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Jul 23 2020
Surface
Design Dispatch
Announcing the Surface Summer School winners, Tesla’s next Cybertruck factory, and an immersive intestine.
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HERE’S THE LATEST

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Announcing the Winners of the Surface Summer School Design Challenge

Throughout June, Surface teamed with the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania to craft a digital summer program for students to participate in during quarantine. Spearheaded by Winka Dubbeldam, Miller Professor and chair of the Department of Architecture, students were invited to respond to a brief to design a mobile medical testing unit for COVID-19. The competition was supplemented by an online lecture series featuring leading designers, architects, and doctors on the front lines of the pandemic.

At the end of the month, a jury of distinguished architects, educators, graphic designers, and industrial designers assembled to select the winners. Collectively, the student submissions are a showcase of the next generation of creative thinking and ingenuity, from a playground-themed concept and one inspired by a cumulus cloud to a design that resembles origami. Check out the top submissions.

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What Else Is Happening?

Check-Circle_2x After 50 years, Charles Ross’s gargantuan Star Axis is nearing completion in New Mexico.
Check-Circle_2x The New York developer charged with whitewashing 5Pointz appeals to the Supreme Court.
Check-Circle_2x Herman Miller teams with Logitech to debut the world’s sleekest gaming chair.
Check-Circle_2x MIT engineers design an affordable, reusable face mask that’s just as effective as an N95.
Check-Circle_2x Having earned millions in tax breaks, Tesla starts building a Cybertruck factory in Austin.
Check-Circle_2x Research suggests that ancient Greeks installed ramps on temples to improve accessibility.
Check-Circle_2x The recently departed Keith Sonnier will receive a solo exhibition at Dia:Beacon in 2022.


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DESIGNER OF THE DAY

After meeting as co-workers at Whitehall Interiors, Stephanie Schroeder and Cat O’Brien teamed up to launch Alchemy Studio, their own interiors firm. Though a recent venture, the duo has already carved out a distinct look and feel for their projects, which comprise an array of sleek multiunit residential buildings infused with elements of darkness and mystery.

ITINERARY

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Yves Klein: Les Elements et Les Couleurs

When: Until Jan. 29, 2021

Where: Domaine des Etangs, France

What: Taking place at the 2,500-acre private estate’s La Laiterie art space is a career-spanning showcase of 60 essential works by Yves Klein, the French artist best known for his signature color Klein Blue. The documents and films on display, which include Architecture de l’air, his utopian vision to build more flexible cities from the elements of fire, air, and water, explore his spiritual bond to nature and the cosmos.

THE LIST

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Member Spotlight: Lexus

Lexus is an automotive company that takes inspired design, relentless innovation, and uninhibited performance and turns them into passionate, moving experiences.

Surface Says: Lexus marries a Japanese appreciation for design, an ethos dating back thousands of years, with a thoroughly modern approach to engineering. The marque’s sleek vehicles always carry a sense of surprise and a strong attention to detail.

AND FINALLY

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Today’s Attractive Distractions

An Italian artist carves a huge portrait of Joe Biden into an empty field.

One of the original Rosie the Riveters, age 94, has been making face masks.

The artist Eva Fàbregas’s latest sculpture feels like a sensory intestinal tangle.

Andy Thomas visualizes the various squawks and coos of Amazonian birds.

               


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