Jul 13
Jul 13
Official Trailer for âAsh vs Evil Deadâ, A Horror Sitcom Sequel to the âEvil Deadâ Films ( Video )
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Jul 13
Impressive Dragons Made Out Of Driftwood
Posted in: UncategorizedBasé aux Philippines, l’artiste James Doran-Webb crée d’impressionnantes sculptures de dragons en bois flottant, perchés sur un arbre ou sur le dôme d’une coupole. Éco-responsable, il se fournit en matériel auprès de collecteurs locaux, aidant ainsi les villages voisins. Figées, ces fantastiques créatures semblaient s’apprêter à déployer les ailes et cracher du feu avant d’être fossilisées.
Jul 13
Color Photography by Joel Meyerowitz
Posted in: UncategorizedLe photographe Joel Meyerowitz est connu pour ses noirs et blancs qu’il effectuait jusqu’au début des années 70. En 1972 il choisi définitivement d’adopter la couleur et d’offrir ainsi une nouvelle vision de la « street photography ». Certains le décrivent comme l’artiste ayant démocratisé l’usage de la couleur en photographie alors que jusqu’à cette période les maîtres de l’art comme Henri Cartier-Bresson utilisaient uniquement le monochrome.
Jul 13
Google Logo Turned into Functional Search Bar
Posted in: UncategorizedBasée à Los Angeles, Dana Kim a ré-imaginé le logo Google en une barre de recherche fonctionnelle. De manière simple et efficace, Les deux « o » sont combinés et étendus de façon à créer la barre dans laquelle il suffit de taper sa recherche. Dana a ensuite décliné le logo en l’appliquant à plusieurs supports, constituant ainsi une identité visuelle complete.
Jul 13
Concrete blocks frame a private sculpture collection at Balmoral House in Sydney
Posted in: UncategorizedThe concrete volumes that make up this house on Sydney’s seafront are arranged in a bridging formation to frame sculptures belonging to its art-collector residents (+ slideshow).
Architects Clinton Murray and Polly Harbison, based in Melbourne and Sydney respectively, used large expanses of concrete to create a neutral-toned backdrop for the richly textured and brightly coloured artworks in the clients’ collection.
The void created between the overlapping blocks form a plinth for a figurative sculpture, while windows on the concrete facades frame artworks within the house.
“The form of the concrete building creates a framed window from the street, through a sculpture court, to the water views beyond,” said the architects. “Art and views are shared with the street.”
The house stands on a hill opposite a beach in the Mosman area of Sydney. The beach and sloping suburbs that surrounds it take their name from Balmoral Castle – the Scottish summer residence of the British royal family.
Named Balmoral House, the building itself is based on a piece by Isamu Noguchi, a Japanese-American abstract sculptor who also designed furniture for Herman Miller.
The sculptor’s work focuses on a play between solid and void – a theme that led to the design of the house’s bridging shape.
“Our clients are passionate supporters of the arts and they embraced conceiving of their home as a sculpture on the site,” explained Harbinson and Murray. “The initial design was inspired by a work by Isamu Noguchi, a sculpture that is a play on solid and void.”
“Central to the design is how the building contributes to this beautiful location and surroundings,” they added. “Boxes shift orientation to respond to views, the sun and privacy requirements.”
The four concrete and glass blocks each contain different functions. The largest features a wide glazed living area. It spans two base blocks, containing a gym and bedrooms, to create the bridge.
The blocks are also positioned at angles to suit the unevenly shaped site, as well as to provide the best views of the shoreline and gardens.
Bars of concrete set into the gently sloping grounds provide shallow steps that weave among the sculptures.
Inside, timber doors, floors and cabinetry help to visually break up the rawness of the concrete surfaces. A staircase with matching timber treads links the floors.
The tall concrete stairwell creates a space for displaying large-scale artworks, including a hanging wire sculpture and a long slice of timber with decorative markings.
Bedrooms, utility rooms and a gym are split between the two blocks that form the base layer of the building, while the entrance on the upper ground floor provides access to the glazed lounge and dining room.
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The glazing slides back, linking the dining room to a elevated terrace with sea views.
A large master bedroom suite is housed within the fourth block, offering panoramic views out over the treetops.
Photography is by Brett Boardman.
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Jul 13
Design Systems uses low lighting and marble to create "cold and lonely" mood inside Tuve hotel
Posted in: UncategorizedAtmospheric photographs of a Swedish lake provided the reference material for this Hong Kong hotel, which Design Systems has lined with flecked marble and textured concrete (+ slideshow).
