Apr 22
The Best Fails of the Week
Posted in: UncategorizedFail Army presents a collection of the best and funniest fail videos that hit the Internet during the third week of April 2018…(Read…)
Apr 22
Stuntmen Recreate the Fighting Styles of Popular Video Games
Posted in: UncategorizedSeven talented stunt performers, Ben Aycrigg, Matt Scheib, Alex Hashioka, Tang Nguyen, Billy Bussy, Kevin Kem, and Joshua Mueller, pay tribute to the unique combat styles of five popular video games, Assassin’s Creed, Metal Gear Solid, The Witcher, Uncharted, and God of War.”Collectively these stunt performers have worked on several Marvel MCU films and TV shows like The Walking Dead. When theyâre not performing falls or flying through the air on camera, these stunt guys are in the gym practicing their craft. This week during practice they decided to become their favorite video game characters, bringing the video game moves to life.”..(Read…)
Apr 22
Ordering Too Many Flaming Greek Cheeses At Once
Posted in: Uncategorized“We ordered maybe one too many saganaki at dinner last night. “..(Read…)
Apr 22
When It's Gnat Season In The South
Posted in: Uncategorized“The gnats are out, y’all.”..(Read…)
Apr 22
Proof That 1 = 2, Or Not?
Posted in: UncategorizedUsing algebra and a little deception, Mr. John Hush proves (or does he?) that 1 = 2 to a class of amazed calculus students…(Read…)
Apr 22
BDFO adds extensions and skylights to Brooklyn townhouse
Posted in: UncategorizedBarker Freeman Design Office has completed the renovation of a townhouse in Brooklyn, demolishing some sections and adding others to make better use of the space.
The 20th Street House occupies a corner lot, and previously had front and rear extensions added to it. Barker Freeman Design Office (BDFO) decided to reconfigure these add-ons for a more optimum layout.
“The building volume was selectively manipulated — in some cases through addition, in others through subtraction — to improve room sizes, sequences and adjacencies,” said the local firm.
A new covered front porch leads to the entrance, which was altered to create a small foyer. The front door is now perpendicular to the street and the entrance is sheltered.
This sequence leads to the living and dining room, which is laid out in the longitudinal main volume of the home. To install additional windows and bring more light into the space, BFDO relocated the staircase to the party wall.
“The corners of the living room and dining rooms were eroded to bring light in and extend views diagonally,” said the studio.
Beyond this space is the kitchen, which is built within the home’s previous extension. “The rear extension was widened to about 15 feet (4.5 metres) to create a generous mahogany-panelled kitchen with an island, pantry and home office nook,” the architects said.
A new deck steps down to the backyard, providing direct access from the kitchen.
To save space inside, the staircase now makes a right angle turn at the bottom to face the main seating area. Additionally, it is now lit from above by a new skylight.
Two children’s bedrooms are located upstairs, facing the backyard. They both feature corner windows, bringing plenty of light into the space.
Down the hallway, the master bedroom overlooks the street. “A windowed walk-in closet, sky-lit bathroom and west-facing glazed wall bring lots of light inside,” said the architects.
“White oak, used for floors, stairs and built-in shelving and cabinets throughout the house, keeps the palette pale and neutral,” said BDFO.
Certain colourful accents, like geometric bathroom tiles and intricate rugs provide contrast to the interiors.
The exterior cladding is made of horizontal cedar siding. Facade elements that are set in from the main volume were finished in a darker tone, to highlight the home’s massing.
New Yorkers eager for more living space are increasingly opting for Brooklyn, where other townhouse properties include a home reconfigured around its staircase by L/A/N/D/A and a row house only 3.4 metres wide by GRT Architects.
Photography is by Francis Dzikowski (OTTO).
Project Credits:
Principal: Alexandra Barker
Project manager: Ryan Griffin
Engineers: Zaki Albanna
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Apr 22
Stunning Concrete Sculptures
Posted in: UncategorizedDeux jeunes pousses créatives ont créé une série de vases en béton disponibles en différentes couleurs et tailles. Un projet à quatre mains qui lance la carrière des deux amis et designers Frederik Nystrup Larsen et Oliver Sundqvist tout juste diplômés de l’Académie danoise royale des beaux-arts. Ce qui a débuté comme un simple cadeau de Noël pour leurs mères respectives se transforme aujourd’hui en une vraie idée de business. Preuve de leur succès, les commandes arrivent du monde entier et ils ont récemment été approchés par Noma, restaurant internationalement réputé.
Credit Photographie – Simon Heger
Apr 22
ListenUp: The welcome return of Lykke Li and Mazzy Star, plus new tunes by Channel Tres and Janelle Monae
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Janelle Monae: I Like That
With her third LP Dirty Computer set to be released at the end of the month, Janelle Monae keeps dropping new tracks and music videos; heightening the already bubbling anticipation. Following last week’s “Pynk” (and its……
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Apr 22
Thomas Feichtner bases Octagon chair on wire fencing and shopping trolleys
Posted in: UncategorizedAustrian designer Thomas Feichtner has collaborated with a group of craftspeople to create a wire chair with a technique more commonly used to manufacture wire fences.
Feichtner, widely recognised for his minimalist furniture, made the Octagon Chair together with members of H+S Zauntechnik – a wire manufacturer in Styria, Germany.
He used the form of a cantilever chair, a chair supported by one single leg, as a starting point for his design.
He also wanted to incorporate the wire welding techniques that he had learnt while manufacturing fences at H+S Zauntechnik, which he said reminded him of a shopping trolley.
“H+S Zauntechnik usually produces wire-mesh fences by welding wires together in an automated process,” Feichtner told Dezeen. “This overlaying of the wires reminded me so much of a shopping trolley. It was clear to me that I can transfer the two-dimensional fence into a three-dimensional object.”
“As a designer of furniture, a chair came into my mind first. It ended as a cantilever chair automatically. Using the overlaying welding technique only at the seat made all the rest describing an eight and the cantilever was done,” he added.
Feichtner adapted the typology of the traditional cantilever chair, which is supported by a single steel pipe. Instead, he used 12 thin wires made from stainless steel, which he looped together to support the chair at a 90-degree angle.
Either corner of the structure combines to form the backrest and seat of the chair, while the seat is reinforced by overlapping wires that have been welded together to form a gridded pattern.
“It has an almost unreal impression. As a three-dimensional object, it still looks two-dimensional, like a graphical drawing of a pen-on-paper plotter,” he said.
“Even the photos look almost like renderings,” he continued. “Your eyes are confusing searching what is front and what is in the background. The parallel wires almost generate a moire Effect by overlapping.”
The Octagon Chair will be presented at Designmonat Graz, which takes place this year in Graz, Germany, between 5 May and 3 June.
Feichtner is an industrial designer based in Vienna. Previous furniture projects include an A-frame chair made using traditional carpentry techniques and a chair crafted from carbon fibre sheets.
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Apr 22
Surrealist Photographs By Nathan Colantonio
Posted in: UncategorizedNathan Colantonio est un photographe basé à Toronto au Canada. Il utilise divers objets et paysages pour transmettre des messages à travers des créations surréalistes. Pour donner vie à ces clichés à l’univers étonnant, l’artiste n’utilise que ses propres photographies et conçoit toutes les images lui-même, à partir d’images et de retouches informatiques. Son travail est à découvrir sur Instagram.
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