Hasta La Ideas

We miss those halcyon days before the end of 2008 and the total financial collapse, back when every day you could find a story about some type of crazy architecture or museum project going up in Dubai. Remember the suspicious architect behind the Dynamic Tower? Or the plans for the iPad, the building that pre-dated Apple‘s table device by several years, and was instead a skyscraper that looked like an iPod? It was a fun time to watch the endless, silly spending. Of course, all that wild speculation ended exactly how it usually does, with a total implosion. So it’s nice, now nearly three years after that all ended, to catch a brief glimpse of those ridiculous glory days. Arabian Business reports that a Dubai architect is on the hunt for investors to help him build a Herbie theme park. After reportedly trying to get it launched Abu Dhabi and not having much luck, the architect is now trying elsewhere, hoping that he’ll find enough money to construct a multi-million dollar homage to the VW Bug star of several Disney films. Already they have a leg up on the project, having secured a number of the original cars used in the films, including the last incarnation, used in the 2005 film Herbie: Fully Loaded. The news outlet reports that “Initial designs for ‘Herbieland’ include a central building in the shape of a giant baseball, which would house a museum, workshop and cafe.” Good ol’ Dubai.

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As airlines, like the auto industry, have seized upon lightweighting in order to combat rising fuel costs, design can play a concrete role in reducing their bottom lines. They’ll increasingly turn to companies like TIMCO Aerosystems, a North-Carolina-based supplier that produces lightweight airplane components. Up above is TIMCO’s lightweight Crew Rest Module, which can be swapped in and out of planes depending on whether they’re doing long- or short-haul flights.

The first of its kind, this lightweight, fully contained and highly mobile crew rest unit was designed and built for Austrian Airlines for use aboard multiple 767 aircraft with flight times exceeding 11 hours. Consisting of two parts, a vestibule in the cabin with an integral ladder assembly and a mobile crew rest unit that resides in the cargo area, the system allows the operator to maximize use of space while providing enhanced rest facilities for its pilots and crew.

…The final unit, which sleeps six comfortably and utilizes quick connects for all electrical and other environmental and safety components, can be positioned in the aircraft in under 30 minutes. The units are exceptionally strong and soundproof, yet they are light weight, utilizing advanced composites manufactured and fitted in the company’s integral composites facility.

It would be kind of neat if they made consumer-ready versions of these that, say, families or groups could rent for long-haul flights. There’s no windows, but it would be cool to travel in your own cabin with a bunch of friends rather than dealing with the crying babies and seatback-tray-slammers filling the main cabin above.

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Voici la première série de films court-métrage à propos des professions manuels autour du monde de l’art et des sciences. Des plans en Canon 5D/7D édité sous After Effects, le tout conçu par Dimitris Ladopoulos et Spiros Rasidakis. La bande son est signée The Three Corners of the Earth.

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• Metamaterial

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Découverte du dernier clip officiel pour le groupe danois When Saints Go Machine sur le nouveau titre “Parix”. Un très bel univers, mêlant des plans originaux et également très visuels. Une réalisation de Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen, à découvrir en vidéo HD dans la suite de l’article.

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• Flatiron Building

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New York-based architecture and design firm 0 to 1 recently completed a project called “Artist Retreat.” Located in Fiskars, Finland—an artist-centric village of scissors fame—the private guest house was commissioned by a Finnish fine artist as a live/work space for a guest artist.

The sectional shape [the yellow quadrilateral at the end] is a quarter of an octagon. It increases in size from building front to back creating a utility cube with sleeping loft above at the higher end, a work space in the middle and an outdoor terrace at the lower end.

According to 0 to 1, “the form was generated from local climate, Finnish culture, and functions / guidelines provided by the Artist.”

It’s certainly a compelling structure—almost furniture-like in form, constructed from impeccable materials—yet I can’t help but wonder about how much of the interior actually functions as a studio—i.e. there’s a reason why artists prefer warehouses and lofts.

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