
snippets as life files/flies past
the low profile i keep
some immediate thoughts
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Clones

Labels:
culture,
landscape,
photography,
urban design
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Cartooning

And find him on Twitter here.
Saturday, 28 November 2009
Plans

So it was a pleasant surprise to find that Wallpaper has been publishing interactive drawings for some time, allowing you to alternate between an orthogonal drawing and photographs of the building concerned. It makes for an easier understanding of the project, whether you're an architect or not. Well done everyone.
Labels:
architecture,
graphics,
technology
Friday, 6 November 2009
Layering

Labels:
graphics,
urban design
Monday, 26 October 2009
Games

My reservation is that it seems simply to project onto a plain surface. More innovative would be to use augmented reality techniques. In this version, real elements of the streetscape would be activated by interacting with sensors and projectors. In so doing, it would supplement the function of, say, a parkbench so that it became part of a winning move in a game, or a handrail as a defence.
Link here to UK events, but see earlier post on building projections.
Labels:
augmented reality,
fun,
games,
urban design,
video
Sunday, 25 October 2009
Crutch

Design by NicolaFromBern.
Update: Another variation on the theme here.
Labels:
furniture,
product design
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Wes

Labels:
film,
graphics,
stationery
Thursday, 15 October 2009
GUI

(via)
Labels:
culture,
electronic,
graphics,
product design,
technology,
video
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Projection

(via)
Labels:
animation,
architecture,
art,
projection
Saturday, 3 October 2009
Bump

(via)
Labels:
fashion design
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Post-war

The image here is of Langlee Housing Estate, Galashiels by Wheeler and Sproson from 1967 - crisp primary forms with asymmetric facade compositions which could be mistaken for something more recent.
Labels:
architecture,
scotland
Friday, 18 September 2009
Emptiness

Labels:
architecture,
art,
drawing,
rossi
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Sketch

(via)
Labels:
augmented reality,
drawing,
technology
Monday, 7 September 2009
Chairs

(via)
Labels:
furniture,
product design
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
The Auteurs

It can be found here.
Labels:
film
Inside

Labels:
short film
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Objects

Daft fun as Dylan Chandler scrolls through the contents of his home at high speed (which weirdly seems to make a bleepy electronic noise in my head), like some crazy one-armed bandit.
Via on twitter.
Labels:
animation,
fun,
photography
Sunday, 16 August 2009
Day

Labels:
data,
graphics,
information
Thursday, 16 July 2009
Hands

Labels:
crafts,
product design
Sunday, 5 July 2009
Power

Min-Kyu Choi has designed a three-pin plug which can be folded flat for travel. Thank you - about time. (via)
Labels:
model,
product design,
students
Monday, 29 June 2009
Superimposition

Labels:
abandoned,
architecture,
cities,
holland,
photography,
regeneration
Monday, 15 June 2009
Tools

"The EVA mini-workstation mounts to the front chest of an astronaut’s spacesuit and holds equipment needed during spacewalks." So, a toolbelt, then. The square hole on the left holds a carton of 'Um Bongo'.
Labels:
hubble,
product design,
space,
technology
Friday, 29 May 2009
Saturday, 23 May 2009
Long

Over at the Guardian is a fine introduction to Long's peripatetic work, recognised as being at once conceptual and unpretentious. This can be ascribed to (literally) grounding his work. However, it is more than this - it is his respectful uncovering of the Englishman's primitive connection to the land and the marks made on it, whether through labour or ritual.
An architectural inspiration.
Labels:
art,
england,
landscape,
Richard Long
Saturday, 16 May 2009
Things

It's over here.
Labels:
architecture,
blogs,
culture
Friday, 15 May 2009
Kropilak

The photographs of everyday modernity have a distinctive graphic quality, taking in subjects as diverse as car parks, planes, trains and billboards. Explore the full set here.
Labels:
car park,
kropilak,
modern,
photography
Saturday, 9 May 2009
Dialect

Friday, 8 May 2009
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Cinema

Labels:
architecture,
film,
sweden
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Data

Labels:
data,
graphics,
information
Monday, 20 April 2009
Zumthor

His sensual work is summarised by Dezeen here, and my favourite building - his mountainside chapel at Chur - is shown left.
Labels:
architecture,
pritzker,
zumthor
Sunday, 29 March 2009
Whitworth

Labels:
architecture,
art,
manchester,
sculpture,
urban design,
video
Friday, 27 March 2009
Magnets

