The Perfect Red…
…for the weekend…
halls ridge knoll guest house, california/bohlin cywinski jackson
Spectacular…
…I must admit, I’m a jaw dropper…I wear my joy and delight on my sleeve. Below are three spectacular spaces that make my jaw hit the floor!…
Wooden slats add a sculptural ceiling and cast shadows like a sundial across the central living room of this hexagonal home, Koro, located in Toyota, Japan, by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates. The sculptural ceiling decoration is made from timber battens that line the rafters, creating an ever-changing pattern of light and shadow on the walls as the sun moves across the sky. Truly beautiful…instantly turns a home into a gallery, yes?
The Dior show, Paris, took place in a simple cylindrical white pavilion, located among foliage in the gardens of Musée Rodin. Designed by creative director, Raf Simons, white orchids with pink centres covered the walls. Stunning.
BIG, the firm led by architect Bjarke Ingels, developed the form of this maze by combining styles of mazes throughout history, from ancient Greek labyrinths to European hedge mazes and modern American corn mazes. Brilliant! The BIG Maze opened to the public at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. on Friday and will remain in place until 1 September. It will be followed up by a wider exhibition of BIG’s work, which will open in January 2015.
…come on, join me…1,2,3…drop!
Master of the Universe…
…the Magnus Celestii installation by Joseph Walsh is fitting for any Master of the Universe to sit down and create…I can just imagine one’s ideas swirling onward and upward…
Irish designer Joseph Walsh never ceases to amaze us with his otherworldly furniture designs, which seem to have touched earth directly from another world where imagination reigns supreme. As part of the annual design exhibition at the New Art Centre (Roche Court, Wiltshire, UK), the Joseph Walsh studio has created a site-specific work that explores the connection between form and function whilst entering new territory in the studio’s work so far. Made out of layers of ash wood that spiral upwards from floor to ceiling, the Magnus Celestii installation (named after the Latin words for ‘great’ and ‘heavenly’) constitutes the largest piece that the studio and workshop of Joseph Walsh has ever produced. Emerging out of a desk form, the sculptural work also expands outwards as it almost engulfs the entire one-roomed space, to eventually come to a standstill in the form of a large shelf which hangs on the space’s side wall.
As part of the Design Show exhibition at the New Art Centre, the Magnus Celestii will be on display until 06 July 2014. For more information please visit the gallery’s website.
Joseph Walsh (born in 1979) founded his studio and workshop in 1999 in County Cork, Ireland. He is a self-taught designer and furniture maker who is known for realising one of a kind and limited edition pieces.
via: yatzer
All Paths…
…lead home…
Forest Bath/Kyoko Ikuta and Katsuyuki Ozeki
55 Blair Road/ONG
House extension in Base
House in Yagi/Suppose Design Office
Venturini House/Adamo-Faiden
AA House/MVN Architects
Meteorite Unit – Leonidou/Aristide Antonas
all images via dezeen
Whew!…
…that was quite the 4th of July holiday…rest is in order…
halls ridge knoll guest house, california/bohlin cywinski jackson
Stairs of Distinction…
clapham library, south london/studio egret west
s-house, chennai, india/sdeg
wieden+kennedy new york office/workac
kpop curve, south korea/moon hoon
objet élève/mieke meijer
implied rotation townhouse, nyc/dean/wolf architects
mulberry house, nyc/shop architects
Organic and Oval…
…are the signature design elements of Zaha Hadid…now designing a swimwear line for Viviona…here.
Testify…
…thank you to TheCoolist for a sensitive and well done post on social justice…and what you and I can do to effect change…
5 Ways You Can Fight Sex Trafficking, Right Now, From Your Computer
By: Guest Writer
Editor’s Note — In March, I had the pleasure to meet Cameron Conaway, a journalist who has dedicated his career to exposing the terrors of sex trafficking around the world. While such an article is outside our normal realm at TheCoolist, it is a poignant subject that exists in part because most of us would rather ignore it. Cameron was kind enough to share 5 ways that you can fight sex trafficking, right now, from your computer. – Seamus Payne
More than once I’ve had someone approach me and say, “I want to help fight sex trafficking but I simply don’t have any time to volunteer.”
This is usually when I get to learn about their boss, Bill, and of how he’s a passive aggressive narcissist. Or of the precise times of little Madeline’s soccer practice throughout the week. It’s all valid. We’re all busy. But you need not spend ten hours each week volunteering at a local shelter for survivors of sex trafficking in order to help combat the crime. Here are 5 ways you can fight sex trafficking, right now, without leaving your computer.Bonus: Do two or more of these as soon as you finish reading the article.
(1) Follow the Warriors. While it is unbelievably rewarding to volunteer your time at shelters or to attend talks from some of the leaders in this field, equally important is supporting those who are on the ground, day after day, trying to eradicate this crime. Numbers matter in this fight. “Like” these Facebook pages and Follow these Twitter accounts:
- International Justice Mission
- Half the Sky Movement
- Boy$ Documentary
- Anti-Slavery International
- The Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking
- Polaris Project
- Free The Slaves
(2) Buy Books. I’ve been in this fight long enough to see the way in which some writers are simply using this cause to make money. Lots of money. So here are a few books by those who are pioneers in the anti-slavery movement, and by those who are continually pushing the conversation forward:
- Disposable People, by Kevin Bales
- The Lotus Effect, by Gary A. Haugen and Victor Boutros
- Half the Sky, by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
- The Slave Next Door, by Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter
(3) Donate What You Can. Here are two organizations that I’ve connected with and that I personally believe do productive work with the money they receive. It’s cliché, but no donation is too small.
(4) Share an Article. Publishers are struggling to stay afloat these days, and one way they pay the bills and can pay their writers is through pageviews. This means that just as you wield your consumer power in the grocery store and at the mall, so too do you wield consumer power with each site you visit. Here are a few articles worth reading and sharing:
- Anti-Slavery: Collaboration Begins to Come of Age
- ECPAT-USA Releases Ground-Breaking Report: “And Boys Too”
- The Face of Human Trafficking
- Pineapple Program Fights Traffickers in Sierra Leone
(5) Join the Google+ Human Trafficking Community. With updates every hour (and the ability to toggle them on and off) the Google+ Human Trafficking Community is a terrific way to stay informed about all aspects of the global anti-slavery movement. Members will find everything from breaking news and influential political decisions to inspiring stories from survivors. And you know the next part: Share what you learn!
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Cameron Conaway, Executive Director at The Good Men Project, is a freelance journalist who has covered stories of human trafficking from Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, and elsewhere. A frequent speaker on the topic, Conaway serves on the Editorial Board at Slavery Today: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Human Trafficking Solutions.
via: TheCoolist
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…a small wooden structure has been created to complement ‘La Cabotte’, a vineyard on a hillside in southern France…designed by h2o architects…so charming, yes? Santé!
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