Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Abu Dhabi announces 2025 opening date

The long-awaited Guggenheim museum in Abu Dhabi by architect Frank Gehry is set to open in 2025, nearly 20 years after plans were unveiled and 14 years after construction began.

Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is currently being constructed on Saadiyat Island – a cultural district under development off the coast of the UAE capital.

At 42,000-square-metres, the museum will become the largest of the four Guggenheim outposts, overtaking Guggenheim Bilbao that Gehry also designed.

The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is set to open in 2025

"It is truly thrilling to see this project enter into this new phase," Gehry said.

"I hope that this building is embraced by the people of the UAE and that this work will endure as a landmark for the country for many years to come."

It is being constructed on Saadiyat Island

Plans for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi were first revealed in 2006 and work began on site in 2011, but it was then suspended for several years.

The news of its opening date, revealed by Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism, comes two years after the Guggenheim Foundation confirmed construction was restarting.

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Gehry's design for the museum comprises a cluster of galleries of varying heights, shapes, and characters.

It will also contain a centre for art and technology alongside a children's education facility, archives, library and conservation laboratory.

There will be a cluster of galleries in varying shapes

Once complete, the museum will be operated by the Guggenheim Foundation but owned by Abu Dhabi's Tourism Development & Investment Company, which commissioned the project.

It will form part of a larger complex of arts and cultural institutions on Saadiyat Island that is intended to establish Abu Dhabi as a major cultural destination.

Other buildings on Saadiyat Island include Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi, which was the first outpost of the Musée du Louvre outside France.

The Zayed National Museum by Foster + Partners is also under construction there, alongside a performing arts centre by Zaha Hadid Architects, a maritime museum by Tadao Ando and The Abrahamic Family House by Adjaye Associates.

It will be the largest of the four Guggenheim outposts

In 2014, there was a competition for the design of another Guggenheim museum on Helsinki's waterfront. The winning design was a cluster of charred timber pavilions linked by garden patios by Moreau Kusunoki Architectes.

However, plans for the museum proved controversial, with some critics describing it as a vanity project. Two years later it was scrapped after the Finnish government refused to allocate funds.

Elsewhere, Gehry recently completed The Tower, a stainless steel-clad arts building for Luma Arles. At its opening, the architect told Dezeen that it is designed to fit in with both the ancient Roman city and today's environmental agenda.

"I respond to every fucking detail of the time we're in," said the 92-year-old at the time.

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Frank Gehry tops Louis Vuitton perfume bottle with alluminium flower

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has designed his first perfume bottle for French fashion brand Louis Vuitton.

The bottle was created to hold five different scents from the Louis Vuitton Les Extraits perfume collection, which is meant to capture "liberation" and "absolute movement".

Frank Gehry designed a perfume bottle for Louis Vuitton's Les Extraits collection

"I wanted to approach the project from a sculptural point of view, to bring something different to perfume," Gehry said.

"It's not a finished geometric form, it's just movement – visual movement with the added interest of ephemerality."

The flower-shaped bottle caps are made from aluminium

For the bottle's crinkled cap, Gehry took a sheet of aluminium and sculpted it into a twisting, blossoming flower that sits on top of the flacon.

The architect employed a similar technique for a crinkled gold bottle he made to mark the 150th anniversary of Hennessy X.O.

Gehry wanted the shape to embody the spirit of sailing, an activity that the architect is widely known to love.

"When you sail, on the ocean or elsewhere, there is a very intimate relationship between the skipper at the helm and the wind, and the visual impression it creates," Gehry explained.

"The sail moves gently, the air moves and you just try to keep steady – there's an idea of movement, but it's not the same as with a racecar."

The cap is meant to capture the spirit of sailing

Gehry's design for the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, which is formed of twelve curving sails and 3,600 glass panels was directly used to inform the design.

The bottle is meant to represent the thirteenth sail of the building.

"Reproducing, through micro-architecture, the bulge of a boat’s sail, seafaring, hair blowing in the wind, Les Extraits Collection evokes the thirteenth sail," said the brand.

"The Les Extraits Collection bottle reproduces, without imitating, the tension of those twelve sails."

