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Tsutaya’s new retail venture
Posted by Gestalten—02/2012

Japan’s largest media retailer has recently launched its latest outlet in the Daikanyama district of Tokyo. 

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Testify!

The Consequences of Architecture
Posted by Gestalten—01/2012

Curated by Lukas Feireiss the exhibition presents a selection of projects that seek to improve social, economic and environmental conditions through architectural and artistic means.

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Filip Dujardin

Exhibition in Gent
Posted by Gestalten—12/2011

The photographer, whose work is featured on the cover of Beyond Architecture, is going to have a solo show.

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TEDxNantes

Utopia Forever Event
Posted by Gestalten—12/2011

Gestalten's Architecture Editor Lukas Feireiss will be at TEDxNantes on December 15th where he'll be presenting our Utopia Forever book. 

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GRAFT on Deutsche Welle

Video Clip about the visionary architects' exhibition in Berlin
Posted by Gestalten—11/2011

Last week Germany's international broadcaster Deutsche Welle covered the vernissage of GRAFT'S exhibition“Distinct Ambiguity” in Berlin with a nice video clip featuring impressions from  the event and quotes by the founders Lars Krückeberg and Thomas Willemeit.

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Out of the Box!

See a Selection in Our Online Gallery
Posted by Gestalten—11/2011

From temporary pop-up shops to flagship stores and all manner of novel concepts in between, Out of the Box! is a collection of cutting-edge brand presentations and retail spaces.

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GRAFT Meets ZDF

An Interview with the Team's Wolfram Putz
Posted by Gestalten—11/2011

GRAFT architect Wolfram Putz came on German TV to talk about the new Distinct Ambiguity book and upcoming exhibition.

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Re-Cycle

Exhibition in Rome
Posted by Gestalten—11/2011

Invited to showcase their 'strategies for architecture, city and planet' is Vienna-based collective Feld72 a.o.

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Sublime

See a Selection in Our Online Gallery
Posted by Gestalten—11/2011

Sublime is a comprehensive collection of current Japanese architecture, interiors, and products that showcases and explores the country’s uniquely elegant design aesthetic.

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GRAFT

Distinct Ambiguity
Posted by Gestalten—11/2011

The architecture team presents a wide-ranging exhibition in Berlin.

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Out of the Box!

Brand Experiences between Pop-Up and Flagship
Posted by Gestalten—09/2011

From temporary pop-up shops to flagship stores and all manner of novel concepts in between, this book is a collection of cutting-edge brand presentations and retail spaces.

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Sweet Parliament Home

Ai Weiwei and Seung H. Sang Film Screens at the Gwangju Design Biennale 2011
Posted by Gestalten—09/2011

Homes tend to be thought of like places where conflict, diversity and collective are left behind to find familiarity and unpolitical calm.

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Sublime

New Design and Architecture from Japan
Posted by Gestalten—09/2011

Sublime is a comprehensive collection of current Japanese architecture, interiors, and products that showcases and explores the country’s uniquely elegant design aesthetic.

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Numen/For Use

Net installation in Hasselt
Posted by Gestalten—07/2011

The Austrian/Croatian collective, which was founded in 1999 by Sven Jonke, Christoph Katzler and Nikola Radeljkovic, has realized yet another amazing project.

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Testify!

Architecture exhibition in Rotterdam
Posted by Gestalten—06/2011

The exhibition, which is curated by Lukas Feireiss, challenges the cross-examination of our built environment as the sole provenance of the a

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Lukas Feireiss

Curating architecture and design exhibition in Eindhoven
Posted by Gestalten—06/2011

The Great Babylon Circus brings together cutting-edge creatives from the field of art, architecture, and design to engage in the continuation of the never-ending design of the Tower of Babel.

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Simone Decker

Exhibition in Saint-Nazaire
Posted by Gestalten—06/2011

With this exhibition the artist aims at "showing us her singular vision of the submarine base.

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$h!t Happens

Group Exhibition in New York and Toronto
Posted by Gestalten—05/2011

Why Berlin? Once an industrial center and later a city divided, Berlin has been dealt more than its fair share of a difficult past.

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Jürgen Mayer H.

By Spatial Demand
Posted by Gestalten—05/2011
Jürgen Mayer H.

For almost 15 years, the Berlin-based architect extraordinaire and his team have researched the relationship between the human body, technology, material, and nature, reaching new heights of innovative spatial creation and architectural solutions.

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BIG Wins Big

Designing Major Cultural Center in Albania
Posted by Gestalten—05/2011

BIG, Martha Schwartz Landscape, Buro Happold , Speirs & Major, Lutzenberger & Lutzenberger, and Global Cultural Asset Management are today announced as the winning team of the international design competition for a new 27.000 m2 cultural complex in Albania, consisting of a Mosque, an Islamic Centre, and a Museum of Religious Harmony.

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The Imaginarium

Group exhibition at Bauhaus Dessau
Posted by Gestalten—03/2011

The follow-up of the mobil, curatorial architecture The Imaginarium II designed by Luis Berríos-Negrón is currently on show at the Bauhaus Dessau, Germany.

