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Like an exploration into floral origami, this shoot for Stiletto Magazine, (http://www.fashion-ation.net) titled Meta mor flore showcases a series of floating installations of fashion that study the art of pleating, wrapping, floating and ruffling. Not unlike watching the intricate blooming of a flower, this series of images by Jan Welters, explore the technical study of how fabric can be manipulated to create shape and give form. via Fashionation (http://www.fashion-ation.net)
China Doll Club - Beijing
Clubbers and night cats in Beijing not only shake their booties to the hottest beats at the new ChinaDoll club (http://www.clubchinadoll.com/), they are also surrounded by work from some of China's best contemporary artists. Founded by award-winning Chinese actress/producer Ai Wan and club designer Wu Ying, ChinaDoll was conceived and designed via their studio E.P.I.C. Design where the original club first opened in Beijing at the end of 2006.Relocated now to the main strip in Sanlitun, the new club is prominently located on the top floor of the '3.3' plaza building. The good news for party-goers is that this venue is three times bigger, comprising a lounge, dancefloor and eight VIP rooms. With their motto The Art of Play', the interior of ChinaDoll takes art out of the gallery and into the club. The overall theme of the interior revolves around 'The Kiss' with passion and sensuality taking centre stage. The work of six contemporary chinese artists is integrated into the interior, custom made installations and furniture, depicting for example sexy female forms, Chinese dolls or modern Chinese love lives. A glossy backdrop of lightboxes adorned with abstracted fashion photography references the brush strokes and vivid colours of chinese water colours. When illuminated, it creates an electric atmosphere making ChinaDoll a lolly shop for the eyes and an amusement park for the senses. - Jeanne TanSeen a new club/bar we should know about? Then get in contact with us
Munetsugu Hall
Norihiko Dan (http://www.dan-n.co.jp/projects/munemune/m-hall-E.html) born in 1956 in the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan is the designer of the beautiful Munetsugu Hall (http://www.munetsuguhall.com/), completed in 2007 in Naka Ward, Nagoya, Japan. It is a privately-funded concert hall that continues the age-old but almost-dead tradition of wealthy arts patrons initiating and financing the creation of art spaces. Fluid, white wall shapes are the distinctive feature of Munetsugu Halls main performance space. The walls bring to mind artistic sweep marks left by a gigantic builder who in his boredom doodled in his mortar tray with a massive trowel and then let the shapes solidify.Norihiko Dan has won several architecture awards in Japan and Taiwan including the Distinguished Architect Award of the Japanese Institute of Architecture and the ARCADIA Award (http://www.aca-13.com/) Gold Medal in 2007. His work has been part of exhibitions in Japan, Taiwan, USA, Canada, Germany, Austria, Italy and the UK. In addition to being a respected architect and educator, Norihiko Dan is also an architecture historian and writes novels and screenplays.Munetsugu Halls generous benefactor is Tokuji Munetsugu who with his wife Naomi made a fortune in the restaurants business. Their company Ichibanya Co. Ltd. (based in Aichi, Japan) operates more than 1,000 curry and pasta restaurants under the names Curry House CoCo Ichibanya and Pasta de Coco. Munetsugu spent two billion yen to build the 310-seat concert hall. He has also set up a nonprofit organization to support welfare, sports and arts activities. - Tuija Seipell
Beck - 'Modern Guilt'
Joining together two modern musical madmen like Beck and Danger Mouse seems almost dangerous, like it could easily descend into a battle of two outrageous imaginations. Instead, Modern Guilt (http://www.modernguilt.com/) comes off like a sonic peanut butter and jelly sandwich, where the different elements meld together so simply and naturally that it defies the incomprehensible bent of their partnership. Beck and his music have always belonged in the sixties and Danger Mouses captures this in a twisted dream state. You only need to taste 'Modern Guilt' once before youre stuck in its kaleidoscopic rapture. - Matt Shea
Critter Quest, San Fran
To get people connected with the San Francisco Zoo, BBDO West in SF created a multi-media campaign called "Critter Quest".People stand in front of a series of local bus shelters and postings at the zoo, which are playfully adorned with everything from horns to butterfly wings and oversized ears. The copy suggests having a friend take a picture of you in front of the bus shelter/postings, and then instructs you to load on the OurSFZoo website. (http://www.oursfzoo.org/) If youre creative enough, your image might end up in a print ad for the San Fran Zoos attempt to reconnect with locals and visitors. Thousands have submitted photos so far were interested in seeing how creative people will get. - Andrew J Weiner
