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Metropolis by Mo Maurice Tan
22 Mar 2007
TAXI Design Network event coverage team reported on the exhibition, Metropolis, over at Alliance Française de Singapour last week.
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EVENT COVERAGE
Metropolis
SG Private Banking Gallery
Alliance Française de Singapour
16 - 29 March 2007
Mon to Fri, 11am to 7pm
Sat & Sun, 11am to 5pm
Admission is free
If you are a lover of cities, and dream of traveling to urban and cosmopolitan places all over the world such as Paris, Berlin, Tokyo and New York, Metropolis is the perfect exhibition for you to satisfy your cravings of wanderlust. Paris-based artist Mo Maurice Tan brings the cities right in front of you by painting seemingly frozen architectural cityscapes, breathtakingly realistic.
In Metropolis, explore the cities with the weave of bird's eye views of major cities, dark subways and train stations, to harbours and airports.
Mo is an avid traveler who wanders the world's major cities, from Paris to Hongkong, Barcelona to Tokyo and interprets the modern and urban landscapes in his unique, dispassionate and architectural style. His paintings, formed with watercolor and acrylic, seem to have a haunting resonance that tugs at your heart. His landscapes seem to be frozen in time and space, with an air of solitude and loneliness.
Delve into this lyrical and haunting metropolis and engage in this new vision of travel in the Alliance Francaise's spacious gallery filled with metropolis lovers alike.
© 2003 - 2007 by TAXI Design Network. All rights reserved.
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EVENT COVERAGE
Metropolis
SG Private Banking Gallery
Alliance Française de Singapour
16 - 29 March 2007
Mon to Fri, 11am to 7pm
Sat & Sun, 11am to 5pm
Admission is free
If you are a lover of cities, and dream of traveling to urban and cosmopolitan places all over the world such as Paris, Berlin, Tokyo and New York, Metropolis is the perfect exhibition for you to satisfy your cravings of wanderlust. Paris-based artist Mo Maurice Tan brings the cities right in front of you by painting seemingly frozen architectural cityscapes, breathtakingly realistic.
In Metropolis, explore the cities with the weave of bird's eye views of major cities, dark subways and train stations, to harbours and airports.
Mo is an avid traveler who wanders the world's major cities, from Paris to Hongkong, Barcelona to Tokyo and interprets the modern and urban landscapes in his unique, dispassionate and architectural style. His paintings, formed with watercolor and acrylic, seem to have a haunting resonance that tugs at your heart. His landscapes seem to be frozen in time and space, with an air of solitude and loneliness.
Delve into this lyrical and haunting metropolis and engage in this new vision of travel in the Alliance Francaise's spacious gallery filled with metropolis lovers alike.
© 2003 - 2007 by TAXI Design Network. All rights reserved.
Neville Brody's Research Studios Creates New Look for Dom Pérignon
22 Mar 2007
PRESS RELEASE
Neville Brody's Research Studios has created the new look for vintage champagne brand Dom Pérignon. The design company, famous for its work with Kenzo perfume and its mould breaking redesign of UK newspapers such as The Guardian and The Times, was commissioned in 2004 to assist Dom Pérignon with its brand strategy and repositioning. The brief was to give the brand more elegance, glamour and appeal whilst retaining the luxury cues for which it is well known. A unique packaging format was developed for the brand which takes the form of a vertically opening matt black monolithic pack made from unique dyed from the block paper which required more than one year to develop.
Research Studios also created new colour codes to signify Dom Pérignon vintages using the colours black, silver and metallic pink, whilst the original Dom Pérignon logo and bottle shape remain untouched. The consultancy is also developing a consistent system of brand language to help Dom Pérignon create additional communications materials, such as window displays. Working on the project at Research Studios Paris office were Lionel Massias and Marion Laurens. Neville Brody was responsible for overall art direction on the project.
Neville Brody comments:
"There is a perception of Dom Pérignon as a slightly old-fashioned gentleman's champagne, or a Beverly Hills party drink. Also, its market is aging, so we have used some subtle levering to move it into a more modern space. Research Studios has overhauled Dom Pérignon's packaging, including a shift from the traditional horizontal 'chest' packs to a vertical design that opens in the middle. This is to increase shelf standout among competitor brands. It has taken a year to get the finish of the packaging exactly right, with the right silver, weight and touch. Dom Pérignon is such a pared-down brand, with very little story or myth, that it is all about the exact detail. If you get the detail wrong then the whole thing doesn't work."
