https://nilsaxen.com Nils Axen Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:19:03 +0000 https://nilsaxen.com en https://nilsaxen.com/Homepage Fri, 18 Jan 2019 23:03:09 +0000 Nils Axen https://nilsaxen.com/Homepage Designer based in Amsterdam with 8 years of professional experience in crafting narrative driven experiences at the intersection of architecture, exhibit design and art. https://nilsaxen.com/dfz Fri, 08 Nov 2024 07:46:48 +0000 Nils Axen https://nilsaxen.com/dfz Duty Free ZoneEindhoven Centraal Station, Dutch Design Week 2024Spatial Design, Branding and Curation with Femke Hoppenbrouwer, Fedora Boonaert and Clara Sika Helbo “Duty Free Zone” is an exhibit that parodies the airport experience, addressing issues of borders, climate, tourism, consumerism and non-places. It challenged the notion of duty-free, and asks “when living in a duty-free world, what are our duties?” Situated within the former NS offices of Eindhoven Centraal, The Duty Free Zone exhibits work from 15 artists based in the Netherlands. Visitors are invited above the main station hall into an interstitial world overlooking the railroad tracks. The duty-free zone is a strange yet familiar place of commercial meandering, one that you can’t point to on a map, a clock or your bank account statement. However, in the Duty Free Zone exhibit, kitsch souvenirs are replaced with thought provoking works that speak to the complex interconnectness of the world outside the airport. <img width="1091" height="704" width_o="1091" height_o="704" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd2b623107e729e9887ae0fdb58e76d9baca3386681f13fa6bcf6e6451de7085/Screenshot-2024-11-18-065141.png" data-mid="221955737" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd2b623107e729e9887ae0fdb58e76d9baca3386681f13fa6bcf6e6451de7085/Screenshot-2024-11-18-065141.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa2ef2a4e6a2ce2cbdce5b3b6a191c5038fb16e443f5b2786590b919e17c14be/image00019.jpeg" data-mid="221955650" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa2ef2a4e6a2ce2cbdce5b3b6a191c5038fb16e443f5b2786590b919e17c14be/image00019.jpeg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b41f7545de21a782fdd59bba53c1cb21b89ace1641d0f7ad8cc657fa4ddfef54/posters.png" data-mid="221955647" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b41f7545de21a782fdd59bba53c1cb21b89ace1641d0f7ad8cc657fa4ddfef54/posters.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1920" width_o="1080" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8fad0dd4ffa0bc3617c2413f8f5a2ca1dfdcf5f3e7c5941184daaea868e2649/image00039.jpeg" data-mid="221955651" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c8fad0dd4ffa0bc3617c2413f8f5a2ca1dfdcf5f3e7c5941184daaea868e2649/image00039.jpeg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56f4142f7b9d685d61bebf32dea0a0b4b0f2f4c05b14357c6614db68e049d96d/IMG_3864.JPG" data-mid="221955646" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56f4142f7b9d685d61bebf32dea0a0b4b0f2f4c05b14357c6614db68e049d96d/IMG_3864.JPG" /><img width="2480" height="2892" width_o="2480" height_o="2892" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/570c1f634533802da3222229e4e1a25ef3d0ea871f837e8ee81ce6478d055dee/241104_Portfolio.jpg" data-mid="221955752" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/570c1f634533802da3222229e4e1a25ef3d0ea871f837e8ee81ce6478d055dee/241104_Portfolio.jpg" /><img width="2480" height="2572" width_o="2480" height_o="2572" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e5cea0f79e87f20deeae0e8675599e7f4632c3b4a76ca790aa9bb6b70b2df4f/241104_Portfolio2.jpg" data-mid="221955753" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9e5cea0f79e87f20deeae0e8675599e7f4632c3b4a76ca790aa9bb6b70b2df4f/241104_Portfolio2.jpg" /> https://nilsaxen.com/galleria Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:49:43 +0000 Nils Axen https://nilsaxen.com/galleria Gwanggyo GalleriaRetail Interiors, Seoul, South Korea OMA with Chris van Duijn, Patrizia Zobernig, Tomaso Bernabo, Felicia Gambino Completed 2020 Opened in February 2020, Galleria is a unique luxury department store in Seoul designed by OMA. The building’s design recognizes the market requirement for a profitable department store to consist of primarily leasible rectangular retail plates, and leverages this cubic inevitability with a spectacular “Loop” that straddles the building facade, offering moments of interruption to the typical floorplate with spaces for pop up retail and cultural programs. Within the retail floor plate is another exceptional element of the building, the