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Adopting this simplicity and in this primary context as a starting point, the project site gives shape to the architecture, while forming a close bond between built and organic nature. The building, designed as a lay meditation chapel, finds its own dimension in this dialogue with nature, like a new point of view opening toward the waterfall. Upon approaching, visitors go through a sensory experience, trying to find their own way to familiarize themselves with the chapel, interacting with the space and the contrast of lights and shadows.
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The chapel looks like a high and narrow parallelepiped, which is cut lengthwise at the middle section as if the stream had eroded the matter during its course. This is a 20 cm thick cut that runs through the entire covering and joins the two openings, which are placed on the short sides. These last are aligned, respectively serving as the front door and a window that frames the view of the waterfall. The l
It was hard to narrow down the year’s best jewelry design collaborations, but altogether, we landed on 11 memorable matchups that deserve recognition for their beauty, ingenuity, and sheer novelty.
As for 2021? More, please!
Commes des Garçons x Mikimoto
The Commes des Garçons x Mikimoto necklaces celebrated the beauty and universal wear possibilities of pearls (photo at left courtesy of David Foessel)
Unveiled during Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, this small collection of seven necklaces was made in sterling silver and either white South Sea or akoya Mikimoto pearls. The designs were anything but petite or particularly ladylike. From the statement from Rei Kawakubo, Commes des Garçon’s founder: “I’ve noticed how men also look good when they wear pearls. [That was] the starting point of this collaboration. [For] a traditional company such as Mikimoto, with a 150-year-old history, [a] clashing with, and breaking of the rules can lead to something new.” Indeed