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Zaha Hadid Foundation announces new leadership and museum effort

2022-03-07T20:14:00-05:00

The long-awaited inaugural phase of what will eventually serve as the future home of London’s Zaha Hadid Foundation (ZHF) is now set to go after the organization announced a new museum and research center initiative slated for two locations in the adopted hometown of its late namesake.

The two sites will be split between the former location of London’s Design Museum at Shad Thames, which was acquired by ZHF in 2013, and the studio’s longtime Clerkenwell home in Bowling Green Lane, which it vacated last year citing concerns over workspace limitations during COVID.

Together they will house a collection of more than 10,000 objects including paintings, sketches, furniture, fashion design, jewelry, models, and other media that are all either directly from or related to the life’s work of the first woman ever to win the Pritzker Prize.

Furthermore, the foundation announced the appoi...

Zaha Hadid Design steps into fashion for Odlo

2019-02-01T14:05:00-05:00

The Zaha Hadid name has been behind, in its storied past, many products outside of architectural design, including chairs, tables, and even a cheese grater for Alessi.

ZAHA Parka. Photo courtesy of Odlo

But the Zaha Hadid Design branch of the firm has recently turned its sights towards fashion. Odlo, the Swiss sports performance brand commissioned the architecture firm to design the 'Zaha Line,' a clothing line for its spring/summer 2019 Women’s Activewear collection, includes a parka, tights and a bralette.

ZAHA Warpknit Tights and ZAHA Warpknit Bralette. Courtesy of Odlo

According to the company, the Zaha line "adapt[s] to the anatomy and physiology of the human body, [and] incorporates layering techniques to give optimum performance and design." The parka's flock-print increases comfort during strenuous exercise, the tights use 'warp knit technology' to provide full freedom of movement, and the bralette features 'bio-centric body-mapping' to provide climate control and flexibility....

Zaha Hadid Gallery's New York City pop-up features a collection of amazing design collaborations

2018-11-09T20:00:00-05:00

The esteemed works of the late Zaha Hadid and her practice traverse into all forms of conceptualized design. You name it, Zaha Hadid has probably made some sort of contribution. However, in exploring various forms of design from city plans, to furniture pieces, product design, and even jewelry, Dame Hadid's lust for creation has only deemed her and her team in spearheading the trajectory of design and architecture. Having established her product design practice in 2006, an extensive collection of projects have come through the doors of Zaha Hadid Designs.

Facade of 520 West 28th St Image © ZHA

“My product designs and architecture have always been connected. Some of our earliest projects were designs for products and interiors. These design pieces are very important to me and my team. They inspire our creativity by providing an opportunity to express our ideas through different scales and through different media; an essential part of our on-going design investigation."

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New carpet collection by Zaha Hadid Design on display for London Design Festival

2018-09-19T13:35:00-04:00

A new carpet collection by Zaha Hadid Design will be displayed in the studio's London gallery during this year's London Design Festival. Created for Royal Thai, the RE/Form carpet collection consists of 22 designs inspired by four prominent themes in the studio's work: striated lines, ribbonlike projections, pixelated landscapes, and organic cellular shapes.

The designs introduce custom new colors for Royal Thai commercial carpets, with hues of turquoise, red and green in their color palettes.

Translated into Axminster-loomed and hand-tufted designs, each design represents reconfiguration and transformation—the theme itself a reflection of Royal Thai’s recent reformation.