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Im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „k2. Kraft : werk : küchen : kult“, präsentiert von “Breitweiser” und “100 Häuser”, werden neben der Preisverleihung des Designwettbewerbes „Zeilen im Block/Küche.Indoor.Outdoor.“ auch die Sieger des letztjährigen Wettbewerbes zum Thema „Wannenraum“ vorgestellt.

Neben der Präsentation der ausgezeichneten Küchen-Entwürfe werden auch Prototypen der Wannenraum-Preisträger von 2018 vorgestellt. Im Anschluss an die Vorträge von Andràs Palffy (Jabornegg & Palffy Architects), Danijela Gojic (GS architects), Maria Planegger & Andreas Schmitzer (A01 architects) sowie Mascha Veech-Kosmantschof (Veech & Veech) wird bei Buffet und live Acts aus Wien und Frankreich die Möglichkeit für einen persönlichen Austausch geboten.

8. November 2019 ab 17:00 Uhr
Breitwieser GmbH
Hochäckerstraße 11
3430 Tulln an der Donau

Stuart Veech was invited by Univ Lect. Markus Hanzer to give a talk about VXV as part of the OpenIdea series.

Form Follows Media

The main focus of the presentation will focus on analyzing the synergetic relationship between media and architecture at its impact on tomorrow´s world.

The starting point is to reflect upon the key modernists who embraced a cross-disciplinary approach that developed during the Russian Avantgarde, Futurism, Dada, and Bauhaus and exploded during the 1960s with the second wave of modernism spread globally. The fusion between multiple disciplines leads to a more universal design approach linking artists, poets, architects, designers, and technicians together to create far-reaching visions for the future.

Noted theorists and practitioners, such as Lissitzky/Melnikov/Rodchenko/Leonidov, Bucky Fuller, Charles Eames, and Archigram have laid the foundation for collaborative interaction which explored various forms of communication and challenging the cities of tomorrow. The rapid onslaught of technological developments since the introduction of the internet Information Age requires a more formidable interdisciplinary approach to re-structure and re-think future technologies in our built environment. The architecture of tomorrow will be a more fluid hybrid synthesis between analog/digital and real/virtual environments integrating mobility, media, and advanced material technologies all integrated by networked technologies blurring the boundaries that currently exist.

What will result will be new performative characteristics, such as Augmented Functionality; Choreographed Efficiency; and Engineered Experience which open up new possibilities to integrate, enhance and protect our global environment.

FH Voralberg link:  https://www.fhv.at/studium/gestaltung/openidea/

bTV Main News Set

Stuart A. Veech (VXV CEO/Creative Director); Venelin Petkov, News, Current Affairs and Sports Director of bTV Media Group; Alan Zaruba (Creative Director of the TV Nova Group in the Czech Republic)

VXV is very proud to announce the launch of the 500sqm News and Current Affairs Studio in Sofia, Bulgaria.

360-degree camera studio view link: https://btvnovinite.bg/novotostudio

Excerpt from bTV Media Group Press Release:

The new studio operates the biggest LED installation in Europe, across three multifunctional sets with 11 video walls with different dimensions, on a total area of 450 sqm. Seven of the video walls have 4K resolution, and one is touchscreen. The augmented reality technology, which bTV implemented first in Bulgarian media several years ago, was upgraded to offer even morefunctionalities. Other innovations include four new cameras, with unique to Bulgaria 4K sensors, and a crane. The studio also implements environmentally friendly LED lighting, using less electricity and demanding less air conditioning.

„I am excited that we are giving our viewers the best experience with bTVnews and current affairs shows, which are the backbone of our programming line-up. The studio was created to benefit our millions of viewers who have chosen bTV as their primary source of information. It is also the largest-scale technological project implemented in bTV ever since the start of the channel, and now the most professional TV journalists in Bulgaria have access to the means of expression that highlight their work even better“, commented Florian Skala, CEO of bTV Media Group.

„To us the new studio is the place where journalism, new technologies and cutting-edge design meet. In the last five years our newsdesk has been undergoing a process of integration of all programs and platforms. This also includes the visual identity and the functionalities of the new studio. It enables us to develop the topics holistically throughout the day – underlining the identity of the newsroom across all our shows, and still preserving the uniqueness of each of our journalists. After holding an international pitch where we invited the best design and architecture companies in the world, it’s a privilege for us that we managed to attract Veech xVeech, known for their revolutionary projects on the world market, in Bulgaria. The design they created for us is a significant step ahead for the TV industry all across Europe,”commented Venelin Petkov, News, Current Affairs and Sports Director of bTV Media Group.

(Photos courtesy of bTV)

bTV interviewed VXV Creative Director Stuart A. Veech to get a look behind the scenes during the design & production process.

link to the bTV video: https://btvnovinite.bg/predavania/tazi-sabota-i-nedelia/kak-se-pravi-televizionno-studio-na-svetovno-nivo.html

Falstaff Living 4/2019

Interview with VXV Partner Architect Mascha Veech – Kosmatschof, MAK Director Christoph Thun-Hohenstein (https://www.mak.at), Tristan Horx (https://www.zukunftsinstitut.de/menschen/tristan-horx/) about the future trends in architecture, design, art and technology and the influence on society.

Anna Martovitskaya (Speech Magazine Chief Editor) invited Stuart A. Veech (VXV Creative Director) and photographer Iwan Baan to give a talk at the launch of the latest Speech “Media” issue presented in The Manege in central Moscow on May 15th 2019.

The event was hosted by the ArchMoscow exhibition and highlighted an inspiring evening (re)defining the impact of media & technology upon architecture and expanding the definition of “Media Architecture” in today´s context.

Speech link: https://archspeech.com

(Photos courtesy of Speech)