As a result of diminishing resources and rising prices the age of oil is drawing to a close. Accordingly there is increasing interest in renewable raw materials as alternative sources of energy and as a basis for the production of plastics. These new bio materials are above all useful for packaging, because they are naturally degradable and break down into their original components. The best fut..
ORDOS 100 #5 : HHF By Nico Saieh The physical context for the Ordos 100 project is limited to climatical conditions and some few regulations by the master plan done by FAKE Design. Within Ordos 100, this project is simply the HHF house. It’s making an issue out of the fact that 99 other architects are simultaneously and independently planning 99 houses with an identical program within the same m..
Here is a collection of digital illustrations of mechs, droids and borgs discovered via the Pixiv image sharing site. Follow the link below each image to view the artist’s website. POLIZEI ROBOTER [Hikaru Kanefusa] COMBAT BALL [Hikaru Kanefusa] Cyborg [Hikaru Kanefusa] e9 [MAUVE] L2C4 [MAUVE] electric girl [Denki] Armor Suit [Denki] UE [VVV] Hyaku Shiki Kai [Saburo] Cyber Ninja [元村人] Major Maint..
Spanish designers Luzinterruptus have completed a guerrilla lighting installation in a Madrid street. The Luz Interruptus (Red) project temporarily decorated 26 street lamps in Calle del Pez with domestic-style shades. According to the designers the installation, carried out on the night of 12 December, cost 180 Euros, took three hours and lasted seven hours. Photos are by Gustavo Sanabria. Here..
Spanish designer Ferran Lajara has designed Pinxo, a wooden clothes peg with a hook on one side. The title of the project is a combination of the Catalan words Pinça and ganxo. The product is produced by Barcelona-based DIY brand Servei Estació. Here’s some information about the designer: – Born in Barcelona in 1983. Ferran Lajara studied a BA Product Design at Eina, Escola de disseny i art, Bar..
Estonian interior architect Ville Lausmäe of VLS Interior Architecture has completed the interior of clothing store 2.MOOD in Tallinn, Estonia. According to Lausmäe the 110 square metre store consists of “a geometrical construction that tries to diffuse the contours of the original room.” The following text is from VLS: – Clothes shop 2.MOOD interior by VLS interior architecture “2.MOOD” (in tra..
Architects: Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden architects + urbanistes Location: Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada Principal in charge: Bruce Haden Project Architect: Brady Dunlop Project Team: Norm Hotson, Stephanie Forsythe, Tina Hubert, Julie Bogdanowicza Project year: 2006 Site Area: 1,600 acre Constructed Area: 1,115 sqm Materials: Rammed Earth, Concrete, Bluestain Pine Cladding Structural Engine..
Architects: Enrique Browne y Asociados Arquitectos Location: Zapallar, Chile Collaborators: Rodrigo Rojas, Davor Pavlovic, Baltazar Sanchez y Tomas Swett Project year: 2006-2008 Structural Engineering: Alfonso Larrain Photographs: Enrique Browne construction process A group of social housing was built for local families in the traditional resort town of Zapallar, in the Central Coast of Chile. T..
Japanese architect Teruhiro Yanagihara of Isolation Unit has completed a hair salon in Osaka. The salon, for Japanese chain LIM, features individual rooms for each of six stylists. Photos are by Takumi Ota. See our earlier story about Isolation Unit’s Climie hair salon for LIM. Here’s some info from Isolation Unit: – The spacious salon with an area of 247 square metres is composed of six scatter..