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Stiletto Magazine - Meta Mor Flore (France)
Like an exploration into floral origami, this shoot for Stiletto Magazine, (http://www.fashion-ation.net) titled Meta mor flore showcases a series of floating installations of fashion that study the art of pleating, wrapping, floating and ruffling. Not unlike watching the intricate blooming of a flower, this series of images by Jan Welters, explore the technical study of how fabric can be manipulated to create shape and give form. via Fashionation (http://www.fashion-ation.net)
China Doll Club - Beijing
Clubbers and night cats in Beijing not only shake their booties to the hottest beats at the new ChinaDoll club (http://www.clubchinadoll.com/), they are also surrounded by work from some of China's best contemporary artists. Founded by award-winning Chinese actress/producer Ai Wan and club designer Wu Ying, ChinaDoll was conceived and designed via their studio E.P.I.C. Design where the original club first opened in Beijing at the end of 2006.Relocated now to the main strip in Sanlitun, the new club is prominently located on the top floor of the '3.3' plaza building. The good news for party-goers is that this venue is three times bigger, comprising a lounge, dancefloor and eight VIP rooms. With their motto The Art of Play', the interior of ChinaDoll takes art out of the gallery and into the club. The overall theme of the interior revolves around 'The Kiss' with passion and sensuality taking centre stage. The work of six contemporary chinese artists is integrated into the interior, custom made installations and furniture, depicting for example sexy female forms, Chinese dolls or modern Chinese love lives. A glossy backdrop of lightboxes adorned with abstracted fashion photography references the brush strokes and vivid colours of chinese water colours. When illuminated, it creates an electric atmosphere making ChinaDoll a lolly shop for the eyes and an amusement park for the senses. - Jeanne TanSeen a new club/bar we should know about? Then get in contact with us
Munetsugu Hall
Norihiko Dan (http://www.dan-n.co.jp/projects/munemune/m-hall-E.html) born in 1956 in the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan is the designer of the beautiful Munetsugu Hall (http://www.munetsuguhall.com/), completed in 2007 in Naka Ward, Nagoya, Japan. It is a privately-funded concert hall that continues the age-old but almost-dead tradition of wealthy arts patrons initiating and financing the creation of art spaces. Fluid, white wall shapes are the distinctive feature of Munetsugu Halls main performance space. The walls bring to mind artistic sweep marks left by a gigantic builder who in his boredom doodled in his mortar tray with a massive trowel and then let the shapes solidify.Norihiko Dan has won several architecture awards in Japan and Taiwan including the Distinguished Architect Award of the Japanese Institute of Architecture and the ARCADIA Award (http://www.aca-13.com/) Gold Medal in 2007. His work has been part of exhibitions in Japan, Taiwan, USA, Canada, Germany, Austria, Italy and the UK. In addition to being a respected architect and educator, Norihiko Dan is also an architecture historian and writes novels and screenplays.Munetsugu Halls generous benefactor is Tokuji Munetsugu who with his wife Naomi made a fortune in the restaurants business. Their company Ichibanya Co. Ltd. (based in Aichi, Japan) operates more than 1,000 curry and pasta restaurants under the names Curry House CoCo Ichibanya and Pasta de Coco. Munetsugu spent two billion yen to build the 310-seat concert hall. He has also set up a nonprofit organization to support welfare, sports and arts activities. - Tuija Seipell
Beck - 'Modern Guilt'
Joining together two modern musical madmen like Beck and Danger Mouse seems almost dangerous, like it could easily descend into a battle of two outrageous imaginations. Instead, Modern Guilt (http://www.modernguilt.com/) comes off like a sonic peanut butter and jelly sandwich, where the different elements meld together so simply and naturally that it defies the incomprehensible bent of their partnership. Beck and his music have always belonged in the sixties and Danger Mouses captures this in a twisted dream state. You only need to taste 'Modern Guilt' once before youre stuck in its kaleidoscopic rapture. - Matt Shea
Critter Quest, San Fran
To get people connected with the San Francisco Zoo, BBDO West in SF created a multi-media campaign called "Critter Quest".People stand in front of a series of local bus shelters and postings at the zoo, which are playfully adorned with everything from horns to butterfly wings and oversized ears. The copy suggests having a friend take a picture of you in front of the bus shelter/postings, and then instructs you to load on the OurSFZoo website. (http://www.oursfzoo.org/) If youre creative enough, your image might end up in a print ad for the San Fran Zoos attempt to reconnect with locals and visitors. Thousands have submitted photos so far were interested in seeing how creative people will get.
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