that border the worlds of nature, technology anddesign. Artificial nylon clouds, a chair grown out of crystal, and a pine tree immortalised within a block of ice all work to create new natural forms with astrong sensory appeal.
Second Nature: Directed by Tokujin Yoshioka
21_21 Design SightTokyo, JapanOctober 17 2008-January 18 2009
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Designed by nature
Drawn to their subjects through a background in jewellery design, authors Poul Beckmann and RuthKaspin have been studying and photographing someof the world’s most beautiful bugs and insects inorder to compile them in this book through a seriesof striking, colourful images.
Living Jewels
By Poul Beckmann and Ruth KaspinPublisher: PrestelISBN-13: 3791325280
Ryan McGinley
Every summer photographer Ryan McGinley sets off on a road trip across the States with a busload of models in tow. Referencing 70s naturist magazinesfor inspiration, his resulting pictures capture the vastbeauty of wild America and the boundless energy of his youthful muses. McGinley’s sophisticated use of Alastair Gordon’s book
Space Out
chronicles thelesser known chapters in the history of the hippymovement, such as the design and transformation of interior and exterior living spaces, and thereconfiguration of concepts like “home”, “room” and “community”. He provides reference points for manycurrent and future trends, from progressivearchitecture to organic food and sustainable design.
Spaced Out
By Alastair GordonPublisher: RizzoliISBN: 0847831051
Copenhagen Zoo Elephant House
Despite its man-made design, the new ElephantHouse by Foster and Partners in Copenhagen Zoohas restored the relationship between the enclosureand surrounding parkland. A unique domed glass roof allows dappled daylight to flood the space as if filtered through a canopy of tress in the wild. And itssubterranean aspect ensures a smooth transitionfrom building to landscape, as well as excellentinsulation for the animals inside.
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re-photographed pictures he took and found in thearea, combined with dried local flowers and berries.The end result are surreal and beautifully juxtaposedcollages, documenting a changing and slowlyvanishing part of urban environment.
Hackney Flowers
Stephen GillPublisher: NobodyISBN: 0954940539
A World Without Bees
“If the bee disappears off the surface of the globe,then man would have four years of life left.” AlbertEinsteinThe spiralling decline of our bee population couldhave dire consequences for the future of all mankind.A World Without Bees forces us to confront thisthreat to our survival and explores the human blamefor their downfall. It also provides a plan forsafeguarding the bee to ensure both our specieshave a fighting chance.
A World Without Bees
By Alison Benjamin and Brian McCallumPublisher: Guardian NewspapersISBN: 0852650922
Menswear spring/summer 2010: Evolve Inspirationhttp://www.wgsn.com/members/trends-info/features/ti086370__evo3 of 412/20/2008 8:29 AM
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