Today we had a little Da Da session at work at the behest of Laura Jordan-Bambach. I made this. I'm getting married at the end of the month - I hope my gym sessions are working, unlike my attempt at dadaism.
Swiss Miss picked this up the other day.
I see its potential as a realistic bridge between a person's digital and real life. Imagine this future scenario: It's 2025, you're out at a bar and someone catches your eye.
You would like to say 'hi', but the last 35 years of digital interaction has somewhat diminished your human to human social skills. Help is quite literally at hand. Just fire up your AR device, select a mutual social network, and poke 'em right nice (no pun intended):
Augmented ID is a TAT concept that visualizes the digital identities of people you meet in real life. With a mobile device and face recognition software from Polar Rose, Augmented ID enables you to discover selected information about people around you. All users control their own augmented appearance, by selecting the content and social network links they want show to others. Modifying your augmented ID is easier than fixing your hair in real life and, of course, TAT Cascades will make sure you look great!
Mirror ball, 1000 mirrors, 7.5 meters in diameter.
The spectacular view of the starry sky has long been a source of delight and curiosity, but the abundance of artificial light in urban areas produces a glow that covers the stars in the firmament. The largest mirror ball ever made was suspended from a construction crane 50 meters above the ground to render the starry sky to the citizens of Paris for one night in the Jardin du Luxembourg during the Nuit Blanche event.
Danish designer Tom Rossau has sent Contemporist process photos of him making one of his ST 903 lamps.
Tom works mainly with natural wood veneers to create his contemporary sculptural lamps. All of his pieces are handbuilt in Denmark.
If, like Paul, you are fascinated by the process of craft, then you'll enjoy this.
“Darius and Downey” are chosen as one of the 60 innovators shaping our creative future. Its a nice big book with some great stuff in art, design, fashion and other creative fields, published to mark Thames & Hudson’s 60th anniversary.
Brad Downey is a graduate of the Fine Art Master's program in painting at London's Slade School of Art, where he studied under Bruce McLean.
He uses film, sculpture, painting and drawing, among other media, and is currently situated in Berlin.
This set by Marie Schachtel has an eerie, ethereal nature that transports you to a space somewhere between casual observer and voyeur.
Earthquake Strikes Haiti
CARE is deploying additional emergency team members to the devastated city of Port-au-Prince in Haiti, where the worst earthquake in 200 years destroyed houses and left thousands homeless. While the exact death toll from the 7.0-magnitude quake is not yet known, it is expected to be catastrophic.
"It is just morning here now," describes CARE's Country Director in Haiti Sophie Perez on January 13, less than a day after the quake. "I can hear helicopters working on the search and rescue. The immediate need is to rescue people trapped in the rubble, then to get people food and water. We're particularly worried about the children, because so many schools seem to have collapsed. Children were still in school in the afternoon when the earthquake hit, so there are many children trapped. It's horrifying."
CARE is rushing aid to Haiti right now.
Donate today to help in the relief effort. Your gift will help save lives.
Location: Skjærmveien Barnehage, Trondheim
Combine an enclosed space for fire, storytelling and playing.
Given a very limited budget, reusing leftover materials (from a nearby construction site) was a starting point that led the design to be based on short wooden pieces. Inspired by the Norwegi an turf huts and old log construction, a 5,2x4,5 meters wooden construction was built and mounted on a lighted and brushed concrete base. The structure is made of 80-layered
circles. The circles have varied radiuses and relative centre point in relation to each other. Every circle is made out of 28 pieces of naturally impregnated core of pine that are placed with varied spaces to assure chimney effect and natural light. Oak separators differentiate vertically between the pine pieces to assure airflow allowing easy drying of the pine pieces. A double curved sliding door was designed for locking the structure.
If I can locate a super strong magnet, some old nails and string, I would definitely try to recreate this at home,
Portrait credit: Nadav Kander
James Theophane, or Theo, is a dilettante residing in London. When he's not dabbling, he's a Creative Director for Lost Boys, generally spending most of his time getting along and just getting on.
He has worked with Tonic, Grey, Publicis Modem, Framfab, Wheel, DNA and GT.
He has created work for Toshiba, Rankin, D&AD, Chelsea FC, Electrolux, Sony, Ericsson, PlayStation, Sega, Channel 4, Oxfam, Canon, Brahma, Marks & Spencer, Wired Magazine and Audi.
He has won a few awards such as D&AD, Webby, LIA, Revolution, Campaign, BIMA and Epica.
Sometimes he gets called up for a little bit of jury service too. He's paid his dues with D&AD, IAB Creative Showcase and London International.
Occasionally he gets asked to do a bit of public speaking. But to be frank, he's not so keen on that.