(via 3Rings)
Labels:
furniture,
product design,
sculpture
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Retro

I have a worry that clean well-composed pictures will be disturbed by overlapping tabs and text blocks, though its generally retro feel paradoxically lent the spreads previewed a freshness.
Labels:
architecture,
graphics
Friday, 20 March 2009
Still Life

All in all, the scene has the signs of a dapper, very civilised protest perhaps against art - or the people teaching it.
Labels:
art,
MMU,
photography
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Tumbler

However, the website explaining how it works it quite good. Check out the timelapse photography.
Labels:
architecture,
koolhaas,
sculpture
Trade

Sample sentences capturing the wry tone of the observations:
"There's something kind of comforting about the idea that there's a whole industry dedicated to making sure that most of the time, most people find things easy to use, comfortable to use. It's like someone's taking care of us. And they're doing it with some numbers and a graph."
"Anyway, despite all this, and even only looking at the confectionery guide, I like learning all the specialist phrases used in industries like this. The 'hunger' 'needstate'. 'Multi-facings'. 'Impulse sub-section'. 'Pouch format'. 'Large-block'."
Sunday, 8 March 2009
Tickets II

Importantly, the destination is the most prominent information, enabling people to see at a glance where the ticket is valid for. Underneath is the permitted route. In this case, the ticket is a return for two adults, one full-price child, and one concession child, and incorporates a seat reservation (coach and seat numbers). Using the inspiration of the timeless British Rail logo, the ticket is reversible depending on whether it is to be used for the outbound or return journey. The orange bands remain the location for the punchhole check by the guard.
The departure time and date are also shown, with an analogue clock to help make the time more memorable. In this way, all of the information on the current ticket design is preserved, reorganised into a user-friendly format, and anything distracting discarded or diminished.
Labels:
graphics,
product design,
transport
Saturday, 7 March 2009
Clicks

Labels:
drumming,
electronic,
music
Storage

In a testament to its timelessness, anyone who bought the product in 1959 can still buy compatible components to extend their storage array in 2009. See how it works on Vitsoe's revamped website (by Airside).
Labels:
apple,
brionvega,
colombo,
dieter rams,
iphone,
jonathan ive,
product design,
technology
Friday, 6 March 2009
Augmentation

Labels:
augmented reality,
technology,
video
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Polemic

His scheme proposes a series of spaces which weave under- and overground to form what he terms 'The Continuous Enclave'. The scheme reminds me of Lebbeus Woods' work from the 80's, but with a technocratic machine aesthetic in place of the steampunk feel of Woods. Great to see architecture used in this way again.
More hi-res images are available on Ramos' flickerset.
Labels:
architecture,
israel,
palestine,
politics,
students,
urban design
Rubbing

Taking a biro and laying the sheet over the drawing, we would rub over the image, then tentatively lift the sheet hoping that we did not amputate, de-hat or otherwise emasculate the individual concerned. By the time we were porting the last person into drafting immortality, we had a shrivelled and curled mess, from which it was frankly unlikely the character would transfer unscathed.
Happy days.
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Cards II

Labels:
graphics,
product design,
stationery
Friday, 20 February 2009
Optimism
The person who was given the job of boarding up the windows it seems couldn't be bothered to cut the timbers to the right length, especially as they were so close to being right. The job they are doing is simple - to make bill-posting too awkward to be worthwhile. Graffiti is erased in white to the extent of the highest batten.
Anyhow, the good news is that the graph appears to be based on an optimistic dataset, despite economic, empirical and visual evidence to the contrary. I guess that's Liverpool.
Labels:
data,
graphics,
liverpool,
regeneration,
urban design
Thursday, 19 February 2009
Fun

However the fine Victorian iron canopies and the boulevard of Lord Street provide a memorable backbone for the town, and the recent public realm works show a commendable commitment to quality. With geography also in its favour when compared to Morecambe or Fleetwood, it is one of those seaside towns which with a fair wind (and on a clear day) we should see making a full recovery. I'll be back.
Labels:
regeneration,
sea,
southport,
urban design
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
Conveyor

I liked the everyday simplicity of this video - a couple of bored diners send their camera round a sushi carousel with a wistful song laid over the top.
Labels:
film,
japan,
photography,
video
Sunday, 15 February 2009
Craft
This is a transformational process of taking beautiful 2d textural planes, folding and stitching them around a 3d form (me, if I'm lucky), using only 1d dyed filament. Magical.
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