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In the second installment of my trip to Belgium and Germany I come across the Belga Queen, a modern restaurant in the oldest building in Ghent, Belgiu

kontaktmag RT @fastcompany: Taipei 101 Skyscraper to be World's Tallest Green Building, developments could save $20M annually http://bit.ly/4wqT5Y

kontaktmag They could have stepped it up a notch on day 2 but put on the brakes instead.
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The Real Good Experiment involved Blu Dot to put out 25 Real Good Chairs over the course of two days. Promotion was derailed on the second day.

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The first of many posts of my travels to Belgium and Germany. First stop: the Design Market in the city of Ghent.

kontaktmag Ben van Berkel from UNStudio in NYC for The unvieling of the "almost finished" Plein & Pavilion. http://twitpic.com/h3vkx

kontaktmag Yay! The kontaktmag site is back up with a new story about a great hotel opening in Berlin.
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The “first” Michelberger Hotel is set to open in September near the Oberbaum bridge over the river Spree in Berlin, Germany.

kontaktmag The kontaktmag web site has experienced a severe server mishap. Our hosting company crashed and the main files as well as the back-up files were lost. We are working to restore the site asap.

kontaktmag This is one of those things when the buddhist saying "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." really makes sense. Government involvement in design and architecture can only lead to hell.
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Considering that government bureaucracy is the opposite of design — metastatic, inelegant, inefficient — the design professor Elizabeth Tunstall has given herself a nearly impossible task. Sensing the possibilities of a new presidency, Tunstall is trying to persuade the U.S. ...

kontaktmag This is what you get when when you mix 1 part Artemide with 3 parts Hadid.
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Zaha Hadid's latest lighting venture pairs her with Italy's premier lighting company, Artemide for the Genesy lamp.

kontaktmag The distinctive architecture of the Rafael del Pino Auditorium in Madrid.
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Based on the garden that previously existed in the same space, the Rafael del Pino Auditorium in Madrid, Spain is transparent and open with a unique a

kontaktmag SEVVA offers multiple dining experiences and stunning views of Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong style icon and SEVVA creator, Bonnie Gokson enlisted the aid of Calvin Tsao of Tsao & McKown Architects in New York to design the 13,000 sq

kontaktmag Tom Dixon sporting copper globe lighting display. http://yfrog.com/em3cxj

kontaktmag Corian launch party. Lots of cool interactive LED lighting effects integrated with the displays. http://yfrog.com/10papj


