stacked “void tower.” I worked on the retail interiors, with a focus on the “void tower,” the vertical experience traveling up the center of the store. While the majority of each floor is a typical shop island layout, the area surrounding the escalators on each level features a unique design strategy for material, display and lighting, lending a corresponding ambience for the type of retail on that level. <img width="2480" height="2260" width_o="2480" height_o="2260" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/496b93450b4dceaf9129bbcf82269a7dc865b4fd01e8b1378a2b7647ac99b8ff/241104_Portfolio.jpg" data-mid="221964151" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/496b93450b4dceaf9129bbcf82269a7dc865b4fd01e8b1378a2b7647ac99b8ff/241104_Portfolio.jpg" /> <img width="1928" height="3044" width_o="1928" height_o="3044" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2649c3d6c9fbc84b7d9a034a5cd7d0b6b7797d8c9f1e8935efb39a0e854fb026/241104_Portfolio2.jpg" data-mid="221964152" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2649c3d6c9fbc84b7d9a034a5cd7d0b6b7797d8c9f1e8935efb39a0e854fb026/241104_Portfolio2.jpg" /><img width="4961" height="2244" width_o="4961" height_o="2244" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e239511acdf19f6f24fa8db5db2f5a0a8ca200958b2aa99ad3ecd94f780033ef/241104_Portfoliob.jpg" data-mid="221964153" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e239511acdf19f6f24fa8db5db2f5a0a8ca200958b2aa99ad3ecd94f780033ef/241104_Portfoliob.jpg" /><img width="4961" height="2236" width_o="4961" height_o="2236" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de172aa969291f65506312686048572352b5b867d0568fb5f7551a5406cf2b6e/241104_Portfoliob2.jpg" data-mid="221964155" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de172aa969291f65506312686048572352b5b867d0568fb5f7551a5406cf2b6e/241104_Portfoliob2.jpg" /><img width="4961" height="2252" width_o="4961" height_o="2252" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/80ec833bb33bf474d7c59919d23ef42ed4b3ff78bef5520461cdd3be73ba2162/241104_Portfoliob3.jpg" data-mid="221964158" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/80ec833bb33bf474d7c59919d23ef42ed4b3ff78bef5520461cdd3be73ba2162/241104_Portfoliob3.jpg" /><img width="4961" height="2244" width_o="4961" height_o="2244" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f5a443ecaf1a3f0037af969f887a0ee36f6c5cc27dda648e6f7ea2aa74c91e4/241104_Portfoliob4.jpg" data-mid="221964161" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f5a443ecaf1a3f0037af969f887a0ee36f6c5cc27dda648e6f7ea2aa74c91e4/241104_Portfoliob4.jpg" /> https://nilsaxen.com/thisisnewyorkmcny Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:50:26 +0000 Nils Axen https://nilsaxen.com/thisisnewyorkmcny This is New YorkMuseum of the City of New York&nbsp; Studio Joseph with Wendy Joseph, Monica Coghlan, Sharon Li and Dome Collective Interacitve Design and RadicalMedia Completed 2023 In honor of the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Museum of the City of New York, this exhibit showcases and explores the many ways that the city has inspired storytelling across artforms. Featuring work in film, television, painting, music, poetry and performing arts, the exhibit paints a collective and moving image of the city. The full floor exhibition is organized around the types of urban spaces where the stories of New York are told. The Main Gallery features “Tempo of the City,” a space of undulating wall surfaces that juxtapose various ways that artists have emotionally expressed sentiments of the public crowd, either in joy or alienation, fear or pridel This gallery also includes the interactive “Songs of New York” where visitors can explore the five boroughs and the songs they have inspired. In the South Gallery, “Destination: NYC” showcases work about the city’s spaces for gathering and spectacle, its nightlife spots as well as its iconic parks and waterfronts. The Tiffany &amp; Co. Foundation Gallery includes “At Home in New York” showcasing literature works that depict New York domesticity. Finally the North Gallery includes an immersive 16-screen experience drawn from hundreds of films about the city. <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a340c4645d75c26642ab8c9e6d73dcce84ae51e623fd565bfa1e925eb0ec392/241104_Portfoliob.jpg" data-mid="221963956" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a340c4645d75c26642ab8c9e6d73dcce84ae51e623fd565bfa1e925eb0ec392/241104_Portfoliob.jpg" /> <img