Nov 27
Revolights
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Revolights are a set of LED lights arranged around a hoop that attaches to the front and back wheels..(Read…)
Nov 27
NEIL PATRICK HARRIS in Neil’s Puppet Dreams
Posted in: NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, Nerdist Channel., Puppet DreamsNeil’s Puppet Dreams is a brand new series by Neil Patrick Harris on the Nerdist Channel.
Nov 27
Things That Look Like Other Things: Floppy Table by Neulant van Exel
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Berlin-based design duo Neulant van Exel have the broad portfolio you might expect from a collaboration between an architect and sculptor, and their latest project, “Floppy Table,” is a surefire hit.
Although Jeff Skierka opted for CNC-milled plywood for his “Mixtape Table,” Neulant van Exel’s throwback-media-inspired-furniture is a rather more industrial affair, comprised of hot-rolled steel and stainless steel. They’ve also cleverly reimagined the iconic metal shutter as a secret compartment (GIF after the jump)…
Nov 27
Sequence Jewelry: Salvadoran-born New Yorker Ariela Suster enlists gang members back home to produce her line
Posted in: craftsman, elsalvador, latinamerican 
by Laila Gohar Salvadoran-born Ariela Suster dropped out of Harvard and moved to New York City to pursue a career in fashion. After a string of editorial positions at various fashion magazines, she followed her true calling to create a brand that gives back to communities in El Salvador. Five…
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Nov 27
Tonight at the Curiosity Club: "Going Big by Living Small" with Dee Williams of Portland Alternative Dwellings
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Join us tonight at the Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club in lovely downtown Portland, Oregon as Dee Williams of Portland Alternative Dwellings as she shares her love for tiny, mobile living spaces!
Tonight! Tuesday, Nov. 27th
6PM PST
Hand-Eye Supply
23 NW 4th Ave
Portland, OR, 97209
Micro Houses—structures that are often smaller than 200 square feet—have captured the attention of mainstream media and the hearts of thousands of Americans. They may be portable or fixed-in-place and may stand-alone or may be tethered to a “normal” house for utilities. These wee buildings are used as backyard studios, extra bedrooms, guest suites or full-time residences. Tiny House advocates explain that these small simple structures provide a flexible, affordable, reasonable (albeit small) solution for residential use, urban infill, and pocket communities. But what sort of person would actually want to live in (or next to) a house with less square footage than a roll of paper towels? Dee will offer her experience designing and building micro-houses with a focus on the unique benefits and challenges of taking small to the extreme.
Dee Williams is a designer, builder and certified tiny house nut! She teaches workshops across the country, with a focus on green building and micro-housing. She’s also authored a how-to e-book, Go House Go, and has consulted with hundreds of people to design and build their own micro homes. She’s been featured in Yes!Magazine, TIME Magazine, on Good Morning America, The New York Times, National Public Radio, PBS, and other media. In 2008, Dee won the Washington State Governor’s Award for Sustainable Practices. Dee’s house is currently featured in a five-year exhibit, House and Home, at the National Building Museum in Washington DC. You can see the video here!
Nov 27
Sylki Chair: Gradation, aeration and ergonomics come together in a new piece by POD
Posted in: architects, flatpack 
Contoured around natural seating postures, the Sylki Chair is the latest furniture design from Brooklyn-based studio POD Design. By considering ergonomics the geometrical chair’s surface features highly specific undulations and indentations designed to enhance comfort while distributing pressure on joints. To reduce waste the chair is molded from a…
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Nov 27
The Mercedes 300SL Gullwing Today
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The Mercedes 300SL Gullwing has today spawned a subculture of fanatics in the California-based Gull Wing Group, an organization dedicated to preserving these rare machines. With only 1,400 made worldwide and only 1,100 sold in the U.S., it’s quite the select group. They have an annual road rally, where they drive the cars around in a parade that must give insurers heart attacks, and presumably trade tips on where you can order custom-fitted luggage made for their rides.
Owners of that new SLS AMG Gullwing—which I consider an abomination compared to the original—can join the group, but never as full members, and they’re not allowed into the road rally. Hear hear for tradition.
