Today on a British TV show, they interviewed a florist that creates fresh flower hats. I thought some of them were beautiful, in particular, this bridal veil. Just click on the title link for the Moyses Stevens website.
Friday, July 06, 2007
Floral Hats
Today on a British TV show, they interviewed a florist that creates fresh flower hats. I thought some of them were beautiful, in particular, this bridal veil. Just click on the title link for the Moyses Stevens website.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Allie Anne
(Just click on the title above to go to the site.)
I met this photographer when she was first starting college and was in my design class with her boyfriend, who later became her husband. He went to the USU Switzerland Design Trip in 2004 where I got to witness his killer wall walking techniques. Her site was designed by him and her photos are gorgeous!
I met this photographer when she was first starting college and was in my design class with her boyfriend, who later became her husband. He went to the USU Switzerland Design Trip in 2004 where I got to witness his killer wall walking techniques. Her site was designed by him and her photos are gorgeous!
Cool Felt Paper
So today I was looking at old student's blogs and finding links to their new companies and portfolios. I found this site designed by Colby Anderson, who was a great student. I'm sure other people contributed to the site as well, but I don't know them.
It is a paper that has an English influence in more than just the naming scheme. I would like to order some samples and play around with it for future design projects.
It is a paper that has an English influence in more than just the naming scheme. I would like to order some samples and play around with it for future design projects.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
New Methods: Un Studio
http://www.unstudio.com/html/indexall.htm
This firm was mentioned in a Metropolis Magazine article (http://www.metropolismag.com). That image on the link above is a graphic skin that changes colors throughout the day. I have thought of a similar idea to this, of being able to change the color of a house on a whim, though not as high tech.
Under the pull down menu, choose "projects" > Galleria Fashion Store, Seoul, South Korea
That's just one project, there are many amazing solutions on the projects page that are worth a look.
Other ideas to change a house skin:
a glass house with a variety of window shades to choose from
projection of images onto a glass surface (my fav, think of the motion possibilities, you could even camoflage the structure, or start a drive-in movie business, ha ha)
This firm was mentioned in a Metropolis Magazine article (http://www.metropolismag.com). That image on the link above is a graphic skin that changes colors throughout the day. I have thought of a similar idea to this, of being able to change the color of a house on a whim, though not as high tech.
Under the pull down menu, choose "projects" > Galleria Fashion Store, Seoul, South Korea
That's just one project, there are many amazing solutions on the projects page that are worth a look.
Other ideas to change a house skin:
a glass house with a variety of window shades to choose from
projection of images onto a glass surface (my fav, think of the motion possibilities, you could even camoflage the structure, or start a drive-in movie business, ha ha)
Saturday, June 03, 2006
New Methods: Pugh-Scarpa Architects
A beautifully designed site, that really demonstrates the great work of this firm.
http://www.pugh-scarpa.com/indexmain.html
In particular: Portfolio > View all Projects > Page 2 > CoOP (middle bottom)
Oddly enough, my first link I'm showing is a wall. This wall designed here is amazing in how it looks like a beautiful mistake. I love what happens when nature visually interferes (even if the interference is all man-made). Here is a quote from their site about this project:
"The design examines the tension between materials, form and experience. The interior can be viewed as "a skin or surface wrapper that moves in and out alternately concealing and revealing the building fabric." The layering and sculpting of the newly formed surfaces weave together disparate and contrasting materials. Recalling film director Alfred Hitchcock's interest in openings as metaphors, here, too, voids are as important as surfaces, revealing an earlier pattern of materials or use.
Of particular interest is the idea of transcending traditional craft and elevating humble materials without trying to make them into something other than what they really are. It is an attempt to find and reveal the extraordinary from within the ordinary. The exploration encourages the user to forge a deeper and more meaningful understanding of the fundamental, yet delicate relationships that exist between themselves, the natural world, its vital resources, and our collective cultures.
