Reebok Flash store by Formavision

American designers Formvision have created a pop-up store for sportswear brand Reebok in New York, USA.

Located in a 3,000 square-foot gallery space, the shop sells limited edition shoes and clothing designed in collaboration with visual artists Rolland Berry, John Maeda and the estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, alongside Reebok shoes designed in the 1980’s.

“The design of the space plays with sense of depth and perspective, tricking the eye by extending three dimensional shapes into distorted graphic patterns,” say Formavision.

The store will remain open until 15 December.

The following is from Formavision:

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Formavision develops “Reebok Flash,” Reebok’s first ever pop-up store
 169 Bowery @ Delancey, New York City 
Open Tuesday to Sunday, 11am to 7pm | Nov. 15 - Dec. 15, 08

On Saturday November 15th 2008, British sportswear company Reebok unveiled “Reebok Flash”, the brand’s first ever pop-up store. Located in a 3,000 square-foot gallery space on the Bowery, “Flash” will be open daily until December 15th, and will feature limited-edition sneakers and exclusive apparel collections designed in collaboration with renowned visual artists Rolland Berry, John Maeda and the estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat.

“Reebok Flash” will also relaunch several of the company’s most popular sneaker lines from the 1980s, including the groundbreaking Pump and the iconic freestyle series, which became synonymous with stylistic and technological breakthroughs in the spheres of aerobics and cross training. 
 
Experiential design and creative services agency Formavision, which conceived and developed the concept store, took inspiration from Vorticsim, an English arts movement from the early 20th century noted for its dynamic interpretation of Cubist and Futurist principles.

Combining Vorticism’s vibrant aesthetic with an assortment of cultural cues ranging from Purple Rain to Miami Vice, Flash Dance to Thriller, Formavision sought to capture the pop spirit of the 80s in order to create the ideal environment to reintroduce these classic styles from Reebok.”The design of the space plays with sense of depth and perspective, tricking the eye by extending three dimensional shapes into distorted graphic patterns, a camouflaging technique reminiscent of the Royal Navy’s dazzle ship graphics from the First World War,” notes Formavision founder and creative director Sebastien Agneessens.

“Our intent is to provoke and perhaps confound visitors by making them feel as if they are stepping into a poster rather than a store.” 
 
Formavision is a New York-based experiential design studio that specializes in creating branded environments and cultural content to support and activate non-traditional marketing strategies. Since its inception in 2003, Formavision has been connecting its clients with key tastemakers and members of the creative community by conceiving and deploying projects that include the Diesel Denim Gallery, Lexus Light & Speed, the World of Coca-Cola, and the Starbucks Salon.

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Posted by Matylda Krzykowski

Mosques Throughout The World (Part 2)

Bakhchisaray Mosque, Ukraine

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Copper Mosque, Verkhnyaya Pyshma (~60,000 town 5 km north of Yekaterinburg, Russia).




Only one existent Mosque in Yekaterinburg (I just wanna to show some simple and cheap design).



Approved Mosque in Yekaterinburg.

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Ali Camii Mosque, Hamburg, Germany

This mosque was finished in 1961, located in a wealthy neighbourhood with predominantly non-muslim inhabitants. Funding for construction came mainly from iranian businessmen who settled in Hamburg. It is Hamburg's centre of the Shia branch of Islam.






Centrum Mosque (Merkez Camii), Hamburg, Germany

This mosque is situated in a central, but poor district of Hamburg. It is part of a building complex which also houses a turkish supermarket. It caters to turkish sunnites.




Fazle Omar Mosque, Hamburg, Germany

Built in 1957 by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, it is Hamburg's oldest existing mosque. It is also Germany's second-oldest existing mosque.

Lisbon mosque, Portugal

Barcelona , Spain

Mosques Throughout The World

Mevlana Mosque, Rotterdam, the Netherlands




Zagreb´s mosque, Croatia

Berlin

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The mosque in Berlin looks as cheap as Bofill's buildings.




Nurd Kamal mosque, Russia



Perm, Russia





there will be a giant new mosque is cologne





Looks good for a modern mosque and I think they should build it.

New York Residence by Iosa Ghini Associati

Milan-based architects Iosa Ghini Associati have designed an extension to a hotel in Budapest, Hungary, called New York Residence.

The project comprises an extension to the adjacent New York Palace Boscolo Hotel, including 60 new rooms and a floor of offices.

A conference centre attached to the hotel will include an auditorium to seat 500 people, while a commercial gallery and business centre will occupy the ground floor of the building.

140 residential apartments will be located between the first and seventh floors.

Construction is due for completion in June 2009.

The following information is from Iosa Ghini Associati:

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NEXT OPENING: NEW YORK RESIDENCE, BUDAPEST – DESIGN MASSIMO IOSA GHINI

A new building ‘New York Residence’ designed by the Iosa Ghini Associates is under construction and will be ready next june 2009 in Budapest adjacent to New York Palace Hotel.

The project includes four main parts: The expansion of the New York Palace Boscolo Luxury Hotel including sixty new rooms as well as a floor for office use.

The conference centre, that will include a 500 seats Auditorium with adjacent business and leisure areas. The conference centre will be connected to the business areas of the New Palace Hotel designed by Iosa Ghini Associati.

The ground floor will have a large Commercial Gallery and business centre, with five entrances that will connect the hotel to the boulevard Erzsébet korut to Rackozi Ut, where there will be the new building, drawing and enveloping visitors with artistic lines.

Lastly, the project will also comprise 140 condominiums including penthouses with large balconies.The apartments are designed with flair and particular attention to material and details.The residential apartments are of two types: simplex and duplex.Simplex condos, from the first to the fifth floor, are with areas of 30 Sqm to 90 Sqm.Duplex condos will be on the sixth and seventh floor, with areas of 70 to 100 Sqm. All duplexes have large balconies.The design of the apartments are characterized by the fluidity of the lines of the gibs layers.

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Posted by Rose Etherington

Intriguing Earth Architecture 54

House & Atelier Bow-Wow, Tokyo, Japan - Atelier Bow-Wow

Intriguing Earth Architecture 56

The Deep Aquarium, Hull, England - Terry Farrell & Partners

Young Architects Poll

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