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Color stories
The colors of alternative realities
Interviews
PEOPLE Peter Ippolito
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Identity rhymes with diversity
PEOPLE Joe Cheng
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“Design is for people”
PEOPLE Tim Bowder-Ridger
144 Creatives in the name of Sir Terence Conran
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WONDER
Projects review Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Los Angeles
16 Carbon Capture Refuge X (CCRX) | Bless Yee
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A temple for American cinema
Zhongguancun Digital Economy Innovation Industry Base Beijing
18 Florence, Italy | Braccialini Store Emanuele Svetti Architecture
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20 Chengdu, China | Floating Islands of Sky
unarchitecte
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432 Park Avenue New York Touching the sky of New York Hotel Palazzo Nani Venice Venice, noblesse oblige
Hermès Paris
140 Jinan, China | Shuifa Information Town
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Industrial Exhibition Center AOE, Beijing Puri Lighting Design
142 Rome | Basilica di Santa Maria in Montesanto Pietà | JAGO
The (re)creative spirit of the Hermès world
25hours San Paolino Florence
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190 Nicosia, Cyprus | Eleftheria Square
Dantesque nights
Resa San Mamés University Residence Bilbao
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
192 Shanghai | Green Massage in Madang Road
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“Color blocking” conquers the campus
194 Chengdu, China | Tianfu Stage, Urban
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The Royal Senses Panormos, Greece Constructive conversations
Vermilion Zhou Design
Planning Exhibition Hall | AAI-Monster
Casa di Langa Cerreto Langhe, Italy
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100 In a UNESCO heritage wine country Chuan Malt Whisky Distillery Emeishan, China
106 Tao and the harmony of opposites 112
Hotel Bjornson Jasná, Slovakia Designing a connection to nature LeBron James Innovation Center
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84 Chicago | David Rubenstein Forum University of Chicago, South Plaza | Angie McMonigal
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80 Daolang Town, Tai’an City, China
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122 The epitome of nordic elegance Lantern House New York
128 House of light Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna Helsinki
134 Majestic déjà vu The Londoner London
150 Where the magic happens Xapo Gibraltar
158 Where archeology meets the cybersphere Amabilia Suites Milan
162 A peaceful getaway overlooking Milan’s Cathedral Altstadthotel Weisses Kreuz Innsbruck, Austria
166 Upside down MilanoDuomo Stoneroom Milan
172 A “hub-lab” where dreams
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The Residences at St. Regis Chicago
178 Gemstone-inspired design Four Seasons Milan
182 The Four Seasons in Milan gets a make-over
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La Maison Xun Beijing
186 Feeling at home in one of Beijing’s ancient hutongs
Short Stories
197 A wide view on major international projects
Design inspirations
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231 A preview of the upcoming global projects
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240 Hospitality awaits post-pandemic recovery
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EDITORIAL
ALESSANDRA BERGAMINI Deputy Editor
Art and geometry
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hese two themes dominate the projects presented in this 19th .Wonder Book. These complex, many-faceted projects embody the world of art each, with their own perspective, each with their own skill at blending geometry and art. Unlike in previous .Wonder editorials, we will not mention names or architects, but we will simply invite you to take the time to discover the beauty revealed on every page, a beauty achieved through the skill of architects and designers working in synergy with the property owners. In this sum of creations, geometry and decoration are at their best in the vertical extensions. We go on a journey that is not simplistic, where each project merits us stopping to consider its details and design touches that will make us marvel and sigh in wonder. This .Wonder Book has explored niches of architecture and interior designs made with refinement and balance, where even the crypto world (very connected to art) has brought in architects and interior designers to represent its power and reality. Our journey is taken in 24 stages, plus 12 Wonder Pages — the height of beauty — and 3 interviews, to Tim Bowder Ridger, Joe Cheng, Peter Ippolito, that recount the philosophies of distant worlds that have become leaders in Asia and Europe, highlighting the primacy of these two geographical areas in the best recent design, as we have had the chance to show in previous issues as well. Enjoy the ride!
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WONDER. CARBON CAPTURE REFUGE X (CCRX) | BLESS YEE A proposal for a habitable living infrastructure which simultaneously provides a sustainable way of living while filtering carbon out of the atmosphere. As the CCRXs flourishes and multiplies, the need for larger
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living infrastructures grow, and units begin to connect and plug into one another. They migrate freely, floating as one with the earth gradually restoring microclimates and ecosystems.
