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Sigur Rós: Valtari

Sigur Rós: Valtari
The Restaurateur Makes His London Debut With a New Sex Shop Fronted Mexican Joint Chorizo, lobster and lime reveal their unexpectedly lascivious side in still life photographers Metz + Racine’s saucy homage to London’s newest hotspot, La Bodega Negra. Using a color palette and mini-sets inspired by the Mexican architect Luis Barragán, Metz + Racine enlisted ingredients from the eatery’s menu. What are the crucial components of an excellent Mexican meal? The heart of the cuisine is the salsa. The space has some really playful elements, but also lots of moody, dark alcoves. It’s a playful riff on a certain bohemian Mexican/Cali gypsy lifestyle. How does the restaurant scene here differ from New York? The food is very good in both cities. Do you see Bodega Negra as the London outpost of La Esquina, or as completely different institutions? I’m not involved with La Esquina anymore, so this is a new project with a strictly local site-specific focus. What are your favorite dishes on the menu?

This Heart's On Fire (for people who know almost everything cool already!) Fabian Baron Rugs The more I learn about Fabian Baron, the more I love him. I was at a friend's place last night trying to figure out how to decorate her new LES pad and she showed me some rugs by the French creative wunderkind that still have me drooling. The carpet collection is inspired by Liquid Light, a single-volume monograph assembled from the personal work of Fabien Baron. The process is complex, the wool is dyed and lightened by a slight percentage so the transition and fading of color is subtle. The collection is available in charcoal, stone grey, fire, grass green, ink blue, orange, olive, and gold. I need one of these now.

Kozar Dance Theatre - Journal - things i have seen A new housing project by Primus Architects is situated by the coast of the north of Zealand, Denmark. The plot is a partitioning of a larger plot belonging to an old thatched house and is partly enclosed by trees. The two buildings, inhabited by two generations, share the garden, and in the layout of the site plan attention has been given to providing both separate and common spaces. Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes : Les ruptures fertiles - Design et innovation disruptive - De Nicolas Henchoz et Yves Mirande (EAN13 : 9782889150328) Le design joue un rôle essentiel dans l’appropriation par la société de toute technologie de rupture. Sa pratique peut transformer une performance technologique en innovation et, par conséquent, en usages inscrits dans le quotidien. Cet ouvrage, clair et accessible à tous, propose une vision nouvelle de cette discipline. Augmenté de contributions de personnalités tels le sociologue Michel Maffesoli ou les designers Yves Béhar, Jasper Morrison et Andrea Branzi, ce livre se nourrit des recherches menées à l’EPFL+ECAL Lab de l’Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne en collaboration avec son partenaire fondateur, l’Ecole Cantonale d’art de Lausanne, ainsi qu’avec le Royal College of Art de Londres, l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle de Paris (ENSCI-Les Ateliers), Parsons à New York.

Interaction Design in the Corporate World: Creating Tame, Captive Designers | Keyvan Minoukadeh I presented my paper today at the Student Interaction Design and Research Conference (SIDeR 2010) at the Umeå Institute of Design (UID) in Sweden. It’s part of my master’s thesis work looking at business influence on design and the effect it has on students and the types of projects we end up working on. Thanks to everyone who listened, asked questions and showed support, and especially the UID students for working so hard to organise the event. Thanks also to Olof Torgersson and Chalmers University for support and travel funds. After the presentation a few people suggested areas I could look into and books and articles to read – I’ll try and post those suggestions up soon. The paper is copied below but a downloadable version is also available: Interaction Design in the Corporate World: Creating Tame, Captive Designers (PDF link). Abstract Keywords Design, professionalism, student activism, conformity, responsibility, ethics, corporate interests Introduction From Activism to Conformity

La destruction créatrice - Dikéo Pour Schumpeter, l’innovation est majeur car elle va se diffuser dans l’activité économique. Elles affectent les branches vieillissantes qui ne peuvent plus les mettre en œuvres. Dès lors, en période de progrès technique surviennent des crises sectorielles. Il y a donc un phénomène de cycle. Selon lui les innovations apparaissent en grappes « grappes d’innovations », elles entraînent des cycles dans l’activité économique (phase de hausse et phase de baisse). Les branches innovantes nécessitent des investissements massifs et les entreprises vont abandonner les secteurs d’activités vieillissants d’où la « destruction créatrice ».

