Dezeen Wire: the Cité Radieuse housing estate in Marseille, one of the most famous works by Swiss architect Le Corbusier and the first building in his influential Unité d’Habitation project, has been damaged by fire in a blaze that began in a first floor apartment yesterday afternoon – Guardian
Voici les clichés de Geoffrey H. Short, un photographe et artiste néo-zélandais basé à Auckland. Ce dernier a voulu capturer des explosions pour ses différentes séries “Towards Another Theory” et sa contribution au Lacoste Elysée Prize. Une sélection de ses oeuvres est à découvrir dans la suite.
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Essential survival gear for the modern adventurer
Whether it’s a casual overnight camping trip or a die-hard weeks long expedition in the wilderness, fire is essential for successful survival or s’more making. While rubbing two sticks together or using a standard lighter might work, it can also lead to blisters and the risk of running out of fluid, leaving you stranded in the dark, waiting for the coyotes to arrive. An excellent addition to some of the great gear in our Survivalist Essentials piece and a necessity for any outdoor kit, is a solid fire steel. Most steel are made from either a magnesium alloy or ferrocerium, a man-made metal with a low ignition temperature. All the steels comes with attached striking devices and a 45° with decent force will throw sparks a good distance and help you get some flames going. We rounded up three exceptional steels that are guaranteed to get your flames going.
The Swedish Army fire steel is the epitome of classic fire starting devices. Developed by the Swedish Department of Defense, this fire steel is used by many different armed forces and achieves a 5400°F spark from it’s magnesium alloy rod. Super durable, the steel is rated for 12,000 strikes, will work when wet and can be used to light anything including gas grills or barbecues. While it comes in black and orange with a plastic handle, we preferred the wood, which offers a nice feel and sturdy grip.
Although he originally used a Swedish Steel like the one above, renowned survival expert Bear Grylls partnered with Gerber to produce a line of survival products including a handy fire steel. The Bear Grylls Survival Series fire starter uses a ferrocerium rod to produce it’s super heated sparks. The entire case is watertight, which protects kindling that can be stored in a container space under the screw off top. Despite the less than desirable color way and appearance the steel actually fits very nicely in the hand and produces a very series spark. This starter also includes an emergency whistle and a guide printed on the side detailed the alpine rescue signal and the standard SOS signal.
Another ferrocerium striker is the nanoSTRIKER from Exotac. This starter comes in five different varieties and weighs only 14.5 grams. By far the most compact of all the fire starting devices we came across the nanoSTRIKER breaks down into three parts and when assembled is barely half the length of the palm. It’s small stature doesn’t effect it’s sparking ability, the petite striker packs a serious punch and throws sparks farther than any of the other steels we observed. Rated at more than 1,000 strikes, this starter, which has a replaceable rod, fits perfectly on a key ring and will barely take up any room in your pack.
There are plenty variations of typical fire steel but the above three are solid options for any survivalist. Just always remember to taker care when using any incendiary device and to keep a large torch handy when trekking through bear country.
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Milan 2011: French designer Amaury Poudray has designed this waste-paper bin to be burnt with its contents for design brand Fabrica.
Called Corbeille, meaning basket, the piece can be slotted together by the user without any screws or nails.
When full it can be turned upside down and burnt in the garden, disposing of both the waste-paper and the bin itself.
The piece was displayed as part of an exhibition titled Garden at Home in Milan last month.
Photographs are by Gustavo Millon.
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The following is from the designer:
Corbeille by Amaury Poudray for Fabrica:
Exhibited in ATCASA exhibition in Milan Lambrate last week with the theme = DIY Garden
My object proposes an inside and outside use. It is a paper trash to build yourself (DIY) and to spend time outside. At night, full of paper, it is great to take your trash out, flip it and burn it thanks to the paper inside. All the assembling part are in wood (no screws) all is burning and disapear, only stays the stars.
For me, the most important element to live whenever and wherever outside is Fire. I wanted an inside object able to go outside to give us fire. Corbeille is a bin for papers that you can reverse outside. It becomes a fireplace. All your accumulated papers makes it easier to start a fire at night, enjoy the silence and admire the milky way.
To build it, you don’t use any screws, only wooden sticks, after bruning it, everything has disapeared.
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| Air 1 Aquarium by Amaury Poudray | Down Side Up by Fabrica | Fabrica Decorative System by Sam Baron |
Spécialisé dans la conception graphique et la création d’identité visuelle de marque, Ruslan Khasanov a imaginé cette typographie tout en flamme “Au Revoir”. D’une très grande qualité, ce dernier maîtrise à merveille les effets des flammes pour un rendu très impressionnant.
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Voici la vidéo de la collaboration entre Danny Cooke et Elliott Montello. En filmant en slow motion un cracheur de feu dans une fontaine, les réalisateurs ont cherché à créer un rendu visuellement impressionnant, entre eaux et flammes. Une vidéo à découvrir dans la suite.
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Stockholm 2011: Belgian designer Kaspar Hamacher makes stools from wooden logs by setting them on fire.
Called Ausgebrannt (German for ‘burnt out’), the project involves stripping bark from the logs then burning away certain sections to create legs.
The stools were displayed on circular landings at the Biologiska museum in Stockholm as part of 20 Designers at Biologiska, surrounded by a 360 degree diorama of stuffed animals and sea birds.
More about 20 Designers at Biologiska in our earlier story.
Stockholm Design Week took place 7-13 February. See all our coverage of the event here »
Here’s some text from Hamacher:
Kaspar Hamacher uses fire to create furniture. Fittingly named ‘ausgebrannt’ which means ‘burned out’ in german. Tree trunks have been cut into segments varying in length.
The bark is stripped from the exterior and fire is then used to hollow out parts of the trunk to create legs. Working in Brussels, Kaspar moved back to the forest where he now runs his atelier. The product brought him back to his roots.
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| Emma Marga Blanche at Biologiska | Fredrik Färg at Biologiska | David Taylor at Biologiska |
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