Sunday, June 20, 2010

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Le ptit bal perdu (1994)

OK GO - End Love



Also, found the first clip they made for 'This Too Shall Pass' which was then remade into the notorious Rube Goldberg Machine Version:

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Murakami Chair by Rochus Jacob

Designer's own words:
I was looking for opportunities to generate energy through activities we naturally do. The final result is a rocking chair that enables the user to experience production and consumption of electricity in a gentle and rewarding way. An abstract process becomes tangible and eventually cultivates natural awareness. Complexity is covered by simplicity. Advanced nano-dynamo technology which is built in to the skids of the chair and more efficient light sources such as the newly developed OLED generation makes it possible to build a rocking chair with a reading lamp running on electricity generated from the rocking motion. During daylight the energy gets stored in a battery pack. The construction of the flat and bendable organic light emitting diodes allows new form factors such as using the traditional shape of a lamp but instead of having a light bulb the lampshade himself turns out to be the light source. To have a drastic reduction of consumption the big challenge will be to make consuming less feel like getting more.
http://www.designboom.com/contest/view.php?contest_pk=28&item_pk=33866&p=1

Balloons from The Big Picture at Boston.com

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Thousands of biodegradable balloons released by Sao Paulo's Commercial Association fly over Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 30, 2009. (NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)
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The Buzz Lightyear balloon prepares to make the turn at the corner of 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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Balloons with messages attached released by Palestinian children are seen in the sky during an event organized by UNICEF to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Other great shots from this series here:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/lighter_than_air.html

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) Mountain Dwellings



The 'Mountain Dwellings' are located just outside of Copenhagen. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), they are calling this bright green and liveable design 'architectural alchemy'.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me

Richard Wilson

20:50, 1987

In 20:50, one person at a time is invited to walk along the walkway out into the room. Because of the proportions and symmetry of the space, it is at first unclear that there is anything unusual about the room at all. You then realise that the ceiling and the floor are exact mirror images, that the walls are vertically symmetrical, and that the clouds outside the windows are drifting past in doubles. There is a moment when you realise that you are standing waist-deep in a room that is full of thick, perfect, reflective liquid. Suddenly, the room has a vertiginous quality, dizzying and strange. The room is filled half-way with used sump oil. The reflective surface spreads right up to the edges of the walkway, where the still oil brims on the lip of a space that before looked like a drop to the floor.
Wilson does incredible things with space and the perception of space, and instigates a playful and resonant meshing of architecture and art.

Creative Suite Cushions

Amazingly nerdy and colourful Geek Chic cushions. Available here.