Posts tagged "Modern design"
Katsura Imperial Villa – Genealogy of Simple
Modern design is simply a simple design. Simple means that colors, shapes and materials are restrained. Simple is not a modernist patent. It is not limited to architecture and product design. Where did the value of simplicity come from? What is that concrete appearance? In the series “Genealogy of Simple”, we explore various aspects of...
Hotel by Shigeru Ban “Shounai Hotel Suiden Terrace”
We had a chance of staying at Ban Shigeru’s SHONAI HOTEL SUIDEN TERRASSE “Shonai Hotel Suiden Terrace” is located in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture in Japan. (Suiden means rice field) As the name suggests, it stands in a rice field in the Shonai Plain, which symbolizes rice. The magnificent scenery of the rice fields,...
Japan in Architecture : 1/3 scale giant model of Kenzo Tange’s home
Kenzo Tange’s own residence in 1/3 scale giant model. from “Japan in Architecture : Genealogies of Its Transformation” (April 25-September 17, 2018 @ Mori Art Museum). Although huge, it is a model, so the whole house can be seen in a glance rather than seen in the separate photographs, Thus the concept of the building...
Blade runner 2049 – Land, Architecture, Design, City, Memories 2
(* Blade Runner 2049, source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/movies/blade-runner-2049-trailer.html) Isozaki Arata refers to Mies van der Rohe’s “Lake Shore Drive Apartment” as following (“Sumi-ka Twelfth”, Mai Library Publishing Bureau, 1999). In the hell of a three-dimensional lattice, “You will be creating your own shell in a box that accommodates your life, so the design possibility in Metropolis is...
TV stand entertainment unit with simple modern design
TV stand entertainment center unit with simple and modern design TV entertainment unit is something that you enjoy everyday at your living room. However we think is placing TV in the center with huge presence is not what modern design interior is looking for. In the living room we seek family conversation and not one...
Modern minimalist TV stand with floating simple design
Modern minimalist floating design TV stand by zeitgeist. Cantilevered design creates floating minimalist light weight aesthetics. TV stand that features spirit of modern minimalist design. zeitgeist’s TV stand FSM(Floor Stand Metal) is designed with the inspiration of minimalist and Bauhaus’s modern design. Cantilever construction designed 100years ago in the era of Bauhaus now supports latest...
Julius Shulman -architectural photo as media-
“Good designs are rarely accepted, so we have to sell them.” Julius Shulman , an architectural photographer One of the most famous photographs of Julius Shulman is of the case study house # 22. Built in Hollywood Hills, it is also called Stahl House (1960) designed by architect Pierre koenig. Spectacle piece that can never...
Blade runner 2049 – Land,Architecture,Design,City,Memories
sun, green and space is the slogan of the modern city that CIAM (International Congresses of Modern Architecture) proposed as Athens Charter in 1933. The original story is the concept of Le Corbusier’s “Radiant city” / “Ville Radieuse”. There is something that is missing in this slogan. Isozaki Arata points out that it is <Soil>...
Wooden TV stands with mount modern mid century design
Wooden TV stand with mount by zeitgeist Floor Stand Wood is simple yet functional wooden TV stand with mount. Stand made by plywood and has oak wood finish. Design reflects the spirit of mid century modern era design. Simple yet elegant curve on the wood material makes beautiful interior item with quality. Simple construction...
Corner TV stands, entertainment center with space efficiency
Corner TV stands by zeitgeist. zeitgeist’s FSM floor stand Metal is ideal TV stand to place in the corner of living room or any room. Simple and visually light weighted design features spirit of modern Bauhaus design. zeitgesit’s FSM is simple entertainment center and ideal to use as Corner TV stands. Although it is...
TV stand with mount in simple and modern design
TV stand with mount featured with simple Mid-century modern design . The design of FSM, Floor Stand Metal, was inspired by the spirit of Mid-century modern design. The era which became the base of current functional furniture design. At the time, more than 100years ago, there was no Flat screen TV. So there was no...
Kenzo Tange’s architectural design Dentsu headquarters building – Unseen Tsukiji redevelopment plan –
Dentsu head office building of Tsukiji designed by Kenzo Tange (Ex-Dentsu Tech Building completed in 1967) will be demolished soon. Currently it is vacant house. The site will be developed by Sumitomo Real Estate together with surrounding area. Kenzo Tange formulated the “Tsukiji redevelopment plan” (1964) for the entire Tsukiji area when asked to design...
Mies van der Rohe petrol station
Mies van der Rohe has designed gas stations in Montreal, Canada in his last years. It is Esso gas station in Nan Island. This gas station can be watched on DVD “Mies van der Rohe” (directed by Joseph Hiller). The black roof which stretched to low crawl on the ground is beautiful. If such a...
Joseph Albers, ” Interaction of Color “
Interaction of Color 1963 by Joseph Albers is in the classic of color theory, but its respects to the practice the design, has passed on the teachings of Bauhaus and it has not gone old. https://www.amazon.com/Interaction-Color-Anniversary-Josef-Albers/dp/0300179359 Josef Albers was born in Germany in 1888, entered in Weimar’s Bauhaus at the age of 32 in 1920,...
