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” Mies van der Rohe / Barcelona Pavilion + SANAA Installation… Completed in 1929, disassembled in 1930, reconstruction in 1986 by Ignasi de Solà-Morales, Cristian Cirici and Fernando Ramos.”
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http://www.vimeo.com/7986712
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Project Details:
Building Barcelona Pavilion
Architect: Mies van der Rohe
Program: Exhibition building
Installation: SANAA / Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa [from 26 Nov, 2008 until 18 Jan 2009].
Client: Government of Germany
Completed 1929, disassembled in 1930, reconstruction in 1986 by Ignasi de Solà-Morales, Cristian Cirici and Fernando Ramos
Location: Av. de Marquès de Comillas s/n, Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain
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Detail.de

Maya Lin, the architect of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C., has completed a new sculpture for the Renzo-Piano-designed California Academy of Sciences. The cone-shaped artwork entitled „What is missing“ is part of a multi-sited, “multimedia memorial” dedicated to species which have become extinct due to climate change and destruction of habitats.
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Photo: Bruce Damonte

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“What is Missing?” is a poignant reminder of what we stand to lose if the crisis surrounding biodiversity and habitat loss continues,” said San Francisco Mayor Newsom. “Maya Lin’s sculpture shows what is at stake and why reducing our environmental impact is one of our most urgent challenges. By making significant changes in our daily lives, such as driving less, recycling more or supporting sustainable food production, we can stem global warming and protect endangered species for generations to come.”

The permanent “What is Missing?” sculpture consists of a 8′6″h x 10′8″w x 19′2″l bronze “Listening Cone” lined with reclaimed wood. A 2′ 4 ¼”h x 4′6″w screen, located within the cone, features more than 20 minutes of video footage that links extinct as well as threatened and endangered species to the habitats and ecosystems that are vital to their survival. The featured species, which include the tuna, dodo bird, monarch butterfly, golden toad, and others, were selected because they are either already extinct or will most likely disappear in our lifetime. The video footage is overlayed with text describing the decline of the featured species and the alarming degradation of their habitats…

Photo: Bruce Damonte

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A dedicated environmentalist, Lin has been committed to focusing attention on the natural world throughout her career, and has incorporated sustainable and recycled materials into many of her artworks. “”What is Missing?” is both a wake-up call and a call to action,” says Lin. “I believe that art, at times, can look at a subject differently, and in doing so can get people to pay closer attention.”

Photo: Bruce Damonte

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The setting for “What is Missing?” is in itself a part of the memorial’s story. Scientists at the California Academy of Sciences have been exploring and documenting biodiversity for more than 155 years, and the museum’s exhibits highlight some of the planet’s most unusual and endangered life forms. In developing “What is Missing?”, Maya Lin spent multiple visits over a 4-year period talking with Academy researchers about the stories behind various extinctions and dwindling populations.

The second component of the “What is Missing?” memorial is a traveling dark room with projected images and sounds from a variety of endangered species. Visitors are encouraged to navigate through the space with translucent screens that capture images and brief statements when held over the floor projections. Moreover, a “What is Missing?” website will launch around Earth Day 2010.”

Source: Detail.de
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Gestalten

Less and more:The Design Et hos of Dieter Rams
Edited by Klaus Klemp, Keiko Ueki-Polet
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European Release: December 15, 2009
International Release: January 2010
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Less And More

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“In the more than 40 years that he spent working at Braun, Dieter Rams established himself as one of the most influential designers of the twentieth century. His elegantly clear visual language not only defined product design for decades, but also our fundamental understanding of what design is and what it can and should do.
Dieter Rams created ten rules of design more than twenty years ago. Sometimes referred to as “the ten commandments,” they are just as relevant today: Good design is innovative. Good design makes a product useful. Good design is aesthetic. Good design helps a product to be understood. Good design is unobtrusive. Good design is honest. Good design is durable. Good design is consistent to the last detail. Good design is environmentally friendly. Good design is as little design as possible.
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Less and More elucidates the design philosophy of Dieter Rams. The book contains images of hundreds of Rams’s products as well as his sketches and models—from Braun stereo systems and electric shavers to the chairs and shelving systems that he created for Vitsoe and his own company sdr+. In addition to the rich visual presentation of his designs, the book contains new texts by international design experts that explain how the work was created, describe its timeless quality, and put it into current context. In this way, the work of Dieter Rams is given a contemporary reevaluation that is especially useful in light of the rediscovery of functionalism and rationalism in today’s design.Less and More shows us the possibilities that design opens for both the manufacturer and the consumer as a means of making our lives better through attractive, functional solutions that also save resources.
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Less and More is edited by Professor Klaus Klemp and Keiko Ueki-Polet. One of the world’s leading experts in the field of product design, Klemp has been acquainted with Dieter Rams for many years and is an authority on his work. Ueki-Polet is one of Japan’s most renowned design curators. She is well acquainted with design developments in both Asia and the Western world and works at the Suntory Museum in Osaka.”

Dieter Rams Profile

Book Details:
Title: Less and More
Subtitle: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams
Editors: Klaus Klemp, Keiko Ueki-Polet
Language: bilingual German/English
Price: € 49,90 / $ 78,00 / £ 45,00
Format: 19 × 23 cm
Features: 808 pages, full color, PVC cover, in slipcase
ISBN: 978-3-89955-277-5
EU Release: December 15, 2009
International Release: January 2010

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