Charli XCX’s hit “Boys” has been given an acoustic remix which borders on chill-wave. Softer and sweeter than the original—thanks in part to that video game “ca-ching” being left out—this version works perfectly with all that cute boy-crazy innocence……
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Everything that ever stopped you from getting a manicure is alleviated at LA-based Côte’s first East Coast shop. First off, it doesn’t feel like a typical salon. Four small tables are tucked away far away from the window, surrounded……
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Dezeen promotion: architects, designers and students are invited to submit projects to this year’s Tile of Spain Awards, whose previous winners include a courtyard covered in pale yellow bricks.
Now in its 16th edition, the Tile of Spain Awards – organised by the Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturer’s Association – recognises international projects that make the best use of Spanish-made ceramics.
A total prize fund of €39,000 (approximately £36,080) will be spread across the three categories, which celebrate architecture, interior design and a final degree project by an architecture student.
This year, the winners of the two main prizes – Architecture and Interior Design – will each receive €17,000 (£15,727), while the winner of the Final Degree Project prize will receive €5,000 (£4,625).
Architect Iñaki Ábalos, founder of architecture firm Abalos + Sentkiewicz, will lead this year’s judging panel, which includes Victor Navarro, founder of Spanish studio Langarita-Navarro Arquitectos; Barcelona designer Martín Azúa; and Portuguese architect Ricardo Bak Gordon.
Also featuring on the jury is architect Ángela García de Paredes of Madrid-based studio Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos – the winner of last year’s architecture category.
Paredes’ studio was commended for its use of ceramics in the transformation of three dilapidated buildings in Spain, where yellow brickwork covers the floors and rundown brick walls to create a light-filled patio between two new residences.
Spanish studio Ibon Salaberria won the 2016 interior design prize for a restaurant it designed with white tiles that cover the floor and tables. The TABA eatery is located inside Tabakalera – a contemporary cultural centre in San Sebastián, northern Spain.
Last year’s student prize was awarded to M Wesam Al Asali, a graduate of the University of Cambridge. Asali was commended for his project titled In-Situ – a small pavilion of three vaulted structures made entirely from brick.
Entry to this year’s awards is free and submissions are being accepted until 24 October 2017. Projects entered must have been completed between January 2015 and October 2017.
For further information and to download the application forms to enter, visit the Tile of Spain Awards website.
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A pure white shed-like structure sandwiched between two brick buildings is one of several installations that have popped up along a main thoroughfare in Columbus, Indiana.
The series of Washington Street Installations was created for the Exhibit Columbus festival, which opened last weekend in the city – an unlikely mecca for modernist architecture that was recently used as the subject of a movie by director Kogonada.
For the project, curated by local designer Jonathan Nesci, five international galleries were asked to choose a designer or studio to create a temporary intervention that responded to the busy street.
Chicago’s Volume Gallery selected New York-based Snarkitecture, which inserted a white gabled-roof shelter in an alleyway between two existing brick buildings. The Playhouse is designed to look longer than it actually is, and has benches along its two sides for members of the public to use.
“Using forced perspective to create the illusion of unexpected depth, Playhouse is an immersive environment open to all, but only fully able to be explored by children due to the diminishing scale,” said the project’s organisers.
Amsterdam duo Formafantasma was picked by London materials company Dzek. Their Stairway to Columbus installation made from glazed volcanic brick incorporates a window, and is located outside the Heritage Fund building.
“Over the course of Exhibit Columbus, this window will serve as a mini-museum, sharing rarely seen documents, architectural models, and other local historical gems curated by Formafantasma and Tricia Gilson of Columbus’ Architectural Archives,” the organisers said.
Cody Hoyt, a Brooklyn designer chosen by New York-based Patrick Parrish Gallery, has used coloured concrete tiles to brighten up the street corner at Seventh and Washington. The locally produced, triangular bricks mimic the colours of Alexander Girard-designed seat cushions at the Miller House and Garden – architect Eero Saarinen‘s famous residence in the city.
“Hoyt [has created] a vibrant motif that invites visitors to imagine new ways to use this corner as a platform for events and happenings,” said the team.
