kaArl
portfolio
KARL HLAIHEL
2010-2017
Interior Architecture 1- Couple’s refuge 2- Ode to a song (exhibition space) 3- Lego headquarters 4- Bachelor’s loft 5- Atelier Susan Dimasi (fashion space) 6- Another bachelor’s pad 7- Balneotherapy spa 8- “PetitH” By Hermes Partnership (pop-up shop) 9- Nexity Partnership (student cell) 10- Materiality (night club) Product Design 11- Revisiting Akari (lamp design) 12- Safari (bookcase design) 13- Jean Prouvé open call (school furniture)
summary Graphic Design 14- Food truck festival 15- Edition: Yves Klein 16- Vinyl cover design Miscellaneous 17- Architectural Expression (Rue Pasteur) 18- Architectural Expression (Poster And Model) 19- Panorama 20- Palindrome 21- Performance Art 22- Landscaping Project 23- “Si J’étais” (Typography) 24- Photography 25- DrawingsAndSketches
Projects sorted by category and chronoloigcal order
interior architecture
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couple’s refuge Project summary: An old water tank becomes a couple’s refuge for a short time of stay every year.
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Inspired by the mythical labyrinth of Theleas, a new perception of the space is created inside this impressive volume. The experience starts from the outside, with the landscape following the shape of the internal partitions and creating a game. An offseted set of walls mirroring the inticial cavities takes on almostperpendicular angles to make way for functions, rooms and also lost spaces.
ode to a song
Project summary: Design an exhibition space for a band inspired by one of their songs. Given song: La nuit - Louise attaque
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The song ressembles a letter in its journey. The departure and return are two different paths represented by sectionned stairs. The curve of the stairs and the pillars’ heights are the result of parametric equations that are directly taken from the lyrics and translated into morse code. The gap between the stairs leads to the restrooms and to the management offices and service spaces.
lego headquarters Project summary: Design the offices and event area for a brand of your choice in a given interior space. Brand: Lego
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A very large hall gives the impression of being inside a Lego brick. The offices are designed in such a way that encourage creativity and make communication easier.
bachelor’s loft Project summary: Design the interiors of a bachelor’s loft.
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Geometrical forms and volumes intersect to section spaces and create other new spaces. A game of positive and negative spaces leads to new rooms and functions.
atelier Susandimasi
fashion space
Project summary: Design an interior for a fashion designer in a commercial yet intimate manner. Designer: Susan Dimasi
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A huge circle is used to hold the performances the designer makes. The whole space is designed in a workshop spirit. A special place is given to fabric, the prime element in the designer’s process. The visitor can discover various patterns through the large vertical panels serving as displays and shaders.
bachelor’s pad Project summary: Design the interiors of a bachelor’s residence in the city.
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A large inclined wall separates spaces. Each room has its own identity. The private areas, even though separate from the public, do communicate with the latter.
balneotherapy spa Project summary: Design the interiors of a balneotherpahy spa.
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Curved walls imitate the water’s motion. Light colors are used in public and private areas to keep a peaceful atmosphere.
petit phop-up shop Project summary: Design a pop-up store for petit h, Hermès’s daughter company.
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The iconic Hermès square is revisited and seen in three-dimensions. It becomes a huge, child-like game of chess that talks to the inner child and yet has a luxurious feel. Each component of the game of chess is reinterprated in a way that reflects the brand but is also functionnal and serves as a display for various objects and clothing items. Due to the variety of objects and their typologies, different types of displays were put in space, making it possible to welcome anything from small accessories to large furniture pieces. The key element of the pop-up store is the central carpet and the pieces it holds. It can be moved to any other space and fit in any given environment and still convey the concept behind the brand.
student’s cell Project summary: Design the interiors of 17sqm student’s cell. (in partnership with Nexity for real estate)
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This cell contains different functions, forms and levels in a way that makes it animate and offers maximum comfort, living and storage space.
materiality(night club) Project summary: Choose a material and design a commercial space using basically the material and inspiring yourself by its properties. Material: EVA foam
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Taking from the molecular structure of the foam, its consistency in air and its behavior when handled, the space features blocks made of layers of foam stacked upon each other, with a strip of light on top, reaching eye-level. They are distributed as crosses with hollow intersections to imitate the stucture of foam that allows air redistribution. Just like the molecules group together when handled and squeezed, this process is reenacted by the presence of human life inside the space, with its agglomeration in certain spots.
product design
akari(lamp design)
Revisiting
Project summary: Using the original Akari by Noguchi (produced by Vitra) materials - Japanese Washi paper and rattan) - design a lighting object.
