Feb 05
Comfy Cargo Chair
Posted in: chair sofa, comfy, stephan schultzQuesta griglia a forma di poltrona volutamente non finita, chiede all’utente di essere ‘riempita’ e sfruttata a proprio piacimento. Disegnata da Stephan Schultz.
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Feb 05
1938 World Champion British Baseball Team Jersey
Posted in: Uncategorized A surprising moment in sports history memorialized in a gorgeously-detailed reproduction
Conceived together by Curated’s Nick Schonberger and Ian Paley of Garbstore, the 1938 World Champion British Baseball Team jersey commemorates an historic yet forgotten series between England and the U.S. Dubbed the first official baseball World Cup by the International Baseball Federation, the five-game series saw England take their opponent in a four-to-one victory, including two shut outs—one of which took place in front of 10,000 spectators at Liverpool’s Wavertree Stadium.
The jerseys are produced with exacting detail by Ebetts Field Flannels, and feature the British Union flag rather than the English cross of St. George, because—as author of “What About Villa? Forgotten Figures from Britain’s Pro Baseball League of 1890,” Joe Gray, explains—since “England subsequently came to compete as part of Great Britain, the record books show Great Britain as the first world champions.”
The baseball jersey is also the upshot of two passions—Schonberger an American history buff and Paley an enthusiast of mid-century American sports. The 1938 World Champion British Baseball Team jersey will be available later this month from Barneys New York and the Garbstore for £235.
Feb 05
Portuguese studio Jorge Mealha Arquitecto have completed a house in Lisbon, Portugal, featuring clusters of rectangular volumes and courtyards.
Called House in Paço de Arcos, the building sits on a sloping site and the volumes have been arranged in such a way to maximise the amount of sunlight that enters the interior.
A central glazed walkway connects two parts of the structure.
The house is finished primarily in white.
Photographs are by Fernando Guerra, courtesy of the architects.
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The following information is from the architects:
House in PaÁo de Arcos
Located at Alto do Lagoal in PaÁo de Arcos, a neighborhood of Lisbon facing the sea, this house has been built on a sloping site and proposes as main strategy an arrangement of several solids in order to attenuate the overall mass due to the functional program requested by the client.
This arrangement of different solids and voids, uses large plain surfaces and some in-between tensioned spaces to let light draw or reflect on the objects, emphasizing geometry and proposing a changeable reading of form and space during the day.
Some surfaces, covered by metal screening/shading devices, create large smooth textured plans on two facades of the house hiding windows and enhancing form, acting also as a kind of diaphragm device to filter the views between interior and exterior.
Also act as a passive sunshade control between internal and external spaces.
Some circulations, as the staircase and main corridor are built in white painted 10mm metal sheet slightly detached from the walls, leaving opportunity for light, caught by the long skylight to pass in between and spread to the lower floors.
The external envelope, a ìin situî concrete structure, integrates a double row masonry of perforated ceramic blocs as external walls, including inner rigid thermal insulation panels.
External walls finishes are in cement plaster painted.
Windows are in standard natural aluminum color profiles integrating double thermal glass.
In the interior, the walls main finish is plaster painted in white except in the bathrooms where the walls are covered in white/grey natural striped marble.
The circulation areas floors, corridors and staircases are in plain or folded 10mm thickness metal plates, painted with white mate epoxy enamel.
The bedrooms floors are finished in industrial wood parquet whit colorless wax varnish finish.
Social areas are covered with polished white stone and kitchen in brilliant black ceramic sandstone.
Architect: Jorge Mealha
Design Team: Arch. Jo„o SÌtima, Arch. LuÌs Banazol, Arch. Pedro Pereira, Arch., Marcelo Dantas
Location: Alto do Lagoal, PaÁo de Arcos, Lisbon, Portugal
Client: Margarida e AntÛnio Lemos
Use: Single Housing
Site Area: 907 m2
Building Gross Area: 388,50 m2
Floor Net Area: 302 m2
Landscape Area: 629 m2
Coverage Ratio: 30,6 %
Gross Floor Ratio: 77,74 %
Project Year: Sept. 2003-March 2004
Construction: 2006-2010
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Feb 04
Plooop Chair
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London based designer Timothy Schreiber is pleased to announce the launch of the Plooop Chair at the Stockholm Furniture Fair 8-12 February 2011. Succ..
