daily design spot: 200801

UsTogether has officially launched their glass sided Ebb bathroom line ..

these products are so smooth and clean.. and forsome reason i can almost picture them somewhere on my new wally boat.. haha.. hope everyone knows the boat i am talking about!

beautiful products and i like the 'all in one' type design

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec love how almost topagraphical this is.. levels make it interesting and the geometric lines keep it clean

Sungwoo Park so smart! just roll the water away.. you would think rthere could be other applications to such a concept.. think about it..

Christopher David Ryan simple and beautiful illustration work

it would be amaazing to set up this type of thing in the kitchen with some errrbs.. real nice

SLOOM&SLORDIG. fun...

desire to inspire.. thanks again.. interior designer Frank Roop

i just love the simple use of colour to make a couple of items just explode... real fun

nabbed these photos from desire to inspire which is always a great look.. they were featuring Sydney based firm Secret Gardens.. some beautiful urban landscape in some tight little courtyards.. good ideas for both the miami house and a lossible savannah project...

Shay Alkalay IMM Cologne has proved to be a hitspot for amazing peices this year!

bootb.com
amazing site connecting creatives to brands in search of creative solutions...
so simple and so organized...
take a peek.. we are all creatives

yeah yeah.. mr. williams is taking over the world.. this guy is so lucky.. but good things.. NERD put together the track for this plus for his new line of jewellllllsss with LV ... very musical.

ebezee de jour
asics get lyte III the colour ways are fun and the shoe is a classic.. up

Lakai Recycled Program. Leftover fabric is used to build new patchwork footwear and on top of that all materials used on the shoes, such as the sole, are also build with environment friendly materials.. super great.. limited and wonderful.. like the concept fellers!

speaking of doom and gloom.. i need to make this thing look better if i want to spend any more time on it.. i have the time.. i may as well put it to use?
yar

jonathan - the canadian in the deep south

Office for Metropolitan Architecture wow pre-construction phase

i do love this photograf for what it is.. but i really do feel that they could have created a touch more atmosphere for the place with just a little more .... colour? playfulness? fun? .. not really sure what it is but it does not really look like a friendly place.. looks like its dark, industrial, cold, ..

but hey.. maybe that is what the team was going for.. anyhu

for a very long time now i have been extremely interested in the use of alternative materials for building.. and the containers fall under this. We have all been seeing the use of the shipping containers in architecture for some time now.. and it actually was first seen in 1982.. before me.

i have been extremely impressed lately with the work that is being produced with the containers.. not just the lego looking type unit but a REAL house with beautiful lines and it happens to use containers for part of it.. love it! i was reading an interesting article at sfgate.com .. they highlight many of the wonderful architects that are at the forefront of this area of design.. checkit chex it

"Psycho", by Benoît-Marie Moriceau

i am not sure what it is.. but there is definitally something about this that makes me want to buy an huge old house.. paint it all matte black... move in and suck the blood of humans all day.. haha.. maybe it is how close my name is to the 1st dracula? jonathan harker (me = harper).. there is definitally something very interesting about this though.

when living in malta you would see so many old derilict building.. dirty are grose on the outside.. and i always imagined them being super mod and fantastic on the inside.. not likely but in my mind they were!

i would like to try a similar project.. maybe not with bricks.. but something like this pattern based... Kiki's

Seungchan Lee for CulArt... beautiful textures! It has an external key pad which i think is a little silly... but the design is very appealing.. the wood grain and the geometric shapes on the back.

DDB, Australia

kye ok kim designs jewelry

Israel's Carmelit subway system

ebay i love the puma bikes.. i would like to get one for when we travel.. this one has some fun grafics and its on ebay.. starting at $800.. not cheap!

by the way.. i think i have to mention.. puma has been been amazing the last few years with their brand identity, web site... everything.. they are an allrounded cool company now.. i got a pair of the el rays (slip on with rubber on top) the day they came out.. still own them and still one of my favorites! go to their website!

Two-legged Table by Nina Farsen and Isabel Schöllhammer. The balls are secured to the table with somthing like fishing wire.. watch your toes!!

ebay..

i have been really looking for some industrial stools here in savannah.. i am sure that one day i will walk into one of the goodwills and find something just perfect.. picasaweb.com/jonathanharper i have lots of my finds on there!

design d'jour
i think i am going to start little d'jour things.. like house d'jour or eat d'jour... something..
right now i have a lot of everything.. like book marking really.. and i like that.. but if you dont like what i do.. then we are in trouble.. haha.. we will se what happens

back to the 'real' finds on ebay.. real nice and i think it had a buyitnow of 450!.. not bad!

