The transformer

Here is another post on shelves. A very interesting and versatile design by Martin Sammer.

Bookcase porn

This photo came from a blog entitled bookcase porn. And it is indeed, there are amazing photos of houses and their shelves. This one is just perfect. Books up to the ceiling, a skylight, plenty of space, wooden floors, high ceilings. When can I move in???

Marble background

Simple styling, clean, sharp, 80’s but soft. Beautiful colour combinations great marble background.

Walter Niedermayr

Beautiful prints by Walter Niedermayr.

Pinhole Camera

Such a cute pinhole camera.

Rehab

Rehab by Steven Meisel for Italian Vogue, not your regular fashion shoot. Very life interrupted.

Beware of the twins

One of the freakiest photoshoots I have seen in a while. I absolutely love it, but they do look disturbed and slightly deranged. Cannot recall who shot it and for what magazine.

65 Modern Proverbs

65 Modern Proverbs
“This coptic bound book is an expansion of Rebuilding Expressions. I wanted to capture the zeitgeist of today’s western mentality with these revised expressions. Originally, I created approximately 40 expressions that I had to reduce to 26 for the alphabet. I wanted to use them all and create more to make a book. Sixty-five modern proverbs have been split into 7 categories.”

This&That

I saw a shop last week here in Paris that displayed a series of these glass bells on the window and I was quite intrigued by them. Later during the week I found out that they are part of a collection entitled This&That that was created by artists at Fabrica from an idea by American designer Tak Cheung to be displayed at the Milan International Furniture Show 2009. The objects are produced by Secondome and combine everyday elements with the sophisticated blow glass to create something different and exciting. They clearly managed to get my attention.

Nagakin Capsule Tower

The Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokio built in 1972 are being voted for destruction, a couple of years back I did a project that used this building as inspiration. It was designed by Kisho Kurokawa and consisted of individual flats each in a pre-formed box or capsule. These capsules were then adapted to the superstructure to form the tower. Each capsule was pre-assembled in a factory and included all the appliances. The capsules were designed for individuals, so if a family wanted to live in the building they would have to adapt several capsules. The units were detachable. It was an attempt to create a model of sustainable architecture that could be recycled and exchanged. The idea was to create a completely flexible system, one that could be adapted to the needs of a fast-paced, constantly changing society. I think it is a shame that such a building will be destroyed. I understand the capsules could be remodeled and that the exterior look now is looking a bit decrepit but I think all it needed was a brand new outside. I believe that the concept for the tower is absolutely genius.