Architecture and fashion have a long standing relationship; but actually incorporating the textile weave in a building façade is another thing. SPARK's 'pleated' and 'woven' façade for the award-winning mixed-use development Jing Mian Xin Cheng in Beijing demonstrates that depth of experience need not be forgotten despite the speed of the central city's expansion. 'Pleats' of perforated aluminium sheeting and a 'weave' of rippling windows resolve a variety of practical issues, while referencing a textile market that formerly operated on the site. Check it out here…
A city's representation in the international market is best showcased via its traditional ethos. Foster+Partners recreate the desert city for the UAE pavilion at Milan Expo2015. Read about it here and leave us your views...
Don't you think our schools, hospitals, workplaces, markets and even our homes could be better off, with a few concepts of wellness incorporated in their design? Go through the feature and leave us your views...
For thirty years, now, Republicans have been yammering about small government, deficits, the glories of the free market, and the incompetence and wastefulness of government.
It's all been a big lie, part of a well funded and cleverly executed coup d'etat, designed to enable the ultra rich and corporations to literally take power out of the hands of government and money out of the pockets of individual citizens.
Faces from the Great Crash of 1929 and its aftermath are haunting the 21st century. Wall Street brokers fleeing the trading floor in panic, or putting their cars on sale because they are suddenly broke, appear in old black-and-white photographs beside analyses of the current state of the markets composed by sombre authorities. Not only the collapse of confidence that shattered investors 82 years ago but the long years of misery that followed now seem to call out to us, to warn us, to show us a truth that is urgent and immediate. Can this really be so? Can that nightmare history be repeating itself?
It has become clear that in a era of Republicans focused on defending tax breaks for millionaires while cutting government assistance for everyone else, the middle class - and its influence in society - is shrinking.
But we haven't just lost our political clout. It turns out that we're no longer that influential in multiple spheres, including marketing. At some point as more of the nations wealth became consolidated within the top percentage of the upper class, the consumer industry turned to them as the only people to woo.
And as the income gap grows, that's only going to continue.
Redwall Design Studio crafts a humble and unpretentious retail experience after a village market scene to establish the Arogya Organic health food store in Bengaluru. Check it out here
Overdoing the décor takes away from the ambience by crowding vision and creating a sense of confusion and irritation. So, while you visit and imbibe all the 'in' things in the market today, IndiaArtnDesign gives you some spot pointers on the art of accessorising! Check them out here…
The liberating effect of technology now extends to furniture. Check out the world's first Internet-of-Things (IoT) sofa that debuts at Milan Design Week 2016 and leave us your views…
#Madhuban by Manubhai Jewellers is a one-of-a-kind luxury jewellery boutique, which allows the client to try their apparel to match the jewellery they would like to purchase. Read on to know more about how Ornate Projects LLP has envisioned the space…