things we see and love//

A collection of the things we see & love.........

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Le Monolithe - MVRDV

As is probably evident by previous posts, we at Campaign think MVRDV are simply the bees knees. 'Le Monolithe' is an eco urban block in Lyon, masterplanned so that different architectural companies design each segment. The parameters for each design, are volumetric, rather than visual, a la Borneo Sporenburg ['West 8' Masterplan in Amsterdam]. This creates an eclectic, but at the same time, neat aesthetic. Groovy.

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Sneak Peek

All very hush hush here, but take a look at these little objects coming straight out of the metal workers ready for installation in a central London project we are currently working on.......

Much more to come on this one........Stay in touch

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Windle & Moodie goes live

The salon of Windle & Moodie has gone live with its interactive facade!!

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Campaign's Viewpoint

We were approached by Viewpoint magazine to take on their BrandLab feature. 

In each issue an agency is asked to explore the redesign of a brand of their choice... in true Campaign style we went for Harrods; the oldest, maddest and most notorious of them all. Have a look at what we came up with... 

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Snug as a bug

We've had a little thing going for Cote et Ciel stuff for a while now. With the winter weather setting in we decided to pamper our i-pads with these covers. The 'Tablet Diver Sleeve' is protective and durable and available in lots of lovely colours.   

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Spotted!

I've just spotted this snap of Neil taking centre stage at the Retail Focus design seminar that took place during last month's LDF. The seminar asked the panel for their views on the latest trends in building brands and engaging customers through retail design. 
Didn't he do well!


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Internships at Campaign

We are always interested to receive applications from anyone interested in our Internship Scheme. 

We offer 6-9 week internships within the studio.

Providing assistance in:

+ The development of concepts

+ Research & other office activities

+ Model making for design development, furniture & prototyping

As a studio we work with the sectors of, Interiors, Product Design, Graphics, Web, 3DVisualising & Marketing, so please feel free to submit your details to:

jobs@campaigndesign.co.uk

Please include 'Internship at Campaign' as the subject of your email.

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Campaign Love Arthur Ganson's Beautiful Machines

We Spy With Out Little Eyes

A compliation of photos taken for an on-going project. Enjoy!

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A little Sausage Shop we just finished//

Much more to come! 

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Campaign Loves MVRDV & The Lovely Floating Things They Do

I have always loved MVRDV and now eventually they have built on UK soil [almost the Serpentine Pavillion, damn recession], via the amazing thinking of Alain de Botton. 

The project is the first of five in Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture project and available for rent from 22 October.

Balancing Barn, a cantilevered holiday home near the village of Thorington in Suffolk, England, was completed last Tuesday. The Barn is 30 meters long, with a 15 meters cantilever over a slope, plunging the house headlong into nature. .

Living Architecture, an organization devoted to the experience of modern architecture, commissioned MVRDV in 2008. 


Go love the English countryside.






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Here is the amazing Serpentine proposal.

Campaign Pin Board After Hours

2 days 2 books!

The team are super proud to have been featured in the brand new Taschen book - Shopping Architecture Now! .. and also the wonderful new Gestalten book Staging Space. Both outstanding publications (of course), and well worth a peek!

Campaign are recruiting a middleweight/ senior interior designer

We are currently looking for a middleweight/ senior interior designer to join the studio.

They must have more than 3 years’ experience working on leisure and/ or retail projects.

Profile:

• - excellent working knowledge of Vectorworks
• - fluent in Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign
• - strong visual & verbal communication skills
• - proven track record in seeing projects through from conception to construction
• - fluent in English
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 Salary will be according to skills and experience.

 Please send CV / portfolio to jobs@campaigndesign.co.uk

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Lernert and Sander - Chocolate Bunny

Check out this tragically tasty video from Dutch Art Duo Lernert and Sander. 


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Things we like: Burberry's new CD playing in the studio.

As part of Burberry's continual collaborations with emerging British artists from across all fields, they've put together this collection of up and coming acoustic work for our pleasure. 


