The Public Records Office is the collective memory of the political, economic and cultural life of a canton. Of central importance is an adequate urban location and appropriate architectural expression.

The current location, of the existing building amidst smaller and larger residential buildings cut off from the town centre by the railway line, hardly allows the public character of the institution to be expressed.

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The Cielos modular lighting system designed by Billings Jackson Design for Zumtobel has won a coveted GOOD DESIGN Award 2008, conferred by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. Cielos provides a simple method of designing, installing and maintaining luminous surfaces. The shallow profile ‘plug and play’ units are elegant and with coloured light and video-compatible LED models now available, the creative scope is limitless.

via: Yanko Design

This is what the designers have to say about The ___ Cards:

“Imagine a greeting card that does it all. Perhaps The ___ Cards fits the bill. It’s all in your hands. What you have is a blank canvas. With a little creativity and imagination, who knows what you can create? There’s a card for every occasion. Make it special. Make it personal. Make it your ___ card.”

Designer: The Breeding Ground

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