A hotelier approached the Hong Kong design studio with a set of images by Danish architectural and landscape photographer Kim Høltermand.
The Tuve photoset, after which the hotel is named, features misty lake-side scenes and half submerged rocks.
Høltermand describes his images as having a “cold and lonely” mood – a feeling Design Systems tried to capture through the use of mottled grey materials in the 66-room boutique hotel in Hong Kong’s Eastern District.
“The client would like to differentiate the hotel by rarity,” explained Design Systems’ Harriet Ka Ling Li.
“Endorsing an alternative understanding of rarity, we refrained from using the most exotic materials and the most exquisite fabrics or designer furniture to create a luxurious hotel.”
Each of the £200-per-night rooms features grey marble, concrete and timber surfaces, while bathrooms have walls with swirling grey and white patterns.
Doors made from gridded reinforced glass give the domestic spaces an appearance more akin to offices.
“We choose to use relatively common materials such as concrete, galvanised mild steel, brass, oak and wired glass,” said Li.
“The challenge is to enhance the materials’ natural beauty and unleash design possibilities. We do so by exploring material textures with surface treatment techniques, and by use of lighting.”
“We feel that the term luxury has much been vulgarised nowadays,” she continued. “Rather, we prefer the term refinement. Refinement goes beyond the surface.”
An arched entrance hall by a set of battered metal doors leads from the street into the lobby. Its curving walls feature board-marked concrete and the floor is of smooth slabs of grey-veined marble.
Low-level lighting along the base of the concrete walls guides the way along the gloomy tunnel-like space to a set of imposing metal gates.
“We have created a sequence of fantastical scenes, starting from the patrons’ arrival, through the entrance gate into the solemn corridor; via the lift to the reception lobby, and the tranquil room-level lift lobby,” said Li.
“Such choreography of spatial surprises prepares the patrons for the room, the destination.”
Speckled lighting illuminates the hotel lobby, where a reception desk sits below a perforated metal ceiling. A pair of lifts transport guests to the suites above, which are linked by a network of stark-white corridors.
In each of the rooms, a pale wooden box opens to reveal a desk and minibar. A door folds from the side of the cabinet to reveal shelves with tea-making equipment, while a lid lifts from the top to allow access to the desk and a chair.
Patches of carpet placed below the cabinets provide a homely accent that contrasts the hard materials used elsewhere. Larger suites with integrated tables feature desktop versions of the minibar.
“By unfolding the spaces and details layer by layer, the patrons will be able to discover the hotel’s refinement and hidden beauty, making the sojourn an experience of serendipities,” said Li.
The rooms are furnished with stools made from lumps of roughly-hewn marble, while the surfaces of brass switch plates have been left to oxidise.
Wells moulded into the ceilings of the rooms hold disk-shaped uplights that emanate a soft yellow-tinged glow.
“Light is a universal design language that is able to induce emotional resonance in travellers of all cultures and genders,” said Li. “Either natural or artificial, it is the medium that allows materials to express their special qualities: to reveal textures, to shine, to cast shadows.”
Past projects by the studio include a Shenzhen penthouse featuring a lawn shaped like a miniature mountain range and a control room at Hong Kong’s international airport with a faceted ceiling.
Photography is by Matteo Carcelli and Design Systems.
Project credits:
Client: Tuve
Designer: Design Systems Ltd
Project Team: Lam Wai Ming, Kent Wing Kin Wong, Phoebe Wai Fung Chu, Zhang Xing, Kurt Kin Lung Chung, Fang Huanhuan
Sketches: Jada Jinglu Zheng
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Jul 13
Andrei Davidoff
Posted in: UncategorizedCaptured by Australian ceramic artist, Andrei Davidoff ‘s, smoke-curl brushwork on his white porcelain pieces. The calligraphy-like strokes and the dark stoneware clay in the series would create a pop against any item or food placed on them.
Andrei’s pieces can be seen as minimalist, which is not surprising with his love for Japanese ceramics and Scandinavian design.
Jul 13
Creative Fashion Sketches with Food
Posted in: UncategorizedBien que Gretchen Röehrs ne soit plus une enfant, elle continue à s’amuser avec la nourriture d’une manière aussi créative que ludique. Sur son Instagram, on peut voir des petites silhouettes épurées dont les vêtements sont complétés par des aliments tels que des peaux de bananes, des artichauts et bien d’autres éléments colorés.
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