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Father Figures stars Owen Wilson and Ed Helms answer the Internet’s most searched questions about themselves. Why does Ed Helms always sing? Is Owen Wilson related to Ellen DeGeneres? Did Ed Helms really lose a tooth?..(Read…)
Disney just released the first trailer for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, an upcoming 2018 fantasy film that’s based E.T.A. Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. The film stars Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Misty Copeland, Jack Whitehall, Helen Mirren, and Morgan Freeman, and comes to theaters on November 2nd, 2018.”All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key â a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift from her late mother. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyerâs (Morgan Freeman) annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted keyâwhich promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. Itâs there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip (Jayden Fowora-Knight), a gang of mice and the regents who preside over three Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers and Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren), to retrieve Claraâs key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world. “..(Read…)
Architecture firm Oiio has proposed a radical new form of transport for Los Angeles, which would see bubble-like cabins passed around on wheel bases that could follow roads and climb up buildings.
The Oto concept was created for the Automobility Designer/Developer Challenge 2017 at this year’s LA Auto Show, which asked participants to envision a future transportation method for the notoriously congested city.
Oiio identified that private vehicles include an engine, a cabin and a trunk, and that these elements cannot be used individually.
“The biggest disadvantage of the privately-owned car is the fact that it uses too many resources for too little effect,” said the New York-based studio. “When one or two persons are transported by car they utilise successfully the engine and two of the seats, but the remaining seats as well as the trunk, constitute wasted resources for that specific transportation period.”
Instead, they suggested that the car could be broken down into three separate components, and that people could just own a cabin.
This transparent pod would mount onto a powered, wheeled base only when necessary, to shuttle its user to their desired destination. Bases and cabins would be interchangeable.
“It is possible that, in the future, LA people would be able to own only the cabin and, through AI centrally controlled circulation, they could create a temporary assembly-unit, an ephemeral design, which would serve their ‘exact’ needs on demand,” said Oiio.
As well as horizontal transportation, the pods could also affix to track systems on the side, lifting them up the faces of buildings.
Oiio believes that combining auto-mobility and architecture would result in more efficiency and less waste – both in terms of space and resources – for the city.
“Los Angeles would then be able to invite its people and visitors to streets liberated from the old overflow of vehicles and ready to accommodate their ‘exact’ needs, no more, no less,” the studio said.
Ideas about car ownership have changed dramatically since the rise of ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft, but Oiio’s proposal takes this a leap further. Uber also has grand plans for the future, including a recently announced partnership with NASA that could seeing flying electric taxis in LA from 2020.
Oto was one of five finalists in the competition, and was presented during the event at the Los Angeles Convention Center, which took place from 30 November to 9 December 2017.
Among Oiio’s other fantastical visions are a conceptual skyscraper for Manhattan that loops over to boast length rather than height, and an plan to extend Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous Guggenheim Museum by extending its spiralling form up into the sky.
Photography and video are by Oiio studio.
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Spanish practice SelgasCano has extended the roof of the Second Home offices in east London, creating five studios with winding desks, and a terrace with a serpentine border of aquatic planting.
Madrid-based SelgasCano – run by José Selgas and Lucia Cano – was invited back to extend the offices it designed for the workspace provider Second Home inside a former carpet factory in Shoreditch in 2014.
The extension houses an additional five private offices – three of which have already been taken over by a company of 150, which outgrew its space in the building below.
Each of the five offices has its own private outdoor terrace with views over east London. The terraces feature wavy seating areas, and pools of water filled with aquatic planting.
The theme continues indoors, wheres office spaces feature integrated seating alongside winding banks of planting. The ceilings are covered in sinuous fins that echo the lines of the layout below.
The ceiling of the larger studio spaces are covered in 10,000 brightly coloured felt hats, which asides from their decorative effect, also act as sound baffles.
Second Home was co-founded by Sam Aldenton and Rohan Silva (former policy adviser to the prime minister).
The space has been so successful that the duo have already opened a second workspace in Lisbon. Another is also due to open in London’s Holland Park in January 2018, following Silva’s comments that west London is in need of cultural investment, and a fourth is planned for Hackney.
The offices are currently home to over 200 creative companies, including Kickstarter and Ernst & Young.
“Companies based at Second Home grow 10 times faster than the national average, which is why we’ve opened this beautiful rooftop space so we can support them from startup all the way through to being a major business with 150 employees,” claimed Silva.
“By harnessing aspects of nature – like the ponds and 800 plants – SelgasCano have created a place where teams can be happier, more creative and more productive, which is what Second Home is all about,” he added.
In addition to the private spaces, there is also a shared terrace and a cultural venue with a capacity of 150.
