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A compilation record of songs recorded by legendary trumpeter and bandleader Miles Davis, at NYC’s Columbia Studios between 1970 and 1974, Get Up with It is a foray into jazz fusion, with elements of rock, soul, psych, funk, calypso and more woven throughout. At the time, many jazz purists were surprised by Davis’ oddball and adventurous choices, but the record has proven itself as a significant game-changer. Dedicated to the then-recently deceased Duke Ellington, the album features cameos from an impressive line-up of musicians including Herbie Hancock, Cedric Lawson, John McLaughlin, James Mtume and others.

Remember the old times when people used a laser pointer or their laptop cursor to point at stuff during presentations? It’s going to sound super archaic when you realize that we now have projectors that let you literally draw right on the projected screens using the power of virtual doodling. The GoTouch Beam is a fairly futuristic projector that comes with a digital pen that gives you the ability to sketch and doodle right on a projected image. The pen communicates directly with a sensor mounted on board the projector, allowing you to make virtual sketches and doodles right on your projected screen. You can draw directly on your presentation slides, circling keywords, highlighting text, making convincing graphs, or even using it as a teaching tool to complement your educational slides with some crucial notes.

This virtual doodling experience is truly what sets the projector into a category of its own, turning it from a humble display to a productivity tool. The pen emits infrared signals, which gets converted into lines when detected by the Beam’s infrared sensor. Possessing the ability to turn visuals into interactive experiences, the GoTouch Beam works wonders for presentations, meetings, lectures, as well as for interactive experiences for kids. Think of the GoTouch Beam as a massive tablet and stylus, allowing you to do everything from adding notes against documents to even using as a doodling toy for kids.

Aside from allowing you to sketch directly on the projected media, the GoTouch Beam lets you share screens too, allowing people to remotely view what you’re presenting in real-time! Understanding that productivity is sometimes even a collaborative effort, the GoTouch Beam’s screen-sharing feature lets you stream presentations and lectures to multiple people… a feature that seems like a stroke of genius in the times we’re currently living in!

The projector, for its incredible feature-list, comes in a relatively slim form factor at less than 2-inches thick, allowing you to carry it around with you. With in-built Android, the Beam projector works standalone and has a battery life of 3 hours. The projector features a touch-surface on its top, allowing you to navigate apps and features, as well as a remote that lets you cycle through your slides with ease. Given that most projectors act as auxiliary displays, the Beam features a wide variety of ports, letting you connect anything from a laptop to a gaming console to even a set-top box if you wish. The projector can cast an image up to 120 inches wide with HD resolution, and even supports Wi-Fi and AirPlay, making it instantly compatible with a whole variety of devices… and yes, it has Netflix and YouTube built right in, so whether you’re sketching on top of slides while presenting to your boss or client, or binge-watching the new season of Money Heist (which premieres in 10 days), the GoTouch Beam does a pretty amazing job of covering all the bases and being an innovative designed projector with actual purpose!

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GoTouch Beam – Project a World of Imagination on Any Surface

The GoTouch Beam projector allows you to draw and write, share and interact with others remotely on any surface.

Write and Draw on Any Surface

GoTouch Beam creates a whiteboard where you can freely write and draw. Bring this whiteboard to your training room, office, living room, school, literally anywhere.

Share and Collaborate

GoTouch Beam not only allows you to draw and write, but to share your ideas with others and invite them to collaborate on your whiteboard no matter where they are.

GoTouch Beam creates an expanse where your kids can draw their own world of creation and you can instantly share their masterpiece with your beloved via GoTouch App.

Elevate Creativity

GoTouch Beam enhances the effectiveness of visual communication, increasing productivity of your team. Add GoTouch to your usual conference call or media meeting tools, and enlarge the scope of your team’s communication.

GoTouch blends in with any conference call or media meeting tools you may have. Cast the whiteboard on any surface and simply share the screen through whatever media meeting tool you use.

Make your Presentation Impressive

Turn on GoTouch Beam: Write, Draw and Interact with your audience.

Cast and Write

You can actually write on it! GoTouch Beam creates a huge wide media screen that is combined with a virtual digital whiteboard.

Affordable Smart Class

Create inspiring classroom experiences without the huge overhead cost. No digital whiteboard or expensive smart class equipment needed.