width="2480" height="2036" width_o="2480" height_o="2036" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6bad39a75a86f5950e44a0469ff74203282646a17244543578973e545afe5bae/241104_Portfolio.jpg" data-mid="221963950" border="0" data-scale="69" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6bad39a75a86f5950e44a0469ff74203282646a17244543578973e545afe5bae/241104_Portfolio.jpg" /> <img width="2480" height="3356" width_o="2480" height_o="3356" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4ea72db9e568b55bffff9aac3eea32b61a367aeb54ed98bf89934bf3e78e5a1/241104_Portfolio2.jpg" data-mid="221963951" border="0" data-scale="91" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f4ea72db9e568b55bffff9aac3eea32b61a367aeb54ed98bf89934bf3e78e5a1/241104_Portfolio2.jpg" /> <img width="2480" height="3252" width_o="2480" height_o="3252" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2462f751bacdf9a5dcd327f77be3d325b53f227f48bba440c4214725e2621d12/241104_Portfolio3.jpg" data-mid="221963952" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2462f751bacdf9a5dcd327f77be3d325b53f227f48bba440c4214725e2621d12/241104_Portfolio3.jpg" /><img width="2480" height="1668" width_o="2480" height_o="1668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1279e8552c60c700e111f2bfbf0c80fd1001e77f60c9503ffce9b70f4021091f/241104_Portfolio4.jpg" data-mid="221963953" border="0" data-scale="95" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1279e8552c60c700e111f2bfbf0c80fd1001e77f60c9503ffce9b70f4021091f/241104_Portfolio4.jpg" /><img width="2480" height="3356" width_o="2480" height_o="3356" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85d1ea62bf47e97714de931fce5be08e77ee8d33e90f0927701abe6c4d599d4e/241104_Portfolio5.jpg" data-mid="221963954" border="0" data-scale="96" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85d1ea62bf47e97714de931fce5be08e77ee8d33e90f0927701abe6c4d599d4e/241104_Portfolio5.jpg" /><img width="2480" height="3332" width_o="2480" height_o="3332" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/880a3125221b96c4351faefc9410584bf802c6a4630bc0e79b5d2a6ac053aca4/241104_Portfolio6.jpg" data-mid="221963955" border="0" data-scale="97" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/880a3125221b96c4351faefc9410584bf802c6a4630bc0e79b5d2a6ac053aca4/241104_Portfolio6.jpg" /> https://nilsaxen.com/austrianhouse Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:54:36 +0000 Nils Axen https://nilsaxen.com/austrianhouse Austrian HousePrivate Residence in Zell am See, Austria Architectural Designer, Renderer and Model Maker, 2018 OMA with Rem Koolhaas, Clement Perisse and Marco Gambare Completed 2023 Looming over Lake Zell in the Austrian Alps, this house is designed for a man and his adult children to visit and respite around the year. Subsequently the house is divided into three general zones: an apartment for the daughters, a level for cohabitation and social uses like cooking, and an independent apartment on top that takes advantage of the site’s spectacular views. As a result of strict plot regulations, much of the house’s volume is achieved through excavation, thereby giving each programmatic zone its own distinct connection to earth and sky. <img width="2480" height="3084" width_o="2480" height_o="3084" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8507cf94a7ea29e2298df2edf457dbf6df792315a9166030d0d1294113e4fbaa/241104_Portfolio2.jpg" data-mid="221964293" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8507cf94a7ea29e2298df2edf457dbf6df792315a9166030d0d1294113e4fbaa/241104_Portfolio2.jpg" /><img width="1432" height="2444" width_o="1432" height_o="2444" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/682dd3ffa1b73f38d6e11b4460ebd6d6cda031322d79d602c3b080e5d0a3444d/241104_Portfolio.jpg" data-mid="221964292" border="0" data-scale="48" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/682dd3ffa1b73f38d6e11b4460ebd6d6cda031322d79d602c3b080e5d0a3444d/241104_Portfolio.jpg" /> <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9aee7e4ed0e70ee41c6ac3a0503f310dd524e6dc934761920b7c220b1fa34167/241104_Portfoliob.jpg" data-mid="221964295" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9aee7e4ed0e70ee41c6ac3a0503f310dd524e6dc934761920b7c220b1fa34167/241104_Portfoliob.jpg" /> <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ceb19d0ab5f4972140447d3d4101c37afce299be57440d7ea6700f53968f6f6f/241104_Portfoliob2.jpg" data-mid="221964297" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ceb19d0ab5f4972140447d3d4101c37afce299be57440d7ea6700f53968f6f6f/241104_Portfoliob2.jpg" /><img