Bape Store, Sapporo 

Here is Bathing Ape’s Sapporo location based in the northern part of Japan.

Reminiscent of most Bape Shop locations, the store features its fair share of neon lights and iconic Bape symbolism with the logo and camo.

The store is situated right beside a local landmark, the Sapporo TV Tower.

Lake Como House - Marco Castelletti

Within the hills of Erba, Italy, the residence 'Casa a Morchiuso' designed by Italian practice Marco Castelletti is perched to overlook Lake Como in the distance.

A revitalization to an existing home constructed in the 1970s, the new structure has replaced the original pitched roof with a flat plane and the exterior is further streamlined by wrapping the perimeter with a wooden screen. 

On the upper level, a bath-style pool with full height enclosure on all sides offers privacy from neighbours while a retractable glass roof allows an open air experience. The rooftop features a solarium with panoramic views of the garden and lake as well as a solar photovoltaic system for energy generation.

Marco Castelletti

Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Centre - Kengo Kuma and Associates

This visitor centre in Tokyo by Japanese architects Kengo Kuma & Associates looks like a stack of smaller buildings with sloping roofs. 

Horizontal slices divide the tower’s eight main storeys, creating sloping ceilings in conference rooms and an exhibition space, as well as a tiered floor inside the multi-purpose hall.

Wooden louvres shade each of the four glass elevations and are spaced differently depending on the shade and privacy required by the rooms inside. Surfaces inside the building are also timber-clad and balconies are located on two of the upper floors. 

Kengo Kuma and Associates

MAC Belfast - Hackett Hall McKnight

Designed by Irish architects Hackett Hall McKnight (now Hall McKnight), the Metropolitan Arts Centre is wedged between two existing buildings on a hemmed-in corner plot that sits beside the city cathedral.

A long and narrow atrium divides the building into two halves and is surrounded by walls of exposed concrete and brickwork. 

Skylights bring natural light down into the seven-storey space, where balconies accommodate cafe and bar areas. An auditorium is located on either side of the foyer, while dance studios and exhibition galleries fill the floors above and below.

Hall McKnight

Emirates Air Line - Wilkinson Eyre Architects

A kilometre-long cable car designed by British architects Wilkinson Eyre has opened over the River Thames.

Suspended 90 metres above the water, the 34 cars connect the O2 arena on the Greenwich Peninsula with the Excel Centre at the Royal Docks, which will be the venue for a number of indoor events at this summer’s Olympic games.

Three twisting towers will hold the cables in places, while two glazed terminals are located on either side of the river. 

Wilkinson Eyre Architects

Deck Two

Deck Two is an illustrator/ Graphic Designer/ Graffiti Artist from France. 

He enjoys putting his graphic style onto furniture, sneakers and trench coats as well as walls, canvases and sketchpads.

Recently, he started to create volumes of personal works, which are halfway between graffiti and sculpture.

Deck Two

The MX-3D Models Site has work by Graphic Designer Vic Lee, as well as 3D models of his work, here is an example below:

MX-3D Model Site

British Gymnastic Logo - Bear London

Creative agency Bear London have created a new logo for sporting body British Gymnastics that’s designed to capture the movement of somersaulting gymnasts. 

Motion-capture technology was used to plot the movements of gymnasts as they performed flips, tumbles and somersaults. The data was then transformed into an animation of colourful ribbons that leap across the screen.

 Typographer Rob Clarke created the logo. The connecting t and i in both words is intended to look like a gymnast’s finishing pose.

Bear London

Boom Box Packaging - Miller

The idea behind this was to attract attention to and to make Miller the preferred brand among other six packs in the summer when beer consumption rises.

Miller have designed two sided boxes, one side looks like a speaker and the other is the cassette player. This way when three boxes are brought together side by side, they form a boom box.

Polaroid Z2300 Instant Digital Camera

The Z2300 Instant Digital Camera by Polaroid has just been unveiled at the 2012 CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) line show. 

The 10-megapixel device features a built-in Zink zero ink printer, producing full-colour 2x3-inch prints in under a minute either in full bleed, with a classic Polaroid border, or on a sticker-backed page.

In addition to its printing capacities, the camera stores photographs digitally via SD card. A built-in editing program enables users to review and crop photos on the 3.0-inch LCD screen even before uploading to PC.

Rising Series - Robert van Embricqs

Designer Robert van Embricqs has created a series of sculptural furniture elements that are not only functionally clever but also aesthetically fascinating.

The pieces utilize a unique slat-folding technique to transform from a flat piece of seemingly solid wood to a fully functional table with an intricate web of angles and angular shapes that are a signature of this series.