KOREA
Just one day left to register for the international design competition for the Thematic Pavilion, one of the major facilities of the Expo 2012 Yeosu, Korea. The submission deadline is 24-30 September 2009 and the first prize is 1,00,000,000KRW (that’s around $102,000). The design requirements include three A1 panels including bird’s eye views, major concept diagrams, a 1:300 ratio site plan, main level floor plans, main sections and elevations. For more info and to register, click here.
UNITED KINGDOM
Zaha Hadid will launch a new range of footwear for Lacoste in September. Initially previewed in October 2008 at the Frieze Art Fair in London, the final design prototype will soon go into production and there will be just 850 pairs made. “The design expression behind the collaboration with Lacoste footwear allows the evolution of dynamic fluid grids,” said Hadid. “When wrapped around the shape of a foot, these expand and contract to negotiate and adapt to the body ergonomically. In doing so a landscape emerges, undulating and radiating as it merges seamlessly with the body.”
UNITED KINGDOM
Will Alsop’s design for a $510 million London hotel on the River Thames has been submitted for planning. The luxury hotel development is intended to rejuvenate one of the few remaining major development sites in the City of London. The five-storey building features four floors of hotel accommodation, reception areas and a conference centre with a double-height ballroom for up to 400 people. Alsop Architects has designed a sculptural building with a triangulated cladding system and diamond-shaped windows that will allow hotel guests to enjoy views of the Thames.
AUSTRALIA
The conceptually driven Melbourne fashion label MATERIALBYPRODUCT is unveiling a new release signature work from their Curtain Gown series at Object Gallery. Susan Dimasi and Chantal McDonald started the Melbourne fashion label in 2002 and have gone from strength to strength. The Curtain Gown gets Bones will be exhibited in Object Gallery’s Project Space 27 June to 30 August 2009. It will show alongside the eagerly anticipated Retrospective F!NK: Fostering Design exhibition.
AUSTRALIA
The mayor of New Orleans will present a first hand account of the devastation caused when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005 at a free City of Sydney City Talk on Thursday 11 June at the City Recital Hall. Mayor C. Ray Nagin will talk about the mass recovery effort, first ever mandatory evacuation of the city and the challenge ahead to rebuild the city for an economic, environmental and socially sustainable future. Tickets are free and essential. Get them the City's Angel Place Box Office on 02 8256 2222 or click here.
