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【ADF Web Magazine】M/M (Paris) M/Made in Shanghai

Designer and Researcher, ENZA MIGLIORE reports about the Power Station of Art (PSA) is the first state-run museum dedicated to contemporary art in mainland China. The photos show very spacious and simplistic halls with some exhibitions.

【Final Call For Entry!】 Loop Design Awards 2021

The LOOP Design Awards will launch the second edition of its prize in March 2021, coming back with lots of new features and new trophies to celebrate the best in Architecture, Interior design, Landscape design, Product design and Architecture photography. LOOP is an open platform to creativity and talent, where all the participants may showcase their best works, giving them great visibility around the world.

Aoyama Design Forum has concluded a contract with LOOP Design Awards as its media partner, and proudly supports the LOOP Design Awards 2021. There will be an ADF member to participate in the award as a judge. The registration is now open.

Late Entry Registration　July 2021

ADF Milano Salone Design Award 2021

NPO Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) has organized the ADF Milano Salone Design Award 2021 and announced the winners for the award on its website on 25 January, 2021.

Congratulations to the winners; Takuto Ohta (the Best Performance Award) , Boey Wang (Outstanding Performance Award winners) and Alexander Schul (Outstanding Performance Award winners).

VASE NA by Bo Zhang

"VASE NA" by a contemporary artist and designer, Bo Zhang, is to integrate the lines and color into the space and present the seemingly existing space, but there is no actual existence.

Usually vase is container with borders. VASE NA’s design use white frame，color paint，pattern, and angle transformation to break the inherent space constraints, color constitute the body of vase， embodying sense of depth，change and realism.

The concept between virtual and real: create a vase in space with gradient colors from different small frames. But the vase does not exist, it is just a space with color, which creates a sense of space but no boundaries.

Different experiences of angle transformation: Moving the line of sight, the color of the vase will change. changing the perspective, the interwoven frame structure will produce depth, level changes and 3D effects. These design elements have led people to a “visual roaming”.

ADF Participated in the SDGs for Regional Revitalization Public-Private Partnership Platform

The NPO Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) has participated in the SDGs for Regional Revitalization Public-Private Partnership Platform established by the Cabinet Office with the aim of promoting efforts toward SDGs.

The "SDGs for Regional Revitalization Public-Private Partnership Platform" aims to promote the domestic implementation of SDGs by the Cabinet Office. It is a platform established in 2018 as a place for public-private partnership. As of the end of January 2021, 4,558 organizations have participated it.

【ADF Web Magazine】Ahsa Farmstay Vernacular Architecture Plays a Huge Role in Sustainable Tourism

Ahsa Farmstay offers tourists from all over the world to be hosted in the farm stay in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand. This project allowed the architects to consider a relationship between architecture and culture. In Chiang Rai, as in other rural areas of the country, traditional building techniques are not passed down from generation to generation.

As people's life styles are changing, their traditional homes are becoming less relevant. Vernacular houses are either improperly adapted to "modern extensions" or dismantled and sold as recycled wood.

Singapore News February 2021

We have received a new report supported by GARDE!

“NEON PIGEON”, a restaurant & bar modeled on an izakaya, opened at Carpenter Street in Singapore at the end of last year. It is a space that used recycled rebar from Singapore construction sites and oxidized perforated metal. And guests will be welcomed by a “NEON PIGEON” sign in Japanese text, made with many small bulbs.

【ADF Web Magazine】New Light Installation in Amsterdam

The light installation Het Licht van Jan (Jan's light) was unveiled in an industrial traffic underpass near Amsterdam's city center. In the artwork by Matthias Oostrik, passersby activate surging light projections that illuminate the narrow sidewalk and weathered walls of the underpass.

【ADF Web Magazine】New Gardens of the 22nd Edition of the International Garden Festival Unveiled

The International Garden Festival unveiled the names of the new designers and their gardens chosen for the 22nd edition of the Festival. Five new projects from Canada, the United States, France and Sweden have been selected to be featured at the 2021 edition of the International Garden Festival. This year, a total of 160 projects by designers from 17 countries were submitted.

【ADF Web Magazine】Studio KAE and the new design generation

Designer and researcher Enza Migliore conducted an interview with a young design consultation studio KAE's founders. Detailed description of their work processes and the outcomes explains the interesting contemporary dynamics ongoing in the field of Design.

【ADF Web Magazine】Life in an old Japanese house Vol.7: Japanese homes’ “Tokonoma” pt. 1

The 7th edition of "Life in an old Japanese house" contributed by Akihiro Yamamoto. He introduces some episodes and collections related to a‘Tokonoma’, a decoration space in a Japanese tatami room. You can find incredible stories such as a manners of sitting on the Tokonoma.

【ADF Web Magazine】10 Best Building Information Modeling (BIM) Software

The software market is inundated with different types of software. This could leave Architect, Engineer, and Construction (AEC) professionals overwhelmed as to which Building Information Modeling (BIM) solutions they should go with when executing their construction projects.

【ADF Web Magazine】Team Lab, Borderless in Tokyo

A detailed report by architecture Matteo Belfiore about TeamLab's must-experience exhibition "Boarderless" held in Odaiba, Tokyo. "Borderless" acts on the stimulation of the senses using light sources, tactile surfaces, music and aromas which are effective as a therapy to heal the mind.

【ADF Web Magazine】Elkus Manfredi Architects Enlisted to Design the New Life Science Building

66 Galen Street is a new commercial development comprised of 231,000 sqft of life science building located in Watertown, Massachusetts, a burgeoning life sciences hub just outside of Boston. Elkus Manfredi Architects is enlisted to design this place-making destination, the first of two phases of the redevelopment plan of the area.

ADF Milano Salone Design Award 2021 Winners Announced

We are pleased to announce the winners for the ADF Milano Salone Design Award 2021. Takuto Ohta swept the Best Performance Award, followed by Boey Wang and Alexander Schul winning the Outstanding Performance Awards. Congratulations to all the winners for their outstanding performances, and we are truly grateful for all the support we received for this award to be a success.

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