Une horloge murale unique créant un mouvement 3D, grâce à un travail du Studio VE (Shay Carmon et Ben Klinger). Une nouvelle lecture du temps à comprendre suivant les positions car les aiguilles construisent une forme, en fonction de l’heure. Explications en vidéo dans la suite.
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Stefan Sagmeister’s new website offers a glimpse into his studio’s working life: the homepage features a live webcam while interaction is via vinyl graphic ‘buttons’ stuck on the floor
Sagmeister’s sites have always departed somewhat from the portfolio-based norm – the last one, for example, being a headache-inducing clash of colour and type which was more endurance test than pleasant browsing experience.
The new site creates an interface out of a series of vinyl stickers applied to the studio floor and shot from directly above by a live webcam. So now the world can thrill to the site of a bustling modern design studio at work ie designers sitting in front of screens for hours on end with their headphones on, rising occasionally to get more coffee/relieve themselves/go shopping for more skinny jeans and overpriced trainers . And presumably clients can keep an eye on things too…
No doubt Sagmeister’s detractors will see it as an exercise in vanity but it’s certainly a fresh and intriguing way to tackle an issue which all design studios struggle endlessly with – the dreaded studio website.
This film shows the installation:
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 | The freezing temperatures outdoors has made it a necessity to bundle up in cozy layers and thick winter coats just to maintain a tolerable body temperature. But while staying warm is the top priority, not looking like a disheveled hobo is pretty high on the list too. Minimize the bulk by finding a coat made of an insulating material like wool, or really stay toasty with a trendy faux fur or even (faux) fur-lined piece. With so many different styles and cuts in winter coat fashions, there’s one to flatter every body type. Look for a cropped version that hits no lower than high-hip to elongate legs, or opt for a longer version with a cinched waist to show off a slim midsection and create an hourglass shape. Double breasted versions are classic, while moto style zipper details make your look edgy and youthful. The best thing about a good winter coat is that you don’t have to spend big bucks to stay warm and stylish. For $100 or less, you can snag yourself the perfect look. Or get one that’s classic and another that’s edgy to play up your naughty and nice sides! Click the slideshow to see a variety of sleek and chic winter coats at $100 or less! |
It isn’t often that we post about a website redesign, largely because a) there are so many of them and b) if we did, we’d be inundated by press releases about them (more than we are now). However, the good people at the Mies van der Rohe Society have just relaunched their site and it’s a thing of beauty. Re-made by Scott Thomas, the design director behind Barack Obama‘s presidential campaign, it’s clean, simple and makes reading up about all-things Mies even more pleasant. The Society interviewed Thomas shortly before the site went live this week, among other things asking him about his site-building process and how their/our favorite legendary modern architect influences his work. Here’s a bit from his response to the latter:
The Web, like architecture, offers spaces in four dimensions. An X-axis, Y-axis, Z-axis of interaction, and time is the fourth dimension. A master architect uses each dimension to compose a prescribed experience on a user. Similarly, a Web designer understands its users must interact and move through a virtual space in a timely and effective manner. Mies offered the world a philosophy of “less is more,” and as technology becomes more complex, the experience of using it should become simpler and easier to use. It has never been more important to recite Occam’s Razor, the principle that one should not “multiply entities beyond necessity.”
If you’re a fan of Mies, of the Society, Scott Thomas, or any/all of the above, a website launch party is planned here in Chicago on the 15th. Check here for all the details and where to RSVP.
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Dans le même esprit que l’installation Fluid Dress, voici le dernier clip vidéo de la chanteuse suédoise Robyn sur le titre Indestructible. Une réalisation de Nils Ljunggren et Max Vitali grâce à une tenue contenant 1,2 km de tubes, conçue sur mesure par Lucy McRae.
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This residence in Beijing by Beijing Matsubara and Architects was built around a smaller house that was already on the site.
Called Y House, the project involved encasing an existing two-storey house with pitched roof inside a larger three-storey structure to provide more space on either side of the old building.
The original pitched roof is visible inside the top storey with a flight of steps installed on each side.
The architects intend the clients to use the north part of the house, which has natural ventilation, during the summer and the south side, equipped with basic heating systems, during winter.
Photographs are by Misae Hiromatsu.
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The following information is from BMA:
Y House design Description
This is a detached house project locating at Changping ward, the suburb of Beijing City.
The site is on the slope facing to the south, surrounded by the mountain in the north side, and has the good natural environment.
This is not a new construction but the renovation project of the old concrete structure house that was built 5 years ago.
We add the new floor and flat roofing to extend the floor area.
Originally the house was 2 stories (250 sq. m.) with angled roof, and the exterior wall was covered by white tiles.
Our new design changes it as the house of 3 stories (770 sq. m.) with flat roof, and the exterior wall is covered by gray blocks with outer insulation.
Building plan was simplified as “C” form at the same time by us.
17 meters width and 16 meters depth of the plan is rather large for one family (4 persons).
We proposed the sustainable lifestyle using this largeness. In the summertime, habitants live at the north part of the house with natural ventilation.