The 1,394 square metre space is furnished with mid-century chairs and lamps, as well as the SelgasCano-designed furniture.
“What’s so brilliant about SelgasCano’s designs is that everything has a purpose – like the way the felt hats increase the surface area of the ceiling and create a tranquil working environment for larger teams,” added Aldenton.
Photography is by Iwan Baan.
Project credits:
Client: Second Home
Architects: SelgasCano
Environmental engineer: Ritchie + Daffin
Contractors: E-Core, Laimar
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Cleverly using a human condition to correct behavior patterns, the OCD Switch creates a slight visual imbalance, enough to trigger your senses, and gets you to switch your lights, fans, and other electronic items off. Turning the switchboard into a background, and the switch itself into the foreground element, the OCD Switches by Pakaporn Teadtulkitikul make good use of 3D shapes and color blocks to create a balanced pattern that becomes imbalanced when you switch on your appliances.
In the ‘off’ position, the switches look just fine. However, after being switched on, the visual imbalance bothers us humans, since we have a tendency to favor symmetry and order… forcing them to turn the switch off the instant they’re done, just so that the mind can rest assured knowing that the order has been restored. The OCD Switches, although experimental, shine light on how we can use human psychology to encourage a particular type of human behavior (like putting a basketball hoop over a waste-paper bin)… and also in this case, save energy!
The OCD Switch is a winner of the Red Dot Design Concept Award for the year 2017.
Designer: Pakaporn Teadtulkitikul
With storms aplenty this year, Denmark-based design firm Third Nature has proposed a parking garage concept that manages excess water in cities, and more. Called Pop-Up, the parking garage resides underground—with public space on its top, outside section……
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A period of time that requires tremendous thought, the end of year holidays stimulate creative behavior from decor and design to gift giving and, let’s be honest, time management. All the while, traditional, nostalgia-laden experiences appear around……
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German architecture firm Barkow Leibinger has wrapped an angular showroom and office building on the outskirts of Chicago in weathering steel.
The building is for Trumpf, a German manufacturer of high-tech machinery, laser technology and other electronic tools. Named Smart Factory, the structure combines office spaces with production facilities and a showroom in two rectangular volumes.
The structure is covered in pre-weathered Corten steel and measures 57,000 square feet (5,300 square metres), with massive glazed walls and exposed beams adding to the industrial aesthetic.
The rust-coloured sheeting references the industrial past of the region, known as Rust Belt, which surrounds America’s Great Lakes. Chicago sits at the western edge of the belt.
The area was once a booming hub for steel production, but has seen an economic and population decline since heavy industry has dwindled over the past few decades. Today, high-tech companies are beginning to replace the former factories.
“The history of the Rust Belt as the oldest and largest industrial region in the USA is brought together with computer-controlled high-tech production,” said Barkow Leibinger.
The factory is situated in the countryside near Chicago O’Hare International Airport, among many other manufacturing and warehouse buildings.
“Against the backdrop of the surrounding industrial zones, its immediate setting appears almost idyllic: organised into two large volumes, the building gently slopes back towards a large retention pond, a reservoir within the wetlands surrounded by lawns,” said the architecture firm.
“With a robust and elegant steel-glass construction, it connects the suburban ‘strip’ – characterised by fast-food culture, shopping centres and gas stations – with the design language of local campus and industrial buildings by Albert Kahn and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.”
The two rectangular units are linked at their corners, with additional outdoor areas at these joints. The north-facing volume includes an interior courtyard surrounded by offices, a cafe and an auditorium.
The south-facing unit houses a showroom and demonstration factory space, with digital machines that map out the entire production process, from ordering parts to design, manufacture and delivery.
Inside the showroom, a glazed wall runs along an entire section and spans 39 feet (12 metres) in height, allowing natural light to flood the space. Black steel, polished concrete floors, charred-wood walls and metal panels decorate the interiors.
Another internal feature are the custom-made steel trusses that span the ceiling. Eleven in total, these hefty structures are laser-cut and measure approximately 146 feet (45 metres) long. A raised footbridge runs along them, allowing for more viewpoints of the filigreed metalwork.
“With a height ranging from 4.5 metres to about 13 metres, the building integrates itself into its environment, a natural grassland with loose groupings of trees,” the firm said.
Corten steel is a popular choice for architects designing or revamping industrial buildings. Other examples of its use include a Toronto warehouse transformed into a creative workspace and a gas compressor station in southern Denmark.
Photography is by Steve Hall at Hall Merrick Photographers.