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WONDER. FLORENCE, ITALY | BRACCIALINI STORE | EMANUELE SVETTI ARCHITECTURE © Varvara Verbitskaya
“It’s so fascinating to mix the spaces of the store as if they were a Luna Park on Mars or a Casino in the Center of the Earth, waiting for Houdini to come down on the stage”. Emanuele Svetti
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WONDER. CHENGDU, CHINA | FLOATING ISLANDS OF SKY | UNARCHITECTE © He Yao, Zhang Hetian
A cluster of artificial islands and pontoon bridge connects the C9 Food Street of Luxes’ Island in Luxelakes Water City and the artwork ‘Chengdu Rainbow Hut’ by Japanese artist Tsuneo Sekiguchi.
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Collection I Massivi Table Monti, By Matteo Bianchi
Wooden floorings: Oak Online industriale Borgo Plus.
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COLOR STORIES
The colors of alternative realities Psychedelia on one hand, the metaverse on the other. New forms of escapism — psychological and digital — shape reality and so color trends 2023
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e live in an age of change. The digital world zooms by at a speed that reality can’t keep up with; the pandemic has engendered new social dynamics with major psychological consequences, especially among young people who are the ones who will act to redesign their future; the climate crisis is no longer just theory or the announcement of an inevitable future, but part of everyday life. It makes no difference which continent you are on. We all live in this shared moment of transition. In its color trend research, the ColorWorks™ team investigates the situation and the collective status quo. The process that guides ColorWorks color-andsocial trend experts, who come from around the world, starts with researching and identifying four global trends that may influence consumers’ response to color in the coming years. For each trend, or story, the team assigns five colors or color effects to represent the key elements of each emerging story, for a total of 20 colors that make up its ColorForward™. The colors of the 2023 color palette are interferential, ambiguous and mysterious, reflecting the current pursuit of escapism — psychological and digital — embodied in the stories of Mare Tranquillitatis and Meetyour-verse, the first stories we will discuss with Roberto Romanin, ColorWorks Senior Designer. For the Fall Winter edition, we come to Code Blue and CatalyƧt, stories that tell of the climate crisis and the repercussions of all these fears turned into action by the new generations. Author: Veronica Orsi
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IDENTITY RHYMES WITH DIVERSITY As easy as it is to make the rhyme, it is much more complex to build identity places for ever-changing contexts, cultures, and uses. The key is the human component and seeking a moment of magic
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fter training as architects, Peter Ippolito and Gunther Fleitz founded the Ippolito Fleitz Group in Stuttgart. Peter Ippolito says that “After 20 years we’re still curious about what drives people and hungry to do totally new projects in countries we’ve never visited before. Context is one of our main drivers, the curiosity and courage to just get out there, along with a strong focus on the user’s perspective.” In 20 years, and 1600 projects, four more offices have been opened, in Berlin, Zurich, Moscow and Shanghai where more than 130 people work, including product designers, interior designers, architects, brand specialists, graphic designers, textile designers, craft people and artists engaged in corporate, residential, hospitality and workplace projects. They have always described themselves as “identity architects.” “In both private and public projects, we’re aiming for something that resonates with people and creates a sense of relevance for our users. This is at the core of what we do and why we call ourselves identity architects.”
author: Alessandra Bergamini portrait photo: Ippolito Fleitz Group, Jessica Morfis projects photo: Zooey Braun, Philip Kottlorz, Sui Sicong
Peter Ippolito
You constantly work on your clients’ identity, but how would you define your firm’s own identity? When we started the company 20 years ago after graduating as architects we made a couple of decisions that are still valid for us today. One was to work as broadly as possible and not specialize. We were curious about the world and we just wanted to go out there and take whatever seemed interesting. We still have that kind of variety and diversity of work today, with projects spanning from the private to the corporate sphere, from very small projects to large and even massive ones, from branding and product design to interior design and architecture. Diversity is really a core value for us, not only in what we do but how we do it. Our second important decision was tied to our belief that the world is too interesting to look at just from the perspective of architects. So, since our very first project 20 years ago we have included different perspectives, be they of artists or graphic designers, and we are still doing this too. Today we employ over 130 designers from all over the world, including product designers, interior designers, architects, brand specialists, graphic designers, textile designers and artisans. It really helps to have a broad view and always aim to understand society as a whole in order to solve something specific. We want to understand how people live, love, work and travel, which allows us to integrate our view. We also made the decision to work internationally and go beyond our own culture. We wanted to be curious about other perspectives and how people of different backgrounds look at a similar problem and offer a totally different answer. So, is diversity at the core of your design approach? After 20 years and more than 1600 projects, we’re still curious about what drives people and hungry to do totally new projects in countries we’ve never visited before. Context is one of our main drivers, the curiosity and courage to just get out there, along with a strong focus on the user’s perspective. Nothing we do comes from an idea of a particular style, so every project is different because each client or their target group have a different idea about life, love, work, travel, and they deserve a unique answer. Essentially our projects respond to the user’s perspective and take a human-centric approach. IFDM | 29