width="3552" height="3508" width_o="3552" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f78720f9fe6d5f79a328702a31503d423cb65b3ffccd2179d05ac35e4dec662d/241104_Portfoliob3.jpg" data-mid="221964298" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f78720f9fe6d5f79a328702a31503d423cb65b3ffccd2179d05ac35e4dec662d/241104_Portfoliob3.jpg" /> https://nilsaxen.com/rom-commerce Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:51:30 +0000 Nils Axen https://nilsaxen.com/rom-commerce Rom Commerce: Birrean Visions of a Funny City Design Academy Graduation Show Dutch Design Week 2023 with Afaina de Jong, Maia Kenney and Gabriel Maher In the decade following the attacks on 9/11, the mayoral administration of NYC incentivized film production in the city. During this period, the romantic-comedy genre thrived, effectively transforming New York’s image from a zone of trauma into a playground for the rich. As the image of the city changed, so too did its architecture and social fabric. Wasteful icons were built as symbols to the parody of late capitalism the city had become, including The Vessel, Little Island and The Oculus. During this transformative period, I created Birrean, an invented language spoken by urban bird characters in New York. As an invented language, Birrean can pierce through the normalized depictions of NY of the rom-com era, and offer parody and critique of its hometown. <img width="2480" height="2156" width_o="2480" height_o="2156" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33bc1896f4f34056b72fd40b1937317d64a6453e8ca658e44a7c5eb43d186fde/241104_Portfolio.jpg" data-mid="221964795" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33bc1896f4f34056b72fd40b1937317d64a6453e8ca658e44a7c5eb43d186fde/241104_Portfolio.jpg" /> <img width="2272" height="3300" width_o="2272" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fab4b2a42d2d932341b2b903f821cc412bff002912a215d11837b24ae08a205/240219_portfolio-art.jpg" data-mid="221964794" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3fab4b2a42d2d932341b2b903f821cc412bff002912a215d11837b24ae08a205/240219_portfolio-art.jpg" /> Glass Movie Posters <img width="720" height="3108" width_o="720" height_o="3108" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee47074fe674f8e329694a07297b1404028289afbd402594f22c49e60cd4210e/241104_Portfolio3.jpg" data-mid="221965024" border="0" data-scale="52" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/ee47074fe674f8e329694a07297b1404028289afbd402594f22c49e60cd4210e/241104_Portfolio3.jpg" /> <img width="2170" height="3220" width_o="2170" height_o="3220" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/898deb92bd938f6459be381b5568e150b69bcd45b4fbbfbcd7e9c6adf8900e24/241104_Portfoliob.jpg" data-mid="221964799" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/898deb92bd938f6459be381b5568e150b69bcd45b4fbbfbcd7e9c6adf8900e24/241104_Portfoliob.jpg" /><img width="1728" height="3268" width_o="1728" height_o="3268" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad9d765261df29b6de9e722c1a49ea8d0441be7872f3fc081d6bac3d9faaf13f/241104_Portfolio4.jpg" data-mid="221964798" border="0" data-scale="64" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad9d765261df29b6de9e722c1a49ea8d0441be7872f3fc081d6bac3d9faaf13f/241104_Portfolio4.jpg" /> https://nilsaxen.com/hktt Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:05:44 +0000 Nils Axen https://nilsaxen.com/hktt Hong Kong Tile Tale 香港瓷片轶事 Hong Kong Design Trust Seed Grant 2024 In nearly every corner of Hong Kong, covering housing estates, MTR stations, markets, parks, cafes, and public infrastructure, is the small ceramic tile. As an embodiment of the civic experience of Hong Kong, the tile is iconic yet personal - at once convenient and attractive, miniscule and abundant, familiar and versatile. Hong Kong Tile Tale (香港瓷片轶事) honors this unsung hero of cladding, inviting the viewer on a handheld journey across the city as told by the tile. Tiles have been used in Hong Kong for decades due to their affordable cost, convenience of cleaning, and reliable performance as a water shield in this wet city. Yet as the tile has become an iconic element of the texture of Hong Kong, it has also become synonymous with outmodish and retro design taste. The tune of the tile is one that is somewhat nostalgic, forever referencing a Hong Kong of yesterday. It is seared into the backdrop of memories for those who call Hong Kong home. Hong Kong Tile Tale (香港瓷片轶事) draws from the memories of Nils Axen’s time living in Hong Kong, unfolding three dimensional vignettes inspired by the diverse atmospheres of the city. Just as memories mix reality and imagination, so too does this book reference common tile patterns