Hasta La Ideas

While Hurricane Irene took the East Coast by storm, as they say, this weekend (and we certainly hope everyone made it through the hurricane relatively unscathed), the inclement weather didn’t affect our Genius Gallery submissions or selections, which were as strong as ever this week. Again, we have a mix of industrial and graphic designers, as well as illustrators and our first—and hopefully not last—architect.

Of course, creatives of all stripes are welcome to submit your portfolios, so show us what you’ve got!

Robert Romanowicz (Wroclaz, Poland) – Robert’s illustrations are fantastic in every sense of the word.

Joe MacCarthy (Oakland, California) – Joe’s inimitable concepts are strong in themselves, but stellar execution takes them to the next level.

Paul Taylor (Orlando, Florida) – Paul’s ultra-detailed hand-renderings strike a perfect balance between architecture and illustration.

Mike Serafin (Chicago, Illinois) – Mike has seen a bit of love from us for his Kickstarted project Blimpus, so we were glad to see his name among the submissions.

Joel Johnson (Springfield, Illinois) – Joel Johnson’s graphic design work is almost too clever for its own good.

Lauren Poole (Greenville, South Carolina) – Whether it’s a greeting card or illustration, Lauren’s elegant designs capture a sense of wonder.

Brian Stupski (Phoenix, Arizona) – Brian’s draftsmanship conveys the style and class of his vehicle renderings with the very same traits.

Farzan Shamasblou (Bandar-e-Anzali, Iran) – We hope to see some of Farzan’s experiments in contemporary architecture in real life some day.

Want to see your name on Core77 and the Coroflot homepage? Don’t be shy, submit your portfolio today—we’ve got another book prize lined up for this coming week!

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S01 è la scrivania compatta disegnata dallo studio Unieke, particolarmente adatta ai piccoli spazi. Dopo l’uso può essere tutto richiuso, riponendo il piano in verticale.
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Disegnata da Bashko Trybek per Outdoorz Gallery, questa sedia ha un’anima wireframe sulla quale incastrare decine di palline di spugna in modo da comporre a piacimento vari pattern con effetto (si spera) anti stress.
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My buddy Julian works in construction, and for his first week on the job he and his crew were building two-story Motel 6’s in New Jersey in the middle of a blizzard. Since he was the new guy, they threw him up on the roof alone with a shovel (and a lone rope tied around his waist as a safety measure) to clear the snow that was stacking up on the half-finished parts of the structure. It was an 8-hour day with nonstop snow. I asked him if that was his worst day on the job. “No,” he laughed. “Just my first one.”

While pre-fab construction is a merely neat idea for architects, designers and consumers, it must be amazing for the actual construction workers. Putting things together is still hard labor, but imagine being able to do it all indoors, in short-sleeved shirts, in a climate-controlled environment with perfect lighting and an actual plumbed bathroom:

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