How it Works

GoTouch Beam has GoTouch Buddy attached to it, which is a 4K Ultra HD sensor. GoTouch Buddy tracks the infrared light emitting from the GoTouch Pen, giving it pinpoint accuracy, and transmits the signals to the Android operating system in GoTouch Beam. GoTouch Beam then projects the signals onto the screen, literally allowing you to write and draw on any surface.

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Key Features

Brilliant Brightness at 350 Ansi Lumens. With its 3500 lumens projection power, GoTouch ensures your enjoyment of HD viewing experience in stunning clarity. Brighter and Sharper even in a lighted room.

4K Supported HD Image. Native 720p HD provides stunning image quality comparable to your home TV.

Multilayer Film Optical Lens. Consisting of SLR/focus/disparity 6 lenses, restore the original color of the original color.

3D Cinema Effect. Anytime, anywhere, enjoy the fun of 3D movies.

Full Immersion View at 120″. GoTouch projects a clear and crisp HD image at up to 120 inches. Turn your home, office, training room or backyard to an immersive cinema environment.

Auto Focus and Keystone. GoTouch automatically straightens for a clear, perfectly-angled project no matter the surface it’s on.

Touchpad for direct Control. Easily control apps and games with the built-in touchpad for a perfect on-the-go experience.

Direct Casting Your Apps. Mirror your smartphone screen to the GoTouch to enjoy your content on a bigger and higher-resolution screen.

Support Multiple Interfaces. With built-in WiFi capability, ethernet input, and more, you’ll have everything you need to get all your entertainment connected.

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Van Staeyen Interieur Architecten has converted a dark and dusty attic in Antwerp into a living space that features arched portals, curvy furniture and yellow decor accents.

The attic – which was previously just used for storage – is set within a young family’s home in Kasterlee, a municipality that’s 45 minutes drive from central Antwerp.

Local studio Van Staeyen Interieur Architecten was asked to turn the attic into a multi-functional space.

The clients wanted the space to serve as a guest room for visitors, and a social area where the family’s daughters can spend time with their friends as they get older.

“The attic can be used as a studio, a room to rent, a place to watch tv, count the stars, listen to music, chill with friends, get carried away on a romantic night,” Johan Van Staeyen, founder of the studio, told Dezeen.

“Everything is available to sleep, cook, shower, and hang out.”

Tucked under the pitched roof with two sloping walls, the attic has been divided into a bedroom, living room and bathroom.

A spruce-clad bedroom with a circular built-in bed is located at the far end of the space, separated from the living room by a curved partition clad in white laminated sheet material.

It’s punctuated with three large U-shaped portals, one of which is an entrance and the other two are window-like openings. They have each been bordered with sunshine-yellow paint.

“Yellow stands for optimism and energy,” said Van Staeyen of the colour choice. “It makes you more active and stimulates mental activity.”

The living room, lit by two skylights, is a bright space with white-painted walls and pale timber flooring.

A bespoke circular sofa upholstered in powder-grey and ochre fabric occupies one side of the room, while a yellow circular rug is on the other.

The sofa can be split into three parts: a curved semi-circular sofa, a U-shaped bench seat and a small circular ottoman which slots into the centre.

Mirroring the bedroom space, U-shaped openings have been cut into the living area’s rear wall to form two recesses – one frames a television and the other is used for shelving.

The bathroom is located behind the shelves and a small storage area is behind a door next to it.

The studio has described the overall aesthetic of the space as “relaxing geometry”.

“Curved lines do generate a more relaxed feeling than straight lines,” said Van Staeyen. “The yin and yang sign, the infinity-sign, the treble clef are good examples of symbols with curved lines.”

“Animals with round heads and ears also create a certain attractiveness, charm or loveliness because of their roundness.

“Relaxing geometry is curve-inspired – it enlarges and softens the space, and gives it a more welcoming feeling.”

Van Staeyen Interieur Architecten is based in Antwerp’s Markgrave neighbourhood and is led by Johan van Staeyen and Wim Clissen. Recent work includes the renovation of a townhouse, which the studio updated with block-colour surfaces and built-in furniture.

In 2018, the studio also transformed a chapel in a medieval cathedral into a gothic-inspired cafe.

The project went on to win the civic and cultural interior of the year category in the inaugural Dezeen Awards, where judges praised it for its “simple, playful and clever” design.

Photography is by Jochen Verghote.

