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7.12.2009

Finally, let's see the June 2009 AotW award winners:

Best Film

Vereniging Verkeersslachtoffers (Dutch Road Savety): Family

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Best Print

Pedestrian Council of Australia: Family, 1

Gold

Silver

The JFK Presidential Library and Museum: Moon landing, 6

Bronze

Best Outdoor

Gold

Misereor. Ihr Hilfswerk: The Donations Poster

Silver

Bwin / Real Madrid-Barcelona Derby: Go to la porra

Bronze

Best Ambient

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Best DM

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Best Online

Specialised Council of Pay TV Thematic: The village where nothing ever happens

Gold

Jewish Council for Education & Research: The Great Schlep

Silver

OVK (Parents of Child Road Victims): Let it ring

Bronze

Best illustration

JC<discher Salon am Grindel e.V.: Messiah

Best post-production

Best use of media

5.12.2009

5.11.2009

Reflection of Mineral is a 480-square-foot (about 45 square meters) residence located in downtown Tokyo’s Nakano ward. Designed by architect Yasuhiro Yamashita Reflection of Mineral has received wide architecture and design media attention and numerous international awards.

Depending on viewpoint, the house looks like a bulky camper van about to take off. Or it seems to be the result of a giant’s frustrated attempt to fashion a house from a square box. Realizing that the site is too small and the wrong shape for his house, the giant just stuffed the house into the site by force. The whimsy of this beautiful residence is a big part of its charm. At the same time, the house is also an elegant expression of modern Japanese minimalism, and an example of brilliant use of a sparse site, a requirement in the tight space of downtown Tokyo.

Also beautiful is the way in which the interior appointments — the lines of the bathtub, the curves of the waste bins, the wavy length of the utilitarian shelves — respond to the lines of the building. This makes the interior seem larger and much less boxy than one would assume from the outside.