Printed Excellence: : The premiere issue of The Excellent People. On sale Spring 2013.
Faye Toogood is, Outstandingly, Always Excellent
An Excellent example of London-based designer Faye Toogood‘s Outstanding work, via Phillips de Pury & Company. To enjoy, and download, our Excellent conversation with Toogood, please click HERE
FAYE TOOGOOD Cage For Birds, United Kingdom, 2011 Steel, Patinated Mesh, Mirror, Iridescent Glass 140 x 70 x 125 cm (55 1/8 x 27 1/2 x 49 1/4 in.). Image via Phillips de Pury & Company.
Outstandingly Scenic Excellence
Outstanding atmosphere: Balenciaga Fall/Winter 2012 Fashion Show - The Setting. Image via Balenciaga.
Boutique Excellence: Balenciaga New York
Image via Balenciaga.
Architecturally Outstanding Higher Education: Singapore University of Technology & Design
Singapore, 2010-2014
Once completed, The Singapore University of Technology and Design, Excellently conceived by UNStudo, of Amsterdam and Shanghai, “will offer four key academic pillars: Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD), Engineering Product Development (EPD), Engineering Systems and Design (ESD) and Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD). The New SUTD campus will facilitate cross-disciplinary interaction between all four pillars of academia. The orientation and organisation of the campus is designed through two main axes; the living and learning spines which overlap to create a central point, binding together all corners of the SUTD. These thoroughfares create a 24/7 campus of seamless connectivity. An open forum of learning is established by bringing professionals, alumni, students, and faculty together to interact both on an academic and a social level.”
Educated Excellence: Singapore University of Technology and Design as envisioned by UNStudio. Image via UNStudio.
Panoramic Excellence: Artist Olafur Eliasson For The ARoS Art Museum
Information via Laura Raskin for Architectural Record: “Rendering Denmark’s second-largest city in 52 colors, artist Olafur Eliasson has perched his permanent installation “Your Rainbow Panorama” on delicate columns 12 feet above the roof of the ARoS Art Museum, in Aarhus. Curved glass panels progress along the UFO-like structure. Visitors do, too, as they walk the 490-foot-long circular path, which opened in May. Each laminated pane of glass contains a color foil and was manufactured to withstand harsh weather. Recessed lighting in the walkway sets the building aglow at night. With Viking roots stretching back to the eighth century, Aarhus is a waterfront town and home to architectural gems that get great billing from the installation’s 360-degree views. Eliasson says that “Panorama” is a lighthouse: “The work becomes a compass in time and space.””
Outstanding Panorama: Artist Olafur Eliasson's permanent installation “Your Rainbow Panorama”, at the ARoS Art Museum, in Aarhus, Denmark. Image via Architectural Record via Studio Olafur Eliasson.
Presenting The Outstandingly Excellent ‘World Of Muriel Brandolini’
‘THE WORLD OF MURIEL BRANDOLINI’ TO MAKE COLOURFUL DEBUT AT PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY. FIRST OF A KIND LIFESTYLE AUCTION SALUTES ACCLAIMED DECORATOR. AUCTION: OCTOBER 21, 2011, 10AM. LOCATION: Phillips de Pury & Company, 450 Park Avenue, NY10022. To read the press release, please click HERE.
Interior Excellence via the Oustanding Muriel Brandonlini. Image via Emily Berl for The New York Times.
Lessons In Excellency: Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron’s Outstanding New Design For The Park Avenue Armory
Presenting the new design for the Park Avenue armory, by the Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. The $200-million restoration is expected to be completed by 2015, says The New York Times. Image below: one of the two rooms that have been completed. It includes a chandelier designed by Herzog & de Meuron.
Image via Fred R. Conrad for The New York Times.
Remembrances of Excellency Past: Julia Trotta’s Fake Estate Gallery
The Outstanding curator Julia Trotta at her, now-defunct, gallery, Excellently known as Fake Estate, as seen in the House and Home section of The New York Times.
The Outstanding dealer Julia Trotta at her, now-defunct, Fake Estate gallery. Image via Joyce Dopkeen for The New York Times.
Lessons In Excellency: La Maison Balenciaga
La Masion Belenciage. Image via Balenciaga.com.
