Archive for June 10th, 2009
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Lego Imitates Art: 25 Fabulous Recreations
These popular and versatile toys have become an artistic medium. Aside from creating amazing original works of art, artists have also recreated famous artwork using Lego blocks.
I’m ready to hit the road!
This is the most fabulous trailer ever:
Be sure to pop over and read the story. It’s awesome (we can all dream can’t we?).
6 Rooms Apartment Squeezed into 60 sq. meters by h2o architectes
The “Front and back” Apartment was a singular brief from a young Parisian advertising executive also avid collector of comic strips. He wished to live in a fresh environment, both serene and sparkling despite the fact that his existing space was dilapidated, its geometry confusing, compartmentalized and contorted. The original apartment consisted of 6 rooms [...]
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6 Rooms Apartment Squeezed into 60 sq. meters by h2o architectes
Fly Me to the Moon Chair
The “Fly Me to the Moon” Chair, designed by Norwegians Sigurd Strom and Torstein Nilsen, won the Norwegian Design Council’s “Design Excellence Award” in 2008. The Design Council described the chair as “a rigid design providing a beautiful frame around anyone who sits in it. The chair is stylish and minimalist, with exquisite details and [...]
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Lot 23 House in Colombia by Juan Esteban Correa
Juan Esteban Correa is the amazing architect behind this holiday house in Colombia. Built for a couple that returned to the country from Spain, the 500sqm exquisite building is a simple grayscale salute to contemporary architecture. Defined by stylish intersections, pure volumes with character and a stunning scenery, the house’s exterior got beautiful wooden accents [...]
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Holley House by Hanrahan Meyers Architects
Designed by Hanrahan Meyers Architects, the Holley House in Garrison, New York, is a sophisticated “sanctuary” nestled far away from the Manhattan lofts. Located on a picturesque site near Garrison, the exquisite residence personifies the modern country retreat. It’s made from locally quarried stone, has two parallel planes that slide past one another without any [...]
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Dick Van Hoff’s Wood Burning Tile Stove
Presented in Milan this past April, Dick Van Hoff’s Tile Stove is another fantastic Royal Tichelaar Makkum collaboration. A concept developed to explore the possibilities of ceramic product design, the stoves are an amalgamation of contemporary tile usage, classically-detailed craftsmanship, and traditional ordainment. Keeping in the mind the need for durability and functionality, these wood-burning [...]
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