Jun 22
Around the Design World in 180 Words: Summer Pop-Up Shop Edition
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‘Tis the season for popsicles, flip-flops, and pop-up shops. Here are three of our favorites:
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Jun 22
Bag of the Week – Topshop Chocolate Whipstitch Leather Satchel
Posted in: Uncategorized  | This bag from TopShop is structurally and texturally classic and simple. It’s the perfect size for a day shoulder bag, without all of the adornments that can render a purse tacky or cheap. Simple whipstitch detailing gives the bag a John Wayne Western feel and it’s all the extra detaling it needs. Also, the adjustable strap with the buckle is cool and subtle addition that’s convenient too! It’s roomy enough to accomodate your daily dependables, but not so big that you end up bringing along everything in your apartment. Plus, we love the color of the rich and truly chocolate-y leather. No huge label, no tassles, no useless gold hardware just a well made, basic, brown leather bag that you will wear well and often. This bag can go anywhere you go and with almost anything you could wear.
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Jun 22
Numa Bookface
Posted in: numa, numabook, pageFait de 3500 livres d’occasion, le Numa Bookface prend forme à l’Institut de Design Ikejiri de Tokyo. Pensée par l’éditeur Numa, cette installation permet de questionner la place du livre et de l’éditeur aujourd’hui. Une création inattendue à découvrir dans la suite de l’article.
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Jun 22
Easy Summer Lips and Cheeks with mark.
Posted in: Uncategorized  | Summer makeup is no fuss in my book. I love the look of a warm summer glow and have been using these three products over and over the last couple of months so much so that I thought I should share them with you. They are always with me in my bag when I’m on the go. I skip powder in the summer days when it’s hot but after I moisturize, I dab on mark.’s Just Pinched ($8) in Cheeky on my cheeks and rub it in. It keeps me a nice pinky glow and looks so natural. For my lips, I like it neutral and have been using mark. Lipclick Full Color Lipstick ($10) in Toasty which feels light and sheer on my lips. When I want some shine, I add a layer of mark. Gloss Gorgeous Stay on Lip Stain ($10) in Bare on top. It’s all so easy and I’m done in less than 5 minutes! Check out mark.’s tutorial for no-makeup makeup for more easy summer makeup tips. Don’t spend a lot of money on makeup! I love mark. products for their quality and range of colors. Their products are also perfectly compact that you can easily slip them into a bag or beach tote!
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Jun 22
Kanazawa Umimirai Library by Coelacanth K&H Architects
Posted in: Coelacanth K&H Architects, Cultural buildings, Kanazawa
Around 6000 holes puncture the concrete exterior of this library in Kanazawa, Japan, by Kazumi Kudo and Hiroshi Horiba of Japanese firm Coelacanth K&H Architects.
Translucent glass fills each hole, diffusing natural light into the 12 metre-high reading room of the Kanazawa Umimirai Library.
This primary reading room occupies the entire first floor, overlooked by a mezzanine containing informal reading areas and a craft corner.
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Photography is by Satoshi Asakawa.
The following information is from the architects:
Kanazawa Umimirai Library
A library for the future
Reading – for the sake of knowledge or enjoyment, or to explore the world of the human imagination – is one of those experiences that gives you a sense of emotional and spiritual richness quite different from economic or monetary well-being. In this sense, the act of creating a space that surrounds you with books is undoubtedly linked to the creation of a new, enriched sense of public values.
Libraries in Japan are moving towards a model that encourages readers to stay and linger, instead of their original function as spaces for collecting and lending out books. Reflecting the general trend for libraries to facilitate reading as well as other functions, this library uses compact automated shelves that operate as a closed stack system. This is combined with halls and meeting rooms that promote social exchange between its users, much like a community center. The facility is also expected to serve as a new hub for social life among the local community.
For a public library such as this, we thought that the most important thing to have would be a reading room that provides visitors with a pleasant, comfortable space to read. This environment would allow users to experience the joy of reading while surrounded by a treasure trove of books with a overwhelming physical presence, something that the convenience of electronic and digital books cannot offer. For this project, we proposed a simple space measuring 45m by 45m with a height of about 12m, enclosed by a “punching wall” and supported by 25 pillars that would function as a storehouse for books and a hub for human communication. This huge, massive volume served as a reading space in keeping with the mood and setting of a library.
What we wanted to do, in other words, was to design a certain “atmosphere” for books and reading. This library consists of a single quiet and tranquil room that resembles a forest, filled with soft light and a feeling of openness reminiscent of the outdoors. One successful example of such a space is the old Bibliotheque Nationale (National Library) in Paris designed by Henri Labrouste, a masterpiece that was built using the most advanced steel construction technologies of the 19th century.
The building represents a continuous relationship that brings books and humans together even as it changes and evolves, transcending time and history. This simple box-like form also contains within it a certain freedom, however: this is a space that permits a composite mix of various media that will continue to change and evolve against the backdrop of an information-centered age.
The overall structure of the library resembles an internal three-layered floor covered with a large box that we refer to as a “cake box”. The large external “punching wall” in the cavernous reading room features some 6,000 small openings (measuring 200, 250 and 300mm) across its entire surface that allow a soft, uniform light to enter the building.
In addition, the burden of seismic force from any earthquakes is born across the entire expanse of this wall. A floor heating system that warms and cools the building under the floor has been installed in order to make this large space comfortable to inhabit, while large natural ventilation openings in the roof ensure a pleasant and comfortable indoor environment during the warmer months.
