2011 review: August

Apple Campus 2 by Foster Partners

Continuing our roundup of 2011, we take a look at the most popular Dezeen stories in AugustFoster + Partners’ designs for the new Apple campus in California made it to the top spot. 

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Next up is a proposal for a 200 metre-high commercial complex in Beijing comprising three pebble-shaped buildings by Zaha Hadid Architects.

London Tube Map by Mark Noad Design

This more geographically accurate version of the London Underground tube map came in third and caused quite an argument among our readers.

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A coffee shop in Poland featuring an undulating ceiling of curved plywood ribs lands fourth place, although many readers thought they’d seen the same idea elsewhere.

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The fifth most popular story in August was this installation where 65,000 CDs covered the floor of a former mortuary in Paris.

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News: Ricardo Legorreta 1931 – 2011

Ricardo Legorreta 1931 – 2011


Dezeen Wire:
Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta has died at the age of 80. He was awarded the Praemium Imperiale earlier this year.

Greetings from London

Les producteurs d’Armoury London ont pensé et réalisé cette campagne très réussie pour souhaiter les voeux de fin d’année 2011. Détournant les codes des jeunes de banlieue, cette création sympathique et ce spot est à découvrir dans la suite en vidéo.



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Masters of the Cutaway Part 5: Graham Bleathman

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Graham Bleathman is nearly synonymous with Gerry Anderson, pioneer of a plethora of marionette “supermarionation” sci-fi children’s shows in the 1960’s. But Bleathman did not get involved in the worlds of Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, and Stingray until three decades later when he started to provide illustrations for their revival comic book series.

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Thunderbirds made a bit of a comeback in the 2000’s, including a film with Ben Kingsley that is best forgotten, but also with a fantastic book of cross-sections all by Bleathman. He soon followed this up with another book featuring cross-sections of vehicles from the whole range of supermarionation shows.

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2011 review: July

Holman House by Durbach Block Jaggers

Next in our review of 2011 is July, when this cliff-top house near Sydney inspired by a Picasso painting was our most popular story.

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Frank Gehry’s skyscraper in New York was in second place.

The aquatics centre by Zaha Hadid for the London 2012 Olympic Games came in third.

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In fourth position was the conversion of a house once occupied by Mexican communist party founder M. N. Roy into a private nightclub.

PTree by Aandeboom

In fifth place, were these tree-mounted urinals for festivals. We also rounded up our top ten toilets here.

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2011 review: June

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Zaha Hadid Architects top our list of the most popular stories in June 2011, with their Riverside Museum in Glasgow that features a zig-zagging metallic roof. 

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Peter Zumthor took second place with his design for the 2011 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which remained open to the public until mid-October.

Slowpoke Cafe by Sasufi

A 12 metre-long wall made from recycled timber offcuts features in Slowpoke Cafe in Melbourne and was the third most-viewed story of July.

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The High Line Section 2 development of a derelict railway in New York into a public park was fourth most-clicked.

Doppelgänger by Didier Faustino

A mask that clamps over the faces of a kissing couple by Portuguese artist Didier Faustino came in fifth.

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Flotspotting: Super Duty Construction Truck Rendering Porn, Part 1

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Jon Pope‘s eponymous design firm helps companies such as John Deere, Timberjack, and Gehl create cutting-edge cabs and exteriors for a whole range of construction equipment. Their renderings, though, are the true gem.

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Among the more standard pieces of super duty construction equipment, Pope Design also has some really great (and out-there) concepts, like this scissoring Straddle Carrier for shipping containers.

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There’s also this walking crane

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Ask Unclutterer: How do you create resolutions when you’re coming up on a major life change?

Reader Amanda submitted the following to Ask Unclutterer:

How do you define goals or resolutions when you know your life is about to change dramatically? I am due with our firstborn, a son, in early 2012 (our due date is February 4th) … I don’t know how to plan my life around such a big addition. I would like to lose the baby weight (plus some), but I have no idea what that will look like with a baby in the mix. My friends and family are not goal-setters like I am, so I don’t know who to ask for help setting goals around the unknown. Any advice?

Congratulations on your upcoming new addition!

Since you enjoy setting goals and resolutions, I suggest you go ahead and make the ones you wish to make. You won’t stop being you when you become a parent (or when you experience any major life change), so go for it. Do some soul searching, make your lists, and create a 2012 Resolution Action Plan. Resolution enforcement police won’t come and arrest you if you don’t cross all your resolutions off your list by December 31, 2012. Worst case scenario, you won’t achieve any of your resolutions by the end of the year, and you’ll save yourself some time coming up with resolutions for 2013.

Plus, after your son is born and you become accustom to being a parent, you can always revise your resolutions. Think of it as a bonus opportunity — a goal-setter’s dream — to come up with a new plan in the middle of the year! Irrespective of parenting, anyone can revise resolutions and goals as necessary. Your 2012 Resolution Action Plan isn’t law, but rather a living document you can reassess as you wish.

The first two months of parenting, at least in my experience, are very similar to the first two months of a new dating relationship. You’re head-over-heels for this new person in your life and you withdraw from your friends and responsibilities for awhile while you get to know the new person. After two months, you start to enter back into a normal routine, but with this new person in the mix.