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It’s designed to highlight what Oldham describes as the “countless unknown work” of people across the UK, who’ve been doing their jobs as usual despite the coronavirus crisis. The ‘key worker’ term has been the subject of much contention in recent weeks, as many people now deemed essential were previously considered ‘low skilled’ labour by the UK government.

As Oldham points out, we’re now learning just how important they are, as well as how many of them are still hard at work – as highlighted by his poster.

The poster will appear across Manchester and London, through media space provided by creative out-of-home agency Jack Arts. But in these times of quarantine, it is across social media that its message will most likely be seen. Oldham says he’s holding off on printing the poster for the time being, to avoid adding an unnecessary burden to already overworked posties, but anyone that wants to put one in their window can download it for free.

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Curved walls and metallic details bring drama to this family house in southwest London, by architecture studio Eldridge London.

House in Coombe Park is located in leafy Kingston-upon-Thames, but offers a departure from the “pastiche neoclassical” buildings of the area.

Eldridge London, led by architect Nick Eldridge, designed the 505-square-metre building with a trefoil-shaped plan, meaning almost every section of wall is curved.

The exterior is a mix of floor-to-ceiling glazing and a bronze-toned cladding system made from lengths of profiled aluminium, while the interior features white marble, fair-faced concrete, oak and polished brass.

These materials, along with a selection of bespoke furnishings, allow the building to become a showpiece for the client.

“The client runs a business that make structures and spaces for events, so a sense of the theatrical is integrated into the scheme,” explained project architect Mike Gibson.

“The house needed to function as a family home but also provide drama as a space for entertaining,” he told Dezeen, referencing details that include a free-flowing plan, use of mirrors, automated voile curtains and a concealed spiral staircase.

The building comprises three floors, although very little is located on the middle storey, which aligns with the street. This level primarily functions as an entrance, with a car parking garage off to one side.

Most rooms are located on the basement floor, which opens out to the garden, while the upper level contains a master bedroom suite.

The geometry of each level is different, but each one is designed to respond to the specific characteristics of the street and garden.

“We found the main context to respond to was the landscape, specifically the sloping hillside and the ancient oak tree,” said Gibson.

“The oak tree defines the geometry, the existing building line defines the position of the house, and the hillside slope and tree canopies inspired the section.”

The majority of the garden floor serves as an open-plan living and dining room, with level changes to subtly divide up the space.

The kitchen, with its oak cabinets and marble counter, is outlined by a raised platform. In another wing, a curved, sunken lounge is framed by a large bespoke sofa. This change is emphasised by a transition from oak flooring to soft grey carpet.

There are two bedrooms on this floor, tucked away in the corners of the plan, along with an enclosed media room. There is also a gym, which has no windows but is lit from above by a large lens-shaped skylight.

The spiral staircase, located at the centre of the plan, is the only route up to the master bedroom. As well as a large en-suite, this floor also includes a space originally designed as a dressing room, but which later became a nursery.

Eldridge London had little problem gaining planning permission for the house, as it was described by the local design review panel as a “quintessentially Coombe house”.

The difficulties came in the build stage, where several details had to be custom designed or built to work with the curves.

The facade system, for instance, was created using a die designed by the architects’. The profiles are extruded 3.6-metre lengths created in collaboration with sustainable aluminium brand Hydro.

“It is the first thing you see as you approach, so we wanted something that will look as good in 10 years as it did on the day of installation,” said Gibson.

Glazing also presented a challenge. With very precise tolerances, some of the curved sliding glass doors had to be remade several times in order to make them fit.

The curves are celebrated in many of the interior details, from the coffee tables in the lounge, to inset door handles.

Founded in 1998, Eldridge London was previously named Eldridge Smerin. Other projects by the office include House on Swain’s Lane, which overlooks Highgate Cemetery in north London.

Photography is by Nick Guttridge.

Project credits:

Client: Jim Mason
Architect: Eldridge London
Project team: Nick Eldridge, Mike Gibson, Nico Giuriato, Will Flint, Emily Quesne, Alison Poole
Contractor: NBS/NBS Joinery
Fairfaced concrete: NBS / NBS Joinery
Kitchen/joinery/staircase: Joe Mellows Furniture Makers
Bespoke metalwork: Detail Metalwork
Bespoke sofa: Coakley & Cox
Oak floor: Dinesen
Marble: Pisani/Modo di Marmi
Bathroom fittings: Vola
Aluminium cladding: Sapa Aluminium
Swimming pond: Aquascapes

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