Tag Results for: Shanghai Expo 2010
Viktor & Rolf at World Expo, Shanghai
For the Dutch Pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai last week, Viktor & Rolf created a hologram of Dutch celebrity Stacey Rookhuizen spinning in the air while wearing a couture mini-dress entirely embroidered with crystals. Hologram technology has come a long way. We want one please! Read the original blog post here on Hint.
Danish Pavilion at Shanghai EXPO 2010 by BIG
The Danish Pavilion is a monolithic structure in white painted steel which keeps it cool during the Shanghai summer sun due to its heat-reflecting characteristics. The roof is covered with a light blue surfacing texture, known from Danish cycle paths. Inside, the floor is covered with light epoxy and also features the blue cycle path…
United Arab Emirates Pavillon, Shanghai Expo 2010
Continuing our Shanghai Expo Express tour… The design of the United Arab Emirates Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010 – realised by Foster + Partners – is inspired by sand dunes and the desert landscape of the emirate, and features undulating structures clad in a triangulated lattice of gold-coloured stainless steel panels. A series of…
‘Happy Street’: The Netherlands Pavilion by John Kormeling, Shanghai Expo 2010
Here are some photographs of the Dutch pavilion by John Kormeling at Shanghai Expo 2010, taken by photographer Montse Zamorano. The Netherlands Pavilion of the Shanghai expo is known as “Happy Street,†and is constructed in a figure eight – a lucky number that suggests fortune in Chinese culture. It comprises a 400-meter pedestrian street that curves in…
‘Spun’ by Thomas Heatherwick
For his second solo exhibition at Haunch of Venison London, British designer Thomas Heatherwick has produced a startling twist on conventional furniture design: a functional chair formed from a single profile rotated through 360 degrees. Aptly titled ‘Spun ’ it transforms the domestic seat into a beautifully rendered spinning top. The appeal was to create a…
