Une nouvelle fois partenaire du magazine Fricote, nous vous présentons « Statues d’Auto-Entrepreneurs », une série produite avec l’aide de Leblox pour la réalisation d’impressions 3D de chefs, et leurs plats signatures. Une direction artistique signée par William Roden et Richard Banroques de WAF Agency.
Pierre Hermé – L’Ispahan
Paul Bocuse – La Soupe aux Truffes noires « V.G.E. »
Michel Bras – Le Capucin
Alain Ducasse – Cookpot de légumes
Jean-François Piège – Le Blanc-Manger
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Cette série photographique est à découvrir dans le nouveau Fricote Magazine n°14 dont la couverture a été réalisée par le talentueux duo Zim&Zou. Retrouvez aussi dans ce numéro sur le thème « ConforTable » un article « Comfy At Home » signé par l’équipe de Fubiz. Magazine disponible depuis le 13 février.
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: scientists are combining non-living chemicals to create materials with the properties of living organisms, says the creator of a self-repairing shoe made from protocells.
Shamees Aden. Copyright: Dezeen
Protocells, as the chemical cocktails are known, are made by mixing basic non-living molecules in lab conditions. These then combine to create substances that exhibit some of the characteristics of living cells: the ability to metabolise food, to move and to reproduce.
In this movie Dezeen filmed at the Wearable Futures conference in December, designer and materials researcher Shamees Aden explains how “scientists are now mixing together groups of chemicals [to make] them behave like living cells. They are able to reconfigure, they are able to adapt to light, pressure and heat.”
The synthetic production of living materials is so far limited to basic applications – modifying the behaviour of oil droplets in a water solution, for example – but Aden has developed a proposal that uses protocells to make self-regenerating soles for a pair of running shoes.
The Amoeba running shoes designed by Aden use protocells’ capabilities of responding to pressure, and inflates or deflates according to the texture of ground the wearer is running on to provide more or less cushioning.
Photocells, which have a limited life span, would be replenished after each run, explains Aden. “Your shoe box would be a vessel which would hold the [protocell] liquid inside. You could buy your protocell liquid and it would be dyed any colour you like and you would pour that in and as the shoe is rejuvenated the colours would emerge.”
The speculative project is the result of a collaboration with chemist Dr Michael Hanczyc of the Institute of Physics and Chemistry and the Center for Fundamental Living Technology (FLinT) in Denmark, who has worked extensively on protocells.
“At this point it is a speculative design project but it is grounded in real science and it could be in production by 2050,” says Aden.
Visualisation of protocells forming
This is the third movie from the two-day Wearable Futures conference that explored how smart materials and new technologies are helping to make wearable technology one of the most talked-about topics in the fields of design and technology.
Visualisation of protocell production
In the first movie, designer of Dita von Teese’s 3D-printed gown Francis Bitonti explained how advances in design software mean “materials are becoming media”. In the second, Suzanne Lee explained how she makes clothes “grown using bacteria.”
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L’agence d’architecture Project A01 a imaginé, en 2012, la villa Freundorf située en Autriche à Judenau. Au milieu de verdure, l’architecture ultra-moderne présente des formes géométriques qui donnent un style épuré. Les photos ont été prises par Brigida Gonzalez et sont à découvrir dans la suite.
Six British architecture studios including Zaha Hadid Architects, Hopkins Architects and Studio Weave have come up with designs for water fountains for different sites across London.
The six studios, which also included Eric Parry Architects, ADAM Architecture and Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM), were asked to design water dispensing structures for sites in Kensington, Soho and on the South Bank.
This image: Hopkins Architects. Main image: Zaha Hadid
Each fountain incorporates contemporary Turkish ceramics, referencing the Ottoman-inspired marble kiosks that could be found across Turkey during the seventeenth century.
The fountain by Zaha Hadid Architects features a large cantilevered canopy that extends up from the water collection pool.
“Traditional Ottoman fountain kiosks became meeting points, gathering places for a community to connect,” said project architect Saffet Kaya Bekiroglu. “With large protective cantilevers, the fountains often include ceramic tiling and our proposal translates these characteristics to contemporary use within a design informed by the continuous loop of the water cycle.”
Studio Weave
Studio Weave‘s design comprises a series of colourful Watering Poles that can accommodate plants. Studio co-founder Maria Smith explained: “In marking points around the city from which free drinking water can be collected, the Watering Poles also create wayfinding markers and new informal gathering spots for London.”
Eric Parry Architects
Eric Parry Architects proposes a structure that can also host a news stand or drinks vendor, while Hopkins Architects has designed a structure that curves over to form a shelter.
“Our kiosk aims to make the dispensing of water a celebrated urban event which will draw people together and add drama to the public realm in London,” said Ken Hood of Hopkins.
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
The design by AHMM is for a dispenser that would source free water from the mains beneath the ground and the fountain by ADAM Architecture is conceived as a mural of patterned tiles.
Le directeur artistique allemand Daniel Sax s’est inspiré d’une vidéo de David Shiyang Liu reprenant la voix du journaliste Ira Glass dans une interview où il explique l’écart qu’il y a entre les goûts de quelqu’un et ses compétences. Avec « The Gap », Daniel Sax a donc mis en image de manière conceptuelle les paroles d’Ira Glass, mot-clef par mot-clef.
Stockholm 2014: Swedish designer Gunilla Allard’s Cajal sofas and armchairs feature slender tubular steel frames that support chunky upholstered seats (+ slideshow).
Allard designed the collection for Swedish furniture brand Lammhults, and said the line of steel that forms the frame was influenced by a cosmetic called kajal (or kohl) which is often used as an eyeliner.
“My process began with the small sofa,” said Allard. “A petite sofa with a visible tube frame that wraps around the back like the stroke of a pen, or why not a kajal pencil?”
Lammhults asked Allard to design a collection that was “slender, contemporary and restful”, and particularly suited to use in offices, restaurants or waiting rooms.
The resulting pieces are developed around the minimal steel frame, which follows the shape of the armrests and back and can be specified in colours that complement or contrast with the upholstery.
Its slim profile provides a visually lightweight base for the seat, which seems to balance on slanting rods that connect the back legs to a bar running along the front of the frame.
The shell of the seat is made from glass-fibre reinforced polyurethane covered in foam that can be upholstered in fabric or leather.
The range comprises an easy chair and a sofa in large and small variations. The armchair and large sofa feature a deeper seat cushion than the less imposing small sofa.
Situé dans un quartier particulièrement pittoresque de Rio de Janeiro, la maison d’ Alex Lerner conçu par le célèbre architecte brésilien Arthur Casas, est à la fois contemporaine et remplie de culture. C’est une création à couper le souffle qui s’élève sur ce dôme de granite. Une série de photographies époustouflantes est à découvrir ci dessous.
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