Amy Cosper, editor in chief of Entrepreneur, is leaving the magazine. Cosper served as the magazine’s editor since 2007.
Cosper also served as vp of Entrepreneur Media. She first joined the company in 1995.
Cosper tweeted that her post-Entrepreneur plans included “writing books, speaking, documentaries and a very long motorcycle ride.”
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been in the kitchen cooking over numerous pots and pans trying to remove lids, find a place to lay them down and making more of a mess than intended all while burning my fingers from the steam. We’ve all been there and have all found a way to just try and make it work.
Well fear no more, no more messy counter space, no more burned fingers, because now we have the LidSitter. The name says it all. The LidSitters awesomely unique design works with virtually all pots and pans and allows you to place lids, and other cooking utensils on the rims of pots and pans when not needed.
The LidSitter is made of a stainless steel wire-form and a nylon handle. Both materials are safe for both electric and gas stoves. Its even dishwasher safe! The spring style form allows for easy attachment to the top of the lid while securely holding it in place, you simply attach the LidSitter to the top and rest it on the side of the pan. All water, heat and stem is released back into the pan and away from counter space – so no more messy cleanup.
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Designer: Khanh Bui
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Découvrez aujourd’hui le travail du photographe californien Mike Dempsey. Ces quelques clichés tirés de son projet Gravity mettent en scène des personnes défiant les lois de la nature. Des situations inattendues et surréalistes, à l’esthétique léchée, en noir et blanc.
Brexit crisis: architects have reported concerns over the future of their businesses in the first major survey of confidence levels since the EU referendum.
The first Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) Future Trends survey since the referendum found crashing confidence levels among large and small architecture firms for the first time since 2012 – despite current healthy growth in actual work.
“While a very small number of practices stated that they have seen projects cancelled or postponed as a direct result of the referendum outcome, the sense is that the fall in our index reflects anxiety about the future impact of the decision rather than an immediate change in the workload pipeline,” said the RIBA‘s executive director for members, Adrian Dobson.
“Only time will tell if this change in sentiment is an overreaction to political events, but this fall in the RIBA Future Trends Workload Index must be a cause for some concern,” he added.
The latest edition of the monthly survey was completed by RIBA members in the weeks after the referendum.
Its Future Workload Index hit -7 – a figure calculated as the difference between architects who said their workload would increase and those who said it would decrease. In June it was +22.
Related story: “Architects becoming more cautious over future workloads” – RIBA Future Trends Survey
The drop was more extreme among large firms, with the Future Workload Index reaching -33. London architects were the most pessimistic.
But figures for actual work in progress showed workloads increasing by 3 per cent, and most respondents said they did not expect their staffing levels to change in the near future.
“Our survey very much seems to reflect anxiety about Brexit implications rather than any immediate falling off in growth of revenues from architectural services,” said the RIBA, which launched the Future Trends survey in 2009 to monitor business and employment trends among architects in the UK.
“We seem to be in a wait and see position for many practices at present,” it added. “The RIBA Future Trends survey has recorded a continuous increase in the value of work in progress since mid-2013, and the profession has been increasing in economic strength with staffing levels also rising strongly.”
“At the moment the sense is one of a profession pausing for reflection to see if that momentum will continue or not.”
A number of firms have reported projects going on hold, staff losses and recruitment freezes in the aftermath of the leave vote.
In July, UK firms Make and Sheppard Robson revealed they had cut jobs due to client uncertainty after the EU Referendum, and architecture giant BDP froze recruitment at its London office. Last month, Grimshaw reported that it was letting go of staff, while an Irish firm said it was shutting its London office.
In June, leading architects including Amanda Levete and Alison Brooks joined Dezeen for a design summit to discuss ideas for helping the sector make the most of Brexit. Some of these have now been submitted to create a manifesto to present to the government.
Architects are often at the sharp end of an economic slowdown, with the health of the sector reliant on the wider construction industry.
Recent data released by the Office for National Statistics has shown that the construction industry was heading for a recession before the results of the EU referendum were announced.
In April, May and June, the construction industry’s output shrank by 0.4 per cent, despite an overall economic growth for the UK of 0.6 per cent.
Construction body the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) has said that sector activity is now dropping at its fastest rate since 2009 due to uncertainty around Brexit.
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This pair of stilted wooden huts are set among poplar and hawthorn trees in a stretch of woodland at the foot of Mount Wuling in Beijing‘s Miyun District (+ slideshow).
Designed by local micro-architecture specialists Wee Studio, the tiny huts have a combined floor area of just 8 square metres.
They host a tearoom, a bedroom and bathroom, and are set on either side of a wooden deck facing a stream.
The walls and pointy roofs of the structures are clad in lengths of recycled timber to help them blend with their woodland setting.
The project, named The Treehouse, has no clients and was completely financed through internet crowdfunding – a public funding method growing in popularity among architects and designers.
“The building of Treehouse is about the subtle relationship between nature and inhabitation, as well as an exploration about how to achieve architecture in the era of internet,” explained the studio.
