Keep Going Regardless of Failure: Hisakazu Shimizu

Hisakazu Shimizu is a Japanese designer who during an interview with DUDYE explained why he became a designer and how he evolved with time as he obtained a deeper understanding of the profession.


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Héctor Serrano Studio’s latest Project

Here it is Héctor Serrano Studio's latest project (2010) which is being presented this week at Maison & Objet in Paris.

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UFO-like Set of Lights

V Lighting by Héctor Serrano Studio

Client: Arturo Alvarez.
V lighting is an UFO-like family of lights that creates a close and warm world.
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Secret Treasures Inside of Books

My Treasure by Héctor Serrano Studio

My Treasure: Re-using unwanted books and turning into "secret containers". This is done by Laser cutting the pages of the book with the profile of the secret object so you can hide and store in an unexpected way. A reference to a familiar image normally seen in movies.

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Social Aspects of Bread

Our Daily Bread: Héctor Serrano Studio
Client: UCH-CEU.

Problems waiting to be solved, can be find anywhere and in any shape, even when it comes to bread. UCH-CEU's design graduates had a project called “Our Daily Bread”, which was focused on bread as a social element and the task was to discover the more social aspects of this very familiar food type.
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Playing with Illusions

Showroom by Héctor Serrano Studio for the leading Bathroom brand Roca

The space shows the results of the International Design Contest, Jump the Gap 2009 at 100% Design London.

Touch the water and the content starts: making the "water" vibrate with the help of an visual illusion.
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Portable Photobooth

The digital and portable, Photobooth is developed by two constant travelling photographers, Lachlan Moore and Marija Ivkovic.

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Discover new ideas for projects: Tomoko Murata

Tomoko Murata was born 1973, in Osaka, Japan. She was impressed by history and the possibilities that are involved in architectural space. Therefore, early in life, she began to study architecure by visiting old and contemporary buildings. In her school days, she liked to explore the old temples of Kyoto. Today, she leads architecture studio, UZU, together with Tetsuya Matsui.

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Lighthouse tower symbolizes imagination

Lighthouse Tower by Mikou Design Studio, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Lighthouse Tower in Rio de Janeiro, is the an embodiment of its natural and urban surroundings. It summarizes the tropical experience associated with lush South American vegetation, the deep skies of Brazil and the urban landscape.

"We have thought up a truly Brazilian tower which symbolizes the imagination, beliefs, myths and memories of Brazilians. One made of sensitive perceptions of light, sound, atmosphere and sensual experiences related to its geographical and urban location."

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An urban presence in Florence

Florence Square, Fez by Mikou Design Studio

Florence Square is situated in a strategic area in the new town of Fez. The square is structured by a main urban axis, a broad boulevard with a central island generating an important pedestrian flow. The remodeling of Florence Square in Fez aims to create a space for encounters and meetings at a pedestrian scale and the scale of the neighborhood, but also a place clearly identifiable as a representative part of the modern Fez.

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The evolution of the Routemaster

Architects: Héctor Serrano Studio
Collaboration: Miñarro García and Javier Esteban.

Welcome back represents the evolution of the iconic Routemaster. An innovative vehicle combining the best of the past with the best of now.This London Bus is a sustainable vehicle using a Hybrid Diesel-electric Drive System. Its smaller size also means less weight so less fuel compsumption is required and less exhaust emissions are produced.

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Countless patterns with 1000 helium balloons

Borealis was launch at Festival 8, Indo, California, collaboration with Javier Esteban and Héctor Serrano Studio.

Borealis enhance the experience of a concert visualizing and interacting to sound. More than 1000 helium balloons and leds that are used as a pixel, creating a volumetric screen with infinite patterns and possibilities.

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Waterdrop, a tribute to water

Client: Roca
Architects: Héctor Serrano Studio

Waterdrop, a tribute to water. A spectacular and engaging experience capturing the beauty of water presented at 100% Design London. Making of waterdrop. A large team of specialist were involved in the development and construction during the six months from brief to final installation.

Hector Serrano StudioWaterdrop invites us to enjoy and explore water without even using a drop, thereby representing Roca’s fundamental belief that innovation and sustainability can go hand in hand.

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Reexamining the evolution of the Library typology

Prague Library by Z-A Studio

Reexamining the evolution of the Library typology stood at the basis of the design process. The accelerated growth of information merged with the iconic role of the central library, generated the design scheme. In this scheme the mass of books regains its spatial presence through the reconfiguring of its organization and by embedding constant growth and mutation capabilities into the design.

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51 Aspects of Creative Strategy You Must Know!

7 Ways You can be a Good Leader

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The Power of One Shot: Hirano Aichi

Catching daily life: Nobuyuki Kobayashi

Be bold and aim high

The Secret to Effectiveness

Vision, the power of anticipation

Rie Isono: Be Open, Ideas Come in Daily Life

Experimenting with the Nature of Performing Art: Buffer Space

Know Your Strength & Focus

Living a Creative Life: Fumie Shibata

The Way Architect Anna Nakamura Works

Great Architecture Begins with a Promise: Max Strang

Combining Visual Art & Music

Experimenting with Porosity

8 linked towers forming an urban experience

People Trust Your Vision: Keisuke Fujiwara

Follow the Entire Design Process of ASSAY OFFICE London

I Am The Problem

Casa Manifesto: 85 % of Recycled, Reused and Eco-friendly materials

Jeong- Eun Lee: Design requires Heart and Sweat

Bioclimatic & Modular Architecture: Infiniski’s lofts

SLEEPBOX- Comfortable Urban Infrastructure

The Berg, Urbanized Nature in Berlin

Kenneth Nilson: How one Shape can Develop into Numerous Designs

House-sized Apartments in Sunshine Beach

BIG Wins Competition for The World Village of Women Sports

Renaissance in Florence

51 Pieces from the Renaissance

Pascal Grasso

SHENZHEN INTERNATIONAL ENERGY MANSION

Slussen

Jung Myung Taek

Talia Radford

Marc Canadell’s Nightingale House

Water Lily

Ori Ben-Zvi