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Fiona Banner - Harrier and Jaguar

Words cannot begin to describe the sheer quantities of awesomeness emanating from the Duveen Galleries in the Tate at the moment. Artist Fiona Banner has suspended a Sea Harrier fighter plane from its tail and chromed out a Jaguar fighter plane. If you haven't seen it yet, please, go. Thou will shed no regret.

"I remember long sublime walks in the Welsh mountains with my father, when suddenly a fighter plane would rip through the sky, and shatter everything. It was so exciting, loud and overwhelming; it would literally take our breath away. The sound would arrive from nowhere, all you would see was a shadow and then the plane was gone.

At the time harrier jump jets were at the cutting edge of technology but to me they were like dinosaurs, prehistoric, from a time before words."  – Fiona Banner

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An Apology

We, at Campaign Design would like to make a grovelling, snivelling apology to all our Wives, Husbands, Girlfriends and Boyfriends for being classified as 'Generic Cliched Influential Figures' and being ranked below Milkmen in the list of thank you's in out previous post [See: 'Campaign Wins An Award!']. As an apology, here is a Generic Cliched bouquet of flowers. Sorry.

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Campaign Design Wins An Award!

We at Campaign are bursting at the seams with pride at being the recipients of the RetailWeek Interiors Award for 'Best Pop Up Store of the Year' for our Dr. Martens Pop Up shop at the Old Spitalfields Market in London. We would like to thank everyone involved in realising the project. We would also like to thank our mums, dads, grandparents, dogs, neighbours, milkmen and other generic cliched influential figures in our lives.

The two in the middle belong to us...Phil on the centre-right and Neil as Lord Byron on the centre-left.


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Burberry Fashion Week Acoustic Sessions for Vogue

This is quite something, we like cool people and this is, I would say quite cool......

Presidency by Thomas Demand

Do not be fooled! The photograph above is not of the Oval Office but of a 1:1 scale model of the Oval Office made out of paper and card. Thomas Demand, a Berlin-based artist, meticulously constructs spaces out of paper and card and then purposely photographs them to look real. The true nature of the image only starts to appear under intense scrutiny.


Demand is currently exhibiting a photograph in the 'This is Sculpture' exhibition at the Tate Liverpool and is well worth a gander.


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Campaign Design Studio

Amita hard at work pretending to be hard at work.

Ben, Amita, Sophia and Andrew

(Note: This meeting was staged for the purposes of photographic artistry.)

The Studio

The Meeting Room

Burberry launch a Fashion Theatre//

It could be the ultimate shopping experience for fashionistas - buying from your iPad while you sit in the front row of a fashion show.

Burberry today unveiled plans to turn its Bond Street store into a hi-tech "fashion theatre" for its upcoming London Fashion Week show.

50 of the firm’s biggest customers will be able to see the spring and summer collection as it is revealed on the catwalk on September 21.
However, unlike those at the show, customers will then be able to see the items up close and place their orders - all with the touch of a button via an iPad they will be given.

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We love Lucy Wilhelm Design

Campaign have recently discovered the amazing talents of Lucy Wilhelm, we are huge fans. 


Lucy has just re-located to London Town, post her time in Austria. 


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Campaign Has a New Coffee Machine

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Crayfish

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Spontaneous City in the Tree of Heaven by London Fieldworks

If your in London at all, go check out the bird boxes at Cremorne Gardens in Chelsea by London Fieldworks. Its inspired by Worlds End housing estate, pictured in the distance. There's another cluster in Duncan Terrace Gardens in Islington, which is inspired by the surrounding Georgian housing.

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Radio Officially opening Party - 09092010

Radio, London our very first hair salon has its opening party this week. Please contact Radio's press to RSVP. 

Come down and check out the delights.

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April 77//return

Here at Campaign we are huge fans of the French cult denim label April 77. They have been a hard time of  late, but have popped up on the other side with a fantastic new look book and the re-opening of the old Parisian shop.

Joy!!


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A fluff board//

Gonçalo Campos points us to his remarkable rethink of the standard whiteboard or paper-based message board. His version uses a synthetic fur as a medium; when users trace letters and shapes in the fur, the displacement of the fabric gives the look of having made a distinct mark.