in settings that feel familiar though not precisely locatable. <img width="3508" height="1118" width_o="3508" height_o="1118" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad50290778ffb976082def511b52a35deccfeba197a6215560799fbee3f8a1ca/HKTT_NA_7.jpg" data-mid="221965444" border="0" data-scale="93" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad50290778ffb976082def511b52a35deccfeba197a6215560799fbee3f8a1ca/HKTT_NA_7.jpg" /> <img width="3508" height="2480" width_o="3508" height_o="2480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f54240feccef4fdb601d7d8a5216ce602fbd4107b6ebe37d611b72f6e471da3b/HKTT_NA_2.jpg" data-mid="221965426" border="0" data-scale="74" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f54240feccef4fdb601d7d8a5216ce602fbd4107b6ebe37d611b72f6e471da3b/HKTT_NA_2.jpg" /> <img width="3508" height="2480" width_o="3508" height_o="2480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35de1ecfda6544c04a0c37e5ad131223998852a452d3351ea21d4a24b1fdaa6c/HKTT_NA_3.jpg" data-mid="221965431" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35de1ecfda6544c04a0c37e5ad131223998852a452d3351ea21d4a24b1fdaa6c/HKTT_NA_3.jpg" /> <img width="3508" height="2480" width_o="3508" height_o="2480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f7c859a795ba47898be35560e1c2e099ee6be04d4f3e60f41607c8643303f7c/HKTT_NA_5.jpg" data-mid="221965438" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f7c859a795ba47898be35560e1c2e099ee6be04d4f3e60f41607c8643303f7c/HKTT_NA_5.jpg" /> <img width="3508" height="2480" width_o="3508" height_o="2480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/628cf204cea1b0abc849f6259ae659ecebaf5705115e069f8e8edbc6889d4baf/HKTT_NA_4.jpg" data-mid="221965432" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/628cf204cea1b0abc849f6259ae659ecebaf5705115e069f8e8edbc6889d4baf/HKTT_NA_4.jpg" /> Hong Kong Tile Tale is available for purchase from Printed Matter, NYC, from this link.&nbsp; https://nilsaxen.com/billboard Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:19:03 +0000 Nils Axen https://nilsaxen.com/billboard Birrean Billboards Dutch Design Week 2024 Birrean Billboards is a 2.5 dimensional sculpture inspired by newly developed free trade zone cities such as Dubai. It explores the aspirational dimension of urban scaled advertisements over the booming city. Using Birrean, Axen’s invented bird language, the familiar yet other worldly billboards beckon the viewer forth with advertisements of glossy luxury goods and covetable experiences. Yet is this late capitalist lifestyle just a shallow mirage when juxtaposed with our physical realities? <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac9a5cf097d3c55151593f106ca44922d004546aec935bd914eb302a5d649ced/1.png" data-mid="221966273" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ac9a5cf097d3c55151593f106ca44922d004546aec935bd914eb302a5d649ced/1.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/03789949d91e0bb86244094bb612e9ff2c60e86e35a8da0ba89c07042334d011/2.png" data-mid="221966274" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/03789949d91e0bb86244094bb612e9ff2c60e86e35a8da0ba89c07042334d011/2.png" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d648e9694a4262b9af4dc131ded6e9f5c67cd9b2d326a7eaec6718e4b1117927/3.png" data-mid="221966275" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d648e9694a4262b9af4dc131ded6e9f5c67cd9b2d326a7eaec6718e4b1117927/3.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c1074f84bb5f4eff91ec4c7c3c8b9c86ac06a2a4e88aff187eddca1ecb9fc8c/4.png" data-mid="221966276" border="0" data-scale="52" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6c1074f84bb5f4eff91ec4c7c3c8b9c86ac06a2a4e88aff187eddca1ecb9fc8c/4.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/417f0c95ffba30ef725cf60ba5cf8bca5421dcf79f735324ef50d44e33db3211/5.png" data-mid="221966277" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/417f0c95ffba30ef725cf60ba5cf8bca5421dcf79f735324ef50d44e33db3211/5.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b335ad5a4d9c2c501fc33f52c0a6b6414446ee8ebae636642fb7781a4aba4fda/6.png" data-mid="221966278" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b335ad5a4d9c2c501fc33f52c0a6b6414446ee8ebae636642fb7781a4aba4fda/6.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f6c0da0e16b721af45eb743c6e8d5bf41edd92796e657035989e5e7009586ac/7.png" data-mid="221966279" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f6c0da0e16b721af45eb743c6e8d5bf41edd92796e657035989e5e7009586ac/7.