Wow—this projection-mapping event, designed around a Hyundai Accent suspended from the side of a building, shows some serious creativity. When large corporations advertise to us, or at us, I’d always prefer they did it in visually interesting ways like this:
We’ve been big fans of our northern neighbor MOCO LOCO for a long time, so we’re absolutely thrilled to welcome them as our newest job board partner. For those of you who don’t know, MOCO LOCO is a modern and contemporary home design blog publishing gorgeous galleries, articles, videos and more. Their devoted audience of architects, interior designers and product designers brings some new areas of expertise to our Design Employment Network.
So please extend them a welcome by checking out some of the galleries at MOCO LOCO, and while you’re at it, post a job!
When you’re cutting wood with a power jigsaw, sometimes the up-down motion of the fast-moving blade becomes so blurry that you start to lose sight of the line you’re trying to cut. I never considered this a solveable problem, which is probably why I don’t work at Festool.
Festool’s super-engineers have added a “Stroboscopic LED”—essentially a strobe light—to the front of their Carvex jigsaw. The light is timed with the motion of the blade, freeze-framing it in the same position at each cycle, so once you get going it looks like the blade’s not moving at all:
Nuts, right? Don’t get too excited if you’re in North America; while the Carvex is available in Europe, Festool has just announced they won’t be bringing it to U.S. or Canadian shores anytime soon.
Haunted houses and crime scene dioramas in a morbidly fascinating photographer’s work
Photographer Corinne May Botz’ imagery teases out the human relationship with the supernatural. In her latest show at the Kennedy Museum of Art, photos from Botz’s “Haunted Houses” series are on display as part of the collection “Shadows and Phenomena”. Shot over several years, Botz paired her photographs of “haunted house” interiors across the United States with a series of contemporary first-hand ghost stories.
The enchanting stills, inspired by turn-of-the-century spirit photographs and Victorian ghost stories, speak to the dystopian and sometimes romantic tales of discontent told by women long dead. Botz sees herself as a medium in the haunted environments, tapping her female sensitivity to the supernatural to capture eerie moments in time in hopes of unleashing the invisible nuances present there. Spiritually unfathomable and complex to some, those with curious imaginations or a touch of morbidity will find it compelling.
Another of Botz’ fantastically dark projects continuing the themes of macabre and female experiences is documented in her 2004 book “The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death”. The monograph is a series of photographs of miniature crime scene dioramas built by honorary police captain Frances Glesner Lee. Lee, a wealthy divorcee, discovered the power of independence late in life when she dedicated herself to enhancing the field of murder investigation, constructing extremely detailed (down to grains of sugar on the floor) models of crime scenes to train detectives how to look for and follow clues.
“Shadows and Phenomena” runs through 19 June 2011, but if you can’t make it to Ohio the Haunted Houses book sells from Amazon, and be sure to check out more images from the Nutshell series in the gallery below.
The leading stateside farmers of the world’s superfood
Even the most informed food trend followers may not know that quinoa’s status among current superfoods was decades in the making. The story of how Quinoa made it from its native land to North America goes back to two intrepid gentlemen who wanted to grow the Andean crop stateside. In 1987 John McCamant and Ernie New first attempted to grow Quinoa in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. After adapting the grain to the local climate, White Mountain Farm became the premiere source for Quinoa in the United States.
Certified organically grown since the first crop, White Mountain Quinoa offers all the well-documented nutritional benefits of the magic crop (extremely high in protein, it contains calcium, phospherous, iron, vitamin E, as well as a full suite of amino acids), but can also deliver peace of mind for the consumer. Since the soaring popularity of Quinoa has put major stress on the Bolivian market, elevated costs have essentially priced out local communities from consuming it. All the Quinoa from White Mountain Farm is grown in Colorado, without impacting the native diets of Peruvian and Bolivian populations.
White Mountain Farm Quinoa can be ordered online starting at $5 per one-pound bag, and each one comes with easy-to-follow Quinoa recipes.
images by J. Maus
News from BikePortland.org: Yesterday cops caught the meth-head bike thief that’s been prowling the streets of Portland with a hacksaw. On the flip side, Portland’s historic Spalding Building has what looks like the safest parking in the city in the form of repurposed bank vaults.
Image Source: Banksy’s dropped a new piece in central London (corner of Cleveland Street and Clipstone Street to be precise). It’s been speculated that the painting was created in reaction to the recent arrests of fellow street artists, Invader and Revok, in Los Angeles. Via:
This fun infographic visualizes the full scope of the social media phenomenon. Enjoy.
I could describe GRO Design‘s Kaleidscope Watch, but I’d rather just (kaleidoscope?) watch this video instead…
Amazing. Still just a concept, unfortunately…
 | Stars and celebs also like to let loose and have some fun and they turned out on droves the recent Coachella. We asked you who you thought looked the cutest for the music festival and winner Alessandra Ambrosio eeked into first place at 44% of the votes, just 4% more than runner-up Kate Bosworth! Ambrosio’s pairing of pleated cotton tank and eyelet flared skirt was feminine and flirty, while worn slouchy boots and a colorfully printed shawl made the look Coachella ready! An array of leather and beaded bracelets, plus square-framed sunglasses and a fringed crossbody bag completed the look. Get the look for yourself! Click the slideshow to see how! |
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