Klymax nightclub by OMA was designed to be a "sonic sweet spot"
These are the run clubs and swim clubs with very robustly branded websites for some reason, websites that greet you with full-width videos of delighted people being very sweaty together. New ventures for “group conversation” or exclusive social spaces or curated clubs with sign-up flows and membership levels that evoke the rigor of a bank account r... See more
Elise Granata • What We Lose When Optimizing Community
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At Maxwell we’re trying to reframe social clubs to be around this idea of inclusive exclusivity - you may not be able to get into the Soho Maxwell, maybe it’s full or you just aren’t friends with those people. Or maybe you can’t afford it, but that’s ok because we’re creating a system within which multiple Maxwells can be started at various price p... See more
David Litwak • Inclusive Exclusivity - Self-Cancelling Greek Life And Our Broken Vocabulary Around Curation (Cafe Society Dinner Discussion #11)
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Undulating Bricks Mimic Rolling Waves in a New Cinema and Coffee Shop by One Plus Partnership
Kate Mothesthisiscolossal.com“Harajuku began to draw customers away from more popular shopping districts like Shibuya and Shinjuku by appealing to the evolving youth tastes with the establishment of Laforet in 1978, which championed these modern brands. The department store was one of the first to place local designers’ clothing that couldn’t be purchased anywhere else at the ... See more
The View From Tokyo: why Laforet Harajuku is an epicentre for the city’s alternative creative ideas
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Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi is a 464-seat music hall designed by acoustics engineer Yasuhisa Toyota to make you experience the music completely. Image and words via @unreliable.narrators
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Too Many Places Are STERILE and TORCHED — Let’s Make Them COOL and FUNKY
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