Brett Beyer, photographe d’architecture a été commissionné par l’Université Cornell, aux Etats-Unis, pour photographier l’intérieur de la salle Milstein. L’objectif, obtenir une photo d’intérieure un peu différente, avec cette fois-ci une vue de dessus.
from Zeutch http://www.zeutch.com/photo/brett-beyer-35382
Last night, photographer Phil McGrew took this amazing photo of lightning striking the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. The guy clearly has an amazing sense of timing, even if he did use a 20 second exposure to capture the photo. Personally I think this photo from Neven Mrgan was better.
from The Fox Is Black http://www.thefoxisblack.com/2012/04/13/lightning-strikes-the-golden-gate-bridge/
I’m really digging this short animation from Ion Lucin, a Bilbao, SPain based designer and motion graphics guy. He’s taken a simple sphere and pushed it to the graphical limits, shifting and morphing it in all kinds of interesting ways. In his own words:
This is a small animation a did as an exercise to experiment and explore all the graphical possibilities of representing the idea of the SPHERE, always thinking in searching Gestalt and form. Its all done in 3d, but i was more interested in the graphical interest, flatten the surfaces, and only two colors, why more.The most difficult was to achieve the transitions between the different type of representation of the sphere, the morphing and metamorphosing.
from The Fox Is Black http://www.thefoxisblack.com/2012/04/12/spherikal-an-animated-experiment-by-ion-lucin/
Turning the normally invisible world into something we can see is an interesting challenge, but Daniel Palacios has done exactly that in his piece, Waves. Made of only two motors and a piece of string, Waves is a simple idea executed beautifully. As Daniel describes it:
Tangibly, the installation is made up of two turbines, supported by a tuning fork structure between which the waves are created. Nonetheless, it is the intangible, the process created there, which provides sense to the space it occupies and establishes a relationship with the public, who begin to discover that their movements have an influence on the space, sound, and alternate states of great agitation with others when they stop to see how the wave disappears in space like a whistle in the wind.
So it’s not only a pleasure to view, but it also repsonds to your physical presence. It’s always the simplest projects that seem to make the biggest impression. I really wish I could have seen this in person. To see more photos of the project click here.
from The Fox Is Black http://www.thefoxisblack.com/2012/04/11/daniel-palacios-makes-the-invisible-visible-with-his-project-waves/
Created in a collaborative effort by students of the ETH and the AA, this temporary timber construction was designed to provide shelter from the sun. It was installed at the grand stairs in front of the architecture department of the ETH in Zurich. The initial idea was found in a winning entry of an internal competition within EmTech (Emergent Technologies and Design program) of the AA. Its dynamic form is derived from a series of studies of tension diagrams and load distribution, conducted at the ETH.
The arched form of the pavilion is inspired by Alvar Aalto’s and Charles Eames’s experiments in plywood bending and cutting in order to achieve curvature. Based on bending behavior under the self-weight of over-sized sheets of plywood of up to 11 x 2.5 m, the design activates the material properties as the defining element in the transfer of forces. The composite material made of layers enables manipulation, which is also aided by the fibrous structure of the ply. The timber sheets are cut in order to influence the bending resistance of the material and enable the increase in span. The complete structure is conceived as a larger assembly of interlocking elements. The vaults are self-stabilizing and cross-braced by a sequence of cables, reducing additional deformation of the structure.
from eVolo | Architecture Magazine http://www.evolo.us/architecture/temporary-timber-pavilion/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Evolo+%28eVolo%29
Ce photographe installé à Paris articule son travail autour des sites abandonnés qui ont perdu leur usage et leur fonctionnalité. Il photographie aussi bien leur architecture qu’un temps suspendu.
from Zeutch http://www.zeutch.com/photo/ilots-intemporels-thomas-jorion-34532
Illustration for The New York Times Book Review of Pure by Julianna Baggott.
Dystopian cheese flavouring crisps finger man has been busy dabbing the rocks. He is walking over to finish the rocks on the right mountain.
from Matthew Lyons http://matthew-lyons.com/2012/03/pure.html
Drawn Pink is a stunning forty-foot installation by Kansas City based artist Anne Lindberg, currently displayed at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha. The work is comprised of threads of Egyptian cotton held in place by staples. Over 23 miles of thread was used for the piece.
I am completely blown away by the subtle beauty of the colour balance. The object looks like a pink pencil drawing suspended in the air. People reportedly gasp upon seeing the work, which surprises me not one bit.
Check out the time lapse video of the installation. Drawn Pink is part of a group show, titled Placemakers, which will run at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts till March 31, 2012.
Drawn Pink is a post by Natalia Repolovsky on Minimalissimo.
from Minimalissimo http://minimalissimo.com/2012/03/drawn-pink/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Minimalissimo+%28Minimalissimo%29
German advertising agency Jung von Matt have created this refreshingly imaginative print campaign to advertise Lego. These charming and minimalist printed ads, although perhaps not entirely original, are interpretations of a selection of widely known cartoon characters, created using blocks of Lego. Refreshing because of its minimalism, which is seldom found with Lego pieces these days, and its appeal because Lego can be enjoyed as a child and as an adult.
Clever, engaging and fun. I’ll refrain from spoiling that fun though. Do you know who is who? I’m sure you do.
Imagine with Lego is a post by Carl MH Barenbrug on Minimalissimo.
from Minimalissimo http://minimalissimo.com/2012/03/imagine-with-lego/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Minimalissimo+%28Minimalissimo%29
