Jean-François Rauzier est un artiste français connu pour être à l’origine d’un travail photographique appelé « Hyperphoto ». Ce dernier duplique, juxtapose et recompose l’infiniment petit et l’infiniment grand dans une même image à l’aide de logiciels pour proposer des compositions surréalistes magnifiques fantastiques.
What better way to celebrate the coming of spring than with a series of events that examine the impact of design on business and society? The 2013 IDSA District Design Conferences kick off this weekend in Raleigh, North Carolina, and continue over the next two weekends in four additional cities across the States. Whether you happen to live in Cleveland, Long Beach, Indianapolis or Hartford or the unique opportunity for professional development happens to be the next state over, make a point of making the trip.
Make sure you register for the conference you want to attend the most as spots will fill up fast, and each conference offers a different focus. This year’s themes range from color theory to entrepreneurship, and designers from each and every region can look forward to valuable insights and in-depth design discussion over the course of each two-day conference. Find more details on the schedule and each of the conferences here.
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The rounded forms of this house near Stuttgart by German studio J. Mayer H. conjure up images of a dinosaur’s head with big eyes and bared teeth (+ slideshow).
Named OLS House, the three-storey concrete residence is positioned on a sloping site in a suburban neighbourhood and functions as the home for a family of four.
The clients asked J. Mayer H. to bring the view of the nearby valley into the house, so the architects added a line of floor-to-ceiling windows that wrap around the front corners. This glazing and the railings in front look like the teeth of the building, while rounded windows on either side look like huge eyes.
The house was constructed from reinforced concrete, then coated with two different shades of render to emphasise the rounded forms of the walls and roof.
A discrete entrance is positioned on one side and leads directly into the centre of the house. Here, a curving concrete staircase winds between the floors, leading up from spas and utility rooms on the ground floor to living and dining rooms on the first floor and bedrooms on the top floor.
Each room is outlined by curving partitions and furniture is built into the walls, creating functional storage areas for residents.
The middle floor opens out to both a balcony along the front of the building and a terrace at the rear, while the second floor also features a small sheltered balcony.
German architect Jürgen Mayer H. founded J. Mayer H. Architects in 1996. One of the studio’s best-known designs is the Metropol Parasol, a giant latticed timber canopy in Seville, while other projects include a knobbly observation tower between Turkey and Georgia and a foster home for children and adolescents in Hamburg, Germany. See more architecture by J. Mayer H.
Photography is by David Franck.
Here’s some more information from the architects:
OLS HOUSE near Stuttgart, Germany
The new house is on a plot of land near Stuttgart, on a hillside with a generous view of the valley. The owners wanted a new home that would bring this view to life even inside of the building. The house is in a residential area with conventional developments, most of which date from the 1960s.
The new, 4-person family home is divided into an elevated ground floor with entrance area, utility room and spa, and a second floor with an open, flowing floor plan containing the living, dining and kitchen areas. Full-height glazing provides a free view of the valley and terrace looking over the garden area. Upstairs are the sleeping areas, dressing rooms and bathrooms. The central design element is a sculptural staircase that connects all three levels.
The house was built as a reinforced concrete construction. The facade consists of one heat-insulating compound system and an aluminum and glass facade. Slats and anti-glare sheeting provide integrated sun protection, protecting it against heat. All of the lightweight partition walls inside are made of drywall. The floor is a seamless layer of screed. The roof with the deep, recessed balcony was built with pre-weathered zinc plate cladding and is fitted with solar panels.
