Storm Origins

Claudiu Voicu a pu réaliser pour le compte d’un documentaire “Concrete Circus” cette vidéo appelée “Storm Origins”. Cette création très dynamique met en scène des experts des cascades et de parkour urbain à la manière d’un film d’action. A découvrir dans la suite.



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Andrew Geller, Modernist Architect Behind Loewy’s Leisurama Houses, Passes Away

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On the same day as Sori Yanagi, another design giant passed away. Modernist architect Andrew Geller, who worked at Raymond Loewy and Associates for 35 years, died on Sunday at the age of 87.

One of the most quirky and groundbreaking projects for which Geller was known were the Leisurama Houses, begun as a project to design a typical American house that was exhibited at the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War. The pre-fabricated cottages contained every modern convenience and proudly displayed American manufacturing might.

Most interestingly, Macy’s began exhibiting and selling Leisurama homes in their department stores in the 1960s. The video below is an excerpt from a 2008 PBS documentary on the subject:

A website dedicated to archiving and preserving Geller’s work is here.

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Philippe Ramette

Philippe Ramette est à la fois un artiste contemporain et photographe. Ce dernier se passionne pour les changements d’horizons et les manipulations photographiques sans l’aide de logiciel de retouche. Des clichés qui dépasse les lois de la pesanteur à découvrir dans la suite.



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Mid-Century Ads book

Questi due volumi editi da Taschen saranno in vendita dal prossimo febbraio 2012. Raccolgono il meglio dell’ advertising stampato anni ’50/’60 americano. Buono per farsi un carico di ispirazioni. Da come siamo messi economicamente in questo periodo però, direi che qualcosa non ha funzionato.

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Honest Boy Pencil Sharpener

Se per Honest Boy intendiamo Pinocchio allora apprezziamo questo simpatico temperino disegnato da Mike He. Lo trovate su Kikkerland.

WTAPS x Harris Tweed Capsule collection

Lumber Jacket e gloves nati dalla collaborazione di pregio tra Harris Tweed e WTAPS.
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Dunk NG Golf Collection

Qualcosa mi dice che l’anno prossimo sentiremo parlare molto di Golf. Questa versione di Dunk hanno la suola tacchettata pronta all’uso. Sul campo pratica saprete dire la vostra.
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Dunk NG Golf Collection

Dunk NG Golf Collection

Dunk NG Golf Collection

Core77 2011 Year in Review: Visual Communication

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Welcome to the third chapter of our 2011 year-end wrap-up, in which we focus on visual communication, including a full range of graphics, identity, packaging and otherwise visually-driven content from the past year. Without further ado:

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Eye Candy

2011 was as visually stunning a year as any in recent memory: our minds were blown time and again by stencil art; artists’ graphic styles were just as often informed by their method as vice versa; maps reimagined as portraits and dancers; and old Volkswagens elevated into art.

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We also saw some good ol’ fashioned trompe l’oeil; data visualization turned into abstraction; there were lights, camera and action.

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The global street art movement continued its conquest of the design world, from Matthew W. Moore‘s angular foray into housewares to Geoff McFetridge’s collaboration with Heath Ceramics. Barry McGee (sometime cohort of the latter) exhibited “New Work,” as did his kindred spirit Scotty Albrecht, while Boston’s Bodega hosted “Human Powered Works,” a group show.

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Techniques

Just as ketchup packets got a little more manageable, so too did graffiti: we’d love to see a combination of the Robo-rainbow and Arduino-enabled NTQ.

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Designers also dreamt up (and created) a couple drawing machines large (á la complex harmonic motion) and small (á la computer numeric control). We also came across a Finnish artist named ‘Tomi’ who turns everyday MDF into physical halftone images.

On the other hand (or is that ‘in the human hand’?), we were also glad to see the handiwork ofsurgically-precise pinstriper and a faux-pixel homage to the late Tobias Wong. Thanks to artist Frederick McSwain and Gallery R’Pure for letting us capture the process on tape.

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Parallels Film

“Parallels” est un film produit par Dendrite Studios qui a été tourné dans le cadre de l’Intersection competition au festival de ski de Telus. Cette vidéo mettant en avant des acrobaties en ski et snowboard impressionne par sa qualité et est à retrouver dans la suite.



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Best of CH 2011: Five Conceptually Driven Designs

Numeric shelves, refrigerator chairs and shape-shifting vases among our look back at 2011 conceptual design

From ICFF to Art Basel, 2011 delivered a flurry of design objects for the home that while highly creative and concept-driven, didn’t compromise their utilitarian duties. From recycled plastic chairs to roman numeral inspired book shelves, the following are five of our favorite pieces of sculptural design that could just as easily pass as pure art objects.

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As a brilliant example of unconventional thinking, Dirk van der Kooij turns discarded refrigerators into chairs by way of a 3D printing robot. Each Endless Chair is constructed entirely of one continuous string of precisely placed recycled plastic. This striking mix of conceptual design and sustainable production leaves us marveling over the depths of van der Kooij’s creativity.

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Designed in collaboration between Italy’s Le Fablier and Paolo Ulian, this sculptural series of pieces for the home are made using the historical medium of marble. The humble material is artfully formed into book shelves and tables that would seem a natural fit for a living room or museum. The highlight of the sustainably produced collection is the roman numeral inspired “Numerica” bookshelf, balancing form and function rather perfectly.

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In similar fashion to Ulian’s marble, Max Lamb’s collection of polished sandstone home furnishings are beautiful whether treated as furniture or not. The British designer sourced the material from Sydney’s Gosford Quarry to achieve the perfect grain and hue for a look reminiscent of colonial period pedestals.

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Brooklyn-based designer Paul Lobach’s wide range of furniture collections vary so significantly it’s hard to imagine there’s only one mind behind it all. Wading through his designs we were immediately drawn to the Watson Table—named for the American scientist who discovered human DNA’s helical shape. The unconventional use of carbon fiber and wood displays Lobach’s interest in blending artistry with technology.

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Lara Knutson’s attractive “Soft Chemistry” vessels are so bizarre it’s hard to define just what they are. The combination of reflective glass, fabric and mohair gives the pieces a distinctive sheen unlike any other material we’ve seen used in this form.