The bottle's rounded shape was informed by the original bottle for the fragrance designed by Marc Newson. Frank Gehry altered and expanded the lines.

The Louis Vuitton logo is embossed on the side of the bottle, along with the name of the perfume.

The rounded bottle is based on the original Marc Newson design

The refillable bottles house five different perfumes created by Louis Vuitton's master perfumer Jacques Cavallier Belletrud. The fragrances are called dancing blossom, cosmic cloud, rhapsody symphony and stellar times.

Each of the bottles in the Les Extraits collection is packaged in a cylindrical white box with a slightly sloped top.

The bottles come in white cylindrical cases

Gehry is one of the world's most respected architects. He is the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, America's Presidential Medal of Freedom and Japan's Praemium Imperiale, among other accolades.

He has a long history of designing for Louis Vuitton. For Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul, he added a stack of sweeping glass sails on top of the white stone building.

Sailing has inspired many of Gehry's past designs. In 2015 he created a wooden sailing yacht called Foggy for his own personal use.

Photography is by Florian Joye.

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iF Design Award 2021 winners use packaging design to create engaging narratives

Dezeen promotion: packaging for children's pens and a make-up set designed to look like an egg carton are among the winners in the Packaging Design category of the 2021 iF Design Award.

The iF Design Award spotlights the latest designs across communication, product design, architecture, packaging, user experience and interior design.

For the Packaging Design category this year, the award focused on projects that create interesting narratives and show how packaging can be used as a tool for storytelling.

Below are the award-winning projects. Explore the rest of the winning designs on the iF Design Award's website.

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Dragon Rouge Coca-Cola Signature Mixers Creation

Coca-Cola's Signature Mixers bottle design is a reimagination of the brand's first glass bottle from 1899. It aims to combine the familiarity of Coca-Cola with contemporary mixology aesthetics and won a prestigious iF Gold Award in its category.

Project: Dragon Rouge Coca-Cola Signature Mixers Creation
Manufacturer: Coca-Cola GmbH
Designer: Dragon Rouge GmbH
Category: Beverages

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Grace of Waste – the upcycled Furoshiki

Furoshiki is a reusable cloth inspired by the Japanese tradition of wrapping gifts in a reusable material.

It is made from ocean plastic and features a pattern that illustrates the location of floating islands of garbage in the oceans.

Project: Grace of Waste - the upcycled Furoshiki
Manufacturer: Peter Schmidt Group
Designer: Peter Schmidt Group
Category: Industry

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4Life Mineral Water by Doi Chaang

4Life Mineral Water is spring water sourced from Doi Chaang, a forest in northern Thailand.

Its design references how important water is to forest animals and intends to raise awareness of the local habitat.

Project: 4Life Mineral Water
Manufacturer: Doi Chaang Coffee Original
Designer: Prompt Design
Category: Beverages

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Yafu Rice

The outer packing of Yafu Rice includes an illustration of a trusted figure in Chinese culture called "China's Model Worker," based on agricultural scientist Zhao Yafu.

The inner bag features a seal that gives the packaging a handcrafted feel.

Project: Yafu Rice
Manufacturer: Shenzhen Bob Design
Designer: Shenzhen Bob Design
Category: Food

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Dou You Ji

Dou You Ji is a beer can with bold, colourful graphics intending to reference scenes from Journey to the West, a Chinese legend here represented by humorous images.

Project: Dou You Ji
Manufacturer: Shenzhen Chengzui Cultural
Designer: Shenzhen Oracle Creative Design Co.
Category: Beverages

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BXL Polaris Team

BXL Polaris Team is a package design for liquid foundation, based on the design of an egg carton. The bottles are partly transparent so that users can easily distinguish between products.

Project: BXL Polaris Team
Manufacturer: Shenzhen Baixinglong Creative Packaging
Designer: Shenzhen Baixinglong Creative Packaging
Category: Beauty/Health

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RRD Pen packaging

These children's pens have abstracted silhouettes of animals illustrated on their packaging, and are made from reusable and eco-friendly materials. Each pen is covered in animal skin patterns.

Project: RRD Pen packaging
Manufacturer: Dongguan Donnelley Printing Co
Designer: Dongguan Donnelley Printing Co
Category: Consumer products

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Blandy's Bual 1920

This is the first wine from the Blandy's Heritage Wine Collection, a collection of Madeira wines.

