Transparent

In the past two months, the Rotterdam based firm of architects MVRDV has realized three projects in which glass and tranparency were central, are the focus.

According to Winny Maas, one of the founders of MVRDV, “The glass enables global brands to combine the overwhelming desire of transparency with a couleur locale, and modernity with heritage. It can thus be applied everywhere in our historic centres.”

Transparent spaces are often experienced as more accessible, they are more open and spacious. We lose the dark corners because of more transparency and can therefore illuminate the entire space better. According to MVRDV, the use of so much glas and transparent materials can be traced back to the changes we see in our society.

“We are moving into a transparent society, businesses are becoming more open with the public, and people care more about what goes on behind closed doors,”  Winy Maas told Dezeen.

Crystal Houses – MVRDV

De big bubble – Alex de Witte              0,1,2,3,4 – Shaun Harris

Infinity Kitchen – MVRDV

133 WAI YIP STREET – MVRDV

Tribute to Domus – Fabrica / Benneton                             Drift Sconce  – Grain

Brute Platform – Gashetka              Urban Philosophy – Nissa Kinzhalina

Commodore – Glas Italia / Lissoni

Layers – Glas Italia / Nendo

Perspective no.2 – OS ∆ OOS

 

 

 

 

Moire effect

In interior design and architecture, nowadays, we see that the moiré effect is being used increasingly.

Moire patterns are created whenever one semitransparent object with a repititive pattern is placed over antoher. A slight motion of one of the objects creates large – scale changes in the moiré pattern.

David Derksen is one of the designers who used this effect in his designs, and showed it at last years Salone del Mobile 2015  with his Moiré lights.  He calls it ‘a celebration of the intriguing moiré effect. These lamps invite to play and become fascinated by the moire principle. Squares, hexagons or rings seem to appear and to move, making this into an almost hypnotic effect.

David Derksen – Moire Lights

One of David’s projects that was launched on Salone del Mobile last April in Milan were his Lucid lights. De collection consists of light objects with a perforated casing, which are carved out of aluminium.

David Derksen – Lucid Lights

‘There’s a lot to love about a humble shape that’s cut out repeatedly, creating large patterns across big scales. So many variations are possible with perforations overlaying them creating a moorish effect. Cutting out thick boards will express the edge of the material which creates a completely differen look to when a thin sheet is punctured, etc. Scale, proportion and material selections play a huge role when choosing and designing these types of patterns’ (yellowtrace).

Let inspire you trough the variety of products, fashion, interior and architecture from the past years >>>

Lululemon / Murdock Young Architects   

Agata Bielen – Gold Line                     Architecture 00

 

Nina Mair – Mashrabeya       Arch Studio 

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec – Stampa Chair

Junpei Tamaki + Iori Tamaki – Snowscape cabinet

 

 

Álvaro Díaz Hernández – Wire Collection        Robert Morris – Sprüth Magers Berlin

 

MLZD – Janus Museum, Switzerland       Studio Gang

Tom Dixon                     Jesse Visser – Harold