december-2012

FRONTLINES
MUSIC
State-X New Forms
Festival ■ 14-15 December
Idiosyncratic American director David Lynch composed all the
music for the recent album, This Train, featuring his long-term
collaborator and sultry muse Chrysta Bell. She will be one
of the guests at this annual festival, which pays homage to
avant-garde rock, cutting-edge electronics and nu-art. Also
on the bill are Fantastic Mr Fox (UK), Tall Ships (UK), and Boris
(Japan). For more see state-xnewforms.nl. And for more events
in Amsterdam and The Netherlands, turn to pages 61 and 63.
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ARCHITECTURE
DIY Le Corbusier
Hype ■ LEGO tribute
Villa Savoye, a late 1920s building on the
outskirts of Paris, placed architect Le
Corbusier fi rmly among the 20th-century
greats. Now, as a tribute to the modernist
master, LEGO has released a DIY set to build
your own model. It’s the latest in a series
of architectural sets including the Sydney
Opera House and Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. See
architecture.lego.com.
Design pitch
Play ■ Foosball coffee table
Furniture
Three Italian passions come together in
this unusual piece of furniture: coffee,
football and design. This is the Intervallo
glass foosball coffee table. The result of
a product brainstorm after one too many
espressos? The Italian makers, Teckell, have
a more poetic take on it: “Life is a game
and we are its players.” Also available in a
full-scale version. See teckell.com.