Its packaging pays homage to Blandy winemakers and their family history.

Project: Blandy's Bual 1920
Manufacturer: Blandy's
Designer: Omdesign
Category: Beverages

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Tea House tea packaging

This tea packaging was designed to be interactive and aims to establish a new relationship with consumers by encouraging young people to experience different types of tea.

Project: "Tea House" tea packaging
Manufacturer: ZRP Printing Group Co
Designer: ZRP Printing Group Co
Category: Beverages

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Power Temptation

The "Power Temptation" bottle was designed for the young Chinese market.

It features decorative labels that tell the story of Adam and Eve and their time in the Garden of Eden.

Project: Power Temptation
Manufacturer: Left and Right Creative Design (Shenzhen) Co
Designer: Left and Right Creative Design (Shenzhen) Co
Category: Beverages

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Oranginal

Orange + Original's design references Chinese fruit cultivation. Its packaging includes woven bamboo baskets and aims to raise awareness about the hard work of fruit farmers and show the distinguished tradition of crafts in Chinese culture.

Project: Oranginal
Manufacturer: inDare Design Strategy Limited
Designer: inDare Design Strategy Limited
Category: Food

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Mahjong Tea

Mahjong Tea's packaging design hopes to enhance the enjoyment of drinking tea.

Its tea box is made of untreated wood and brass. As the box ages, it develops a decorative patina.

Project: Mahjong Tea
Manufacturer: Suncharm Media Co
Designer: Suncharm Media Co
Category: Beverages

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Jinsha sauce liquor

This packaging design intends to represent the brand's historical origins, depicting its ancient brewing techniques.

The outer box has an abstract graphic design created with Chinese ink washes and its top cover unfolds like a picture scroll.

Project: Jinsha sauce liquor
Manufacturer: Shenzhen Chaopai International
Designer: Shenzhen HJRdesign Consultant Co
Category: Beverages

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Mi 10 national style version of packaging design

The design of this smartphone gift set is a response to the trend of Chinese cultural icons used in packaging. The boxes feature bold images that relate to Chinese culture.

Project: Mi 10 national style version of packaging design
Manufacturer: Xiaomi
Designer: Xiaomi
Category: Consumer Products

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Bizeun gift set for the examinee

The Bizeun gift set for Korean sticky rice cake packaging depicts Korean cultural leaders.

Its colourful illustrations aim to encourage students to prepare for their exams.

Project: BIZEUN GIFT SET for the examinee
Manufacturer: SPC Group
Designer: SPC Group
Category: Food

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Really Dig Ya

Singer Zhou Yong's folk music album Really Dig Ya features lyrics in the regional Shanghai dialect, which more and more young people can't speak, according to the singer.

The album cover draws attention to Shanghai's culture and references a deep-fried dough stick, a local favourite food.

Project: Really Dig Ya
Manufacturer: China Digital Culture Group
Designer: Bangqian Zheng, Shanghai Dongxiang Culture Communication Co
Category: Consumer products

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LIFEWTR S1 Arte Sin Fronteras Mexico

In 2019, LIFEWTR launched Mexico with Art Without Borders, a series exploring the power of art to foster cultural understanding. This is a continuation of the project.

Project: LIFEWTR S1 Arte Sin Fronteras Mexico
Manufacturer: PepsiCo
Designer: PepsiCo
Category: Beverages

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GreenArc

GreenArc is a creative partnership that references Roman Catholic imagery in its packaging.

Divine Lumiere, its first collection, features a shopping tote bag informed by the La Sagrada Familia basilica. An illustration of the building's architecture is printed on the inside of the bag.

Project: GreenArc
Manufacturer: B:SCOPE
Designer: B:SCOPE
Category: Consumer products

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MMINNI liquor packaging

MMINNI-X-lab is a brandy designed to appeal to young people. Its colourful packaging and vessels that look like laboratory bottles are intended to represent young people's "fearless spirit of exploration".

