Campaign Visits//La Bienanale di Venezia 2009

Campaign Studio visited the 53rd International Art Exhibition at the Venice Bienanale, which was hugely inspiring.

Some of the best installations are featured below___

We love this//Maxim Zhestkov

23-year old Russian video artist Maxim Zhestkov is also an industrial, motion and graphics designer – and his work is inspired by science: the universe, the infinite and fractals. The worlds he creates are black and white architectures where sounds blend with space to create unusual kinaesthetic effects.

Of his latest hypnotic work in which a black sphere deforms and moulds space, Zhestkov says: “I have tried to reflect the concept of the universe between the infinite and border as a pulsating place of energy and magnetism.”

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FRIENDS of Campaign//April 77

Studio Campaign are huge fans of cult French label April 77 they have formed themselves as iconic rock and roll denim brand with the clothing and music label now following that up. We are huge fans of the shop in Paris and love the look of the 77 records outlet.

The new fit chart sent out last week we love.

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Campaign//inspired.....Picasso

Studio campaign just found these amazing images in archive vault of Picasso creating his wonderful light graffiti in 1948.

One can only now make comparisons in the 21st century to the work of onetotwentytwo and front, it's just a shame Pablo never had the technology to form these in to 3d prints.

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www.campaigndesign.co.uk//almost live

sneak peek......

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FRIENDS of Campaign//Rough Luxe

Campaign studio will be sending all their friends and relatives to this great hotel which has been on our radar for sometime.

Just a step away from King’s Cross station and tucked away down a quiet side street is a very surprising new hotel. It’s called Rough Luxe and the look and feel of this Georgian terraced house is the creation of designer and gallery curator Rabih Hage.

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FRIENDS of Campaign//PS LAB

PS Lab who Studio Campaign are currently working with have recently completed a restaurant in Cairo, Eqypt from its "organic steel factory".

Like the studio's other projects, the lighting in Tamarai Restaurant has an industrial aesthetic, but every piece shows signs of the hand.

Another great project.

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www.pslab.net

JULY PLANNER//

SERPENTINE SUMMER PAVILION

12 JULY – 18 OCTOBER

The arrival of the Serpentine Gallery pavilion indicates that summer is here.This year, the Kensington Gardens gallery has asked Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA to create the space. Described by the Japanese architects as a sheet of “floating aluminium, drifting freely between the trees like smoke”, it’s more like a canopy than a structure. This is the firm’s first building on British soil. But this year’s pavilion will get some competition, as London-based firm Carmody Groarke’s permanent 7/7 memorial is also set to open next door in Hyde Park.
Serpentine Gallery, London
www.serpentinegallery.org

Young Architects Program 2009: Afterparty by MOS
On view June 28, 2009 - September 28, 2009
The Museum of Modern Art and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center announce the winner of the 2009 MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program: the architectural firm MOS. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the program, which affords emerging architectural talents the opportunity to design and present innovative projects. Five finalists selected by an invited nomination process were asked to present an urban landscape for the large courtyard entrance of P.S.1, with the allotted project budget of $70,000. The architects were required to incorporate elements of shade, water, seating, and bar areas into a proposed project. MOS's winning landscape, Afterparty, will be on view in P.S.1's outdoor courtyard starting in late June, and will serve as an immersive environment for the 2009 Warm Up summer music series.

MOS architects Hilary Sample and Michael Meredith say, "Today, we are rethinking and resituating architecture-not only its conceptual and formal economies but also its inherent ability to engage and produce visceral intimate environments. This project, Afterparty, is a temporary urban shelter and passive cooling station for P.S.1 and its Warm Up events, creating an escape from the summer heat and constructing a network of large, medium, and small cellular spaces that allow for intimacy and social formations to thrive."

http://ps1.org/exhibitions/view/296/

Design High at Louise Blouin Foundation

Design High
25 June – 30 August 2009

A group exhibition of design art by ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT, DRIFT, INGRID DONAT, JORIS LAARMAN, LIONEL SCOCCIMARO, MARC QUINN, MATHIEU LEHANEUR, PABLO REINOSO, RAINER SPLITT, rANDOM INTERNATIONAL, ROBERT STADLER, SEBASTIAN BRAJKOVIC, THIERRY DREYFUS, VINCENT DUBOURG and WENDELL CASTLE.

