Design Reviews

Design Reviews

Design Reviews featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Epic Fail

Inspired by the political events that shook 2016, this series observes the dissonance between our perception and reality in the age of social media and catered news feeds. The aim was to question how our materiality can be warped by our opinions and judgements, using the existential currents of Jean Paul Sartre’s "Nausea".

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Limited Space

Limited Space is an good photography design. The work shows some emotions and behaviors of long-term homebound people in limited space during Covid-19, thus evoking empathy and evoking some reflections on the past and cherishing a healthy life in the future. Those who have seen this set of photos may feel the urge to tear off the gray film, which is exactly what he wants.

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Hand Still

Hand Still is participatory art to improve well-being. Anyone around the world can participate by sharing their own hand-expressed artwork on social networking sites. By viewing and enjoying the artwork and creating your own artwork, you can improve your wellbeing. Hand Still includes the four factors for improving wellbeing (1: Self-Actualization and Growth, 2: Connection and Gratitude, 3: Positive and Optimistic, 4: Independence and Self-identity) are incorporated.

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Flying in Dreams

People always dream. Dreams make a human move forward. Where they will lead depends on imagination and the efforts he or she encloses. In childhood, these dreams are usually purer and brighter. That is why the photographer uses children's characters in white outfits. To create a surreal effect in the "Flying in Dreams" series, Maxim Zinchuk utilizes the levitation photography technique. The main idea of the series is perfectly complemented by the words of William Shakespeare: "all things that are, are with more spirit chased than enjoyed".

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Drive2Extremes Multivision

Photographer Florian W. Mueller was invited to bring together the two extremes of the northern polar region in Levi, Finland, and the Arabian desert in Liwa, UAE, with the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo. He positioned the new, electric Porsche first on ice at -25 degrees Celsius north of the Arctic Circle and then in the same position to the camera and at a similar sun angle in the Arabian desert at +42 degrees Celsius and brought the two images together. Partial multiple exposures were added in the manner of his Multivision artworks.

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Multivision Porsche Shanghai

For Porsche China Florian W. Mueller shot in Shanghai and created some artwork for the Photofairs Shanghai, including iconic sportscars. Shanghai has many different faces. The old, traditional China, the influences of France in the "Former French Concession" and very modern glass and steel architecture. The photographer wanted to capture these different faces of the city in multiple exposures, always with a car in the picture. Because no matter how distorted the environment appears through the multiple exposure, you can always recognize the iconic design of the Porsche.

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