June 11, 2008

Reverse Graffiti

Filed under: design, materials, outdoor, art — debra @ 11:06 pm

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Moose is a British artist and a pioneer in an innovative practice known as Reverse Graffiti. He seeks out soot covered surfaces and inscribe them with images, tags, and even advertising slogans using scrub brushes, scrapers and pressure hoses. He creates beautiful works of green art by simply wiping away dirt from surfaces.

August 11, 2007

reorganizing vision

Filed under: design, materials, outdoor — debra @ 11:31 pm

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“aleph is an experimental public display, that is using the spaces, people and objects it faces as a palette to display messages from hidden viewpoints. when looking at a small mirror, it reflects a fraction of space around us, when looking at a mirror facade it reflects most things around us.. but if we build a matrix of small mirrors, which can adjust their tilt according to the site they are facing, we can create a display that uses the ever change flux of the place to show images from certain points in space.”

“the name comes from a fictional point of singularity by Jorge luis borges: aleph is a point in space that contains all other points. anyone who gazes into it can see everything in the universe from every angle simultaneously, without distortion, overlapping, or confusion” it is a public display commissioned for the UK belsay hall contemporary arts program and is on display till september.

July 20, 2007

panhandle bandshell

Filed under: design, materials, architecture, recycled, outdoor — debra @ 9:55 pm

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the pandhandle bandshell is a temporary music venue created from of recycled, reclaimed and repurposed materials. it demonstrates that a beautiful structure can be built from materials which would otherwise be discarded creating awareness of our impact on the environment. Designed by the finch mob, rebar, and Christopher Guillard.

July 16, 2007

wind to light

Filed under: design, lighting, outdoor — debra @ 11:28 pm

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Wind to Light is an experimental site specific installation by Jason Bruges illustrating alternative energy sources  “the installation is custom built, using 500 mini wind turbines to generate power, which illuminates hundreds of mounted leds, creating firefly-like fields of light, with wind visually interpreted as electronic patterns across the installation.” in conjunction with onedotzero and RIBA commissioned for architecture week 2007, this can be viewed at the southbank center till September.


July 15, 2007

corona

Filed under: design, lighting, sustainable/green design, outdoor — debra @ 9:07 pm

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Winner of the ICFF Editor’s Choice Award for Best New Designer. corona is a solar powered outdoor lighting system which can be staked to the ground, attached to a wall, or simply placed on a table top. The photovoltaic cell transforms sunlight into energy during the day, and its led automatically starts to glow when the sun sets.” Resembling flowers when planted they provide a wonderful glow to outdoor spaces.


January 18, 2007

led bouquet

Filed under: design, lighting, interiors, outdoor — debra @ 7:21 am

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from design company tayo comes the havaleena led torch. the simple cyclindrical shape make these glowing torches both portable and flexible in its uses and display. they come bundled as a bouquet in a vase. as well as being energy efficient, each torch can be used separately or attached to a aluminum base to create a floorlamp, as well as coming with four different colour filters.

January 5, 2007

bronco & corral

Filed under: design, interiors, furniture, outdoor — debra @ 7:46 am

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bronco and corral designed by dirk wynants for extremis. “corral is a rotation moulded polyethylene table that gathers 7 bronco stools. It also incorporates a lighting unit into the table turning it into a lighting object as well, can even be hung from the ceiling.

December 21, 2006

volume

Filed under: design, lighting, outdoor — debra @ 7:53 am

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volume has transformed the john madejski garden at the vicoria and albert museum in london. it is an interactive sculpture of light and sound, consisting of an array of light columns, that create a series of audio and visual experiences which respond from human movement. definately worth a visit.

December 6, 2006

luminous tiles

Filed under: design, lighting, interiors, outdoor — debra @ 7:30 pm

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 these geologica luminous slabs from grantifiandre are extremely thin tiles that incorporate high intensity led’s that generate light from the slab’s surface. they have a stainless steel frame encompassing the tempered glass, available in white, amber, and blue, that is durable enough to walk on.

December 5, 2006

etree

Filed under: design, lighting, interiors, outdoor — debra @ 6:17 am

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etree by nimble critters is a lamp which invites the user to interact with it by moving its strands of light and playing with them. it uses electroluminescent technology and is available in several different versions for indoor and outdoor use.”

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