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 Eight Inc. Wins IDEA09 Award: Nokia, Sao Paulo Flagship Receives a Bronze for EnvironmentalEight Inc. received a Bronze award in the Environments category for its design of the Nokia flagship in Sao Paulo, Brazil.The design integrates technology seamlessly into the customer experience. LCD screens are set into color-shifting LED back-lit walls, and feature interactive graphics that work with live headsets displayed on a beveled fixture below. Addressing local relevance, the store opens to a sunlit courtyard with living "green walls" and concrete beams, presenting a striking contrast to the sales area and a deliberate architectural nod to Brazil's natural resources and industrial potential. The courtyard provides customers a comfortable space to sit and use their Nokia devices, and can also be used as an event and exhibition space. Understanding the environmental impact and responsibility of large corporations, the São Paulo store is the first location designed and built under Nokia's new sustainability standards. These criteria ensure a design that minimizes environmental impact and provides a new benchmark for the company to monitor their stores environmental footprint. more images.... (100) design directory Eight Inc. > Multidisciplinary Design Consultancies added by Levent OZLER |
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 Seat Yellow PagesSpina 3, an area of more than 2 million square meters at the edge of Turin and nearly completely composed of large historic factories in a state of abandon, has become the new home for the offices and executive headquarters on one of the world's largest multimedia directory advertising companies.The project, by Iosa Ghini Associati begins with a 26 thousand square meters complex once occupied by the Società Nazionale delle Officine Savigliano, and which today includes six new four-story buildings and reuses the original building formerly the assembly site of airplanes and engines for submarines and blimps. The main 19th-century building was chosen as the site of the reception and the "home" of the company - prior to the move, Seat was spread out into five separate structures - connoted by a system of advanced technological infrastructure, operating and executive offices, classrooms, the Seat museum, an auditorium and lounge bar annexed to the restaurant. Redesign of the interiors reflects the common design process made by a scientific group of personalities in the worlds of business and communication and an architecture office, which also incorporated the views of the workers in a process of "participatory design" to create a functional work place, which would also meet the need of wellness and comfort. more Seat Yellow Pages design database Massimo Iosa Ghini added by Levent OZLER |
 Winners of the Third Commerce Design Marseille Competition UnveiledThe names of the winners of the third edition of the Commerce Design Marseille competition were announced at a gala evening held June 25 at the head office of the Caisse d'Epargne Provence Alpes Corse.The competition, developed based on an original concept by the Ville de Montreal and organized by the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie (CCI) Marseille Provence, aims to encourage merchants to adopt the reflex of innovating and modernizing their premises by building on design as a driver of visitor attraction and economic development. Ten grand prizes were awarded by a jury made up of renowned design professionals. Projects were evaluated on the basis of design quality (esthetic appeal, creativity, cohesion between interior decor, façade and graphic design, functionality, safety, sustainability, etc.), consideration of the context, and the impact of the commercial development on the experience of the city. more www.com... (275) added by Levent OZLER |
 RIBA Stirling Prize 2009 Shortlist AnnouncementThe Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) will be announcing the shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize in association with The Architects' Journal and Crystal CG on Thursday 23 July 2009.The six buildings comprising the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist will be drawn from the 2009 UK and EU RIBA Award winners. Awarded to the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year, the RIBA Stirling Prize will be presented at Old Billingsgate, London on Saturday 17 October 2009 and broadcast live on Channel 4. design directory RIBA > Architecture Organizations added by Levent OZLER |
 The Box Project: Time to Think Inside the BoxBritish Designers NoChintz in collaboration with 100% Design London launched the Box Project.The Box Project consists of a competition for North West creative's (professional, post graduate and students) where entrants will be asked to challenge the design, function and reason of a 2mx2mx2m micro building to determine what's inside the box? (Examples being, pop-up retail, pop-up bar etc) Be creative, functional, sustainable and innovative, recycle where possible to keep the budget small. 15 finalists will be judged by a panel of respected experts in the creative field and the winner will have their creation made and showcased in September at 100% design, the international design show in London. Deadline for submissions is July 31, 2009. competition (ended) current design competitions more info www.the... (237) design directory Design Awards added by Levent OZLER |
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