2013 : The Year in Pictures by NYT

Comme le récapitulatif Reuters Photos of the Year 2013, le New York Times a mis en place leur « review complète » de l’année 2013 en images. Un récapitulatif des 12 derniers mois racontés à travers les clichés des photographes et journalistes aux quatres coins du monde. Tous les détails dans la suite de l’article.

CHICAGO 01/23/2013 Firefighters extinguished a five-alarm warehouse fire in single-digit temperatures. The water sprayed from their hoses froze quickly, leaving the area glazed with ice.

DAMASCUS, SYRIA 01/27/2013 A building burned in the Ain Tarma neighborhood after a Syrian Air Force strike.Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

PORT SAID, EGYPT 01/28/2013 Egyptians mourned the death of Mohammed Yousra, 27, who was one of seven antigovernment protesters killed in clashes with the police.Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times

SAIDNAYEL, LEBANON 01/19/2013 Raeda, 15, and her baby brother are among 11 relatives sharing a tent here, after an explosion near their home in Aleppo, Syria, partly blinded her.Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

TEHRAN 01/20/2013 Iranians at the public execution of two men, whose stabbing of a man, caught on a video camera and posted online, caused an uproar.Ebrahim Noroozi /Fars, via Associated Press

ALLAHABAD, INDIA 02/10/2013 A man cradled his wife, who was killed in a stampede at a train station at the height of the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu religious festival.Kevin Frayer/Associated Press

GRANJENO, TEX. 02/13/2013 United States Border Patrol agents detained migrants from Guatemala.Kirsten Luce for The New York Times

BROOKLYN 03/03/2013 The Orthodox Jewish community gathered for the funeral of Nathan and Raizy Glauber. The newlywed couple were expecting a baby when they were killed in a hit-and-run accident.Robert Stolarik for The New York Times

PARWAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN 04/11/2013 A girl read in front of her class at Mir Ali Ahmad Girls School.Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

AZAZ, SYRIA 02/11/2013 A refugee at the Bab al-Salam camp on the northern border. Despite claims that millions of dollars in humanitarian aid was sent to Syria, there was little sign of relief at the camp.

DAMASCUS, SYRIA 03/28/2013 Syrian soldiers and investigators surveyed the area where a mortar shell exploded in a cafe at Damascus University. Andrea Bruce for The New York Times

NEAR MAGADI, KENYA 03/04/2013 Masai voters waited to cast their ballots in a crucial, anxiously awaited presidential and parliamentary election. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

LOS ANGELES 04/11/2013 Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, left, and Thomas Bangalter of the French duo Daft Punk watched Coan Buddy Nichols skateboarding. Chad Batka for The New York Times

BOSTON 04/15/2013 Police officers scrambled after the second explosion near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe, via Associated Press

PAKTIA PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN 04/15/2013 The Third Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division, known as the Rakkasans, climbed down from the mountains. Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN 04/22/2013 Traders exchanged currency at the money market. Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

SAVAR, BANGLADESH 04/24/2013 A Bangladeshi woman, who survived the collapse, was rescued. Kevin Frayer/Associated Press

DOVER, DEL. 04/27/2013 Staff Sgt. Miguel Deynes prepared a final uniform for Capt. Aaron R. Blanchard, at the Dover Air Force Base mortuary. Captain Blanchard and his Apache co-pilot, First Lt. Robert J. Hess, were killed in Afghanistan on April 23. Ashley Gilbertson/VII for The New York Times

BOSTON 05/08/2013 Jeff Bauman, 27, rested during occupational therapy, almost a month after he lost his lower legs in the Boston Marathon bombings. Josh Haner/The New York Times

MADRID 05/12/2013 Serena Williams served to her opponent, Maria Sharapova, in the women’s singles final at the Madrid Open. Williams won and retained the world No. 1 ranking. Susana Vera/Reuters

WASHINGTON, D.C. 05/16/2013 President Obama and a helpful Marine at a news conference in the Rose Garden. Doug Mills/The New York Times

MOORE, OKLA. 05/21/2013 Dead horses were piled near an intersection after a tornado plowed through the area. Kirsten Luce for The New York Times

MOORE, OKLA. 05/22/2013 James Akin, 12, outside his home after the devastating tornado. Christopher Gregory/The New York Times

ISTANBUL 06/01/2013 Demonstrators against the Turkish government’s plans to develop Gezi Park clashed with the police near the prime minister’s office. Daniel Etter/Redux

ISTANBUL 06/11/2013 Demonstrators took cover behind a barricade during clashes with riot police officers at Taksim Square. Angelos Tzortzinis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

MANHATTAN 07/15/2013 Having braved the long lines, visitors experienced Random International’s “Rain Room” at the Museum of Modern Art. Karsten Moran for The New York Times