Neville Brody: the British designer and art director, has now been at the forefront of graphic design for over two decades. Initially working in record cover design, Brody made his name largely through his revolutionary work as Art Director for the Face magazine. Other international magazine directions have included City Limits, Lei, Per Lui, Actuel and Arena, together with London's The Observer newspaper and magazine The Guardian and The Times. Brody has consistently pushed the boundaries of visual communication in all media through his experimental and challenging work, and continues to extend the visual languages we use through his exploratory creative expression. In 1988 Brody published the first of his two monographs , which became the world's best selling graphic design book. Combined sales now exceed 120,000. An accompanying exhibition of his work at the Victoria and Albert Museum attracted over 40,000 visitors before touring Europe and Japan.
In 1994, together with business partner Fwa Richards, Brody launched Research Studios, London. Since then studios have been opened in Paris, Berlin and New York. Clients range across all media, from web to print, and from environmental and retail design to moving graphics and film titles.
The company has just completed the visual identity, posters brochure and signage for the well known Nuit Blanche art exhibition in Paris. The art program of this ephemeral contemporary exhibition featured across the whole city focusing on 6 districts
Neville Brody's Research Studios has created the new look for vintage champagne brand Dom Pérignon. The design company, famous for its work with Kenzo perfume and its mould breaking redesign of UK newspapers such as The Guardian and The Times, was commissioned in 2004 to assist Dom Pérignon with its brand strategy and repositioning. The brief was to give the brand more elegance, glamour and appeal whilst retaining the luxury cues for which it is well known. A unique packaging format was developed for the brand which takes the form of a vertically opening matt black monolithic pack made from unique dyed from the block paper which required more than one year to develop.
Research Studios also created new colour codes to signify Dom Pérignon vintages using the colours black, silver and metallic pink, whilst the original Dom Pérignon logo and bottle shape remain untouched. The consultancy is also developing a consistent system of brand language to help Dom Pérignon create additional communications materials, such as window displays. Working on the project at Research Studios Paris office were Lionel Massias and Marion Laurens. Neville Brody was responsible for overall art direction on the project.
Neville Brody comments:
"There is a perception of Dom Pérignon as a slightly old-fashioned gentleman's champagne, or a Beverly Hills party drink. Also, its market is aging, so we have used some subtle levering to move it into a more modern space. Research Studios has overhauled Dom Pérignon's packaging, including a shift from the traditional horizontal 'chest' packs to a vertical design that opens in the middle. This is to increase shelf standout among competitor brands. It has taken a year to get the finish of the packaging exactly right, with the right silver, weight and touch. Dom Pérignon is such a pared-down brand, with very little story or myth, that it is all about the exact detail. If you get the detail wrong then the whole thing doesn't work."
Neville Brody: the British designer and art director, has now been at the forefront of graphic design for over two decades. Initially working in record cover design, Brody made his name largely through his revolutionary work as Art Director for the Face magazine. Other international magazine directions have included City Limits, Lei, Per Lui, Actuel and Arena, together with London's The Observer newspaper and magazine The Guardian and The Times. Brody has consistently pushed the boundaries of visual communication in all media through his experimental and challenging work, and continues to extend the visual languages we use through his exploratory creative expression. In 1988 Brody published the first of his two monographs , which became the world's best selling graphic design book. Combined sales now exceed 120,000. An accompanying exhibition of his work at the Victoria and Albert Museum attracted over 40,000 visitors before touring Europe and Japan.
In 1994, together with business partner Fwa Richards, Brody launched Research Studios, London. Since then studios have been opened in Paris, Berlin and New York. Clients range across all media, from web to print, and from environmental and retail design to moving graphics and film titles.
The company has just completed the visual identity, posters brochure and signage for the well known Nuit Blanche art exhibition in Paris. The art program of this ephemeral contemporary exhibition featured across the whole city focusing on 6 districts