Two basic materials, wood and plastic are transformed from benign surfaces into sculpted space. The one hundred foot long wood wall was created by a direct transfer method. Computer models were sent directly from the architect to a computerized CNC router where 74 Glue laminated beams of varying thickness were sculpted by direct automation, virtually eliminating the traditional handcraft. Several studio entry doors were integrated into the pattern of the wood and seamlessly disappear. The result is a surface that is spatial, has depth and comes alive with movement. The perception that wood is a static dead material is ransacked. It is, in fact, alive with energy and moves through the space with its occupants and visitors.
In contrast to the carving method of the wood construction, 1/8" colored acrylic panels were layered to a thickness of 1" for the facades of the adjacent lead lined offices. The panels are backlit from large skylights located within the interior of their respective offices and are transformed into a material of considerable spatial dept and color. The movement of light and people engages and activates the entire space, creating a quality of time and movement. Light is also used as an ordering device: drawing you into and through the space. It is a register of the passage of time as well as a social connector. As in the construction of the wood wall the acrylic panels reveal the extraordinary from within something very ordinary."
More photos of the wall production:
http://www.woodmags.com/wlb/magazine_rack/2004_winter_48/coop/photos/index.php3
I originally found this firm here: http://www.realestatearchitects.com/index.php/gallery/firm_single/pugh_scarpa/ when looking for a link on glass that is outdoor grade and transforms from opaque to transparent with the flip of a switch. --> If you know what I'm talking about, please inform. :)
http://www.pugh-scarpa.com/indexmain.html
In particular: Portfolio > View all Projects > Page 2 > CoOP (middle bottom)
Oddly enough, my first link I'm showing is a wall. This wall designed here is amazing in how it looks like a beautiful mistake. I love what happens when nature visually interferes (even if the interference is all man-made). Here is a quote from their site about this project:
"The design examines the tension between materials, form and experience. The interior can be viewed as "a skin or surface wrapper that moves in and out alternately concealing and revealing the building fabric." The layering and sculpting of the newly formed surfaces weave together disparate and contrasting materials. Recalling film director Alfred Hitchcock's interest in openings as metaphors, here, too, voids are as important as surfaces, revealing an earlier pattern of materials or use.
Of particular interest is the idea of transcending traditional craft and elevating humble materials without trying to make them into something other than what they really are. It is an attempt to find and reveal the extraordinary from within the ordinary. The exploration encourages the user to forge a deeper and more meaningful understanding of the fundamental, yet delicate relationships that exist between themselves, the natural world, its vital resources, and our collective cultures.
Two basic materials, wood and plastic are transformed from benign surfaces into sculpted space. The one hundred foot long wood wall was created by a direct transfer method. Computer models were sent directly from the architect to a computerized CNC router where 74 Glue laminated beams of varying thickness were sculpted by direct automation, virtually eliminating the traditional handcraft. Several studio entry doors were integrated into the pattern of the wood and seamlessly disappear. The result is a surface that is spatial, has depth and comes alive with movement. The perception that wood is a static dead material is ransacked. It is, in fact, alive with energy and moves through the space with its occupants and visitors.
In contrast to the carving method of the wood construction, 1/8" colored acrylic panels were layered to a thickness of 1" for the facades of the adjacent lead lined offices. The panels are backlit from large skylights located within the interior of their respective offices and are transformed into a material of considerable spatial dept and color. The movement of light and people engages and activates the entire space, creating a quality of time and movement. Light is also used as an ordering device: drawing you into and through the space. It is a register of the passage of time as well as a social connector. As in the construction of the wood wall the acrylic panels reveal the extraordinary from within something very ordinary."
More photos of the wall production:
http://www.woodmags.com/wlb/magazine_rack/2004_winter_48/coop/photos/index.php3
I originally found this firm here: http://www.realestatearchitects.com/index.php/gallery/firm_single/pugh_scarpa/ when looking for a link on glass that is outdoor grade and transforms from opaque to transparent with the flip of a switch. --> If you know what I'm talking about, please inform. :)
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
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Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Oh yeah, I forgot I'm in love with Ze Frank
I was first introduced to Ze Frank by the city of Boston, with the AIGA as matchmaker. He gave a lecture, our eyes met on a giant projection of some sort and that's when I knew I should be in love with Ze. Here's why:
He's THE perverbial sushi kobe hotdog, and that's difficult to be.
