A personal review of design creations
Beirut. The Eras of Design
After its unveiling at the Grand Hornu (Belgium), the Beirut. The Eras of Design exhibition opens at the mudac in Lausanne. A unique and rare chance to learn about the history of design from a country leading in creativity despite its political instability.
#CabinWeek - Lake Rotsee Refuge
Built entirely in wood, the finish tower has large-sized sliding shutters giving the facade a relief-like expression.
#CabinWeek Season 2 – Episode 4: Lake Rotsee Refuge
Plateforme 10: 3 Museums in the heart of Lausanne
Just a few short steps from the main train station, Plateforme 10 is the new arts district in Lausanne. Arisen on the site of a former railway locomotive repair shed, it is the new home of three cantonal museums…
6 Rooms × 6 Positions
Six Swiss design studios design a room and furnish it with pieces from the Zurich Design Museum collection. Jörg Boner, Connie Hüsser, Kueng Caputo, Sebastian Marbacher, Panter&Tourron and Adrien Rovero showcase their favourite objects and convey a sense of how they work and what drives them.
‘Life’ By Olaffur Eliasson At The Fondation Beyeler
If you need to add one reason to visit or return to the Fondation Beyeler, here is stunning one: LIFE by Olafur Eliasson… an artwork open night and day, inside and outside the building…
#WoodWeek - Rigot Collective Dwelling Centre
“The best carpenters make the fewest chips.” Maybe the wisdom of the English proverb has inspired this project in Geneva. Make the most effective solution to an urgent need for temporary accommodation for migrants.
Day 2: Rigot Collective Dwelling Centre, Geneva, Switzerland
#Brickweek 1 - Augmented Bricklaying
To close this series for now, here is a project demonstrating that bricks are not a material from the past with an ancient technique. AI and humans skills are combined here…
Season One, Episode Five: Greece (with a Swiss touch!)
#LifeAfterLockdown - Bürgenstock Hotel
Inaugurated in 1877, this resort was the refuge of some celebrities in the 60s before going bankrupt… It has seen everything… But one thing remains: The View!
Episode Six: The Bürgenstock Hotel – Obbürgen, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Symbiotic Seeing
The Kunsthaus Zürich presents a major solo exhibition by Olafur Eliasson. At its centre in a new, space-filling installation that addresses a key issue of our times: the relationship and interplay between human and non-human actors on Earth.
Is It A Snake Or A Dragon? The new Swatch HQ by Shigeru Ban
For his second collaboration with the Swiss brand, Shigeru Ban delivers an organic 240-metre long office structure by the Suze canal in Biel.