For the final two interventions, Danish studio Pettersen & Hein has added a range of colourful concrete street furniture, while Mexico City’s Productora has designed nine circular seats that fit around existing architectural elements along the street.
Pettersen & Hein was put forward by Copenhagen gallery Etage Projects, and Productora’s involvement was Brussels-based Maniera‘s idea.
Exhibit Columbus runs until 26 November 2017. Other installations created for the event include a circle of stones arranged across a field by ArandaLasch.
Photography is by Hadley Fruits.
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This year’s Burning Man festival is in full swing in the Nevada desert, where revellers are sharing photos of the architectural and sculptural projects they have built on the dusty site.
Almost 70,000 attendees have constructed their temporary settlement known as Black Rock City on the arid plain, where they will live from 27 August to 4 September 2017.
Although internet connectivity is limited, hundreds of images showing the complex and intricate installations have emerged on Instagram – giving those at home a peek at life on the “playa”.
Some of the most impressive structures and artworks for 2017, created around the theme of Radical Ritual, include the pagoda-shaped pavilion housing the huge wooden man that will be burnt at the end of the festival.
Equally grand is this year’s Temple – designed by Steven Brummond, Marisha Farnsworth and Mark Sinclair from Oakland, California – which is built from stacked wooden bars.
Other designers attending this year include Ralph Nauta from Studio Drift, who has installed the interactive Tree of Ténéré. The tree lights up based on three swarm algorithms, which react to the movement, heartbeat and eye blinks of those wearing headsets.
Alex Josephson of Toronto firm Partisans has also travelled to Nevada for the event, and is documenting his first Burning Man experience via his Instagram account.
Some of the most photographed artworks so far include a 30-foot-tall (nine-metre) wooden owl called Múcaro, created by Los Angeles based El Nino, and Zachary Coffin‘s Temple of Gravity that comprises huge stones suspended from five thin steel arms.
Burning Man was founded by Larry Harvey on a San Francisco beach in 1986, before he moved the festival to the desert in 1991. The city is built in a horseshoe layout, which Harvey said was crucial to the event’s success during an interview with Dezeen in 2015.
Since 1998, Canadian photographer NK Guy has been documenting the artworks built each year before they quickly vanish after a few days.
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“Known as the âMuseum of Play,â inside, youâll find a colorful collection of more than 500,000 objects that represent the history of toys and games in the United States. From board games to videos games, dolls to Pez dispensers, Barbies to Furbies to yo-yos and moreâif you can play with it, youâll find it here.”..(Read…)
Matt Stonie tests how quickly he can devour 100 St. Louis-style barbecue pork spare ribs, that equal a whopping 15,395 calorie…(Read…)
Samsung releases a massive new display, a 49″ CHG90 Curved QLED Gaming Monitor.($1,500) The 32:9 aspect ratio monitor has a total resolution of 3840 x 1080 and has an LED-backlit display. It also features Quantum Dot technology that can render a billon colors, HDR, a 144Hz refresh rate for a smoother picture, and AMD Radeon FreeSync 2 support…(Read…)
News Be Funny presents a collection of the funny live TV news broadcasts in the month of August 2017…(Read…)
The company unveiled the Nest Thermostat E, the latest installment in its line of thermostats. Like its predecessors, the Thermostat E can be controlled via the company’s Nest smartphone app, but comes with a dramatically different design and a lower price than the company’s flagship Thermostat. The Nest Thermostat E is designed to “subtly blend” into its environment, Nest said in a statement. The Thermostat E trades swaps out the black and silver for a frosted display that’s surrounded in a polycarbonate white ring that’s designed to feel like ceramic. The Thermostat E displays the current temperature as you walk toward it and disappears as you walk away. This all works just like the original Nest did and can be adjusted from virtually any PC, tablet, or smartphone and voice-activated devices like Google Home and Amazon Alexa. Available now, the Nest Thermostat E costs $169, making it slightly cheaper than the traditional Nest thermostat, which currently retails for $249…(Read…)
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