Well a designer, a good one...who is hot and funny. Basically he's the embodiment of a hot dish of somesort that is a dish that you would like to eat that is well designed. Perhaps hot sushi? Or that cool appetizer where they bring a hot rock to your table and you skewer thin slabs of sauteed Kobe beef, yet the thing that holds the hot rock is cool to the touch? Or perhaps like a hot dog, with the mustard in a perfect little curvy line, but the hot dog actually tastes good.
From Ze to Ae.
His name is Ze. And I like letterforms. I could be willing to change my name to Ae. But not around Harry Winkler or Canadians. That could be annoying and I might end up responding to questions never asked of me in Alberta.
I said hi.
I told him I thought he was cool at the AIGA 2005 mocking republicans bash. I said thanks and that appreciated his design humor and his speech. Then he asked me which speech, and what particularly I liked about it. I said another thing. He said something else. I walked away, he also took a few steps.
He got here because he googled himself.
So Ze Frank here you are. Now give the computer a thoughtful look so as to seem as if you have found the secret to life. Now sneeze. See, sneezing on demand is hard. It always seems fake. Just like when strangers introduce themselves to eachother. You both know that a meaningless fake conversation is about to happen, yet both are willing to fake it until something juicy comes out.
I have the secret to life.
Not to be boastful, but yeah, I really do. Neener neener. This isn't a reason I'm in love with Ze, or maybe it is. See it's a secret so I can neither confirm nor deny it's validity as a point in this post or not.
He's my parallelodarridian.
And finally, because he is just like me, except he swears and smokes and is male. So really he is the opposite of me but not in a magnetic sense, but in the Derridian sense. And we all know how hard it is to find our parallel Derridian. Which is exactly the reason why I forgot I'm in love with Ze Frank.
He's THE perverbial sushi kobe hotdog, and that's difficult to be.
Well a designer, a good one...who is hot and funny. Basically he's the embodiment of a hot dish of somesort that is a dish that you would like to eat that is well designed. Perhaps hot sushi? Or that cool appetizer where they bring a hot rock to your table and you skewer thin slabs of sauteed Kobe beef, yet the thing that holds the hot rock is cool to the touch? Or perhaps like a hot dog, with the mustard in a perfect little curvy line, but the hot dog actually tastes good.
From Ze to Ae.
His name is Ze. And I like letterforms. I could be willing to change my name to Ae. But not around Harry Winkler or Canadians. That could be annoying and I might end up responding to questions never asked of me in Alberta.
I said hi.
I told him I thought he was cool at the AIGA 2005 mocking republicans bash. I said thanks and that appreciated his design humor and his speech. Then he asked me which speech, and what particularly I liked about it. I said another thing. He said something else. I walked away, he also took a few steps.
He got here because he googled himself.
So Ze Frank here you are. Now give the computer a thoughtful look so as to seem as if you have found the secret to life. Now sneeze. See, sneezing on demand is hard. It always seems fake. Just like when strangers introduce themselves to eachother. You both know that a meaningless fake conversation is about to happen, yet both are willing to fake it until something juicy comes out.
I have the secret to life.
Not to be boastful, but yeah, I really do. Neener neener. This isn't a reason I'm in love with Ze, or maybe it is. See it's a secret so I can neither confirm nor deny it's validity as a point in this post or not.
He's my parallelodarridian.
And finally, because he is just like me, except he swears and smokes and is male. So really he is the opposite of me but not in a magnetic sense, but in the Derridian sense. And we all know how hard it is to find our parallel Derridian. Which is exactly the reason why I forgot I'm in love with Ze Frank.
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