Project: MMINNI liquor packaging
Manufacturer: Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Company
Designer: Shenzhen Oracle Creative Design Co
Category: Beverages

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Huaxiang Manor Tea

Huaxiang Manor Tea's design intends to express the natural beauty of the environment where the tea has grown.

This includes the estate's gardens and house, introducing the consumer to the teas but also to Huaxiang Manor.

Project: Huaxiang Manor Tea
Manufacturer: Shenzhen Qianhai Phecda Creative Design Co
Designer: Shenzhen Qianhai Phecda Creative Design Co
Category: Beverages

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Studio Drift and Sou Fujimoto explore rhythms of nature with Basel installation

Dutch design office Studio Drift and Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto have designed an installation where flower-like lamps rise and fall within a "forest" of wooden beams.

Occupying the entrance to this year's edition of Design Miami/Basel, the installation combined two works: Shy Synchrony, by Studio Drift, and Forest of Space, by Fujimoto.

Studio Drift's Shylights rise and fall overhead. Photo is by Ossip van Duivenbode

Shy Synchrony showcased Shylight, a suspended textile lamp that is programmed to continuously rise and fall, creating an opening and closing motion that is reminiscent of flowers blossoming.

Here, dozens of these lights were grouped together and choreographed so that they moved in synchronisation.

These textile lamps open and close like flowers as they move

Studio Drift's aim was to encourage people to be more aligned with the rhythms of the natural world. It is a theme that often features in the studio's work, with past examples including Franchise Freedom, which featured a swarm of drones.

"Natural movements remind the body of how to adapt and align with our environment," said Lonneke Gordijn, who leads Studio Drift with partner Ralph Nauta.

"In this time of disconnect and climate crisis, we are in desperate need of aligning with each other to create a vision that will secure the future of our planet," she stated.

Sou Fujimoto's Forest of Space frames the installation

Forest of Space was designed specifically to frame this dynamic performance. Hundreds of wooden beams were arranged vertically, creating a series of curved objects that together formed an ellipse.

Positioned at an angle, these wooden elements doubled as seats, giving visitors a place to take in the artwork.

Fujimoto wanted to create a place where people could "engage in conversations about the past, present, or future of architecture, and about urban settlements and the natural environment".

These curving seats are made from hundreds of timber lengths

On show at the Messe Basel exhibition centre from 21 to 26 September, the installation was presented by Superblue, a new initiative that aims to create opportunities for large-scale, immersive art installations.

The project was a collaboration with Therme Mind, a joint venture between developer Therme Group and neuroscience expert MindMaze exploring how neurotechnology can be used in art and design to promote mental and physical wellbeing.

The space hosted panel discussions and workshops during Design Miami/Basel

The involvement of Therme Mind led Studio Drift to bring a new dimension to the Shylights, which have previously been presented at Dutch Design Week and at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Unlike previous installations, visitors to Shy Synchrony are taken on a guided meditation experience.

As they arrive, they are given a headset that measures their heart rate activity, brain relaxation patterns and facial movements.

As they experience the installation, the data gathered is processed by an algorithm and fed directly into the control system for the Shylights, guiding their movement patterns to encourage users into "deeper states of consciousness".

"By integrating Therme Mind's neurotechnology, Shy Synchrony creates an experience where audiences can become a part of the artwork, observe their mental activity and explore the conditions that support their own mind-body wellbeing," said Mikolaj Sekutowicz, CEO and co-founder of Therme Art.

Workshops and guided meditation also took place in the space

The space doubled as a venue for panel discussions and workshops hosted by Therme Art.

The headline event, titled Art and Architecture as Healing: Shaping a Mental Health Economy, explored architecture's potential to improve mental health.

Photography is by Simon Bielander, unless otherwise indicated. Main image is by Ossip van Duivenbode.

Design Miami/Basel took place from 21 to 26 September 2021. See Dezeen Events Guide for an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.

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Volvo's new logo features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter

The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features Volvo's new flat logo.

Swedish car manufacturer Volvo has revealed a flat, less colourful version of its longstanding Iron Mark logo.

The new identity retains the same circular shape and upward-pointing arrow first used by the brand in 1927.

Readers are disappointed, commenting that the design "lacks the attention to detail shown in the brand's car designs".

Tumu Studio opens up Flatirons Residence to mountain views

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