Feb 04
Ambiente 2011
Posted in: UncategorizedMeet the future. From 11 to 15 February 2011 you will experience
a fascinating diversity of products, innovations and trends – at the
new Am..
Feb 04
Friday Photo: Damien Hirst, Guitar Hero
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(Photo: Christie’s)
On Wednesday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens an exhibition devoted to renowned guitar craftsmen, and a few days later, the Museum of Modern Art will unveil “Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914.” Ever the market timer, Damien Hirst is all over the art-guitars moment, and for a good cause. His 2010 “Beautiful Charity Spin Guitar” (pictured) goes on the block next Thursday, February 17, in London during Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale. The manufacturer, Ontario-based Carparelli, provided the wooden semi-acoustic guitar—a Scarborough Nine—to which Hirst applied his signature spin painting and then donated to War Child, an international humanitarian organization. Proceeds from the sale of the guitar will support War Child’s work with children affected by conflict. Christie’s estimates that it will sell for between £30,000 and £50,000, or $48,420 to $80,700 at current exchange.
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Feb 04
Oregon Manifest 2011 :: Kick-Off Party
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Last night the Lizard Lounge in Portland played host to the Oregon Manifest launch party along with organizers Shannon Holt and Jocelyn Sycip. The event was a festive start for the project – featuring free beers, a full-on thicket of bike industry peeps and a dramatic unveiling of jurors and creative collaborators.
Check out Bike Portland for more pics of the evening.
Thanks for the shots Jonathan!
Feb 04
Trash Me
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Trash Me lamp launching at the 2011 Stockholm Furniture Fair with &Tradition-Stand 10:31.The intent of the Trash Me lamps project is to create a p..
Feb 04
Book Review: Exposing the Magic of Design, by Jon Kolko
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In our last review of a Jon Kolko book, Thoughts on Interaction Design Donald Norman wrote in the comments, “OK, you convinced me. I’ve ordered the book.” We can’t be sure that our review influenced his newest book Living with Complexity, but since Norman’s work centered on frustrating objects, the extrapolation into systems was bound to happen. Kolko’s new book Exposing the Magic of Design might seem superficially similar to Norman’s to those of us in the industrial design field, but Kolko has profoundly different content.
Kolko’s book is subtitled “A Practitioner’s Guide to the Methods and Theory of Synthesis,” and this reviewer joked that it sounded like an undergraduate film or semiotics course. Kolko himself states that “the ability to ‘be playful’ is critical to achieve deep and meaningful synthesis,” but the tenor of the tome is far from the giant grin the author wears while using carrots as a “phone” on the cover of his previous work. Exposing the Magic of Design is blunt, direct, serious and self-assured. At less than 200 pages and full of diagrams, processes and methods, Kolko certainly didn’t have time for any hand-holding. In this era of easy distraction, Exposing the Magic‘s interaction design requires complete attention. Perhaps that’s the way the author meant it.
Feb 04
Book Review: Exposing the Magic of Design, by John Kolko
Posted in: Uncategorized
In our last review of a John Kolko book, Thoughts on Interaction Design Donald Norman wrote in the comments, “OK, you convinced me. I’ve ordered the book.” We can’t be sure that our review influenced his newest book Living with Complexity, but since Norman’s work centered on frustrating objects, the extrapolation into systems was bound to happen. Kolko’s new book Exposing the Magic of Design might seem superficially similar to Norman’s to those of us in the industrial design field, but Kolko has profoundly different content.
Kolko’s book is subtitled “A Practitioner’s Guide to the Methods and Theory of Synthesis,” and this reviewer joked that it sounded like an undergraduate film or semiotics course. Kolko himself states that “the ability to ‘be playful’ is critical to achieve deep and meaningful synthesis,” but the tenor of the tome is far from the giant grin the author wears while using carrots as a “phone” on the cover of his previous work. Exposing the Magic of Design is blunt, direct, serious and self-assured. At less than 200 pages and full of diagrams, processes and methods, Kolko certainly didn’t have time for any hand-holding. In this era of easy distraction, Exposing the Magic‘s interaction design requires complete attention. Perhaps that’s the way the author meant it.
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