Rubitone
Amaze. Is this not the best idea yet?
Now we just wait for these splendid toys to be produced. I've already made a little spot on my desk. Ignacio Pilotto is a clever cookie.
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Now we just wait for these splendid toys to be produced. I've already made a little spot on my desk. Ignacio Pilotto is a clever cookie.
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Steps and Stitches
Sayaka Akiyama embroiders the walking paths she's taken around cities onto fabric maps. Three things I adore are inventive textile installation, cartography and wacky embroidery. All-in-one. Too wonderful.
Tokyo Art Beat's interview with Akiyama.
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Upside down, upside down
Sometimes things do not what they're supposed to.
Photo from NYNYNY
Rachel Whiteread installation from Ethan Ham
Photo from Flickr
Photo from boingboing
Image from pointclickhome
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M.C. Escher from Distractions
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Photo from Drivaneios
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Photo from zimbio
Carsten Höller's upside down mushroom room from Code for Something
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Notations 21
The above works are actually the visual mind-maps of composers putting together their scores. Taken from the website:
"In 1968, composer and musical innovator John Cage compiled examples of music by the best composers of his time: Milton Babbitt, Leonard Bernstein, George Crumb, Luc Ferrari, Igor Stravinsky and the Beatles. They were presented at random, with guidance only from the I Ching (in typical Cage fashion) with only a few words of description. This book became an instant classic, an introduction for the public at large to modern music, and the fascinating, innovative forms of notation that had only just started to emerge.
Notations 21 is a modern compendium and anthology, deriving its inspiration from Cage's seminal work. Thousands of new composers are creating scores, the likes of which Cage could have never anticipated, that are graphic in nature, liberated from the traditional staff, and rival the best visual art in their aesthetic value."
Ok, at first I picked the book up only because I saw some of the images as great tattoo inspiration. Then I went back and bought it, I was so fascinated by the concept. The website is quite informative, with bio's on the composers and audio/video links so you can actually put some music to the pictures.
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Junya Ishigami
Isn't this structure just breathtaking?
Amelia Groom of the wonderful Big in Japan! blog posted these pictures of the new facility at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology, designed by young architect Junya Ishigami (of ex-SANAA fame). It opened a couple of years ago and is Ishigami's first completed building. It's an incredible structure that harmonises the inside and outside environment perfectly. Streaming with natural light and reflecting the foliage outside, it looks like such a peaceful and uplifting space to work in. All I can say is I can't wait to see what else he does!
Below is the Japanese Pavilion he designed for the 11th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2008, posted by designboom.
You can find out more about Junya Ishigami here.
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