The newest version of our weekly Dezeen Debate e-newsletter contains a kinetic Christmas tree by Japanese design studio Nendo. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now.
Design studio Nendo has designed a gold-coloured Christmas tree in Roppongi, Tokyo. Positioned within the Midtown procuring centre, the tree is 7.5 metres excessive and options kinetic cutouts that create a rhythmic sample that strikes up and down the conical set up.
“The theme glitter within the air interprets to creating the uplifting and shimmering ambiance, the very essence of Christmas, by actually producing ‘glitters’ by ‘air’,” Nendo mentioned of the ornamental ornaments.
Readers had been break up over the design, one admired the studio’s “lovely and refined” design whereas one other thought it lacked “custom”.
Different tales on this week’s e-newsletter embrace Mikhail Riches’ redevelopment of the Park Hill property in Sheffield, Norman Foster’s masterplan for the reconstruction of Kharkiv and Sean Griffiths’ rooftop extension to FAT’s Blue Home.
Dezeen Debate
Dezeen Debate is a curated e-newsletter despatched each Thursday containing highlights from Dezeen. Learn the most recent version of Dezeen Debate or subscribe right here.
You too can subscribe to Dezeen Agenda, which is distributed each Tuesday and comprises a choice of a very powerful information highlights from the week, in addition to Dezeen Each day, our every day bulletin that comprises each story printed within the previous 24 hours.