collection is made up of 8-inch-square encaustic tiles, their patterns of organic shapes in vivid colorways such as lilac/golden sparked by Proba’s travels to Morocco. Masses of a single style or mixed combinations make for a lively shower stall, wall, backsplash, or floor.

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CoVent-19 Challenge Frontrunner from Fuseproject and Cionic https://interiordesign.net/designwire/vox-by-fuseproject-and-cionic-emerges-as-a-frontrunner-in-covent-19-challenge/ Wed, 07 Apr 2021 16:54:55 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/designwire/vox-by-fuseproject-and-cionic-emerges-as-a-frontrunner-in-covent-19-challenge/ The team developed VOX, a pneumatically driven ventilator that costs less than $1,000 to produce, takes under four hours to assemble, and is portable.

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the VOX ventilator by Fuseproject and Cionic
Photography by Reed Garber/Courtesy of Fuseproject.

In April 2020, a cohort of resident physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital launched CoVent-19. The open eight-week innovation challenge addressed the anticipated ventilator shortages by crowdsourcing ideas for rapidly deployable alternatives. From 200-plus submissions, seven frontrunners ultimately emerged, including a joint effort between Fuseproject, the San Francisco design agency founded by Yves Béhar, medical technology start­up Cionic, and several mechanical engineering consultants. The team developed VOX, a pneumatically driven ventilator that costs less than $1,000 to produce, takes under four hours to assemble, and is portable (it can be mounted to a standard IV pole). “We specifically designed VOX for the pandemic setting,” says Fuse­project senior industrial designer Daniel Zarem, who led the 19-person team. “We interviewed a lot of ICU nurses and respiratory therapists—people from both sides of the country, some in heavily hit, overcrowded ICU units. It was a very collaborative process.” Using a computer or tablet, medical workers can even control up to four machines remotely, an especially novel—and healthful—feature.

renderings of the VOX project by Fuseproject and Cionic for the Covent-19 Challenge
“The ventilator delivers an easily assembled, high-precision form factor that’s adaptable to multiple health­care settings,” shares Zarem. Photography by Reed Garber/Courtesy of Fuseproject.
a screen on the VOX ventilator by Fuseproject and Cionic
Photography by Reed Garber/Courtesy of Fuseproject.

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Stuck Design Develops a Touchless Elevator Button https://interiordesign.net/designwire/stuck-design-develops-a-touchless-elevator-button/ Wed, 07 Apr 2021 16:35:27 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/designwire/stuck-design-develops-a-touchless-elevator-button/ Stuck Design, led by Tze Lee, Yong Jieyu, and Donn Koh has completed an array of multidisciplinary projects, including pandemic-ready technologies to mitigate COVID-19.

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a person points their finger at a button in an elevator
“Contactless technology doesn’t have to be static,” Koh shares. Photography courtesy of Stuck Design.

A decade ago, a group of young Singaporean designers, friends who returned to their homeland around the same time after working abroad, decided to go into business together as Stuck Design. The venture, ahem, stuck, and now, the 28-person team led by Tze Lee, Yong Jieyu, and Donn Koh has completed an array of multidisciplinary projects, including pandemic-
ready technologies to mitigate COVID-19. One in particular is Kinetic Touchless, an elevator-button device that
automatically depresses when it senses a finger hovering before it. “In contactless interfaces, we often use sound and light for input,” Koh says. “But we tend to forget that physical movement is a satisfying form of haptic feedback.” And the product isn’t limited to just elevators: A sliding door could follow the move­ment of your hand 2 inches away.

The mechanical details of Kinetic Touchless
The mechanical details of Kinetic Touchless. Photography courtesy of Stuck Design.
a finger pointing at the glowing number 7 in an elevator
Photography courtesy of Stuck Design.

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