The $1.5 million chair! Ok this chair is for sale on ebay right now.. i was doing my regular 'mid century' term search and i came accross this.. the people say that out of the 1.5mil that 55% of it will be donated to a charity.. ok.. wonderful.. what about the other 45%? I mean if they are really trying to do some good i think that thet fact that they are trying to keep 45% of the cost is just crazy.. but.. i assure you.. it will not sell for 1.5...

designboom's seoul design week.. i like the simply display they created here.. posters are from their recent love your earth competition

shelf, chair and table’ by sun hwa park

jae hyung hong i love the 3rd ... each pill contains the same amount of active ingrediant but the user gets the feeling of improvement becuase they are taking 'less' each day! love it

Jean-Marc Gady definitally nice lines.. not sure about all the hype.. but it could be others things.. i think that the cigar holder of this tukano indian is much more interesting

G-Star RAW oh cannondale... talk about meeting current trends with a product... i have loved this cannondale style for so long now.. and many peoiple do as well.. it is very unique.. so why not bring it back and market it for all thoes guys who want a nice bike to hit the streets with? i do like it but wish that the top tupe was a little more masculin (no drop angle)

possible resume format?

I fffound.com an interesting picture from this series.. quelle & meyer seems to be the artist on the front of the book.. in any event.. such simple and interesting illustrations.. playful and full of love.. great
by the way.... fffound.com is so full of amazing goodies.. never a dissapointment

Wally

I really thought that I had placed something on here about the firm Wally before but i couldnt find anything.. then i remembered it was a video that I had put up on here.. but then took off.. so here it is again.. thanks mocoloco and pingmag for reminding me....

fun

wish they had these when i was playing

Kochi Architect's Studio

seen them around.. just dont want to forget...

Trade commercial cappuccino machine for Glock or Smith -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to: sale-544507552@craigslist.org Date: 2008-01-19, 1:20PM EST I have a commercial Bunn cappuccino machine that cost about $1,400. It was used very little. You can make cappuccino or hot choc. for just a few cents a cup. The mix, you can buy at Sams Club or from any coffee or foodservice. It runs on 110 volt and can be put in your kitchen, all you need is a plug and water nearby. Here is a link with a pic and more description. the above was found on the ever interesting craigslist.. i must not lie.. i am on there everyday in a few cities.. and there is always a great deal to be had as well as some funny things... hey.. if i had a glock laying around and i felt like a nice cappaccino.. i would be for sure tempted!!

picasaweb.com/jonathanharper

Thanks Goodwill

fun finds in savannah

little savannah, little andrea, little house

interesting night with a point and shoot camera

i mean think about it.. we travel, live creatively, spell badly, create amazing food, party, digg for things at thrift stores and appriciate design... bike, dine out... document a masters student fibers work.. explore culture.. there is a lot to look at!!!
http://picasaweb.google.com/jonathanharper

all my photos.. they never dissapoint.. please check them out.. funfunfunfun

i got a new car today.. that do you think?... ... ... ....... .......................................... . . not (long akward 'borat' style silence for that one... but this is a seriously beautiful car.. how amazing would it be to drive through italy.. wow

all little ebay finds.. how fun it would be to have some cash and some more room.. ha

Cadaval & Solá-Morales

I found this amazing peice of work when dragging throught the METROPOLIS site. I was just blown away with how simple and efficiant everything was.. just perfect almost. I am constantly dreaming of a place this simple and we have nearly achieved that at our new place here in Savannah.

things i like:

the furniture is all crafted by local individuals

LOW COST & low tech green

use of wind flow to cool

solid closures for weather/intrution (many have to hire people to watch a place when they are not there.. this prevents that)

the hammocks are amazing.. again.. local.. need one here to hang from the 25'.. would be beautiful and possibly border on elegant/playful.. fun combo

its just an all round forward thinking project.. congrats!

i sort of picture a place like this working perfectly at the place in miami..

enjoyble

Macbook Air

yup.. its out and yup... its extremely small.. we have a beautiful macbook and are very happy with it.. i really wonder whats next

'r.n.i.' table by chul an kwak

i am not sure if you have been so lucky but if you have ever seen an octopus moving underwater you will surely aggree with me that this looks exactly like that! and for this reason i can only picture this table moving.. beautiful..

Tom de Vrieze for Extremis

I have talked for a long time about the possibilities of an outdoor shower for our place in Miami.. there is really nothing better.. both for just hanging out in the back yard on a hot day, when getting out of the pool, or just as an outdoor option to the morning routine.. i often use the pool as a morning refresher.. this design is equally as special becuase it allows the sun to heat the water that is stored in the hose.. very smart!

