OSCAR ESE ERRE

“What is typophoto? Typography is communication composed in type. Photography is the visual presentation of what can be optically apprehended. Typophoto is the visually most exact rendering of communication.”

“Drawing a spiral ramp in planometric oblique projection by hand is a very difficult task and requires plotting of a number of points in space. Bearing in mind that the radii of the outer ramp are constantly changing within the geometry of a frustum, this ramp was drawn with a degree of precision that would have required exceptional skill and patience. Interestingly, the digital model also demonstrated that the construction was rendered in color graphically, not spatially. The color was applied between lines, but does not always correspond to the position or visibility of the architectural elements.”

Tom Gauld - Map (a postcard from my book “Robots, Monsters etc.”)

http://www.tomgauld.com/

studio BÄNG - Serlachius Museum Gösta extension

With their design, nendo researched taiwan’s traditional bamboo handicrafts and furniture, applying these methods to a more modern material (tubular steel pipes).

Their choice to use the metal over bamboo is to display how these techniques can be easily mass-produced with a certain level of quality in a contemporary context.

Bamboo handicraft techniques were used in the chair’s seat, weaving thin sliced sections and joining parts, wrapping them around each other allowing them to give the hard metal a sense of pliancy.

http://www.nendo.jp/en/

Centered around a garden, the design is intended to serve as a contemplative room. Acting as a stage-like container, the pavilion uses the elements of blackness and shadow to abstract the internal space from the noise and distraction of the city.

Zumthor comments that “the design aims to help its audience take the time to relax, to observe and then, perhaps, start to talk again, maybe not. This experience will be intense and memorable, as will the materials themselves- full of memory and time”

Created exclusively for the project, the garden will be designed by the influential dutch designer Piet Oudolf

http://www.wardshelley.com/

Baptiste de Bombourg - Tradition of excellence