Co-founder and principal at LA-based experimental architecture and design firm Oyler Wu Collaborative, Jenny Wu is constantly exploring and developing innovative new design solutions—all based on the mission to benefit and elevate the community. Specifically focused on the built environment (aka our human-made surroundings), Wu has worked on all kinds of architectural projects, from a 16-story tower in Taipei to a pavilion in Beijing to office space in …
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A Refined Point of View: trashhand’s Chicago
We tap the architectural photographer to help launch the 2020 Range Rover Evoque
The 2020 Range Rover Evoque is all about refinement—it’s entirely redesigned, but immediately recognizable. Land Rover’s city-focused compact luxury SUV makes its US debut today at the Chicago Auto Show and we tapped local architecture and street photographer trashhand to help us explore what refinement means to him. “People call Chicago a second city, but to me it’s second to none,” trashhand tells us during …
Industrial Waste as a Resource
More than recycling or upcycling, designers like Sophie Rowley, Mieke Meijer and Jorge Penadés use garbage, scraps and waste as a resource that can be molded into new materials. From Penadés’ reconstituted leather to wood made from newspaper (the work of Meijer, called NewspaperWood), brands like Hermès and Peugeot are tapping these materials for beautiful products. Read more about our material age—one of transition and reclamation—at T: The …