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It is a debate that has raged for decades among architects and architectural journalists alike: how can words encapsulate the intricacies of the built environment without becoming stuck in a quagmire of esoteric sound bites and pretentious clichés?
Here are ten pointers, in no particular order, for your consideration.
Read MoreCorkNet has been specially design to work on any table. The free-standing design makes it mobile so that you can play virtually anywhere. According to designer Julian Bond, it all began with a simple idea of making a table tennis net easy to use and useful when you aren’t playing. The net, which is made of cork, can also be used as a trivet for your table.
Read MoreWe knew that someone would eventually callout the idea of advertisers as “storytellers”…and that someone was Stefan Sagmeister of design firm Sagmeister & Walsh. He made his comments at the CAMP Festival in Calgary.
In the interview, Sagmeister attacks the urge for those in the communications industry to rush to re-assign themselves as storytellers. “Now everybody’s a storyteller,” he says, before dismissing the trend as “bullshit”.
Read MoreThe Art of Ping Pong is a collaboration between Fivefootsix and some of the most exciting, influential and upcoming artists and illustrators creating a series of bespoke ping pong paddles to raise money for BBC Children in Need.
Read MoreExplaining a 3-way joint also known as a Kawai Tsugite, Matthias Wandel demonstrates how to construct one with wooden blocks.
Read MoreBuilt by NAS architecture and intended as a place for contemplation, the ‘haven pavilion’ has been nested on the ramparts of the Aigues Mortes, a castle located in the south of France. The construction hangs on the existing walls, with the appearance of a sectioned wooden structure that outgrows from the stone fort. The ten pieces of wood marry the rock mineral materiality of the place, like a reminiscence of ancient installations.
‘Haven’ is visible by all from the outside, but offers a more intimate and sensory experience when inside.
Read MoreThe Seattle Central Library redefines ‘ library’ as an institution no longer exclusively dedicated to books, but as an information store where all forms of media—new and old—are presented equally and legibly. In an age where information can be accessed anywhere, it is the simultaneity of all media and, more importantly, the curatorship of their content that will make the library vital.
Read MoreA series of images from my recent trip to the Olympic Peninsula; I became fascinated with natural patterns and the differing quality of light found in the rainforest.
Read MoreSteve Wintercroft and his wife, Marianne have been designing and supplying unique masks to creative people and festival goers around the globe since 2013. The paper masks idea comes from Steve’s own need for a Halloween costume one year. Eventually the goal became to create a set of masks that could be built by anyone, using local materials, removing the need for mass manufacturing or shipping and with a minimal environmental impact.
Read MoreThe ‘L shelf’ is the newest edition to the studio Objet Optimisé’s line-up; a single modular unit that is capable of infinite replication. Made of a piece of bent plywood, the ‘L’ is playful and adaptable.
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