Live interview with Studio Drift as part of Virtual Design Festival

Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta of Studio Drift speak to Dezeen in our latest Screentime interview at 5:00pm UK time, in which they will reveal details of a secret performance that we will live stream as part of Virtual Design Festival tonight.

Gordijn and Nauta will speak to Dezeen's editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about their work from 5:00pm UK time, ahead of the secret performance that will take place from 9:00pm.

Franchise Freedom by Studio Drift comprises hundreds of drones that mimic a murmuration of starlings

Studio Drift, which the artist and designer duo founded in 2007, produces experiential sculptures, installations and performances, which often use technology to explore natural phenomena and humans' relationship to nature.

One of the studio's best-known projects is its flying sculpture Franchise Freedom, which comprises hundreds of drones that have been programmed to mimic the behaviour of a murmuration of starlings in the sky.

The studio has performed the installation around the world since it debuted at Miami art week in 2017, including at the Kennedy Space Center last year.

Studio Drift's Drifter installation is a giant cuboid that seems to defy gravity

Other projects that explore avian movement include Flylight, an installation made up of 300 cylindrical glass tubes, which move to the rhythm of a bird's wing in flight.

Other key projects by Studio Drift include Drifter, a giant concrete-like cuboid suspended in midair, seemingly defying gravity, and Fragile Future, a series of light sculptures featuring glowing dandelion seed heads – each one painstakingly created by attaching 1,200 dried dandelion seeds to an LED by hand.

San Francisco's Carpenters Workshop Gallery put on an exhibition of many of these works earlier this year.

This year, the studio also created Ego, a kinetic sculpture made of 10 miles of ultra-fine nylon, for the Dutch National Touring Opera's production of the opera L'Orfeo.

Studio Drifts Fragile Future installation was created by painstakingly attaching dried dandelion seeds to LEDs by hand

Studio Drift was founded by Gordijn and Nauta in 2007, two years after they both graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven.

The interview is part of our VDF Screentime series, a series of live interviews which has featured trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, New York architecture practice SO-IL, British-Israeli architect Ron Arad, Austrian architect Chris Precht and MIT's SENSEable City Lab director Carlo Ratti.

Virtual Design Festival is the world's first online design festival, taking place from 15 April to 30 June. For more information, or to be added to the mailing list, contact us at virtualdesignfestival@dezeen.com.

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Textile House in Peru by Ghezzi Novak has concrete walls informed by woven fibres

Architecture studio Ghezzi Novak has completed this house on Peru's coast with weathered concrete blocks it describes as like "fibres weaved into a fabric".

Textile House is situated on a level site that provides views of the distant desert and ocean landscapes in Paracas. The Peruvian coastal town is known for its rich cultural heritage, including its textiles.

The Lima studio chose concrete blocks to echo the pattern and texture of woven fabrics to the geometric residence.

"For us, the fascinating textile legacy the Paracas culture left behind is a remarkable stimulus, and an opportunity to navigate beyond a merely formal pre-Columbian narrative," Ghezzi Novak said.

"We treat the constructive system as a textile," the studio added. "The concrete blocks are fibres weaved into a fabric that internally resolves technical and structural components to exploit its spatial and tactile qualities."

A cylindrical volume concealing a spiralling wood staircase protrudes from the rooftop, which houses a jacuzzi, pool and gardens.

The studio has oriented the layout towards the south and used rough materials and plant boxes to curtail the intense winds of the coastal region. Hermetic openings around the entrances block the nearby desert sand from entering the house.

Metal roofing spans over a series of wood beams and planks to form shaded areas over the outdoor kitchen and living areas located on the rooftop terrace.

Large glass windows and sliding doors arranged across the house's facade brighten the dim, grey interiors and allow for views of the picturesque surroundings.

"The concrete block is the material expression of the house; its cool and dim interior contrasts with the intensely bright sunny exterior," it added.

Inside, the bare concrete walls are paired with mottled concrete floors and wood accents. These include the spiral staircase that leads to the rooftop, the beams and planks that extend across the ceiling and a series of doors.