In 2009 auto enthusiast Jay Leno, one of America’s more well-known classic car fanatics and perhaps the luckiest, somehow managed to find a 1955 300SL Gullwing languishing in a storage container. It had been sitting in there since 1980!
I really respect that he decided not to restore the exterior, so that he can actually drive the car around and not have to worry about it getting dinged up. (The following point is somewhat moot since your indigent correspondent will never own a $590,000 car, but if I had one, I’d leave the exterior as-is and drive the ish out of it.)
Nov 27
Three Courtyards House by Miguel Marcelino
Posted in: Miguel Marcelino, Portuguese houses, slideshowsPortuguese architect Miguel Marcelino has completed a rural family house with red concrete walls and three separate terraces.
Located in Benavente, near Lisbon, the building is named Three Courtyards House in reference to the three differently sized patios positioned at the north and south ends of the house. “This was the way I found to solve the problem of having the best oriented sun on the south side and the best views on the north side,” Miguel Marcelino told Dezeen.
The largest terrace is to the north and features a stepped surface with a sunken swimming pool. Meanwhile, the southern end features a courtyard with a cork oak tree, plus a smaller yard with high walls.
“One could be quiet at the large inner enclosed courtyard with the sun and the big cork oak,” said the architect. “And, in the vertical courtyard facing the framed view to the lake with the sun reflected on the outer wall, be embraced and protected by the house in a cold and harsh side like the north one,” he added.
The architect used fair-faced concrete for the walls and structure of the building, washed with an acid-based etching solution to add texture. ”This finishing, raw and earthy, was chosen because in such a landscape I thought that it would be better that this house had the feel like it would come out of the ground, more rooted and anchored to this place,” he said.
The house has two storeys, with a living room and kitchen on the ground floor and bedrooms and bathrooms upstairs.
We’ve featured a few Portuguese residences on Dezeen recently, including a concrete house in Moreira and a townhouse covered in plants in Lisbon.
See more stories about Portuguese houses »
Photography is by Fernando Guerra.
Here’s some more information from Miguel Marcelino:
Three Courtyards House
The plot is located in the middle of a ìmontadoî landscape, being the best views to the north with a lake and the skyline punctuated by cork oak trees.
The house is organized in a compact volume of two floors, complemented by three courtyards all different in size and features.
A first large courtyard, enclosed, intimate, situates on the south side, embracing a big existing cork oak.
Next to the back entrance there is another smaller patio, for service.
The third courtyard works as a key element in the relationship between home and the north side.
It is a slim space with a large horizontal opening that frames the landscape and it has an atmosphere of a “inner space outdoors”, the light is soft, by reflection on the outer wall that receives direct sunlight.
This vertical courtyard communicates with a staircase that leads to an open terrace, the last element of the sequence of spaces, patios and atmospheres that go from more introspective and private to more open and outside.
Above: ground and first floor plans – click above to see larger image
Above: long section – click above to see larger image
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Nov 27
Design Jobs: Neiman Marcus, The Institute of Culinary Education, Wonderful Machine
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This week, Neiman Marcus is hiring a senior graphic designer of media, while the Institute of Culinary Education is seeking an art director. Wonderful Machine needs a photo editor, and Care Resource Network is on the hunt for a graphic designer. Get the scoop on these openings and more below, and find additional just-posted gigs on Mediabistro.
- Senior Graphic Designer, Media Neiman Marcus (Dallas, TX)
- Art Director The Institute of Culinary Education (New York, NY)
- Photo Editor Wonderful Machine (Conshohocken, PA)
- Graphic Designer Care Resource Network (New York, NY)
- Junior Graphic Designer Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Brooklyn, NY)
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Nov 27
Baguette Bag
Posted in: baguettePer chi non lo sapesse, le migliori boulangerie francesi ti vendono la baguette avvolta in una porzione di carta. Così ti ritrovi a portartela in giro appoggiandola un po’ dappertutto. Per evitare disastri, potrebbe tornarvi utile questa Baguette Bag.
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