The Louise Blouin Foundation is delighted to announce its partnership with Carpenters Workshop Gallery, one of the world’s leading design art galleries, in a collaborative exhibition that will feature several of the most important and innovative artists in the field of contemporary design art.

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text by Dezeen, on last post.

Campaign Studio Mugs//

Studio Campaign decided to design each others mugs, some successful some very much less so, but we love them all the same.

For pre-orders please email

somebody@campaigndesign.co.uk

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Studio Life//Campaign

Just an insight in to Campaign studio over the last few weeks.

Fig A+B: prototype for new "design focusing device"

Fig C: A new chair concept is closely inspected in-house

Fig D: new floor samples arrive from Germany

Fig E: undisclosed

New York goes Burberry

Burberry's new American HQ has recently opened at 444 Madison Av. The landmark building is topped by three fifty-foot Burberry logos, replacing those of the old New York magazine. The two Campaign designed flagship stores street level to follow soon..

Dr. Martens - Campaign design comes to town//

Campaign studio & Fresh has just had word that the Dr. Martens temporary store now has a east London site..
Hopefully by mid-July we have a opening to announce.

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www.freshbritain.com

Campaign Twitter//

Campaign is now live on twitter, be sure to take a look at the live updates here......

http://twitter.com/CampaignDesign

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Alchemy Series//continues......

Studio Campaign have been hard at work creating a follow up to the Alchemy table, here is a insight into the prototyping stages.

As you can imagine the concept of repurposing locally sourced furniture is the key to the concept.

Full images of the finished piece to follow.

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Marcus Fairs, Dezeen @ Ligne Roset//

Studio Campaign are off to see Marcus Fairs of Dezeen give us his overview on why he feels this years Milan was the best Milan for sometime.

Looking forward to it and catching up with Marcus at the Ligne Roset showroom.

Look out for posts to come.

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Plastic Fantastic//

Rubber Rubber Rubber is the word, it has been a month of trying to get the right finish but we finally got our hands on the Plastic Fantastic series from Studio JSPR.

Thanks for all of your help, we will see where this takes us.

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A take on Milan 2009//

It appears that the main emphasis this year at Milan was strictly on new materials and technologies and their placement within the current economic climate.

It was interesting to see no crazy spaces generated this year for the likes of BISAZZA, we all remember the Jamie Hayon plane structure. Arik Levy for Swarovski seemed more thought about and design led as opposed to the crystal fountains we saw of last year. Instead halls were laden with pottery drying racks, digital wallpaper created backdrops of workshops and borrowed penthouses.

It was great to see Ikea challanging their range by bringing back a now established Front Design to create several items, our favorite is the lamp.

I start to wonder if this is what we will see more of, designed obtainable furniture and objects from great designers for the main stream.

It was also applaud able to see that Established and Sons are happy to let us into a process of design, instead of just showing us a highly polished paper document we see a change in stance graphically more sketch book like. A process is witnessed and explained which is a real joy.

It makes me wonder about the crate by Jasper Morrison if it was put forward now in this economic climate it would be great to see the value of the side table true to the pieces real worth not the designers name and time.It would be good to know how many people have attempted their own crates.

Moroso and Fornasetti took on diesel as well as their own outright collections. It was great to see a new raw edge introduced, with diesel although seemly only full circling their own philosophies the furniture appeared to well considered, crafted and timeless somewhat.

With Milan visibly changing it's tempo to suit the times we are in, it leaves a serious debate as to weather will see more the emergence of appreciated craftsmanship.

It does for now appear that the major players in the furniture world are stepping back a little and focusing on new technologies, creating new dynamics. Not to defer from style but now somewhat quality or a more timeless classic approach to design appears to be forming.

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Jasper Morrison, The crate, Established and Sons

The Taste Taste Lounge 2009, Milan

Arik Levy, Osmosis - Swarovski Crystal Palace 2009, considered.

Front Design for Ikea 2009, creative low end.

Jamie Hayon, Bizazza, Milan 2008, not now?