On the ground floor, a curving wall cuts through the interior to section off five bedrooms. Each of the bedrooms is fronted with a sliding glass door that opens onto a private patio.

In addition to the raised pools and gardens, a full kitchen and large lounge area occupy the roof terrace.

White appliances with black hardware stand out against the concrete walls and freestanding counter in the kitchen. A small fireplace and cubby for logs puncture the wall in the living room.

Ghezzi Novak was founded by Arturo and Gustavo Ghezzi Novak. Its other projects include a collaboration with Blanco to design Mérito, a restaurant decorated with natural materials to reflect the country's food.

Other residences in Peru include a clifftop villa that matches the hues of the Peruvian desert and a seaside residence Marina Vella constructed with stone from a nearby mountain.

Photography is by Iván Salinero.

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Project credits:

Architects: Arturo Ghezzi Novak and Gustavo Ghezzi Novak
Collaborator: Daniella Dibos de Tramontana

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Solve Your Life Problems with These Outlandish Remedies by Artist Dana Wyse

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Dana Wyse has a cureall for, well, everything. Can’t make the bed properly? There’s a pill for that. Need to be a bestselling writer ASAP? An injection is all you need. Struggling to figure out the meaning of life? There’s a capsule for that, too.

The Canadian artist dreamed up Jesus Had a Sister Productions, which she describes as “a fictional pharmaceutical company specializing in quick-fix medicines, dehydrated space food, discount time travel, spy electronics, transistor radios, invisible things, sneaky life hacks.” She’s designed various pills, solutions, and DIY kits in humorous packages meant to remedy any problem with a single dosage.

In an interview with Konbini, Wyse said she first thought of the utopic series in France.

In Paris, I was surprised to find three pharmacies on every street. As I explored the city, I found small packages of unopened medicines on the sidewalk. So I picked them up and wondered what they could be. Imagine if these pills were magic ?! If I swallowed them all at the same time, would they make me speak French or play Barracuda on the electric guitar?

Her discarded findings launched the ironic project that hearkens back to American advertising from the 1960s, which vehemently enforced stereotypes. The fictional company’s tagline reads, “Helping you to create your own reality. Since 1786.”

See the full collection (NSFW!) on Wyse’s site, and follow her future remedies on Instagram. (via This Isn’t Happiness)

 

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Live interview with Space Popular as part of Virtual Design Festival

Design studio Space Popular will speak to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival.

Architects Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg, founders of Space Popular, will discuss their work with Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs.

Founded in 2013 in Bangkok, the studio is now based in London and works on a variety of different projects including architecture, interiors, furniture, exhibitions and installations.

The duo has a particular interest in virtual reality and the effect that the technology will have on architecture.

An installation Space Popular created for the 2019 Tallinn Architecture Biennale in 2019 explored how virtual reality will change the way we communicate, and proposed that the technology could allow people's homes to merge digitally with those of their friends and family.

In order that that those stuck at home due to the Coronavirus pandemic are able to experience the installation, the studio created a video version which premiered on Dezeen.

London-based design studio Space Popular will feature in the next instalment of our Screentime series, sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival

The studio has also previously designed a digital installation in the gate of a historic palace in Seoul, South Korea and a house in Valencia, Spain which slots into a green steel frame.

The interview is part of our VDF Screentime series, a series of live interviews which has featured trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, New York architecture practice SO-IL, The World Around curator Beatrice Galilee, British-Israeli architect Ron Arad, architect Chris Precht and Dong-Ping Wong.

This Screentime conversation is sponsored by Enscape, a virtual reality and real-time rendering plugin for architectural design programme Autodesk Revit.

Virtual Design Festival is the world's first online design festival, taking place from 15 April to 30 June. For more information, or to be added to the mailing list, contact us at virtualdesignfestival@dezeen.com.

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Chris Maggio captures the unpretentiousness of Sam Barsky who knits world renowned landmarks onto jumpers

For the latest issue of Buffalo Zine, photographer Chris Maggio had the pleasure of photographing social media star, Sam Barsky and his wonderful collection of hand knitted jumpers.

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