NEAR GOGLAND ISLAND, RUSSIA 07/15/2013 President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia rode in the Sea Explorer 5 underwater research vessel to view the remains of a warship that sank in 1869 in the Baltic Sea. Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti Kremlin Press Service, via Associated Press

CAIRO 07/15/2013 Protesters threw stones at supporters of the ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi near Ramses bridge. Narciso Contreras for The New York Times

LONDON 07/23/2013 Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, emerged from St. Mary’s Hospital with their infant son. Jocelyn Bain Hogg/VII

ALLAHABAD, INDIA 08/06/2013 After a monsoon, a boy dangled from a power line before diving into an overflowing Ganges River. Sanjay Kanojia/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA 08/19/2013 The double-amputee track star Oscar Pistorius was indicted in South Africa in the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. European Pressphoto Agency

FORT MEADE, MD. 08/20/2013 Army Pfc. Bradley Manning headed to a hearing in the WikiLeaks case. He later was sentenced to 35 years in prison for espionage and changed his name to Chelsea. Patrick Semansky/Associated Press

GROVELAND, CALIF. 08/25/2013 Corey Adams of California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife watched the Rim Fire as it burned outside Yosemite National Park. Noah Berger/European Pressphoto Agency

LONG BEACH, N.Y. 08/25/2013 Children played on the beach as the first summer vacation season after Hurricane Sandy was coming to an end. Karsten Moran for The New York Times

WASHINGTON 08/28/2013 President Obama greeted Yolanda Renee King, the only grandchild of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., after a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial. Doug Mills/The New York Times

ALEPPO, SYRIA 09/07/2013 Issa, 10, carried a mortar shell in a weapons factory of the Free Syrian Army. He works 60 hours a week with his father at the factory. Hamid Khatib/Reuters

NEAR GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY 09/17/2013 The wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise liner was raised off the coast of the Tuscan island of Giglio, almost two years after it sank and killed 32 people. Andrea Sinibaldi/Lapresse, via Associated Press

IDLIB PROVINCE, SYRIA 09/17/2013 A Syrian rebel fighter rested in a cave. Russia claimed that it had new information tying rebel forces to nerve gas attacks on the capital. Narciso Contreras/Associated Press

NAIROBI, KENYA 09/21/2013 Plainclothes officers searched the Westgate mall for gunmen. Tyler Hicks/The New York Times

THE BRONX 09/26/2013 Mariano Rivera, the New York Yankees closer who had pitched on five of their World Series-winning teams, played his last game at Yankee Stadium. Barton Silverman/The New York Times

NEAR SIRACUSA, ITALY 10/02/2013 Syrian refugees aboard an Italian Coast Guard vessel after they were found floating adrift off the coast of Italy. Bryan Denton for The New York Times

LAKE KIVU, CONGO 10/05/2013 Aaron Kubuta, a military chaplain, prayed following a baptism ceremony for members of the Army of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Pete Muller for The New York Times

LONDON 10/20/2013 Malala Yousafzai, 16, the Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by Taliban fighters, signed a copy of her memoir, “I Am Malala,” before an event at the Southbank Center. Olivia Harris/Reuters

BROOKLYN 10/30/2013 In Julie Taymor’s new production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn, Kathryn Hunter, as Puck, arrived from above the stage.

BROOKLYN 11/06/2013 Justin Timberlake performed at the Barclays Center. Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

ADELANTO, CALIF. 11/15/2013 Immigrant detainees exercised at the Adelanto Detention Facility, which houses an average of 1,100 immigrants, who are in custody pending a decision in their cases or are awaiting deportation. John Moore/Getty Images

SAMAR ISLAND, THE PHILIPPINES 11/18/2013 A boy swung in front of Saint Michael the Archangel Church in Basey. Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

KIEV, UKRAINE 12/03/2013 A man looked out at a street teeming with protesters demonstrating against the government near the Parliament building. Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

BROOKLYN 12/05/2013 The 2013 graduating class of New York City firefighters, the most diverse in the city’s history, at the Christian Cultural Center. Todd Heisler/The New York Times

EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA 12/15/2013 Mnikelo Ndagankulu, draped in a South African flag, sat on a hill overlooking Nelson Mandela’s ancestral home and burial ground, Qunu. Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times

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Desire Books Iron-On Patches: Handmade felt accessories embroidered with wisdom, heart and style

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Tools for Carrying Sheet Goods: The Gorilla Gripper and the Handle On Demand

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Moving sheet goods is a huge pain in the neck, particularly for shorter guys like me with a wingspan that leaves something to be desired. But even for you bigger folk, there’s nothing ergonomic about toting a 4×8 sheet around your shop or the jobsite.

The Gorilla Gripper is a cleverly-designed handle that allows you to lift and carry sheet goods using your back and legs, while preserving your fingers and toes. There are tons of YouTube videos showing the thing, but I like the following low-res one the best because it shows the actual applications in the field:

I don’t think I’d have the balls to try hoisting it up a ladder, like the guy did in the video, but I’d try everything else they showed.

