There’s something of a divide in the design community when it comes to 3D printing. While some fully back the innovative and open-source abilities of the technology, others are afraid that it will detract from the individual character of design objects. Taking both…
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Say Aye: all those who love and get inspired by the iconic architecture in the Bay area and beyond; AYE! Taking her inspiration from shapes and engineering concepts from San Francisco’s diverse urban landscape, designer Vanessa Gade is launching a whole new jewelry collection titled LINEA. Past collections have been inspired by art deco architecture, ikebana, suspension bridges and criss-crossing power lines & I will not be surprised to find a hint of the Golden Gate Bridge, Sutro Tower and the SFMOMA, in some of these new pieces.
Visit here and come back to YD and tell us what is your favorite design from this LINEA Jewelry Collection and why?
In her own words Vanessa states, “I am so heavily influenced by the members of the Yanko Design community (including architects and designers) that I am excited to introduce my work to them and hear their feedback. I am hoping it is something that they will resonate with.” Giving us a little detail about the materials used, Vanessa says that each piece is hand fabricated in precious metals. The holes are precisely plotted, drilled and engineered so that no matter what the design is on the inside, the piece remains perfectly balanced.
The chain glides freely and is the focus of the design itself. In this case the function becomes the form, fixed and fluid all at once. Vanessa loves to play with the variables of movement and suspension, creating a piece that is kinetic and sculptural, where the negative space becomes an integral part of the composition.
Handcrafted in San Francisco, Vanessa stands for a designer making modern jewelry rooted in traditional craftsmanship.
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Photography: Liz Caruana
Designer: Vanessa Gade [ Buy it Here ]
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News: Lady Gaga wore the world’s “first flying dress” at the launch party for her latest album last night.
Lady Gaga was strapped into a white fibreglass suit shaped to look like a haute-couture gown and flown by six battery-powered rotors at the event in Brooklyn.
The rotors lifted the singer half a metre off the ground and propelled her forward several metres – as shown in the video below.
The high-tech outfit named Volantis was designed by the popstar, London company Studio XO and TechHaus, the technology division of the star’s Haus of Gaga creative team.
Its rotors are surrounded by white cylinders arranged hexagonally and connected to a central node above the suit, which rests on the ground using a circular stand when not in flight.
Lady Gaga unveiled the project at the ArtRAVE party for the launch of her third studio album ARTPOP.
“I wanted to make today about something even more important to me,” she told attendees at the event. “That something is the youth of the world. Benjamin and Nancy [the dress’ engineer and designer] are here with me today. Their minds are just so boundless. I will be a vehicle today for their voices… Youth all over the world.”
Photograph from Getty Images.
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This temporary event space by Australian design collective Sibling features a cage that blocks mobile reception and Wi-Fi signals, creating the “ultimate disconnection space” (+ slideshow).
Sibling‘s installation, called ON/OFF and presented at the University of Melbourne earlier this autumn, featured a Faraday cage – an electrified mesh enclosure that blocks electromagnetic signals and creates a “cold spot”.
The designers created the cage in order to achieve the opposite of what most contemporary design and technology tries to achieve: to disconnect people, rather than connect them.
“Connection is a popular motif in design,” write the designers. “All types of infrastructure – bridges, pathways, transportation, service systems, forums and applications – wish to tie into the urban fabric and make things productive.
“However, there is also an opposite tendency: the act of disconnection. Sibling asks: How can one remove oneself from connectivity?”
The outside of the cage was clad in mirrors while the interior had perforated surfaces. “We used circle-perforated sheeting in order to symbolise the interior as being off the grid, as one is disconnected from technology,” said Sibling’s Timothy Moore.
“This is the reality as one will notice upon entering and sealing the door that their smartphone Wi-Fi bars will drop slowly until they turn off,” he added.
Faraday cages were invented by English scientist Michael Faraday in 1836 and are used to conduct sensitive experiments and protect delicate equipment from interference by electromagnetic waves.
On/Off was installed at the University of Melbourne from 13 September- 4 October as part of the ABP Alumni Survey Series. Talks took place within the cage, which accommodated up to ten people.
Photography by Tobias Titz.
Here’s some more information from Sibling:
The right of connection – to housing, health, education, the internet, financial capital – allows humans to improve the spaces they occupy in the world. Heightened connectivity also demands an opposite tendency: the ability to switch off. On/Off takes an extreme position on connectivity through the construction of a type of Faraday cage. Discovered by Michael Faraday in 1836 it is a structure covered by a conductive material that prevents electromagnetic charges reaching its interior. It is the ultimate disconnection space.
Within the mirror-clad monolith created by SIBLING sits a starkly warm space where smartphone reception is blocked. It is a gesture to physically connect people in a space with architecture creating a filter (or temporary firewall) between the individual and the world. The space of disconnection is situated within a red grid, which provides a flattened interior without hierarchy or end. This vastness is reflected by the mirror into infinity creating a neutral environment from which to begin social experiments in cold spots.
On/Off was an exhibition at the University of Melbourne from September 13 – October 4 as part of the ABP Alumni Survey Series. During the exhibition a series of events occurred – arduino workshops, well-being seminars and lunches – to experiment within a space of disconnection. A film and book also accompanied the exhibition.
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L’étudiant en architecture canadien Mark Parsons nous propose de découvrir ce joli projet Silhouette, une lampe pensée sous la forme d’une ampoule, permettant d’éclairer une pièce avec élégance. Un objet insolite « Silhouette Lamp » à découvrir en images dans la suite de l’article.
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