“At the end of 2015, we initiated a crowdfunding on the internet which had a great response in a short time,” added the architects.
“The practice is about inviting more people with the same interests into the process of design and construction and having fun with it.”
The tearoom features a full-height window framing a view of the stream to the north, while a smaller window points westward into the woods.
The inner walls of the tearoom are lined in plywood, and the floor is covered in tatami matting, a common material choice for Japanese-style tearooms.
While by day the space is used for tea drinking and illuminated by a skylight in the apex of the roof, at night it can be converted into a bedroom.
“The full-size glass to the floor brings the view of trees and cliff into the tearoom, where you can read, rest, drink and even encounter squirrels sometimes,” said the architects. “You can enjoy the shadow of trees and leaves as well as the sky if lying down.”
The second, smaller structure is used as a bathroom and is lined in warm-toned timber planks. It features angular fittings that slot into the structure’s irregularly shaped walls.
Doors are recessed into the walls of the huts to offer users a step up from the deck, which they partially rest on. The deck itself is stilted like the huts and can be accessed by climbing up on large rock.
The steel-framed structures were prefabricated in a factory, and transported and reassembled on site. Insulation in the walls, and an in-built heating system, means the huts can be used even during winter months, when the peaks of Mount Wuling are occasionally cloaked in snow.
Japanese studio NAP designed a similar woodland development in Japan’s Tochigi Prefecture, modelling each room as a “pointy hat”.
Architect Issei Suma also used this pointed form to create a cluster of teepee-shaped buildings to provide accommodation for elderly people.
Photography is by Sun Haiting of Roadside Alien Studio.
Project credits:
Architects: Wee Studio
Project architect: Zhao Sheng
Design team: Dai Haifei, Zhang Yanping, Zhao Sheng
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Avec sa fille, la photographe Kelly Than imagine de nouvelles visions fantastiques pour la série I have a dream. Petit particularité à savoir: elle ne travaille qu’avec des applications mobiles pour iPhone ou iPad. Vous pouvez d’ailleurs découvrir ses nombreuses créations sur son compte Instagram.
Installée dans le Wisconsin aux Etats-Unis, Carly Dellger a développé une forme originale de tapis telle qu’un oeuf ou encore un cactus. Depuis 2012, l’artiste américain propose sur son Etsy shop «SurfaceWerks» des pièces qu’elle modélise elle-même. Amusants et colorés, ces objets sont uniques et réalisés à base de matériaux recyclés.
Israeli interior designer Dalit Lilienthal has renovated this 65-square-metre apartment in Tel Aviv to accommodate the needs of a young, growing family (+ slideshow).
The original interior walls were removed inside the apartment, which sits in a 70-year-old building and was once the client’s grandmother’s.
Lilienthal designed a new layout that would suit the clients, a couple with one child who are planning for a second.
The previous layout was closed and segmented, with living spaces sectioned off from the main entrance.
Related story: Five of the best apartment renovations in Tel Aviv
The new layout has an open-plan kitchen, living and dining room. It has been decorated with warm white walls, mid-century furnishings and accessories that introduce soft, pastel colours.
The flat still has only two bedrooms, but the kids’ room is large enough for more than one occupant. At its entrance, the bedroom has two sliding doors, which take up less space than a hinged door. These also help create a free flow between the room and the rest of the flat.
The children’s and parent’s room are separated by the bathroom, offering each more privacy than in the flat’s former layout.
“In this small apartment, where each square centimetre is significant, the space is designed to meet their needs for practicality and space,” said Lilienthal. “A strong concept of simplicity allows this family of three enough room to evolve.”
Lilienthal’s decor is minimal to allow for this evolution. She also added custom cabinetry to optimise the storage space available in the apartment.
The flat is the latest in a wave of Tel Aviv apartments to be transformed with contemporary interiors by local architects and designers.
These range from Ranaan Stern’s sprawling, four-bedroom apartment arranged around a long corridor to Maayan Zusman’s petite home filled with custom storage.
Photography is by Galit Deutsch.
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Some cliches are cliches for a reason, and that certainly is the case with “kids say the darndest things.” Science of Us interviewed eight-year-olds from Brooklyn to Charlottesville, Seattle to Chicago, and the results are (unsurprisingly) hilarious……
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I love Cuckoo clocks, they have always fascinated me since I was a child. My dad used to travel to Germany and brought one back when I was small and it was such a fun addition to the home. I’ve always wanted one my self, but the design of the older models just didn’t fit well with my home design style. Until now!
Intenxiv design group has created a modern take on the Cuckoo Clock. Their reason for chaining up the style is that they believe that since birds live in trees, that the clock should reflect that more so than a similar design style of a human house. So they created a tree like burrow for the cuckoo bird to live in on your wall.
The white clock face is on the sliced cylinder face which is angled for easily reading the time with a white hour hand and a blue minute hand. Each hour, the beautiful, blue bird comes out of his little burrow to sing a sweet song each hour – just like the older version of the clock. A great modern twist to an old classic.
Designer: Intenxiv Studio
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