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What's happening?
Hello. It was interesting to read and engage with some of you who read and responded to my article about social media and the challenges we're battling against. It really helps to think about different ideas and perspectives and not get lost in my own mind. So thank you. Away from that and back to content curation, I had an interesting conversation with Manu this week about publishing a series of country-related moods. Curate a visual gallery of works associated with a particular country. By artist, designer, location, material, or production. The criteria is quite relaxed and simple. So that's going to be a fun one to tackle. If you have any country challenges to throw down, let me know. We'll start with some of the obvious ones to get things moving though. We have also added a new block to the bottom of this letter. It's called discovery where we link to a handful of loosely-relevant things that you might enjoy. Now let's dive into some recent features.
– Carl
Features
DM HOUSE
Designed by Spanish architecture firm Horma, Casa DM (DM House) is a minimal, modern, and charming dwelling that draws on Bauhaus characteristics through its expressive use of curved volumes, sharp edges, and contrasting colours that balance and enhance each other. Located in the coastal town Puerto de Sagunto in Valencia, the family home features a series of fragmented volumes without losing the unity as a whole.
CHAIR NO.19
An experiment by Berlin-based studio YUUE, led by designer Weng Xinyu, to reimagine the construction of a three-legged tubular chair. The central design element is a preciously curved aluminium tube which traces the backrest and the rear legs in a continuous loop.
WOHNHAUS VORDEMWALD
Designed by Swiss architects Gautschi Lenzin Schenker, this detached property in Vordemwald, which includes a house built in the 1970s is situated on a slope with a beautiful view of the village. The original house was not worth preserving and was therefore demolished except for the basement. After upgrading the ceiling of the basement, a new living space was built on top of it using prefabricated timber elements. The new building consists of only three materials: fir wood, concrete, and chrome steel.
W171 ALMA
Based on the graceful curve of a rotated sine wave, w171 Alma is discreet yet fascinating with its sculptural feel and soft contrasts between light and shadow. This is the concept behind Swedish design duo Tham & Videgård's versatile and elegantly minimal lamp for lighting brand wästberg.
BV CLINIC
Despite all its minimalist ingredients, this project is marked by the richness of its composition. This is how architect Francesc Rifé sees his studio's latest interior project, BV Clinic. Leaving aside the usual coldness associated with healthcare architecture, the new design for the Bousoño Vargas dental clinic in Oviedo marks an important new step for the owners towards a much more serene and rational project.
Where next?
Discovery
Other things for you to read, explore, and maybe even admire:
the forest: discover the fun and unpredictability of browsing the web again
on curation by James Wong: the importance of researching, distilling, organising, and distributing content on the web – is it more important than content creation?
web design as architecture by Malte Müller: a starting point for a more expansive, and more critical discourse on website design
conditional design: a manifesto for artists and designers
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