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Masahiko Yendo

Under Distraction
Posted by Ole Wagner—03/2011
Masahiko Yendo

By definition, the Greek term Utopia is literally a non-place. Commonly, it is used to describe an ideal society, respectively a perfect community, which does not (yet) exist.

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Shigeru Ban

Donation for Earthquake Shelter
Posted by Gestalten—03/2011

Shigeru Ban architects are currently preparing to deploy simple partitions for evacuees taking shelter at gymnasiums in the Tohoku region which was struck by the earthquake.

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Typographic Matchmaking in the City

Interview with Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès
Posted by Gestalten—01/2011

Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès is the Founder of the Khatt Foundation, Center for Arabic Typography.

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Blowin' Up The Spot # 2

Group exhibition in Berlin
Posted by Gestalten—01/2011

This is the second in a series of exhibitions at changing venues, that focus on architecture and the city as source of inspiration and stimulation in contemporary visual culture.

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Kristin Feireiss

Lecture in Vienna
Posted by Gestalten—01/2011

The founder of Architecture Forum and gallery Aedes Kristin Feireiss will adress the topic 'The Architect between Superman and Supervisor' as part of the IoA Lecture Series at the University of App

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New Museum: Happy Three Year Anniversary!

Q&A with Ji Lee
Posted by Gestalten—11/2010

On the cusp of its new location's third anniversary, the New Museum in downtown New York has already become a permanent fixture in tourist guidebooks and a celebrated addition to the area's skyline, thanks to its striking boxy architecture and high-profile exhibitions.

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Giorgio Borruso Design

American Architecture Award
Posted by Gestalten—11/2010

The Snaidero USA Showroom New York designed by Giorgio Borruso Design is a winner of the prestigious 2010 American Architecture Award.

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The Story of Eames Furniture — Exclusive Excerpt

Charles as Architect, not Designer or Artist
Posted by Gestalten—11/2010

Fifteen years in the making, Marilyn Neuhart painstakingly wrote, researched, interviewed, and compiled information on something that started in the 20th Century and became a legend.

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Andi Zimmermann

Exhibition in Cologne
Posted by Gestalten—11/2010

The German artist and photographer is presenting his large-scale work series Spontaneous Random for which he uses Lego to create an imitation of reality.

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Faith in the City: Symposium

Seminar in London
Posted by Gestalten—10/2010

Gestalten editor and Closer to God co-author Lukas Feireiss will be participating in the Architecture Foundation's seminar on the hotly debated topic of the way religious structures — in particular

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Blowin' Up The Spot. The Dirty Dozen

Group Exhibition in Berlin
Posted by Gestalten—10/2010

This show brings together works of twelve artists, who in their diverse artistic approaches creatively explore contemporary architecture and the urban environment.

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Re-Imagining Architecture

Exhibition in Berlin
Posted by Gestalten—09/2010

Curated by Lukas Feireiss this exhibition  deals with "the creative reciprocity, which operates between architecture

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The Story of Eames Furniture Book Release

International Release—September 2010
Posted by Gestalten—09/2010

The Story of Eames Furniture is the benchmark reference on the subject.

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Terunobu Fujimori Exhibition

Exhibition in Tokyo
Posted by Gestalten—09/2010

GA Gallery in Tokyo hosts its latest exhibition, with celebrated Japanese architect and historian Terunobu Fujimori.

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Realstadt at Kraftwerk Mitte

Exhibition in Berlin
Posted by Gestalten—09/2010

Power station Kraftwerk Mitte in Berlin opens up its space to host exhibitions.

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The Imaginarium

Exhibition in Berlin
Posted by Gestalten—09/2010

This show is curated by Studio Lukas Feireiss and Tomorrow's Thoughts Today with Luis Berríos-Negróis as part of the exhibition 'Examples to Follow!

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Container Workshop 2010

Lecture in Merano
Posted by Gestalten—08/2010

Within the context of the event Container Workshop 2010, Han Slawik, editor of Container Atlas - A Practical Guide to Container Architecture will give a lecture on the topic on September 4

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Made of...

New Materials for Architecture and Design - Film
Posted by Gestalten—05/2010
Made of...

While working for O.M.A.

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MD.net Clinic Akasaka

Design by Nendo
Posted by Gestalten—02/2010

Back at the game again, Japanese design studio Nendo has crafted an eye-catchingly bold design for the new mental health clinic MD.net Clinic Asaka.

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Sculptures and Photography by Mark Jenkins
Posted—01/2012

Gestalten Space recommended in March issue of Schöner Wohnen, as part of a special on Berlin.

My Green City featured on the website of Architectural Digest Magazine.

The Urban Theater and Mark Jenkins exhibit Glazed Paradise at Gestalten Space are featured on Zeit Online.

Type Navigator reviewed on the website of the Typographische Gesellschaft München.

Utopia Forever and My Green City on german-architects eMagazin.

Doppelganger and Erratic in the dance, ballet and performance magazine Tanz.

Aram Bartholl: The Speed Book featured on Fast Company.

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