"Lightweeds are living digital organisms. They grow indoors but depend on sunshine, rainfall and wind measured in the outside world through sensors placed on the outer walls of the building (these lightweeds are responding to information captured by sensors just outside the Museum.) As human traffic-- yes, you-- goes by, they bend, lose their seeds, and pollinate other walls throughout the space in a constantly evolving wallpaper that reflcts the character of the space and its use." | via looktouch on flickr | http://flickr.com/photos/looktouch/
an ambiguous animation painted on public walls.
Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche)
blublu.org/
blublu.org/sito/video/muto.htm
music by Andrea Martignoni
produced by Mercurio Film
assistant: Sibe
hat tip Laughing Squid
Thought-provoking designs by Sergio Silva:
- Oyule -
A modern-day lightbulb that has travelled back in time, providing light as a traditional oil lamp.
- Walnut 8" x 8" x 16" -
Inspired by the ubiquitous cinder block-as-furniture adaptations, wood is used to reflect the warmth of an interior environment.
- Ceramic 8" x 8" x 16" -
These Ceramic Blocks convey the same shape and visual weight of a traditional cinder block, however their seemingly rock-solid structure is compromised by the use of fragile, yet elegant ceramic clay.
This is love: to fly to heaven, every moment to rend a hundred veils;
At
first instance, to break away from breath –
first step, to renounce
feet;
To disregard this world, to see only that which you yourself have seen
I said,
“Heart, congratulations on entering the circle of lovers,
“On
gazing beyond the range of the eye,
on running into the alley of the
breasts.”
Whence came this breath, O heart?
Whence came this throbbing, O
heart?
Bird, speak the tongue of birds: I can heed your cipher!
The heart
said, “I was in the factory whilst the home of water and clay was abaking.
“I
was flying from the workshop whilst the workshop was being created.
“When I
could no more resist, they dragged me; how shall I
tell the manner of that
dragging?”
- Rumi
“Mystical Poems of Rumi 1″, A.J. Arberry
The University of Chicago Press, 1968
[Love XOXO, originally uploaded by Pink Sherbet Photography.]
by Zach Hollandsworth
From Cool Hunting | by Doug Black
The 26 letters of the Roman alphabet operate almost subconsciously once ingrained in young minds. The resulting familiarity proves invaluable in life, but also makes it difficult to step back and examine letters as standalone objects. In "Letter by Letter", designer/calligrapher/artist Laurent Pflughaupt aims to do just that with an exhaustive overview of each letter in the alphabet.
He begins with a historical look at the creation of early alphabets,
starting with ancient hieroglyphics and proceeding to our current
Latin-based system. Next, he takes a formal analysis of their physical
structure using base-level observations while regarding letters as
simple combinations of straight and curved lines. The third and final
section occupies the bulk of the book. As the subtitle suggests,
Pflughaupt looks at each letter alphabetically, tracing their evolution
and noting their acute significance in various cultures. He borrows
from many different fields, looking at structure through the lens of
paleography, phonetics and graphic design. (Note below variations on
the modern "Q" and "R.") Though necessarily rudimentary at times,
"Letter by Letter" is an exemplary reference for those interested in
typography or language in general.
"Letter by Letter" will be available through Princeton Architectural Press when it's released on 1 May 2008. You can also order it now from Amazon.
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