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supernews :: archive :: shanghai: giuliano fujiwara store opening edgy menswear and womenswear label giuliano fujiwara has been making waves season after season, creating an ever-growing following across the planet. the brand has arrived in bustling shanghai, opening up shop among a-grade fashion peers in the upmarket citic square mall. the shop interior was co-designed by giuliano fujiwara's creative director masataka matsumura who blended in some of his beloved japanese wabi sabi design elements. location: 1168 nanjing xi lu [nanjing xi lu]. © giuliano fujiwara

House in Futakoshinchi The House in Futakoshinchi is a narrow, unassuming home in Kanagawa, Japan. Designed by the Japanese studio Tato Architects, the charred cedar facade is positioned at the end of a long driveway. Narrow lots are common in Japan; architects must use innovative design to make the small spaces into comfortable and fully functioning homes. The House in Futakoshinchi is arranged to do just that. Three stories are connected by wooden stairs and illuminated by large windows. The dining, kitchen, and living areas are located on the second floor, with the bedrooms located on the lowest floor for privacy. I love the simple elegance of this home.

Harvard Graduate School of Design - Homepage SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten Bauhaus Dessau Berlin-based multidisciplinary creative hub HORT was charged with the daunting task of redesigning the identity of the icon of Modernism, the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. The new identity’s elements consisted of stationery, brochures, posters, tickets, website etc., but also the redesign of the signage of Walter Gropius’ famous Bauhaus building. Given this, the studio wanted to make it clearly distinguishable what is part of the original structure and what new additions had been made. The chosen corporate typeface was Courier, the most generic and incidental typeface, in consonance with the studio’s belief that a generic design would work best in order to make the distinction between old and new. The entire typographic system consists exclusively of common system fonts, an approach connected to the original Bauhaus ideology that demanded functionality and designs based on the potential of mass-production.

Inici — UPC. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BarcelonaTech. 2011 United States Best Architecture Schools And this years rankings are in… In it’s 12th year of publication in DesignIntelligence, James Cramer and the Greenway Group have compiled the 2011 America’s Best Architecture & Design Schools ranking. Cornell University repeated as the No.1 Undergraduate Architecture program. The most significant switch among the universities this year, the University of Michigan Graduate program grabbing the No.1 spot, nudging out Harvard (No.2) who had consecutively held the top position for the last six years. James Cramer answered the ever popular question, why rank schools, “At university, students’ experiences can significantly enhance or diminish their interests as well as their likelihood for future success. Cramer continues, “Another answer is given by the architecture firms that employ recent graduates. Top 10 Undergraduate Architecture Schools 1. Top 10 Graduate Architecture Schools 1. Architecture Skills Assessment Analysis and Planning 1. Communication 1. Computer applications 1. Design 1.

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