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 Nike and Finish Line Create New Running and Training Retail ExperienceNike and The Finish Line announced the opening of a new retail experience called Finish Line Ltd customized to meet the needs of young running and training athletes.The concept store is located at the Chandler Fashion Center near Phoenix, Arizona. "This new store will serve young athletes who have a passion for running and training," said Nike Brand President Charlie Denson. "We're partnering with Finish Line to offer a higher level of service, a deeper connection to the local running community and a strengthened product assortment. It's part of our long-term strategy to elevate the marketplace, create energy at retail and connect with consumers in our core categories." "We are excited to see what the new store design, enhanced service level and tighter product assortment can do for sales," said Alan Cohen, Finish Line CEO. "This store will cater to the young athletes in Phoenix with its unique product assortment and opportunities for customization." more Nike and Finish Line Create New Running and Training Retail Experience design directory NIKE > Fashion Design Manufacturers added by Levent OZLER |
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 Whitney Museum Unveils Design by Renzo Piano for New Downtown BuildingThe Whitney Museum of American Art released detailed plans to add a second Whitney Museum site to the cultural and civic landscape of New York City with the construction of a new, six-floor, 185,000-squarefoot building in downtown Manhattan.Located in the Meatpacking District on Gansevoort Street, between West Street and the redeveloped High Line park, the new building, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano, will place the Whitney in the heart of New York's most active neighborhood for the visual arts and education. The downtown Whitney will include approximately 50,000 square feet of galleries, providing long-awaited opportunities to show more of its unsurpassed collection of 20th and 21st century American art in tandem with cutting-edge temporary exhibitions. Approximately 15,000 square feet of rooftop galleries will be situated on various levels of the building, allowing for dynamic outdoor exhibitions. A dramatically cantilevered entrance along Gansevoort Street will shelter a public plaza that is destined to become a popular outdoor gathering space, created only steps away from the southern entrance to the High Line. The new building will engage the Whitney directly with the bustling community of artists, gallerists, students, educators, entrepreneurs, and residents in Chelsea and Greenwich Village, where the Museum was founded by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in 1930. more Whitney Museum Unveils Design by Renzo Piano for New Downtown Building design directory Whitney Museum of American Art > Art Museums added by Levent OZLER |
 Architect and Professor Eric Olsen Wins 2008 Metropolis Next Generation Design PrizeA Bay Area architect and professor at the California College of Arts has been chosen as this year's winner of the prestigious Metropolis Next Generation Design Prize.The winner, Eric Olsen, was honored by the architecture and design community at a gala awards celebration at the Bath+Beyond showroom in San Francisco. Olsen's design is a Solar Water Disinfecting Tarpaulin, a flexible, adaptable vessel that can be easily filled with water and carried home, where it works to make the water potable. The pleated tarpaulin- constructed from laser-cut clear low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and dark rubberized nylon-is designed to hold up to 20 liters of water and can be rolled into a bundle or worn as a shawl-like kanga for carrying. It can be laid across a rooftop, spread on the ground or hung vertically to allow ultraviolet radiation from the sun to disinfect the water inside. This World Health Organization approved purification method takes only five hours in hot climates. The tarpaulin is designed for use in a wide variety of settings, from urban disaster sites to remote third-world villages. more Architect and Professor Eric Olsen Wins 2008 Metropolis Next Generation Design Prize design directory Metropolis Magazine > Urban Design Magazines added by Levent OZLER |
 Blacksheep Revitalise the Public Spaces of the Eastgate HotelDesigners Blacksheep have now completed the transformation of the entire ground floor of The Mercure Eastgate Hotel in Oxford for client Mercure Hotels, Accor's upper-mid-market hotel brand.The project - which encompassed a new 90-cover restaurant, bar, lobby, lounge and toilet areas - necessitated a complete redesign of the ground floor footplate to optimise key revenue-generating areas for the client and completely refresh the hotel's offer for guests. Blacksheep also named and did all the branding and graphics work for the new restaurant The High Table, alluding to the grand dining hall traditions of the Oxford Colleges, as well as graphics work for the new bar, which takes inspiration from Oxford's literary alumni. The branding work encompassed all external and internal signage, menus, matchboxes, business cards and other stationary and marketing collateral. more Blacksheep Revitalise the Public Spaces of the Eastgate Hotel design directory Blacksheep > Industrial Design Studios added by Levent OZLER |
 Barking Town Square Wins 5th European Prize for Urban Public SpaceBarking Town Square, designed by muf architecture/art has been declared winner of the 5th European Prize for Urban Public Space, making it the first project in Britain to receive the prestigious prize.The European Prize for Urban Public Space is a biennial prize awarded to projects which foster the process of recovering the public dimension of urban spaces in Europe, as well as their capacity for social inclusion and democracy-building in our cities. Barking Town Square was selected by the prizes jury from 176 entries from locations in 26 European countries. The jury applauded the creative collaboration between muf architecture/art, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, Redrow Regeneration and Allford Hall Monaghan and Morris, commending mufs scheme for incorporating multiple architectural languages to enhance the new development, creating a place of distinctive character. more www.urb... (399) design directory Muf Architecture and Art > Architecture Design Studios added by Levent OZLER |
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