Project credits:
Lead architects: Barkow Leibinger, Frank Barkow and Regine Leibinger
Architecture team: Heiko Krech (project architect), Johannes Beck, Jordan Berta, Carles Figueras, Cecilia Fossati, Andreas Moling, Antje Steckhan, Daniel Toole, Alexa Tsien-Shiang, Annette Wagner, and Jens Wessel
Architect of record: Heitman Architects
General contractor: McShane Construction Company
Project managers: Lendlease
Structural Engineers: Knippers Helbig, and KJWW Engineering Consultants
Climate and energy design, mechanical and electrical engineer: KJWW Engineering Consultants
Façade consultant: Knippers Helbig
Lighting design: Studio Dinnebier
Landscape architects: Capatti Staubach, and Gary R Weber Associates
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From a carol singing, poetry-inspired installation to a tree made from multicoloured plasticine, we’ve rounded up some of our favourite takes on the traditional Christmas pine to get you in the festive spirit.
The Connaught Christmas tree by Tracey Emin
For London’s Connaught hotel, artist Tracey Emin decorated a Christmas tree with purple neon lights that spell out a love poem written in her distinctive handwriting.
The lights read “What I give to you is all that I have. An open wanting deep in the layers of my heart, and in return, I catch your smile, the greatest gift of all.” A glowing angel sits atop the tree as an ode to the artist’s mother who died last year.
The Singing Tree by Es Devlin
This “singing” Christmas tree by set designer Es Devlin emits audio-visual carols using thousands of words collected from the public, and sound algorithms trained on 25 million words of 19th-century poetry.
Made for the V&A, each visitor to the museum is encouraged to contribute a word to the tree. An interactive choir of human and synthesised voices accompanies the carols.
Sledge Christmas tree by Hello Wood
Hungarian architecture studio Hello Wood has constructed two Christmas trees comprised of 400 sledges, which are then disassembled and distributed to families in need of firewood during the cold winter months.
The trees are situated in London’s Royal Botanical Gardens, and on the grounds of Vienna’s Belvedere Palace.
New York Edition Christmas tree by Misha Kahn
Aiming to “dive into the artificial part” of the season, American artist and designer Misha Kahn has used lava lamps and candles to adorn his Christmas tree for the New York Edition.
The festive installation is designed to reflect the silhouette of a traditional tree, with Kahn’s own interpretation including steel and glass decorations, and a pink pompom tree topper in place of a star.
Does the Iterative Fit by Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan
This cartoon-like tree by artists Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan is made up of a series of multicoloured light and cones, forming the noses and mouths of the eight faces looking out from the tree.
Located in King’s Cross’ Granary Square, the installation is part of a wider arts and events programme named The King’s Cross Project, curated by Tamsin Dillon and Rebecca Heald.
London Edition Christmas tree by John Booth
London-based illustrator, ceramicist and textile designer John Booth has decorated this Christmas tree with hand-painted abstract faces and baubles, in a style much like his collection of collage-style vases.
Designed for the London Edition, the brand has partnered with non-profit House of Voltaire, which will sell Booth’s festive creations and donate profits to the Albert Kennedy Trust – a charity that supports LGBTQ youth affected by homelessness.
Claridge’s Christmas tree by Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld turned his design for a Christmas tree upside down for Claridge’s this year, topping its silver gilded roots with a mirrored, light-reflecting star.
Tinsel hangs from the branches in the form of “silver stalactites”, and laid underneath the tree is a hand-sewn white Icelandic sheepskin rug, to represent a blanket of snow.
The Merry Breakfast Christmas tree by Gary Card
Consisting of 400 bars of multi-coloured plasticine assembled atop a steel structure, Gary Card wanted his Christmas tree for the Sanderson hotel to embody the excitement, wonder and chaos of the festive season. “It’s about maximum fun and maximum impact,” the designer told Dezeen.
The London set designer used plasticine to arouse feelings of childhood, creating characters from Alice in Wonderland to place on the tree, as well as snowmen and gingerbread men.
The Tree of Glass by Lee Broom
This 10-metre-tall Christmas tree by British designer Lee Broom consists of 245 individual hand-blown glass pendant lights and is situated inside London’s Shard building.
The installation is an architectural take on the shape of a traditional Christmas tree and was made in collaboration with glassware brand Nude.
Find out more about Lee Broom’s Tree of Glass ›
Illuminated glass Christmas tree by Lasvit and Yabu Pushelberg
A lattice web of handblown glass elements, connected by champagne-gold polished brass fittings, forms this Christmas tree by Czech glass brand Lasvit and design firm Yabu Pushelberg.
The illuminated glass tree installation was designed for the lobby of Hong Kong‘s Upper House Hotel, and is based upon Yabu Pushelberg’s Otto glassware and the Cipher light collection that Lasvit launched earlier in the year.
Read more about Lasvit and Yabu Pushelberg’s Christmas tree ›
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