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Tuesday, 16 November 2010
On A Stacking and Stairs Theme
Museum of contemporary art tokyo. the exhibition catalysis for life - new language of dutch art + design elaborates on why art and design from netherlands reflects the changing [consumption-related] values of our times best.
Monday, 15 November 2010
Saturday, 13 November 2010
Newspaper Wood
Kranthout ("newspaper wood" in Dutch) is a new product that has been developed by Mieke Meijer for design company vij5 (here is a [PDF] of their design). As the name suggests, this is 'wood' made from newspaper. The individual pages are rolled together using a specially developed machine to produce tabloid sized 'logs', which can then be milled into planks, drilled and sanded just as real wood might. Neatly, the kranthout also replicates the grain of wood, with streaks of text or color photographs revealed in the new planks when it is cut.
LINK
Friday, 12 November 2010
PG Bikes BLACKTRAIL
superwheels! we’re talking pg bikes‘ amazing blacktrail, a powerful high-end electric bike that has a limited-edition of only 667 worldwide. it’s been designed and engineered by the university of british columbia, and is made from a mixture of light-weight materials such as carbon fibre, aluminum, titan and magnesium. the black trail only weighs 19.8 kilo, while it achieves a top speed of 100 km/h and a cruising speed of up to 50 km/h with a respective range of 40-60 and 160-200 kilometres. price tag? a mere eur 59,500.
LINK
Monday, 8 November 2010
Martin Bircher's "Type Case"
Lovely little installation called "Type Case". It's a low-resolution display with 125 rectangular pixels of different sizes. These are formed from the reflecting light of digitally controlled LEDs, embedded in each section of a European printers' type case. Due to the standardized fragmentation of its compartments, the density of visual information is decreased towards the objects' centre. Viewed close by, it is nearly impossible to recognize more than a flicker – however after moving some distance away, it becomes distinguishable, that the lights and shadows give a representation of the latest headlines. Can see it working beautifully as either signage or a feature wall? Read more here.
onedotzero Festival 2010
onedotzero is a contemporary, digital arts organisation with a remit to promote innovation across all forms of moving image and motion arts. It’s activities encompass public events, artist + content development, publishing projects, education, production, creative direction, and related consultancy services. The week sese the start of the start of their fantastic 2010 onedotzero festival. Read more about it and whats on where and when: here. If you can, get yourself down to the BFI to catch some of the most cutting edge digital art around.
Sunday, 7 November 2010
Friday, 5 November 2010
Kev's Next Project
The richest man in India, Mukesh Ambani, has moved into his new home in Mumbai which is 27 storeys high and worth £630m.LINK
Thursday, 4 November 2010
influencers.
INFLUENCERS is a nice little short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment. Watch it. You might learn something. (We should all be influencers).
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Ettore Guatelli and The Art of Collecting.
Great Flicker Set of the late Ettore Guatelli's rural museum in the Province of Parma, Italy. Goes to show that even the most mundane items can be made to look spectacular when presented on mass.
DeadDrops
As part of an inventive art project titled “Dead Drops,” Aram Bartoll has embedded countless USB drives into walls, buildings, and curbs around New York City. What is all about? It is just as simple as it sound yet a brilliant and unique idea. To create an anonymous, offline file-sharing network in a completely open and public space.
LINK HERE
Monday, 1 November 2010
Yes (Hugo) Boss...New Hong Kong Store
This weekend saw the launch of a new Brinkworth retail concept store for Hugo Boss Orange, in Hong Kong’s premier retail mall, IFC. A dramatic mall façade, constructed entirely of glazed, open steel cube-work, applies a matrix that follows through the store, alluding to the precision of draughtsman’s paper and providing a gridded backdrop to the wall system. This open meshwork is reflected in the centrepiece denim display, a suspended tower of municipal-style lockers, constructed from copper and dramatically illuminated from within. (Well done Simon and Steve...)
Royal Observatory @ Herstmonceux
Worth a visit, the Royal Observatory @ Herstmonceux was designed by an architect that formally designed cruise liners. The influences are evident in overall style of the place, including the use of materials favoured by the Admiralty at the time, (lots of mahogany, and dreadnought grey paint etc.) The telescopes are amazing feats of basic engineering and there is an old, but really interesting Science Museum style indoor exhibit area.
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