Team: Juergen Mayer H., Marcus Blum (Project Architect), Sebastian Finckh, Paul Angelier, Hugo Reis, Julian Blümle
Project: 2009-2011
Completion: September 2011
Client: Private
Architect on Site: AB Wiesler + Michael Gruber, Stuttgart
Structural Engineer: Gunter Kopp, Leutenbach/ Nellmersbach
Service Engineers: IB Funk und Partner, Leutenbach
Building Physics: Kurz&Fischer GmbH, Winnenden
Function: Private House, near Stuttgart, Germany
Site area: 891 sqm
Building area: 306 sqm
Total floor area: 488 sqm
Number of floors: 3
Height of the building: 10,43 m
Structure: reinforced concrete, brick, roof: steel
Principal exterior material: EIFS, glass, zinc, rooftiles
Principal interior material: wood, plasterboard, creative floor
Designing period: 08/09 – 04/10
Construction period: 04/10 – 09/11
Above: site plan
Above: ground floor plan
Above: first floor plan
Above: second floor plan
Above: long section
Above: front elevation
Above: side elevation
Above: rear elevation
Above: side elevation
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If there’s one thing I hate throwing away, it’s a Sharpie. I’ve been using the things since childhood, and I use the ones I own today so much that I’ll often wear the text off of the body; but the ink only lasts so long, and eventually they end up in the recycling bin.
Because I bought a Sharpie bulk pack years ago and tend not to linger in Staples, I didn’t realize that they now make a refillable version!
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The Stainless Steel Sharpie takes cartridges, has the fine point so you can write on envelopes, and has the logo laser-etched into the barrel. (I’d rather have my own name etched in the barrel, so my light-fingered coworkers in the studio won’t think about nicking it.)
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In any case, as soon as my last Sharpie gives up the ghost, I’ll be replacing it with the Stainless version. Maybe I can Dremel my name into the thing.
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In the artistic arms race of Dick Blick versus Utrecht, we’ve always been partial to the one whose jaunty red palette logo implied a connection to the likes of Theo van Doesburg, Gerrit Rietveld, and Miffy (whose creator, Dick Bruna, is among the Dutch city’s most famous sons), despite its founding in NYC by an artist in search of better canvas. But Mr. Blick is having the last laugh. Galesburg, Illinois-based Blick Art Materials has acquired Utrecht Art Supplies from private equity firm Topspin Partners LBO, which purchased the company in a secondary buyout in 2007.
The deal adds 45 stores to family-owned Blick’s existing network of 39. “The acquisition of Utrecht gives us a tremendous, well-established brand and greater geographic reach for our brick and mortar channel,” said Blick CEO Robert Buchsbaum in a statement issued Monday (and initially straining credulity among April Fool’s Day announcements such as Richard Branson‘s news of Virgin Atlantic’s new glass-bottomed plane). Financial terms were not disclosed, and no word on Blick’s plans for the Utrecht brand or its lines of paints, canvas, and other art products.
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• Join us tomorrow evening at the Museum of Arts and Design for a meeting of Superscript’s Architecture and Design Book Club. Up for discussion: design themes in Émile Zola‘s The Ladies’ Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames). Arrive early to take advantage of free/pay-what-you-wish Thursday night admission and see the current exhibition, “After the Museum: The Home Front 2013,” which includes a related installation by Superscript, “On Display.”
• You say “tomato,” we say Andrew Kuo is a genius. His solo exhibition of new acrylic paintings opens tomorrow at Marlborough Chelsea.
• As if you needed more reasons to adore Scandinavia, the Streaming Museum has cooked up “Nordic Outbreak,” a series of events and exhibitions taking place throughout NYC. Saturday’s symposium will consider what “the Nordic” has come to mean in the digital age and illuminate an “outbreak” from conventional aesthetic ideas about the Nordic concept.
• Put down your iPad and head to AIPAD. The megaphotoshow, presented by the Association of International Photography Art Dealers, runs Thursday through Sunday at the Park Avenue Armory.
• Finally, ’tis the season for…Cambodia? Jaa! This weekend, the School of Constructed Environments at Parsons The New School for Design presents “Living Arts City: Art and Urbanism in Phnom Penh and New York,” a two-day colloquium exploring the interconnectedness of creativity, urban ecology, and community. Speakers include designers, curators, and architects from Phnom Penh and New York.
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Imagine swimming through your day in an ocean of blue expertly matched to a series of David Hockney pool paintings.
In the latest episode of Cubes, we show you the New York offices of Morris + King public relations. Lead partner and co-principal Judith R. King takes the mediabistroTV crew on a musical journey featuring chairs from the Stella Solaris cruise ship and 1970s French jumbo jets, specially chosen chandeliers and offices painted any color you like as long as its blue.
You can view our other MediabistroTV productions on our YouTube Channel.
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