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Best Art Vinyl Award 2013: the winners

The cover design for White Lies’ album Big TV has been named the winner of 2013’s Best Art Vinyl Award.

Art Vinyl pubished a shortlist of 50 album covers in November and winners were decided by a public vote. Paul Jackson’s artwork for Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip’s Repent Replenish Repeat came second, followed by Leif Podhajsky’s design for Bonobo album The North Borders.

Big TV features an oil painting by artist Michael Kagan, one of a series he created in 2010 depicting astronauts. Kagan met with the band early last year and says he could tell immediately “how connected they felt to the painting and how important it was for them to use it…there is a nice cohesiveness between all of the images used and the songs and feel of the album,” he adds.

Art Vinyl award founder Andrew Heeps says the public’s choice was a clear indication of vinyl’s popularity as an affordable art form – apparently, more than a quarter of all vinyl records are sold as wall art.

“In an era with a heavy focus on the digital music format, it is interesting to see that the public prefers such a traditional artistic technique as oil on canvas to associate with music,” he adds.

The cover for Big TV, art directed by Gerard Saint and Markus Karlsson, was the only one of the top three to feature an existing image: both Podhajsky and Jackson’s designs were created in collaboration with the musicians whose work they represent.

Jackson’s cover is a visual representation of the act of rapping and the album’s title. Dan le Sac and Scroobius Pip are represented by their favourite animals – a panda and a lion.

“I came up with the idea of them vomiting a whole world of stuff – essentially representing what Scroobius Pip does – vomiting words and ideas into a microphone. The idea seemed visually arresting and interesting enough to turn heads – which to me is what a good album cover does,” says Jackson.

Podhajsky’s cover for The North Borders started out as a traditional ‘clean photo’ like Bonobo’s previous album, Black Sands, he says. “[But] I snuck some more abstract ideas in which I thought could really fit the mood of the album, which Simon [Green, Bonobo] responded to,” he adds.

Podhajsky also worked on the vinyl artwork for single releases from the album including Cirrus, which came with a zoetrope picture disc (a device creating the illusion of movement) and the artwork for Mount Kimbie album Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, (below) also shortlisted for the Best Art Vinyl Award:

The shortlist received a mixed response when it was announced in November but each of the winning designs, while disparate, feature imagery that’s both striking and memorable. It’s also the second time a space-themed cover has won the Best Art Vinyl Award – Richard Robinson’s design for Klaxons album Surfing the Void (below), featuring photography by Mads Perch, was the public’s favourite in 2010.

See this year’s full shortlist at bestartvinyl.com

Inside the World’s Biggest Tree House

Alors que nous avions déjà pu vous parler de ce projet sur Fubiz, voici de nouvelles images de la plus grande cabane au monde. Pensée et réalisée par l’américain Horace Burgess, cette maison située à Crossville (Tennessee) a coûté seulement 12 000 $, mais a demandé un énorme investissement de temps.

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Blade 350 QX Quadcopter: A GoPro-compatible remote controlled aircraft for seasoned armchair pilots and beginners alike

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OMA’s temporary auditorium at Selfridges features mirrored walls and an Op Art floor

Architecture firm OMA has designed a temporary auditorium for the basement of London department store Selfridges (+ slideshow).

The Imaginarium at Selfridges by OMA

Called the Imaginarium, the space will be used to host talks, debates and lectures during the Festival of Imagination, which opens in the store on 16 January.

The Imaginarium at Selfridges by OMA

The installation will feature a circular “amphitheatre” contained within a polycarbonate wall. Other walls in the space will be clad in mirrors while the floor will be painted in an Op Art-style pattern of black and white stripes, which will be applied using a road-painting machine.

The Imaginarium at Selfridges by OMA

“We asked Rem [Koolhaas of OMA] to do it and he said yes,” said Carlotta Jacoby, senior visual project manager at Selfridges. “It’s quite a simple design but with the mirrored walls it’s going to be pretty bonkers”.

The Imaginarium at Selfridges by OMA

The stepped amphitheatre will seat up to 72 people. OMA has also designed the furniture for the space and a folding screen that will be used during talks. Columns will be painted with green-screen paint.

The Imaginarium will host daily events during the Festival of Imagination – a store-wide festival that will “explore the nature, power and positive impact of imagination”. It will occupy the Ultralounge in the basement of the store, which is located on Oxford Street in central London.

Festival of Imagination at Selfridges

The festival also features the Imagine Shop, a pop-up store curated by Dezeen that will showcase future-facing products and will contain an augmented reality watch store and an augmented reality model of a yacht designed by Zaha Hadid.

