Last week saw the launch of a pop-up hotel concept by German artist HA Schult – most famous for his ‘Trash Men’ – for Corona Extra Beer’s ‘Corona Save The Beach‘ initiative. The hotel, a conceptual look at how we can expect to see our beaches if dramatic changes are not made sooner rather than later, is constructed almost entirely of garbage and rather amazingly had a supermodel guest as it’s first, and by all accounts she braved an evening – in support of World Environment Day – on one of it’s 2 floors……
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Corona ‘Save the Beach’ Hotel
German artist's central Rome hotel is, quite literally, rubbish.....
June 8th, 2010
Troika Nature in the City Installations
London based art & design agency commissioned for UK Pavilion....
May 27th, 2010
Having previously created inspirational installations for the likes of British Airways (Heathrow Terminal 5) and the BBC, London’s Troika – ‘a multi-disciplinary art and design practice, with backgrounds in graphic and communication, art, product design and engineering’ – have been commissioned by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to create the exhibitions for Thomas Heatherwick’s awe-inspiring UK Pavilion at Shanghai’s fabulous 2010 World Expo. Gracefully complementing – without ever distracting from – Heatherwick’s masterpiece, ‘The Seed Cathedral’, Troika have brilliant contextualised the Pavilion’s concept of ‘Nature and the City’ and the 3 distinct installations that are tucked underneath the constructions edges, and which visitors are led through, each tell a unique story of UK life…..
Scheduled to hit the streets by 2012, the final design for London’s “new Routemaster bus” has been unveiled, and whilst we’re unsure what has happened to the Foster + Partners / Aston Martin design that originally won Boris Johnson’s 2008 competition, we do know that more than a little has been ‘borrowed’ from said design in this version – a collaboration between Transport of London, Wrightbus and Heatherwick Studio (they of Shanghai Expo UK Pavilion fame)…..
Gumdropbin by Anna Bullus
young designer's remarkable chewing gum recycling project....
May 13th, 2010
Having, like many of us, been perturbed by the amount of spat-out gum that unpleasantly adorns our streets, University of Brighton student Anna Bullus had the rather disturbing brainwave of recycling said gum…. “I suddenly realised that chewing gum is already a rubber, and rubber can be recycled and made into stuff, so why not gum?” Eight months in the lab, and Anna had developed the process – using secret ingredients to extract a polymer that she calls BRGP (Bullus Recycled Gum Polymer). Already declared by Marie Claire as one of 20 women to “Change the World 2010,” Anna’s company, Gumdrop Ltd., are now set to produce pink bubble bins – from recycled gum of course – that will be situated around London… once full, the bin and contents can then be recycled to produce all manner of plastic goods….
RETHINK: Contemporary Art & Climate Change
art meets current affairs in Copenhagen
December 8th, 2009
As the world descends upon Copenhagen for the beginning of the two week United Nations COP15 climate change conference, RETHINK offers a different perspective on events with it’s award winning art exhibition showcasing at three of Copenhagen’s finest exhibition houses, the National Gallery of Denmark, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art and Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center. 26 trendsetting Nordic and international artists display their environmentally themed work, delivering an altogether alternative look at what climate change means to the world and us as the affected party. Unique, visionary and refreshing… let’s hope the world’s heads of state can be as influential in the coming days.
Should we be lucky enough to have a few acres and some whopping great trees outside our gaff then we genuinely couldn’t think of a more exciting prospect than bagging one of Dustin Feider’s awe-inspiring O2 Treehouses. Built from 100% sustainable materials and ensuring healthy, unrestricted tree growth, these modular structures, based upon a geodesic sphere, are the must-have for the rich and famous who just want to get away from it all…. Hardwood floorings, interconnected bridges, elecrtic winches, water-tight seals and sophisticated lighting solutions ensure that this is somewhere you can spend a serious amount of time, and with a percentage of proceeds going to eco-tourism projects, your fabulous new place in nature needn’t seem all that extravagant.
Level Green, The Autostadt, Wolfsburg
sustainability exhibition at Volkswagen's Autostadt
November 24th, 2009
If the fabulous landscaping, architecture and the famous CarTowers weren’t enough to persuade you to take a visit to Volkswagen’s impressive ‘Autostadt‘, then this new permanent exhibition from Berlin architects J. Mayer H. might tip the balance for you. A collaboration with interactive media specialists, and fellow Berliners, Art+Com, this otherworldly, architectural space offers experiential learning on sustainability issues through a variety of touch-screen technical installations. The rather ginormous green shapey things are apparently based upon the internationally recognised PET symbol, which we’re sure was all very nice to say when presented to the client, but who are they kidding? This beautifully bizarre, luminous, melted wall madness was surely born from some crazy hallucinogenic toad-licking experience.
Sprawling across a sizeable portion of Cornish coastline, The Scarlet Hotel looks all Bond villain with it’s cavernous luxury, floor to ceiling windows and dramatic cliff views, however, there is nothing remotely villainous about this spectacular building and the 5* luxury it beholds. Quite the contrary, this is as good as it gets.
Eco, green, sustainable, it all adds up to the same thing: we have a responsibility to minimise our negative impact on the planet.
The Scarlet Hotel
With it’s Forest Stewardship Council-approved timber frame, grey and rain water harvesting, solar heating, biomass boiler and even a natural pool with a living reed bed as a filtration system, The Scarlet is quite possibly the greenest hotel you’ll stay at, they even re-homed worms before beginning construction. As can often the case, luxury has not been compromised in the quest for the ultimate in sustainability, no expense has been spared in the lavish attention that the rooms, communal spaces, spa and exterior have received.
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It’s great to see a company have a strong visual identity running throughout their brand – and that’s just what Stockholm based Bedow Creative have achieved for Sweden’s largest organic grocery store, Eat! Ekoaffären.
Founded by the rather talented duo of Mark Tappin and Simon Gofton, Tappin Gofton is a London-based studio that knock out some wonderfully distinctive work
We asked the Portland studio some questions, which they blindly ignored – instead providing us with a delightful insight into their wonderfully twisted minds. Enjoy…..
Decidedly Brazilian, thanks to it’s colour and vibrancy, Rubens LP’s style is the perfect accompaniment to summer – and anyone who uses bulldogs in their work is sure to receive high precedence with us…..
Rolling out across Europe in coming weeks is this, rather difficult to watch, advert for Sony’s new range of 3D TVs – courtesy of Sexy Beast director Jonathan Glazer....
Devin McGrath
Gareth Hughes
Taxi Studio
The Dead Photos
Jiro Bevis
Eat! Brand Identity
Tappin Gofton
The Official Manufacturing Company
Rubens LP
Sony 3D TV Advert