Victor J. Papanek Social Design Awards 2011: Design for the Real World Redux Winners Posted by core jr | 23 Aug 2011 | Comments (0) The Museum of Art & Design is pleased to announce the four winners and 13 competition finalists of the 2011 Victor J. Papanek Social Design Awards. Design, if it is to be ecologically responsible and socially responsive, must be revolutionary and radical in the truest sense. The projects that follow will be featured in forthcoming Exhibitions at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (November 2011) and the Museum of Arts and Design and/or the Austrian Cultural Forum New York (March 2012). Open Green Map 1.) Description: Merging Green Map Icons, Google Map and local knowledge, Open Green Map has received 8 international honors. Materials: Drupal, Google Map, Green Map Icons Technique: Green Map System Dimensions: 4.70 × 6.10 inches Year: 2009 2.) Description: The 10 pack, and single pack of Jani sanitary pad version 1 Materials: Water Hyacinth paper, Beeswax, regular paper Dimensions: 1.00 X 10.00 X 10.00 centimeters Year: 2009 3.) Year: 2011

Comment travaillerons-nous demain A l’heure où les robots et les algorithmes sont perçus de plus en plus souvent comme une dépossession, nous subtilisant notre pouvoir, notre travail, notre connaissance, nous avons certainement besoin d’entendre d’autres manières d’interagir avec eux. « Nous avons besoin de nous engager directement avec les machines », clame l’architecte Fabio Gramazio sur la scène de la conférence Lift, qui se tenait du 5 au 7 février 2014 à Genève. Fabio Gramazio est architecte au cabinet Gramazio & Kohler. Il enseigne l’architecture et la fabrication numérique à l’École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich et au Future Cities Laboratories de Singapour… A priori, on peut avoir tendance à penser que l’architecture n’a rien à voir avec la robotisation ou la fabrication numérique, et pourtant, l’architecte va brillamment nous prouver le contraire… Travailler avec les robots La fabrication numérique a le potentiel de créer une différenciation à coût zéro, estime Gramazio. Travailler pour se réaliser soi-même

panneau photovoltaïque produit de l'énergie à partir de bio bactéries dans le sol feb 24, 2014 bio photovoltaic panel produces energy from bacteria in soil bio photovoltaic panel produces energy from bacteria in soilall images courtesy of apostolos the bio-photovoltaic panel consists of a battery in which energy is harvested from bacteria inside the soil to release electrons. installed at the valldaura campus of the institute for advanced architecture of catalonia, the system has sensors that display its status, as well as make it self sufficient. the bacteria is fed through by-products from the photosynthesis of plants, and by introducing an anode and cathode (battery) into the soil, the free electrons can be extracted and put into the circuit. how it works experiments based on the results of the experiment, the following relationships where found: design strategy, voronoi tessellation materials and fabrication how the system works final product how much power can be produced milling process detail of the irrigation system detail of the electronics project info:

Mode Continuum: N12 The future of fashion, and the future of consumer products in general, lies not only in more advanced technologies and materials, but also in reevaluating the very infrastructure of design, manufacture, and retail. By blending rapid fabrication, interactive software, and the accessibility of the web, we can let individuals participate directly in the design and production process. In short, the "D" collection is actually a piece of software. The D.dress app lets you draw a dress, turns it into a 3D model, and exports a cutting pattern to make the real dress, sized to your measurements. A laser cutter or plotter cuts the pattern out of fabric, which is then sewn into the dress. All the designs are unified around the theme of the little black dress, and the triangulation used in the software. This design approach of using triangles came out of both consideration for aesthetics as well as acknowledgement of limitations.

Bernard Stiegler > Repenser l’esthétique, pour une nouvelle époque du sensible > Alphabetville "Notre époque se caractérise comme prise de contrôle de la production symbolique par la technologie industrielle, où l’esthétique est devenue l’arme et le théâtre de la guerre économique. Il en résulte une misère où le conditionnement se substitue à l’expérience esthétique". "Cette misère est une honte" rajoute Stiegler. Le processus pour échapper au contrôle du sensible et au conditionnement des esprits - l’an-esthésie qui conduit à la misère symbolique - serait de rendre sa place à "l’expérience esthétique", voie d’émergence de la singularité sensible, indispensable à la constitution de l’être social. Philosophe et directeur du développement culturel du Centre G.Pompidou, Bernard Stiegler a été directeur adjoint de l’INA, puis directeur de l’IRCAM. Dernières publications :De la misère symbolique I et II, 2004-2005, Ed. Site de l’association Ars Industrialis : © Francis Blaise >> Ecouter la conférence, 54mn53 (50.2 Mo)

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