In the wintertime, they live at south part of the house equipped with the basic heating system.
For keeping the comfortable inner circumstance, we do not provide the high-spec air conditioning for all interior space, but provide the minimum equipment for adequate place.
Habitants can find the comfortable space and choose the living place according to the season.
This is a sustainable architecture especially for the place that has plenty of land such as China.
Project name: Y house
Design: BMA Beijing Matsubara and Architects
Architect: Hironori MATSUBARA, Norio KATSUTA, Zhichao LI, Daijiro NAKAYAMA, Xiaoli LI
Address: Changping district, Beijing, China
Site area: 1200 sq. m.
Building area: 245 sq. m.
Total floor area: 770 sq. m.
Structure: concrete frame structure (partly wall structure)
Design period: Dec. 2007- Feb. 2008
Completion period: Nov. 2009
Construction: LI Qiyun
Client: individual
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Un court film d’animation autour d’un robot DJ créé par Angel De Franganillo (Antiheroe), qui a géré la direction artistique, le personnage, les rendus et la post-production. Un sound-design de Flow Audio pour ce film intitulé “Ninnophono”. A découvrir dans la suite de l’article.
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 | When you’ve got a winning formula, you want to stick with it. Such is the news coming from MAC Cosmetics today, as the beauty brand has announced it has signed Lady Gaga for the second year in a row as the face of its fundraising MAC Viva Glam franchise. In a sneak peek at the visuals shot by Nick Knight and styled by Nicola Formichetti, Gaga is dripping in diamonds and pearls, as well as, painted in a glammed-out smokey eye that contrasts nude lips and platinum blonde locks. ‘The beauty of using rock stars … is that women of all ages listen to stars in a way they won’t listen to the surgeon general’, MAC AIDS Fund Executive Director Nancy Mahon told StyleList. This past year, Gaga joined 80s music icon Cyndi Lauper in a frilly and fun coral lip campaign to rake in the most amount of money the lipstick series has ever made – over $32 million. Cumulatively, MAC’s efforts have raised more than $190 million since it began the MAC AIDS Fund, which looks to spread awareness and blast stigmas surrounding the disease, as well as, provide help and resources for patients suffering from the fatal strain. In order for a vendor to sell the highly sought-after MAC line of products, Mahon says the store must be on board with selling the Viva Glam products – which benefit the MAC AIDS Fund in their entirety. ‘Retail partners like Macy’s, Nordstrom and Selfridges in London all give their margin back to us, so nothing is taken out of that $14.50 you pay for a Viva Glam lipstick. We owe a lot of our success to their generosity as well’, said Mahon. Gaga will be going it alone for the 2011 campaign, and we’re dying to see what else the eccentric singer will flaunt in the photos. Will it be more heel-less shoes, a hair dress, or gravity-defying hat? We wait with baited breath …
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Not solely because we know how to read a calendar, we knew were well-into December because the annual flood of this-was-the-year-that-was lists are starting to appear nearly everywhere and about nearly everything. However, because apparently our knowledge of calendars ends at being able to tell what month it is, we’d almost forgotten that it’s also the end of the decade, so that means double the “best and/or worst of…” lists, et al. One of the higher-profile of these sorts was just released by the Industrial Designers Society of America, who announced their winners for Design of the Decade. There aren’t many surprises therein, as you’ll know to expect and then immediately find things like Target‘s redesigned prescription bottles, Apple winning for “Biggest Contribution to Brand Growth,” and the XO Laptop (another big win for Yves Behar in a year full of them). Though, reluctant as we are to enjoy any sort of time-based recap of any kind, thanks to years of overexposure on an annual basis, it’s interesting to go back and see what the big moves in design have been over the past 10 years (at least according to the IDSA’s curated list). Winners of the Design of the Decade award receive the ability to brag about their win on their packaging and in advertising, trophies are handed out for those who win the gold, and all of the finalists’ products are entered into the permanent collection at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
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Thank to this release on their site, we’d known for the past couple of months that New York’s Museum of Arts and Design had an exhibit planned for next year focused on perfume-as-art, appropriately titled The Art of the Scent. Apparently, since October when this was first announced, a lot has gone on behind the scenes. Now it’s been announced that not only will the exhibition go on, but it will be the first by an entirely new wing of the museum, The Center of Olfactory Art. It’s the first of its kind in a museum setting, dedicated to treating created scents as pieces of art. What’s more, our pals over at Fishbowl NY have reported that the Art of the Scent‘s curator, Chandler Burr, has decided to step down from his position as the NY Times‘s perfume critic to join the new Center full time (the Wall Street Journal reports, however, that he plans to stay on in the same role at GQ). An interesting move for the MAD and one we’re eager to…um, smell. Here’s a bit more from the WSJ:
“What I intend to do is strip away the marketing, PR and commercial presentation of what are stupendous works of art — but are not yet understood as such,” said Burr.
For this and other exhibitions, Burr anticipates using machines that allow a museum attendee to press a button and have a fragrance — reformulated for this use — dispersed into the air. “You get the real scent, but then it disperses quickly,” he said, adding that proper ventilation would be installed.
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