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Whether you want to have access to a fleet of classic cars or you just want to hang and be near them, the Classic Car Club offers that and then some. Founded in London in 1995, the club landed in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood in 2005 upon arrival in the States before recently needing a new place to call home. CCC enlisted one of their very own members, architect Marc Thorpe of Marc Thorpe Design, to design the new club, which now takes up residence at Pier 76 by the Hudson River.
The CCC offers classic auto-loving New Yorkers the unique opportunity to drive their lot of cars on top of access to their new car-inspired club. While the 40,000-square-foot club gives nod to car culture, Thorpe does it in a subtle and intriguing way that makes the industrial space feel welcoming and sophisticated.
Inside you’ll find an 8,000-square-foot auto showroom and event space, a 5,000-square-foot private members lounge and bar, 3,000-square-foot outdoor terrace, 1,000-square-foot kitchen, 5,000-square-foot automotive workshop, and lastly, a 2,500-square-foot semi-public park.
Bigger, better and with more design than ever, the ninth edition of Clerkenwell Design Week opens its doors from May 22-24, 2018. London’s leading design district will be buzzing with hundreds of design-led fringe events, showroom presentations, workshops, talks and installations over the three days of the festival.
Clerkenwell Design Week is free to attend, you just need to register here.
Here’s what we’re looking forward to…
Did you know that the ecological footprint of a cotton tote bag is 327x worse than a plastic bag? If you have any totes that are going unused, give them a second life at the Print Club London #YourToteCounts installation where you can customize your totes designed by students of the Chelsea College of Art, with proceeds from an optional donation going towards Maggie’s, the official CDW charity partner.
Modern design pays homage to olden times. The Royal Approval installation created by Kinetech Design in collaboration with Amari Interiors, Applelec and Timberfusion will be held at the Arch of St. John, the historic site of some of Shakespeare’s most famous works, including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Macbeth. Kinetech Design’s kiri-origami sculptures are inspired by history and architecture of the arch.
At St James’ Courtyard, Scale Rule will be constructing a pavilion designed by GCSE students from London. The theme for the pavilion is sustainability and the pavilion’s multilayered design is a metaphor for past, present and future.
There are seven main exhibition spaces at Clerkenwell Design Week: Design Fields for international contemporary design, Platform for emerging designers, Project for contract design, Elements for architectural accessories, British Collection for UK designers, Detail for luxury interiors and Light for international lighting.
Design Fields \\\ Edsbyn
Platform \\\ The Devoy Group – QLOCKTWO
Project \\\ Cube Space
Elements \\\ House of Eroju
British Collection \\\ James Burleigh
Details \\\ Cane
Light \\\ Greypants
Learn more about Clerkenwell Design Week and register to attend (for free!) here.
Designer Pavel Vetrov’s UFO Lift desk designed for Russian home decor brand Zegen is a refreshingly contemporary reinterpretation of the standing desk subtracted of many of the more unsightly elements associated with working from a computer while standing up. Complete with a work surface designed to lift or return to a seated position at the touch of a button, its modern design is partnered with an integrated vertical storage and display system that gives users an easy sight line to their sidekick mobile device screens.
The UFO Lift’s metal frame with wood top design is partnered with a two-button lift motor inviting users to switch between sitting and standing with ease. A stretch of multi-functional metal stands positioned at the back of the desk surface is designed to hold phones, tablets, or books upright, open, and at arm’s length while working.
The limitations of a single drawer underneath won’t allow for an excess of clutter (at least in theory), while a cord management system keeps the wires and cables typically associated with the use of computers, laptops, and other mobile charging systems out of sight.
If the UFO Lift doesn’t look quite like other standing desks, that’s because Vetrov’s design was altered from a non-mechanized standard UFO desk for those who do not need the standing desk feature but still want the desk’s integrated display and storage feature.
Vetrov also designed the Ply, a slightly less substantial desk design for Temahome, featuring a shallower depth surface area, thinner weight metal legs, lighter wood veneer finish, but sporting a similar back-end stand and surface display system to its unidentified floating object sibling. We’ll gladly work behind any of these three desks Vetrov designed!
