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Category: Design
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The story of Kem Weber (1889 – 1963), one of the proponents of Art Deco design and architecture in 1930s America
Richard Storer-Adam recounts the work of this influential industrial designer, famous for his work with Walt Disney Studios, through two of his favourite products created in the style of Streamline Moderne.
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How the simple industrial process of tube drawing allows for the production of precision quality pipe and tube
I went for my annual flu shot today. The nurse that gave me the jab was highly skilled and I did not feel the actual injection at all. I had a closer look at the needle she had just used, and honestly, it was extremely small. This tiny stainless steel needle was produced using a…
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A brief tutorial on the most luxurious stainless steel watches in the world
Richard Storer-Adam gives a brief tutorial on Rose and Rose Gold watches, watch straps, lugs and integrated wrist bands including the Rolex Glidelock system in 904L stainless steel.
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A study of the major design influencer Jean Prouvé
Richard Storer-Adam gives an overview of the life of an iconic mid-century designer whose background as a blacksmith and empathy with metal fabrication played out in his work ranging from furniture, such as the famous Standard SP chair, to pre-fabricated buildings.
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The Avenues, Kuwait – An extravagant shopping mall and a lifestyle destination
Richard Storer-Adam takes us on a tour around the fourteenth largest shopping mall in the world, built in the middle of a desert with more than half a million visitors a week.
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The Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
This distinctive building is the result of a gift from the philanthropist, Lillian Disney, who survived her famous husband by 31 years. Richard Storer-Adam looks at the story behind the design, how Frank Gehry won the design competition from seventy entries, years before his Guggenheim Museum design and of course the remarkable stainless steel sails.
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The profound legacy of the influential architect Eero Saarinen
Richard Storer-Adam Looks at the formative years, inspirations and some of the highlights of Eero Saarinen’s career including the Des Moines Art Center and the famous TWA Terminal.
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The wonder of a canopy – a selection of favourite structures from around the world
Richard Storer-Adam takes us on a visit to four of his favourite canopy structures both contemporary and historic, going back to the famous Parisian metro entrances designed by M. Hector Guimard.
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Wilhelm Wagenfeld, a design legend – a review of the life and work of this influential designer
The life of Wilhelm Wagenfeld Wilhelm Wagenfeld was born in the northern German city of Bremen in 1900, on the 15th April and passed away at the age of 90 on the 28th of May 1990, in Stuttgart Early life As a young boy Wagenfeld studied drawing at the Bremen Boys School before starting his…
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The Peace Bridge 2012, Memorial Drive, Calgary by Spanish architect and Structural Engineer Santiago Calatrava
Richard Storer-Adam critiques the remarkable Peace Bridge, designed by this controversial architect and constructed by Grahame Infrastructure Ltd, which spans the Bow River and has no piers or supports.
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A stroll through the elegant, stainless steel double – helix Helix Bridge, Singapore by Cox Architecture and Architects 61
Richard Storer-Adam guides us through the construction concept and design details of this extraordinary sculptural bridge which was created in mock-up form in its entirety before being built on site.
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The history of the Gateway Arch, St Louis, also known as the St Louis Arch, designed by Eero Saarinen and completed in 1965
Richard Storer-Adam examines the key aspects and story behind this impressive landmark, the largest stainless steel building in the world, which is built in the form of a flattened catenary arch.
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A history of the life and work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, his design philosophy and his Barcelona chair designed in 1929
Richard Storer-Adam looks at the work of the man who became known simply as “Mies” with a focus on the iconic Barcelona chair, still made today with only one redesign in the fifties to incorporate the use of stainless steel.
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The Delorean Motor Company and its only model, the DMC12, simply known as “The Delorean”
Richard Storer-Adam gives an overview, assessing whether this was a success story or a failure, of the doomed car company and iconic product with a shell of glass-fibre and brushed 304 stainless steel with gull-wing doors made famous in the film series “Back to the Future”.
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The amazing Eileen Gray Bibendum Chair
Richard Storer-Adam looks at this now timeless design classic from the 1920’s, its inspirational designer and how the Bibendum chair was the foundation for the Michelin Man cartoon for the French tyre company.
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The three essential elements of lasting “Feel-Good Design” – Usability, Utility and Desirability
Richard Storer-Adam examines the core characteristics of great design using the examples of the Philippe Starck lemon squeezer, the 1962 Vespa GS 160 scooter and the Apple store, Istanbul Turkey.
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Black: A truly luxurious and artistic color for art, furniture and accessories for thousands of years
We look at how this primal color denotes status, high-value black products such as ebony, obsidian and granite and how black is used today for luxury products such as the Piaget Altiplano Skeleton black PVD watch.
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Gates and balconies by the three famous Austrian Gahrs brothers
Gates and balconies created as works of art and sculptural installations in welded stainless steel and Cor-ten.
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House 77, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal by dIONISIO Lab, 2010
Looking at the symbolically laser-cut stainless steel cladding which operates as shutters, a decorative building skin and a sculptural element for this contemporary house.