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This lighting object is inspired by a spinning top, giving a movement to the still Akari materials.
Safari(library design) Project summary: Design a contemporary bookcase.
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Geometrical forms and volumes intersect to section spaces and create other new spaces. A game of positive and negative spaces leads to new rooms and functions. The book is shown under new light and a bigger deal is given to the covers to create a large piece of art with the combination of graphics and colors.
Jean Prouve-
school (opendeskcall)
Project summary: Design a desk for primary school students that would allow to shape the classroom in a new way.
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Inspired by the freeforms of the ‘50s, the desk allows the child to feel independent and lets him express himself in his own space with an included whiteboard. The shape allows the desks to be combined when necessary in groups of 2, 3, 4, 5 or even bigger circles.
graphic design
eventcommunication Project summary: Design the roll-up for a food truck festival.
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yves klein(editorial line) Project summary: Design an editorial line based on your favorite artist.
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Inspired by Klein, the front cover features two parts: the upper part which holds the signature of the artist (fixed element) and the lower part which features the image respective to the theme of the book (variable). The title of the book steps on both parts. The color of the upper part and the back cover is actually the background of a drawing made by French illustrator Floc’h. The latter is featured on the back cover, in times referecing the number of the book.
front cover Yves Klein
back cover
Les monochromatiques
Les monochromatiques
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Yves Klein
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Les sculptures
Les sculptures
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Yves Klein
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LES ANTHROPOMétries
Les Anthropométries
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vinyl cover Project summary: Design the front and back cover of a vinyl record of your choice. Record: drugs, Ratatat
front cover
back cover
Ratatat is a group that produces experimental electronic music. The front features a clown drawing printed on a reflective surface to act as a mirror and overlay over the face of the consumer.
miscellaneous
Architectural expression
(rue pasteur)
Project summary: Walk through Rue Pasteur in Beirut, Lebanon and interpret it freely.
A succession of 3801 images that create a stop-motion are made into a collage that depicts the colors of the street in a spectrum presented on a roll of paper measuring 500x90cm. This interepretation puts into perspective the colors, lights and shadows, negative and positive spaces and the living elements of the street.
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Architectural expression
(poster)
Project summary: Create a visual poster following predefined steps. Take part of the poster and create a 3d model.
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The poster makes a reference to a French pop song about vanity and extravagant lifestyle. A portion of the poster is taken and extruded in order to create a stair-like shape with volumes that intersect in the center.
panorama
Project summary: Create a panorama in a box that represents your interpretation of a given theme. Theme: Death on the river Nile
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A black box alluding to a coffin holds a panorama of 9cm x 21m depicting a color of blue with a thin wavepattern referencing the neverending river Nile and the boredom and mystery it holds. The panorama would run to an 8-minute-song by legendary Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum.
palindrome
Project summary: Create an imperfect palindrome using any means. The return route must be slightly different from the departure route. Media: Animation
The animation of a symetrical sketchy drawing shifts shapes to tell the story of a man who sends a love letter with a bird to a woman who doesn’t reply back.
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performance art Project summary: 2nd year interior architecture and graphic design students work together on a show that follows a certain theme and that will be exhibited in front of a jury and a wide audience.
Theme: Catalogue d’oiseaux (Catalog of birds)
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The pictures show the scene of which I was in charge. Objects made by students in previous exercises (eg: panorama and palindrome) willl serve as an inspiration for creating large-scale objects that will be showcased on stage. A 40-meter roll of industrial cardboard is painted blue and is unveiled on stage. An object consisting of two bicycle wheels linked by a Velcro ribbon turn to make a paper boat move atop of them, to appear as if floating on the blue “water�.
landscaping Project summary: Design a japanese garden.
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typography (si j’etais) Project summary: Represent an artist’s spirit in a triptych. (Acrylic on canvas) Artist: Yves Klein
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The three sequences represent the progress of the artist’s work. The letters are brushes mimicking the anthropometries to become at the end a monochromatic painting of Klein Blue.
photography
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drawingsand sketches
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2010 - 2017