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Zurich Meets New York Festival
Dada, Carl Jung, robots, big data, urban systems, typefaces and beyond—Zurich Meets New York, A Festival of Swiss Ingenuity highlights visionary movements and ideas born in Zurich, and their impact on American culture. With almost 100 years of Dada, Zurich now takes the spotlight, and celebrates its role as a 21st-century hub for artistic and scientific innovation.
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THE YVES BÉHAR TOP 5
In the past decade, Béhar has become one of the most acclaimed and sought after names in contemporary design. He wields an award winning design proficiency that spans the gamut: furniture, fashion,graphics, packaging, environments, strategy… So we imagined he’s put some thought into the art of living well—that’s why we asked him to list 5 innovations he couldn’t live without.
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25 REASONS YOU LOVE SWITZERLAND
How much do you love Switzerland? Let us count the ways… Created for ThinkSwiss by featurezoo
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THE POETRY AND UTILITY OF TOM KUNDIG
Tom Kundig’s structures resemble haiku: brief in their economy, utilizing the minimum and most immediate of materials to invoke resonance; they have zen capabilities—they bend in the wind, glisten (and rust) in the rain, illuminate with the snow…
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THE RESIDENCE
A paean to The Residence at the Swiss Embassy in Washington D.C. designed by Steven Holl and Justin Rüssli. Created for ThinkSwiss.
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LA VIDA KUNTERBUNT
Zurich’s industrial zone, Zurich West is fast becoming Zurich’s cultural Mecca: artists, architects, club owners, designers, immigrants, students—and whatever falls in between are lured to this seedier part of town by affordable rents, enormous loft spaces, club culture…
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THE DISCREET CHARMS OF NINA EGLI
At ten, Nina Egli decided she was going to become an actress, and then forgot about it. In the meantime she had circus aspirations—as a tightrope walker. She studied dance, developed her gift for painting… At twenty, she was randomly asked to be in a movie—playing a fire eating trapeze artist. Somehow all her forgotten childhood ambitions were fulfilled in one fell swoop. From the experience, she recouped the acting bug, discovered she was terrified of heights and moved to New York to pursue a thespian life…
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RE-PRESENTING TOM KUNDIG
We’re pleased to announce that Tom Kundig, who we profiled here several months ago, is the winner of the 2008 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture. Facing off with formidable future-forward talents of Weiss/Manfredi and the industrial chic of Lo-Tek, Kundig’s graceful mechanics set in nature won out. As Mark Robbins, Dean of the Syracuse University School of Architecture […]
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CHRISTIAN WASSMANN’S SENSE OF PLACE
Helvetica Bold spent an afternoon with Wassmann, rummaging through his design philosophies, “I always do drawings for myself or write little manifestos that are not for publication but lead to something I try to share or have in my office culture—“
We thought we’d come up with a manifesto of sorts that reflect Christian Wassmann’s sense of place. -
Moon River: Toujours Toi Family Affairs Winter 2010 Collection
Toujours Toi Family Affairs presented it’s Winter 2010-11 Collection at the Swiss Institute, New York, during Fashion Week. Helvetica Bold was on hand to capture it.