FJMT and BVN

One of my friends went to work at a architecture firm this last summer in Sydney, Australia. Coming back he had a lot of things to share and show me. One of them being the Surry Hills Library, Sydney by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp or FJMT.

Another intresting one, for its use of colour in sun shading is Bendigo Headquarters, Melbourne by BVN Architects.

Rainbow in Your Hand

I don't remember when or how exactly I found this little amazing book, but I've had it bookmarked on my computer for a while now. It's still blows my mind as much today as the first time I saw it.

This book started as a personal project of Masashi Kawamura, a Japanese designer in summer 2007, and was soon published from a Japanese bookstore "Utrecht". It's a flipbook, but rather than seeing animation, it creates a 3D rainbow in your hand. It won the NY ADC silver cube. 

Masashi Kawamura is a worthwhile designer to look into. He has more book designs, as well as industrial products, prints, commercials etc. Very entertaining :)

Vik Prjonsdottir - Beard Cap

I think this picture says it all. But just in case you want more;check out the designers Vik Prjonsdottir. They have some VERY interesting things to offer :)

Kipling West

Kipling West is a artist of extraordinary talent. I love how her work seems to grab you and suck you in until you think you've discovered all the details embedded into every drawing.

Kipling West's Website has her official works. And her Blog is a neat place to keep up with her current projects. Check it out.

Zeppachino

Online catalog distilled beverages. Over 866 to pick from.
I'm amazed at how many I have never seen or heard of before. The future look like a fun place ;)

Like this one for example! I want to try it for the sake of keeping the bottle!
Zeppachino is a pretty fun site to browse when you find yourself bored, or craving a drink, or both :P

SHELFARI - Online Bookshelf

If you haven't heard/seen Shelfari before...yet you are a big reader, this its a good advestment of time to set up a "shelf". Shelfari is basically an opportunity to keep track of the books you've read, plan to read, and/or want. It creates a shelf where you can add books too, change their cover/edition to match the one you have at home, and review them. I'm always using it to get gift ideas for my book-loving friends.

Check out MY SHELF :)

Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis: Opportunistic Architecture

Really useful book. In comparison to most Architecture books, this one actually shows process, partis and other such useful ideas, other then just building pictures :P

I bought it through Amazon. It wasn't even that expensive for something of this quality :)

LATERAL OFFICE

LATERAL OFFICE: Mason White + Lola Sheppard
This is a Toronto firm that dabbles in a lot of things. I particularly like their landscape designs and installations.

Toronto's LATERAL OFFICE proposed "IceLink: Occupying the Temporal Seam." in their submission to the recent competition to design a Bridge across the Bering Strait 

"VELoops is a network of loops, knots and nodes that accommodate the multiple scales at which urban infrastructure operates: the street, the neighborhood and the city or district. As routes interest each other a local hub emerges; As loops intersect existing transit, a multi-modal bike loft emerges."

 They are also behind the InfraNet Lab blog. Which is pretty neat :)

Final Model for Studio Project

This was my final model design for Marina Abromovic's studio space, "The Den":

Barcelona Chairs

Blip about these amazingly comfy chairs (or so I've been told, I don't know myself because I've only sat in imitations) that I found on Eternity Modern:

One of the most recognizable and enduring designs of the 20 th century. It was originally designed by Mies Van der Rohe in 1929 to serve as seating for the king and queen of Spain at the International Exposition in Barcelona hence its name. The ottomans were intended as seating for their servants. The set features a polished solid-core 301 stainless steel frame for maximum strength. The cushions are upholstered in 100% genuine Italian Leather. 

They feature them in the Architecture firm shown at the end of 500 Days of Summer :) That's where I first saw them. And after that I started noticing them everywhere. Though they are usually imitations with different legs. I like knowing that an Architect designed them. Shows that there is more then just buildings to my career path :P

Double House in Danderyd by Tham & Videgard Arkitekter

This is a house I stumbled upon while looking for case studies. And the window style and layout really stuck with me.

"A house organized as a spiralling sequence of four large rooms in four levels. These large spaces without a fixed hierarchy invite the inhabitants to organise their lives following their own preferences."

Tham & Videgard Arkitekter are involved in some very interesting things. Always very inspiring :)

NEOCUBE

A good friend of mine bought this little "puzzle" recently. After he already exhausted the 3 row, 4 row AND 5row Rubik's cube -___- It's basically a bunch of magnets that you can re arrange into all kinds of patterns. Pretty fun. 

Here is a blip I lifted of their website:

The NeoCube is an entertainment device like no other in the world.

Composed of 216 individual high-energy rare-earth magnets, the NeoCube allows you to create and recreate an outrageous number of shapes and patterns. 

Your NeoCube will provide you with hours and hours of unequaled entertainment! 

The NeoCube Alpha is perfect for gaming, expression, stress relief, dual hemispherical brain stimulation and much more.

The NeoCube Is literally a puzzle with billions of solutions.

Best way to describe one of these is: A good waste of time.
They are addictive :) and sorta educational...sorta.

Ace of Cakes

The more I look at them, the more amazing they look. Not always very "real" looking, and sometime confusing :P but still pretty freaking awesome for cakes.

The shops website is HERE if you want to check out more of their stuff :)

Collage Painting found in Urban Outfitters, downtown Toronto :)

Interesting rendering type...I might try something similar :P