GAT FOG PARTYGin and Tonic Fog Party Artificial indoor fog made of Gin and Tonic Gat Fog party is an artificial indoor meteorological phenomenon based in weather engineering for "cultural farming" purposes. Yum!

phil barge framebuilder/ designer -bcd montreal bargecycledesign.blogspot.com

squba by ringspeed is a 'diving' car.. or underwater car. I am not loving the lines of it.. i think there is a pontiac or saturn out there that looks just like this.. why not more of a sub style but with the ability to drive itself to its own trailer? I sort of think the above is a bit of a joke but hey.. the idea is real fun to think about

letman

ilk

GOOGLE PHOTO SEARCH

copy and paste any image into the search 'picture frame' (create style your own)
click search
and then you will see all of the sites that your image/photo/etc can be found on

very interesting to think how many photos of you/your product/your friend are out there... fun

KITCH 2

the learning curve of kitsch...
so i went from ignorently looking at kitsch as being only vulgar or shock.. then when i looked at it more and thought more about it i realized that it is just as much about being playful, akward, a little something different.. almost like a blemish or a funny stain. I also think a lot about using vintage colours and images.. because the sort of stick out akwardly.. you dont dislike it at all.. but it is just for some reason a little funny or makes you smile.
I think thaat this new found discovery really came from looking at Andrea's work.. it has becuase so playful and fun in a way.. but the line consistancy makes it a little different.. thoes little quirks and little dives make it special.. thanks andrea!

Orchadia Light by Mark McKenna--

Lamborghini Reventon.. wow.. it has definitally been making its rounds... scary lines.. i feel intimidated by it everytime i see it (only photos.. have not seen one in person yet.. but.. it will happen soon im sure being in miami)

Martin Holzapfel

Kwangho Lee

The Ikea Hotel

Try before you buy. Have a small hotel for people to stay at... carry series of furn in each.. people can try out what it is like to live with it for a day.
Could just apply idea to hotel industry in general.. which i think they are doing already a little.. like the glasses.. go for it.. take them and be charged $.. or simply call and front desk will supply you with a new set at either your hotel room door.. or shipped directly to your home.. i like that

High Modern Homes

thomas bernard

digital polaroid...
yes.. and 1st off.. it will take away from the excitment and nostalgia of a true polaroid.. but just having the chance to produce a piece of paper or a keep sake for your friend to take home.. just as valuable..
it will sell.

floating hotel...
beautiful boat outfitted with a few rooms.. please do not thin k of it as a cruise.. more of a boutique hotel that happens to grace the ports of some amazing costal cities. beautiful idea!

less of a strategist and more of a opportunist

Last night I went to a great lecture at SCAD by visiting architect Brian MacKay-Lyons. He is from Halifax! I saw his name on the upcoming events and got excited to hear him talk becuase I love his work! It was nice to hear him speak of our culture (wood & fishing) and how to create building that can withstand our climate in Nova Scotia. The most important thing he said was how he uses a participation design with his clients.. so that they are as much involved in the design process as he is... and I have been writing about this for a while.. so it was nice to hear it come out of his mouth. I look at it as being more client centered.. but that is becuase of the health professional in me.

KITSCH

what is it? I have heard the term float around but can kind of think of a few things which may be classified as it..

so i think of it as having a direct correlation with shock value.. is this just me?? i think untasteful and sort out out of place...

like an interesting artist that i always keep my eye on when i am in miami is eurydice.. yes.. interesting name and even more interesting work.. i love her work.. i think it is a great how it makes me think of a really old grandmother type sitting and carefully knitting these outrageous scenes....

Eurydice's Studio is located at 810 Lincoln Road #108 in the heart of South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida

As we (Andrea and i) looked her up we found that she studied with lichtenstein.. another artist we that may fall under kitsch...

jonathan adler plays a little with his use of boobies and the occational marijawanna leaf here and there... we were in the store the other night on lincon and i snapped a few photos.. not knowing at the time i would think about these kitsch artists.. should kitsch be under quotations?

jonathan adler his line is amazing now.. everything is a pleasure to look at and brings a real smile to the face.. i dont think i ever leave his store mad.. haha

i saw this work and it really shocked me how real it looked.. please check out the decapitator's photos.. again.. is this kitsch?

so.. anyway.. andrea needs to come up with a kitsch pattern for her class and it is fun/interesting to think of the things you could do (naked/sex print on old lady wear.... knitted/embroydered details).. i think it is just me that sex and nudity are included.. but i also think about formal meets unformal... or mixing of classes/gender/race/etc.... all of thoes things that push it a little.. or just are maybe a little funny.. like maybe a black silhouette of a cute puppy and then his little lipstick is showing in pink... cute but a little riskehhh..

so.. here we are..

great finish to the story

dave bollinger

studio manzano

The following information is from Foster + Partners:
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Foster + Partners creates the world’s largest single building
One of the world’s most ambitious building projects, Crystal Island has been granted preliminary planning permission in Moscow. Enclosed within a vast mega structure covering a total floor area of 2.5million square metres – the project’s scale is unprecedented. At 450m the scheme is one of the tallest structures enclosing the largest volume, on the planet. It also creates a spectacular new emblem on the Moscow skyline. Conceived as a self-contained city within a city, it contains a rich mix of buildings including museums, theatres and cinemas, to ensure that it is a major new destination for the whole of Moscow.

It is just amazing that people are planning things this large.. it is exciting but also a little scary to me. I wish them all the best and hope that the environment is put at the forefront of the design process.