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d517166390979ffb358b9a0df5eef2000e895728fae40f2515bc66745f556b08/8.png" data-mid="221966280" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d517166390979ffb358b9a0df5eef2000e895728fae40f2515bc66745f556b08/8.png" /> https://nilsaxen.com/charlie Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:00:35 +0000 Nils Axen https://nilsaxen.com/charlie United Nude x Charlie KoolhaasRetail Display and Creative Direction With Charlie Koolhaas and Karla Zlimen Rotterdam based artist Charlie Koolhaas transforms her captivating photography of a globalized world into wearable art in her latest collaboration with footwear brand United Nude. Drawing material from her recently published book CITY LUST, this collection of 6 photographic boots invites the individual to become a participant in the interconnected tale of five cities - London, Dubai, Lagos, Guangzhou and Houston. Besides boots, the collection also ranges into jackets. Camouflaged into a turbulent and unglamorous world, these fashion statements challenge us to reconsider beauty and use fashion to disturb the social order, rather than conform to it. <img width="2480" height="3220" width_o="2480" height_o="3220" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce894c82999e0e1f2784274e05e69cc546614fc02d73e68b9efc3e207f81fb84/241104_Portfolio2.jpg" data-mid="221967020" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ce894c82999e0e1f2784274e05e69cc546614fc02d73e68b9efc3e207f81fb84/241104_Portfolio2.jpg" /> <img width="2480" height="3196" width_o="2480" height_o="3196" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36b67e8328c97e3960be3d7b2507c644c32feda8773ffe74554e0ed1e80b1c94/241104_Portfolio3.jpg" data-mid="221967021" border="0" data-scale="68" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/36b67e8328c97e3960be3d7b2507c644c32feda8773ffe74554e0ed1e80b1c94/241104_Portfolio3.jpg" /> <img width="1816" height="2628" width_o="1816" height_o="2628" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a712cb45220638886e0e5ed78b013164d45363126958e786950e34c215ee86c/241104_Portfolio4.jpg" data-mid="221967023" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a712cb45220638886e0e5ed78b013164d45363126958e786950e34c215ee86c/241104_Portfolio4.jpg" /><img width="2224" height="1980" width_o="2224" height_o="1980" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/719d2abbbad46cda3abfd99a010ec80ec60fa09e688e40cc95b7e5a404726eac/241104_Portfolio.jpg" data-mid="221967019" border="0" data-scale="69" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/719d2abbbad46cda3abfd99a010ec80ec60fa09e688e40cc95b7e5a404726eac/241104_Portfolio.jpg" /> https://nilsaxen.com/learning-from-hk Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:03:22 +0000 Nils Axen https://nilsaxen.com/learning-from-hk Learning from Hong Kong: A Tale of the Mall City Hong Kong Design Trust Grant with Peta Feng and Lisa Zhu (Studio Pencil) Learning from Hong Kong: A Tale of the Mall City is a multidimensional approach to examining the significance of the mall as the city’s major public space typology. The constellation of indoor mall spaces exemplifies Hong Kong as a connected city, a hybrid city, and most importantly, a shopping city. Through a combination of architectural and ethnographic research (including site visits, interviews and design workshops), the research team attempts to illuminate the impressive relevance of this type of space and describe its intangible role in the public psyche. The project became even more relevant in light of 2019 public activities, when various political groups would congregate in different malls to protest or show their support. This occupation of seemingly apolotical commercial spaces illuminated the tension of political and cultural interests lurking below the surface of these air conditioned public spaces. <img width="1724" height="2348" width_o="1724" height_o="2348" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01d9d8e08e547126cbc10035f5a5508a28502ff8fd94bbb31bf740941466888f/Untitled-1.png" data-mid="221967341" border="0" data-scale="65" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01d9d8e08e547126cbc10035f5a5508a28502ff8fd94bbb31bf740941466888f/Untitled-1.png" /><img width="1809" height="3284" width_o="1809" height_o="3284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26bcb7123428cb5c86844f6bca1f9c4b37bdb22028c05c105429bb692605a086/Pages-from-101421_Nils-Axen-Porftolio_.png" data-mid="221967336" border="0" data-scale="64" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26bcb7123428cb5c86844f6bca1f9c4b37bdb22028c05c105429bb692605a086/Pages-from-101421_Nils-Axen-Porftolio_.png" />