The shortlist for the 2011 Sony World Photography Awards was announced on Tuesday 1 February, including a professional and an open competition. The 2011 competition attracted over 105,000 entries from 162 counties.
Dutch designer Mieke Meijer took her inspiration from the industrial archaeology of Bernd and Hilla Becher’s photographs, to give them a new lease of life in a new context.
Mongrels in common took cult ’80s TV series Dynasty as inspiration for their 2011 autumn/winter collection.
Béatrix Li-Chin LOOS presents unique pieces created exclusively for Galerie Gosserez.
Omri BARZEEV presents a unique piece created exclusively for Galerie Gosserez.
The Louvre, in partnership with Maybach, hosts a series of artworks, starting with a sculpture by British artist Tony Cragg.
Sober and classically elegant, Makil is a stackable oak chair.
One of the first architecture monographs that includes QR codes which link the printed book with videos on the web.
A preview of the Arsène Tables and Chairs by Guillaume Delvigne & Vincent Eschalier for Belenus.
Mercedes-Benz’s sculpture ‘Aesthetics No. 2’ transforms the automotive interior to a work of art.
According to Jean-Sébastien Poncet ‘Based on a basic building principle this range of animals aims at experiencing how simple shapes can motivate your imagination.’
A landscape of suspended books, like a music score.
‘Men in Italy’ exhibition, an artistic exploration of men’s style, enlivens the Milan Men’s fashion week Autumn / Winter 2011-2012.
The different ‘movements’ make balance and unbalance overlap, as though the planes themselves dance.
Fragments of everyday life placed in the context of an artwork transform themselves into art.
The iconic tape installations of Numen/For Use transformed into carpet.
An extruded timber elliptical shell, reminiscent of wood shaving, forms a small terrace in the lawn.
The use of the house generates a direct experience with materials, tactile sensations and a different consciousness of its elements.
AGi architects, in collaboration with Bonyan Design, win the competition for this building.