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Credit Information
Architecture: Kazumi KUDO + Hiroshi HORIBA / Coelacanth K&H Architects
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Calibrated and calculated with the utmost precision, this beautiful “cake box” space will hopefully become a new symbol of the western part of Kanazawa, a city that continues to face rapid urbanization.
Project Outline
Client: Kanazawa City
Location: Kanazawa city, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Date of Completion: 2011.03
Principal Use: Library
Structure: Steel frame, reinforced concrete (partly)
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Site Area: 11,763.43 m2
Building area: 2,311.91 m2
Total Floor Area: 5,641.90 m2 (469.06m2/B1F , 2,071.89m2/1F, 2,065.79m2/2F, 832.23m2/3F)
Design Period: 2008.08 – 09.06
Construction Period: 2009.09 – 11.03
Structural Engineer: OAK Structural Design Office
Mechanical Engineer: Electrical facilities: Setubikeikaku Co.,Ltd.
Machinery facilities: Scientific Air-conditioning Institute
Supervision: Kazumi KUDO + Hiroshi HORIBA / Coelacanth K&H Architects
Interior Design: furniture: Fujie Kazuko Atelier, Lighting: Koizumi Lighting Technology Corp.
Landscape Design: Soichiro Tsukamoto Architecte de Paysages (Basic design)
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Jun 22
Critic Elvis Mitchell Joins LACMA’s Film Program as Curator
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has perhaps the most discussed film program in the country, though not always for its films. After a long slog of negative press between 2009 and 2010, with several threats of high-profile but ultimately avoided financial cutbacks, the program has been on an upward “good news” trajectory for some time now. First, the museum announced back in the spring that they’d partnered with Film Independent to help keep the program strong and growing, and now they’ve announced that long-time film critic Elvis Mitchell will be joining the program, serving as curator of a new weekly film series. Mitchell, who was perhaps most well known during his time at the NY Times, but was most recently, and only for three months, the lead critic at Movieline, will relocate to Los Angeles to fill to LACMA position. It will also bring him closer to his other job, which he’s had since the mid-90s, as the host of KCRW‘s show, The Treatment. Here’s a bit from the LA Times about his taking on the new role:
In perhaps a reference to his own employment restlessness, Mitchell said of the LACMA announcement: “This position is a double reunion for me. Selling tickets at the Bing Theater at LACMA was my first job in L.A., and to get to return to supervise a program at a place that is an intersection of art and popular culture is a dream come true…I couldn’t be happier. That is, until I get started.”
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Jun 22
Happy monkey wall clock
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This clock is made by plywood, a happy monkey is the bob.
Jun 21
Giveaway : a Wall Decal from Cherry Walls
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What can you win: your own choice of one of these wall decals: Tree with colorful leaves, wind blowing, Birds flock or Bird cage from Cherry Walls
What do you have to do: just leave a comment stating which wall decal from Cherry Walls you like best.
This giveaway is CLOSED
The Winner is: Julie T.
Jun 21
Tucker Blair for Opening Ceremony
Posted in: beltsA master of needlepoint designs exclusive belts for everyone’s favorite Olympics-inspired retailer
Inspired since 2007 to bring color to corporate America with whimsical belts looped around the waists of businessmen, Washington, D.C. Tucker Blair is now teaming up with New York-based retailer, Opening Ceremony. Their collection of belts for men and women is a perfect marriage of Tucker Blair’s artistry with embroidered leather belts and Opening Ceremony’s emphasis on creativity.
Among the collection’s five designs is a particularly fitting belt featuring various colorful flags. This international motif references Opening Ceremony’s mission of celebrating the work of designers and artists abroad. The other designs include a standard leopard print, an eye-catching geometric pattern and perhaps the most adventurous, quirky white rabbits prancing across a black scene.
Beginning 15 July 2011, snag one of these snazzy, limited-edition needlepoint belts at Opening Ceremony’s New York and Los Angeles locations or at Ace Hotel in NYC. Otherwise, visit Opening Ceremony’s website to purchase one online for $110.
Jun 21
The zig-zagging doors of this mausoleum in Murcia by Spanish studio Clavel Arquitectos can only be opened in one specific order.
The Panteón Nube tomb is contained within a faceted shell, which is revealed when the doors are rotated open.
Daylight glows through a translucent rear wall of onyx, against which a marble staircase winds upwards.
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Photography is by David Frutos Ruiz – see more images of this project here.
Here are some more details from the architects:
“Panteón Nube” in Espinardo, Murcia, Spain.
In this project we worked with two images.
The first one was the medieval unfoldable boards, which used to work as removable façades or altarpieces, and now get remade in the zigzag façade. Death inspires human beings with something between mystery and fear. To die means a transition between this world and others that nobody knows. The tomb is where this transition takes place.
According to this situation, tombs should be closed forever, and their doors should never be opened. It should be impossible to open them, even if you want, so there are no handles or locks. The doors insert themselves in the walls, merging together. Therefore, the entrances are secret, just like the transits that occur inside. In fact, the façade can be only opened in a specific way, almost a combination that only the owner knows.
Inside we find a cloud that gets crossed by sunbeams: an atmospheric situation that can be found in the nature and that, linked to our cultural references of the Divine, stimulate our spiritual side. That moment gets crystallised in the abstraction of the white cloud, the end of a way that, starting from the basement ascends to the intermediate platform and goes on until the cloud’s space, where our sight gets lost in the abstract and unreal atmosphere that fills the place.
Architect: Manuel Clavel Rojo
Collaborators: Robin Harloff, Mauricio Méndez, David Hernández
Construction: July 2010 – September 2010
Construction Company: INTERSA
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