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May 2010
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Woodland Brilliance
Via Bates Masi Architects
April 2010
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Travel: Mandarin Oriental Hotel (Barcelona)
The latest hotel launch capturing design media attention is Mandarin Oriental Barcelona. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group operates in 25 countries, but this is its first entry into southern Europe. Mandarin Oriental Barcelona’s official opening was celebrated in November 2009 with a lavish gala attended by the city’s style leaders and elite.
The hotel’s cool factor is a lucky...
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Architecture: Tree House
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Architecture: Murdock Young
Murdock Young practices an architecture of pragmatic response. Creative exploration and thorough investigation of the essential facts and distinctive possibilities of each site and client’s needs lead to organic, apt, and inevitable solutions that are true to their time and place. Whether architecture, interior, furniture, object, or landscape, the firm guides every project from...
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Architecture: The Vivienda 19 House by A-cero
Description by A-cero:
The structure of this new house is made of clear volumes, straight lines and simples shapes. The house’s front is made of marble travertino and there are many windows in it. Both elements give a lot of lightness to the house.
It has a 1.600 m2 surface and three floors (basement, ground and high floor). The structure adapts itself to the slope (4000 m2)...
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It’s not just a word, it’s an obsession.
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Shell House
This is a remarkable house built in the woods of Karuizawa, Japan and designed by Kotaro Ide. The house was designed to withstand the seasonal hardships. The name, Shell House, is derived from the elliptical shell/wrapper forms which subtly represent a mollusk.
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Brandy tricks and treats the knees and I fell for it…
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Inspiration: Chris Borchert (Canon 5D)
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Inspiration: Hammock – Breathturn from David...
Hammock - Breathturn from David Altobelli on Vimeo.
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When nothing comes out quite like it was meant to, I am what you’re...
March 2010
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Inspiration: Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva
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February 2010
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Inspiration: Cecilia Carlstedt
She has done it all, from illustrations to Victoria Beckham to drawings of trees to H&M t-shirts but by all I do not mean her client list. It’s the variety of media she uses to create her drawings, one moment there is a minimalistic two toned pencil drawing on a page and the next you try to keep track of the collaged papers, paint strokes, photoshop layers and detailed drawings of berries...
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Inspiration: Sougwen Chung
“Sougwen’s latest work attempts to capture a kinetic essence and rhythm across a static surface, contrasting delicately controlled line-work with a freeform approach to mark-making, producing images that are dynamic in their stillness.”
View Sougwen Chung’s Website
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Inspiration: Bec Winnel
On my journey to find inspiration for my next tattoo and my love for beautiful girl illustrations, i stumbled across Bec Winnel. Her fine art left my jaw dropped, through her attention to detail, blending of layers, delicate use of colour pencil, graphite and pastel, and more importantly the aesthetics to each girl. With her location being Melbourne and her willingness to do commissioned...
January 2010
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Article: iPad
Calling it “way better than a laptop, way better than a phone,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled his company’s long-awaited iPad tablet-style multi-touch device Wednesday, with a starting price of $499 with Wi-Fi, or $629 with a 3G radio.
“iPad is our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price,” Jobs said in a statement....
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Inspiration: Alexandra Valenti
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Inspiration: Neil Krug
Neil Krug’s Flickr
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Inspiration: Canon 5D MKII