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Dezeen’s Imagine Shop at Selfridges features augmented-reality watch store and Zaha yacht

Dezeen has teamed up with London department store Selfridges to present a futuristic concept store, featuring an augmented-reality watch store and a walkaround digital model of Zaha Hadid’s £300 million superyacht (+ slideshow).

Jazz Unique Circle Superyacht by Zaha Hadid for Blohm and Voss
The Imagine Shop will feature an augmented reality model of Zaha Hadid’s Jazz yacht

The Jazz superyacht designed by Hadid for German shipbuilder Blohm + Voss (pictured above) will be the biggest and most expensive item ever sold at Selfridges.

Visitors will be able to explore an augmented reality scale model of the 90-metre yacht using a tablet computer. A representative of Blohm + Voss will fly over to London to discuss purchase options with potential customers.

The installation is part of The Imagine Shop, which opens on the ground floor at Selfridges on Monday 6 January and runs until 2 March as part of the Festival of Imagination – a store-wide festival that will “explore the nature, power and positive impact of imagination”.

Augmented reality Dezeen Watch Store at Selfridges
The augmented reality technology at the Imagine Shop has been developed by Inition

Curated by Dezeen, the Imagine Shop will showcase future-facing products and explore how augmented reality could be used in future to create an immersive retail experience.

Augmented reality Dezeen Watch Store at Selfridges
Customers can virtually try on a range of watches from the Dezeen Watch Store collection

Large items like cars, yachts or houses can be experienced virtually, existing only as digital models on a tablet or smartphone, but anchored to a physical location via a 2D “marker” pattern that tells the software where to place the object. This means customers can walk round, and even through, objects as if they were really there.

Digital Natives vases by Matthew Plummer Fernandez
Products in the shop will include Matthew Plummer Fernandez’s Digital Natives vases

As well as the yacht, the shop will feature an augmented reality Dezeen Watch Store pop-up, where customers will be able to virtually try on a range of watches.

NOVA Shoe by Zaha Hadid for United Nude at Selfridges
Zaha Hadid’s NOVA shoes for United Nude will also be on sale

By wrapping a paper “marker” around their wrist and looking at a screen, customers will see the watches modelled on their wrists in real time.

Springs 3D-printed glasses by Ron Arad for pq
Springs 3D-printed glasses by Ron Arad for pq

Other products on sale in the store will be grouped in three categories: Future Beauty, featuring objects that express a futuristic aesthetic; Future Life, including new product typologies we may use in the future; and Wearable Technology.

Shine wearable activity monitor by Misfit
Shine wearable activity monitor by Misfit

“Dezeen has long been a rich source of reference and inspiration for the creative teams at Selfridges, and we’re delighted to finally be collaborating with them on such a uniquely imaginative project,” said Linda Hewson, director of creative and windows at Selfridges.

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Rendering of the Imagine Shop at Selfridges

The augmented reality technology has been provided by London 3D technology company Inition. “Inition is excited about the opportunity bringing our emerging technology production experience to present a world-acclaimed architect’s designs in a retail setting,” said Inition producer Ainsley Henn.

He added: “Being able to walk around a spectacular Zaha Hadid yacht as it ‘floats’ in front of you is very different to flicking through a traditional brochure. As far as we are aware, this is the most expensive retail item to be promoted in such a way.”

Imagine Shop at Selfridges curated by Dezeen
Product display area at the Imagine Shop at Selfridges

Festival of Imagination is at Selfridges, 400 Oxford Street, London W1A 1AB from 16 January. The Imagine Shop is open from 6 January.   

Festival of Imagination at Selfridges

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You’ll Forget That Johnson Tsang’s Surreal Ceramics Are Actually Fully Functioning Cups and Bowls

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Johnson Tsang takes the common bowl or cup to the next level. His ceramic housewares constantly bring deeper meaning to dining receptacles, far past simply housing your tea and soup. He’s even managed to make a spitting face look surprisingly appetizing.

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Tsang—who lives and creates in Hong Kong—has a whole portfolio full of captivating faces and figures. His website serves as an ongoing chronicle of works-in-progress, a sequence of shots from first coils to finished products like these:

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Make an Impact by Protecting Against it. Join D30 as a Product Designer or Engineer

Work for D30!

D3O is a dynamic, exciting and maturing company with an ever increasing portfolio of patented, branded material technologies split into three categories: Impact Protection, Comfort and Cushioning, and Footwear. Their premium material and product solutions are used extensively in Military and Law Enforcement, Medical and Industrial, Footwear and Electronics markets, not to mention the 2006 Winter Olympics.

For all you energetic, organised and ambitious Product Designers and Engineers our there, D30 is eager to bring you on board so you can strut your stuff and make their portfolio even better. This is the perfect opportunity for someone with 3 – 5 years experience in a related industry, knowledge of various types of manufacturing equipment and their limitations, plus a knack for building relationships with customers and the sales team. Apply Now.

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