Since our son was healthy and a good sleeper, being a new parent was actually pretty easy until he learned to walk. I could strap him in a stroller and go for a run or put him in a carrier and go to the grocery store. When he started walking at 9-1/2 months is when life as a parent got more complicated for us. Luckily for you, most boys don’t walk until around their first birthday, so you could get 2-1/2 more months of the easy life than we did.

All this being said, every child is different and your son’s temperament, health, sleeping and eating patterns, and preferences will dictate how much time you can spend doing things not immediately related to caring for your son. Go ahead and make the resolutions, but don’t feel bad if you don’t achieve all of your goals by the end of 2012. You’ll at least have been loving and doting on your child instead, which is still a wonderful accomplishment.

Thank you, Amanda, for submitting your question for our Ask Unclutterer column. Once again, congratulations on your forthcoming adventure in parenting.

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Best of CH 2011: Moments

Looking back at the photographs that captured some of our greatest experiences this year

Since 2003 Cool Hunting has been about finding and sharing stories of creativity and innovation from a broad range of categories. Looking back on our photos from the year I feel very fortunate that we have had so many incredible experiences. What follows is a photographic year-in-review, highlighting some of my favorite shots.

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January 2011, Burlington, VT. Finally got to meet and interview the man who created an industry, Jake Burton. More Burton

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January 2011, New York, NY. Sat down with the hailed portrait photographer, Albert Watson, and even got to take his portrait. Albert Watson for The Macallan

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February 2011, Iznik, Turkey. Learned the centuries-old secret of Turkey’s Iznik ceramics. Cool Hunting Video Presents: Iznik Tiles

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February 2011, Long Beach, CA. Saw the unveiling of JR’s Inside Out Project at TED and got to use his oversized photo booth. Inside Out

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March 2011, Near Reykjavic, Iceland. Made friends with this Icelandic horse. Nature-Inspired Accessories

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May 2011, New York, NY. Witnessed Olek’s brilliant crocheted bodysuits at the Festival of Ideas in NYC.

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May 2011, Santa Fe, NM. Moved by Colette Hosmer’s ancient modern Japanese sculpture.

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June 2011, Los Angeles, CA. Created the Gap’s Fall ad campaign focused around their denim design studio in downtown LA. The Pico Creative Loft

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June 2011, Halewood, England. Visited the assembly line for the Range Rover Evoque to learn how design gets built. Cool Hunting Video Presents: Making the Evoque

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June 2011, New York, NY. Met Scott Morrison and took our denim lust to all new levels.3×1

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June 2011, Crewe, England. Learned the truly bespoke nature of creating a Bentley motorcar. Cool Hunting Video Presents: Bentley

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July 2011, France. Followed the journey of the Grey Goose wheat all over France to learn how their vodka is made.

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July 2011, Maranello, Italy. Ferrari’s V8 assembly line is as impressive as the cars it creates. Ferrari Campus Visit

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August 2011, Pebble Beach, CA. Witnessed the epitome of passion and dedication among the car owners presenting their vehicles at the Concours D’Elegance. Vintage Automobiles at Pebble Beach 2011

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August 2011, Salinas, CA. Watched vintage Jaguar X-Types race on the Laguna Seca Speedway. Vintage Automobiles at Pebble Beach 2011

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August 2011, Flushing, NY. Joined Olympus for a photo safari at the US Open and got to take pictures from all the best spots in the stadium. Olympus E-P3

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September 2011, Los Angeles, CA. Attended the unveiling of the most anticipated shoe in history, the Nike Mag. Nike Mag

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September 2011, Romeo, MI. Spent a day on Aston Martin’s Performance Driving Course pushing a Rapide and Vantage V12 to their limits. Aston Martin Performance Driving Course

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November 2011, Le Marche, Italy. Harvested and pressed olives to make oil with Nudo during a full immersion of the region’s community and culture. Le Marche

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November 2011, Mexico City, Mexico. When celebrated architect Luis Barragán designed a house for you he spec’d everything, including the pots.

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November 2011, Paris, France. Met and interviewed the fashion industry icon, Karl Lagerfeld. CH Capsule Video: Printemps Holiday Windows by Karl Lagerfeld

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November 2011, Carlsbad, CA. Discovered the truest form of luxury travel on the road and in the air with Mercedes Benz. Four Innovations in the 2012 Mercedes Benz SL

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December 2011, Miami Beach, FL. Bathed in copious amounts of art during Art Basel and the surrounding fairs. Art + Design in Miami: Tricks On The Eye

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December 2011, Mutianyu, China. Jeralyn Gerber, co-founder of FathomAway.com, gets in the noodle pulling groove at The Schoolhouse, near China’s Great Wall.

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December 2011, Hong Kong. Discovered Hong Kong’s Fungus Workshop, a small classroom and atelier that offers leather-working classes and sells items that people have made there.

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December 2011, Hong Kong. This cured meat vendor in the Wan Chai market, Hong Kong was very friendly and happy to speak about her products.