One A, Two B
Belgians Do It Better.
Peter VRMRCK
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© Jason Schmidt via the mesmerizing mpdrolet
The acoustically soundproof entrance vestibule aurally removes the visitor from the exterior and creates a blank audible slate to be filled within the following volumes. in a carefully designed series of empty halls, a fortunate acoustic discovery led to the installation of ventilation shafts on the roof that apart from maintaining a comfortable interior temperature, also capture all the surrounding sounds of the giardini and neighboring pavilions and direct them directly into the space. a very high coefficient of reverberation was found to exist within the rooms, making human conversations very difficult, as words would be blurred into one undefinable noise.
via Design Boom – polish pavilion: making the walls quake at the architecture biennale 2012
View Larger Koen van den Broek is back in London with some new work that breaks with his earlier œuvre. Still recognizably Van den Broek though. He was mentioned in Forbes magazine which interviewed his latest gallerist, Andrew Renton of Marlborough Contemporary.
(Source: forbes.com)
View Larger The industrial revolution was the revolution of engineers. Now designers build machines to create a new revolution. Designers are once more looking for ways to produce their work themselves. The latest technologies and equipment – 3D scanners, drawing programs and printers – allow us all to design and produce our own objects. These new machines are becoming ever more efficient and accessible, and knowledge and designs are being spread and shared through online networks. But strangely enough, these production methods recall a more traditional form of craftsmanship. They offer an alternative to mass production and consumption, but also to a sustainable economy.
It’s that time of the year again. Lots of creatives seeking comfort in of Milan’s most creative quartiere, Lambrate, to show their most off-the-wall work. Again this year, Belgian’s Z33 comes with three interesting projects that continue on last year’s theme: crossing borders between art and engineering. A trend that is currently all around us, where we see a sustainability and craftsmanship on the rise in a DIY and grassroots way.
Ventura Lambrate 2012 will take place from April 17 – April 22, 2012 during the annual Salone del Mobile in Milan.
Photo © Thomas Maincent – Spiderfarm
(Source: coolhunting.com)
Interesting blogpost from Camille Mousette from the Umeå Institute of Design about interactive lighting. This video featuring Arcade Fire shows the power and beauty of it. I love how it actually becomes better in when the size of the group increases, just like GRL’s LED throwies in the old days or advancements with wireless sensor networks more recently. Love this kind of stuff!
http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/2011/11/inspiring-lighting-projects/
MET museum - Intimacy →
Lovely interface, tailored to the great content.
Hacker artist takes over internet cafe for speed show (by worldnewsamerica)
From this Art Info article:
What Are Speed Shows? A New Media Art Phenomenon Swoops Into New York’s Chinatown
“Digital artist Evan Roth took over the 90 BoweryInternet cafe last in New York City’s Chinatown last Friday for a “speed show,” a new media art exhibition format that invades an ordinary space and turns it into an art gallery — for a limited time only. Roth’s exhibition, called “When We Were Kings,” debuted 12 new works and several old ones that he’s updated.
“The speed show format, created by new media artist and curatorAram Bartholl, is meant to inject digital art into an everyday environment. An artist will “rent time on terminals at an Internet cafe, many times amidst a sea of teenage gamers, and pull up web pages containing his or her artwork on a cluster of monitors,”the BBC describes, creating a parasitic display that lasts only as long as the artist rents the cafe’s computers. When time is up, the show is over.”
MOMA Talk To Me interactive exhibition →
The Talk To Me interactive exhibition is online. Recommended!
