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Architects are expected to create original ideas resulting in a unique, bespoke design. With the rise of Modern Architecture, originality became ingrained in perceptions of good design. As a result, originality has become a barometer against which we measure the value of design. However technology today allows for ease of replication and copies, thus originality in design has become an ostensibly hollow prospect. Originals gathers a wide range of responses, varied in their opinions and approaches to originality and authorship in design and architecture. Inflection is a student-run design journal based at the Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne. Born from a desire to stimulate debate and generate ideas, it advocates the discursive voice of students, academics and practitioners. Founded in 2013, Inflection is a home for provocative writing—a place to share ideas and engage with contemporary discourse.
'A vivid, gripping story, beautifully handled, with a gem on every page' - Tracy Chevalier 'Once again J.C. Harvey has cleared the high bar in historical fiction by a mile.' - S. W. Perry 'Vibrant, twisting and compelling' - Minette Walters Summer 1630. The Swedish army is fighting its way down through Germany, with Jack Fiskardo and his company of scouts, or 'discoverers', fighting the guerrilla war ahead of the main advance. There are new allies to be made, new perils to overcome, new enemies to outwit and new adventures to pursue; but there is also a fortune for the taking, a mystery to be solved, and a destiny to fulfil - one that will see Jack brought face-to-face at last with his sworn enemy, Carlo Fantom. And in the wintry forests of Bohemia, that destiny will present Jack with an almost impossible choice - does he pursue his final vengeance, or does he turn aside, to help a child as helpless as he once was himself?
Global review of today's draphic design in the Nordic countries
Renovation & Transformation' is a new book from Vandkunsten Architects. It covers nine current renovation projects in the form of renovations of monotonous concrete buildings, transformations of so-called ?ghetto areas?, large-scale renovations of 1001 sheds with focus on process and recycling, as well as business- and cultural houses that are transformed and upgraded to new and longer lives. Each project is presented with a short text, images, illustrations and drawings.0The book is part of a series of publications about the current projects of the studio, which are representative of its work throughout the years. Its intention is to inspire others in the business ? architects, builders, advisors, students, and so on ? through a somewhat more in-depth introduction to some of the projects of the studio.
The theme of the third edition of the Nordic Architects series, Global Impacts, can be interpreted broadly. Referring to the challenges faced by architects the world over to create buildings and cities that are sustainable and inclusive, it is a theme that has particular resonance in the world's northernmost regions, where many look to find benchmarks of innovation and problem-solving. Edited by David Sokol, each of the Nordic region's foremost architectural practices is presented through beautiful original imagery of their most iconic works, as well as insightful conversations with each architectural office.
Danish Modern explores the development of mid-century modernist design in Denmark from historical, analytical and theoretical perspectives. Mark Mussari explores the relationship between Danish design aesthetics and the theoretical and cultural impact of Modernism, particularly between 1930 and 1960. He considers how Danish designers responded to early Modernist currents: the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930, their rejection of Bauhaus aesthetic demands, their early fealty to wood and materials, and the tension between cabinetmaker craft and industrial production as it challenged and altered their aesthetic approach. Tracing the theoretical foundations for these developments, Mussari discusses the writings and works of such figures as Poul Henningsen, Arne Jacobsen, Hans Wegner, Nanna Ditzel, and Finn Juhl.
This new book illuminates the human and holistic approach to architecture by the Scandinavian office C.F. Møller Architects, in order to to inspire to a new approach in the industry. Consisting of a series of essays, the book explores the company?s most recent projects in relation to today?s biggest challenges and changes in architecture, urban planning and design.0How can architecture enable better socialising, living, working, learning and healing? This book will aim to answer those questions.0C.F. Møller Architects is one of Scandinavia?s leading architectural firms, with 90 years of award-winning work in the Nordic region and worldwide0Today C.F. Møller has app. 300 employees. Head office is in Aarhus, Denmark and branches in Copenhagen, Aalborg, Oslo, Stockholm and London.
IKEA¿s designers have long been anonymous to most of us, but from the very outset the company engaged skilled designers for its furniture production. In 1995 it invested heavily in an even stronger contemporary design profile with its PS series, and since then IKEA has won universal acclaim for its products. Designers of IKEA presents all the faces behind the huge output on offer in IKEA catalogues past and present, both in Sweden and worldwide.
Written by David Sokol, Nordic Architects includes a unique question-and-answer format that provides firsthand accounts of the dialogues shaping northern Europe's design community. Readers will engage with the region's enduring legacy of modernist architecture that is sensitive to site and occupants as well as the global currents that are moving designers toward experimental work and provocative thinking. The volume spans architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture within the Nordic countries and beyond, and features a crisp layout punctuated by stunning photography.