Posts by Rob Jung
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Le Corbusier’s Radiant City
On my rather wonderful honeymoon in the south of France, my wife(!) and I spent a day living the Le Corbusier vision at his seminal Unité d’Habitation development, Marseille. Dubbed “the city in the sky”, this was a revolutionary experiment in urban living when it was built between 1947 and 1952.
Set amongst the many residents of this imposing block (337 apartments), 2 floors function as a hotel and restaurant (part of Le Corbusier’s original plans) with each guest studio preserved exactly as it was in the 1950s, bar a flat screen tv and a new shower!
The experience is unlike any other hotel I’ve stayed in, sharing the corridors (referred to by residents as “streets” due to their immense width) and lifts with its residents enforces the experience of living in a building such as this.
It was fantastic to be a part of a vision that has remained truly intact over half a century later. Every light fixing, every wooden panel, every inch of space had been considered and designed and it’s not often one can witness such a complete piece of work from a designer.
Much information can be found on the web but here are two starters for you, one on Le Corbusier and the other “Cité Radieuse”
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Bella Rock
Since sharing a house with me whilst at Brighton University, the wonderful Bella Rock has now settled, via the Royal College of Art and exhibitions in India, France and Greece, near Twyford, west London. Choosing a Portakabin in the middle of a field as the place to run her International Art Career, Bella seems very at home.
It’s this kind of space that Bella needs, enough room for her huge imagination and large scale paintings. Bella has no time for high brow musings or discussions, she simply loves to spend time making up stories and thinking about magical things that could happen. We then get to witness the results of those thoughts.
It’s difficult to fully appreciate Bella’s work on screen, so may we recommend you walk your eyes to Deptford High Street at the end of June to see new work with her brother Casper. In the mean time, if you’re eager to see more of Bella’s work, head on over to her website and sign up to Colouring-In Club, where each month Bella sends out a drawing for you to print off and colour-in, in the comfort of your home.
‘Eye Pain’ opens at the Bearspace gallery on June 25th for 4 weeks, details of which you’ll find here.
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High Flyers
A recent project for Transport for London has seen us filming all over London at all times of the day, there’s not a nook or cranny of the metropolis that we haven’t captured. Topping it off was a fantastic dusk shoot from the air, with help from Flying TV.
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BT Tradespace version 2
We’ve just created three new animations for BT to coincide with the launch of version 2 of their online business community, BT Tradespace. Narrated by Hugh Dennis, this version centres around three fictional ‘Tradespacers’ – Bea, Jim and Sally. View all three animations here.
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Merry Christmas!
We’d like thank all our clients, suppliers, partners and friends for a really exciting year – Merry Christmas and best wishes for next year! Rob and Shaheena have been busy designing Christmas cards with our new screen printing kit.
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BT Tradespace video launched
BT Tradespace is BT’s online business community, directory and marketplace. Applied Works was appointed to produce a two minute animated tour video to coincide with the launch of a new ‘Communities’ section of the website. The video features animated community members forming relationships with one another as they build their Tradespace profiles.
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Giant worm invades Applied Works
As part of the current YCN Live event promoting emerging international talent, Riitta Ikonen has installed a huge worm outside the Applied Works studio, weaving its way through the windows, into the pavement and under the road, appearing opposite in Hoxton Square.
