Hasta La Ideas

In this movie by film studio Stephenson/Bishop, architect Carl Turner describes the importance of flexibility in the London house he designed for himself and his partner, which last night was awarded the RIBA Manser Medal 2013 for the best new house in the UK.

Located in Brixton, south London, Slip House is a three-storey residence with walls made from planks of translucent glass and staggered upper floors that cantilever towards the street.

The house features a spacious ground floor that is currently used by Carl Turner as a studio for his architectural practice.

“The house is really flexible,” he explains. “We’ve got this amazing space on the ground floor that we’re currently using as our office and studio space, but the idea is that if we move out of there, we can use the whole space as a house again.”

The first floor accommodates an open-plan living and dining space, but Turner says this space could be easily converted into bedrooms if the ground floor was turned back into a living room.

“It’s a kind of frame structure and that allows us these open floor spaces that mean we can then have really flexible uses,” he adds.

Slip House was awarded the RIBA Manser Medal 2013 last night in a ceremony that also saw an addition to a twelfth-century castle in Warwickshire win the Stirling Prize. It was praised for sustainable features that include rooftop solar panels, a rain-water-harvesting system, a ground-sourced heat pump and a wildflower roof.

“Slip House demonstrates an admirable commitment to the creation of an exemplary low-energy house, with a suite of sustainable enhancements that are integrated effectively into the building design,” said the judges. “However, at no point do the sustainable ambitions of the project crowd out or dominate the refined quality of the spaces that are created.”

The project was completed last year and first featured on Dezeen in September. Another project by Carl Turner Architects is an extension to the couple’s former home in Norfolk.

Other recently completed houses in the UK include a Corten steel bunker that provides a home and studio for a photographer and a small home that looks a gingerbread house. See more British houses »

Movie is by Stephenson/Bishop. Photography is by Tim Crocker.

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When you think about digitally fabricating metal, you probably picture steel powder or something unusual like Alumide, which is nylon laced with aluminum dust. But now Shapeways has added a simultaneously new and old-school flavor to their mix: Brass.

They’re offering the stuff in three finishes: Gold-Plated, for when bling is the thing; Polished, which has a slightly more-subdued-than-gold yellowish tint; and Raw, for that classy, rustic look. While Shapeways will actually have your Gold-Plated and Polished finishes hand-rubbed for smoothness, the Raw will be left alone, providing a rough-surfaced matte finish for those looking to create antique effects.

Unsurprisingly, this stuff doesn’t come out of the machine in one go:

[Our] Brass models are fabricated using a complex five-step process. First, the model is printed in wax using a specialized high-resolution 3D Printer. It is then put in a container where liquid plaster is poured in around it. Once the plaster sets, the wax is melted out in a furnace, and the remaining plaster becomes the mold. Molten brass is poured into this mold and set to harden. The plaster is broken away, revealing your new product. Raw Brass is briefly tumbled. Polished and Gold Plated Brass are carefully cleaned and hand polished. Gold Plated Brass goes through a final electroplating process for an outside coat of 22k gold. Please be aware that polishing and plating can wear down or fill in very fine details and edges.

Thanks to this tip from 3Ders.org, would-be brass orderers can enter the code “oc3mv” on Shapeways’ site to get a 10% discount on the Polished and Raw stuff. But hurry—the offer expires at 9pm (EST) on October 2nd.

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Dans sa série « Perspe », le photographe Gustav Willeit crée un monde parallèle qui, même s’il parait réel, est en fait inventé de toutes pièces. Entre fiction et réalité, il construit ses images en s’inspirant des miroirs et des doubles. Une série de photo à la fois dérangeante et fascinante à découvrir dans l’article.

Extra travel items can be stowed in the giant pockets of this wearable luggage to get around strict hand baggage restrictions on low-cost airlines.

Engineer John Power came up with the Jaktogo after he was forced to check-in overweight hand baggage on multiple business trips, wasting valuable time. “Having to deal with this situation gave birth to the idea of Jaktogo,” said Power’s team. “It is a coat and it is a bag at the same time.”

Items that don’t fit into a small case with other travel essentials can be stored in the pockets when the bag size and weight are checked at the desk and before boarding.

The original long-sleeved polyester jacket has fourteen pockets in various sizes, which the designers claim can hold up to 15 kilograms of luggage.

The jacket folds down into a bag to put through airport security and store away while on board the plane.

Different straps allow the bag to be worn over the shoulder or carried by hand. Demin and leather versions are also available.

The sleeveless Ponchotogo and women’s Dresstogo that has storage in the skirt were recently introduced into the collection, both with ten pockets.

The Jaktogo team recommend the garments should used in bag form when possible. “We don’t recommend that you sit while wearing the Jaktogo because of comfort,” the team said.

Other similar products on Dezeen include Benjamin Hubert’s laptop bag that expands to become an overnight bag and Tom Dixon’s fashion collection for Adidas that packs away into integrated rucksacks.

We’ve also featured a sofa covered in rucksack pockets and another settee made of suitcases. See more luggage design »

More details from Jaktogo follow:

Jaktogo is on the market since 2010, making it the pioneer in wearable luggage technology. The inventor of Jaktogo, John Power, is an engineer who had to travel on a weekly basis because of his work and thus was trying to optimise his time at the airport. As low cost airlines started to take over the industry the many luggage restrictions they brought started to augment the transit times at airports. Power was always confronted with having to check-in his hand luggage because one or two extra kilos causing not only extra costs but also extra time having to wait for his luggage. It was also a common situation people to be stopped from boarding for the same reason. Having to deal with this situation gave birth to the idea of Jaktogo. It is a coat and it is a bag at the same time. The original Jaktogo is a long sleeve coat with 14 various sized pockets that can accommodate up to 15 kilograms of luggage.

Currently the Jaktogo has two new members – Ponchotogo and Dresstogo. The Ponchotogo is a sleeveless version of the Jaktogo with ten various sized pockets suitable for warm climates. The Dresstogo is a lady version of the Jaktogo with a balloon shaped skirt, again benefitting from ten various sized pockets. Both are made of the same light and durable polyester material and carry the same characteristics as the Jaktogo itself.

All our products are transformed to bag in three easy steps, giving you a choice between a shoulder bag and a short handles bag.

We advise our clients to wear the Jaktogo products as much as possible in a tote/bag form. We don’t recommend that you sit while wearing the Jaktogo because of comfort. It’s preferable that you put all hard items such as shoes, computers etc in your carry on, if however this is not possible the Jaktogo could accommodate that as well. We’d also advise when passing through security to present the Jaktogo in a bag form, as it should be during the flight.

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This week’s job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position as head of the Product Design Masters programme at ECAL, where past students’ work includes Thibault Penven’s folding boat (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

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