collage prints by tiny fawn

Collage strikes me as one of the most difficult art forms. I think about how challenging it is to convey form with the stroke of a paintbrush or pen, and then I consider trying to do it with a ripped piece of paper . . . yikes. When these fauna collage prints by Darrah Gooden of Tiny Fawn landed in my inbox, I had to stop and stare in admiration for a bit. They feel so effortlessly composed, and I love how Darrah manages to convey movement and personality in each animal so economically — just a few artful slivers of colored tissue. You can see the full collection of Darrah's collage works by clicking here. Thanks for sharing, Darrah! — Kate

diy project: autumn leaf bouquet

I don't know what it's like in your neighborhood, but when I step outside here in Oakland, I sense it right away: Fall is in the air! I'm lucky enough to have a few turning trees on my street, so I don't miss out entirely on the brilliant autumn colors I remember from growing up in NH. Speaking of brilliant autumn colors, I'm thrilled to share this stunning maple leaf rose bouquet DIY from a fellow Kate — clay, fiber and paper artist Kate Hust.

Kate first learned how to make these a few years ago from a retired art teacher in her community, and now they've become an annual tradition when fall rolls around. Her instructor taught her to wrap the leaves really tight, so they looked like rose buds,  but Kate has modified the technique a bit to suit her own tastes: She likes to find the really big leaves and make them with large open "petals." She's clearly perfected the craft, and I'm so happy that she's decided to pass the tradition on to us. Thanks for sharing, Kate! — Kate

Kill Math makes math more meaningful

After a certain point in math education, like some time during high school, the relevance of the concepts to the everyday and the real world seem to fade. However, in many ways, math lets you describe real life better than you can with just words. Designer Bret Victor hopes to make the abstract and conceptual to real and concrete with Kill Math.

Kill Math is my umbrella project for techniques that enable people to model and solve meaningful problems of quantity using concrete representations and intuition-guided exploration. In the long term, I hope to develop a widely-usable, insight-generating alternative to symbolic math.

As part of the early project, Victor developed a prototype interface on the iPad to help you understand dynamical systems. It probably sounds boring to you, but the video and explanation will change your mind:

Statistics has the same problem with concepts, and is one of the main reasons why people hate it so much. They learn about curves, hypothesis tests, and distribution tables, and the takeaway is that there are some equations that you plug numbers into. Sad. Of course there are plenty of people working on that, but there's still a ways to go.

Social Media Brandsphere

The Social Media Brandsphere is a new collaboration between Brian Solis andJESS3.  The Brandsphere explores how brand storytelling can cross different communication mediums. 

Over on the JESS3 blog, they've posted 10 of the different early versions and concepts of the Brandsphere so you can see some of the behind-the-scenes design process at work. 

Social networks and channels present brands with a broad array of media opportunities to engage customers and those who influence them. Each channel offers a unique formula for engagement where brands become stories and people become storytellers. Using a transmedia approach, the brand story can connect with customers differently across each medium, creating a deeper, more enriching experience. Transmedia storytelling doesn't follow the traditional rules of publishing; it caters to customers where they connect and folds them into the narrative. In any given network, brands can invest in digital assets that span five media landscapes:

1. Paid: Digital advertising, banners, adwords, overlays

2. Owned: Created assets, custom content

3. Earned: Brand-related conversations and user-generated content

4: Promoted: in-stream or social paid promotions vehicles (e.g. Twitter's Promoted products and Facebook's Sponsored Stories)

5. Shared: Open platforms or communities where customers co-create and collaborate with brands. (e.g. Dell's IdeaStorm and Starbuck'sMyStarbucksIdea.)

Any combination of the five media strategies defines a new Brandsphere where or

ganizations can capture attention, steer online experiences, spark conversations and word of mouth can help customers address challenges or create new opportunities. Each media channel connects differently with people and thus requires a dedicated approach integrating tangible and intangible value. Doing so ensures a critical path for social media content: relevance, reach and resonance.

 

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Tree House in Sanctuaire Mont Cathédrale by Pauline Tremblay and Pierre Léveillé

I love this home called the "Tree House" by Pauline Tremblay and Pierre Léveillé. Located in Quebec's Eastern Townships, it's the first house atSanctuaire Mont Cathédrale, a housing project designed to blend into its surroundings by using sustainable materials and technologies.

"The Sanctuaire is the result of more than ten years of reflection on one simple question: Do we have to be outside to experience nature?" says project manager Pierre Léveillé. The idea was to create a home in which one could experience nature as closely as possible. Inspired by a tree, the house's first floor is covered in wood to represent a tree trunk. I love the second floor, which is covered in copper tiles, or "leaves," which will, over time, develop a green patina just like its surrounding vegetation.

The home is also warm and natural inside, but also modern. The harmonious use of wood, marble, quartz, steel, glass, and porcelain as well as the wood beams bring the outside in. I'd totally live here.

Studio MPLS: Crown Maple

The branding and packaging design for high-end maple syrup brand Crown Maple, is yet another example of the excellent work coming out of Studio MPLS. The design and production details are absolutely gorgeous and I can't wait to pick up a bottle for myself. I also love that they've given us a glimpse into their process, including sketches and abandoned directions, in this post on their blog.

A Friend Of Mine: VCE Season Of Excellence

Check out this beautiful identity program, which features stunning paper cut work, for VCE Season of Excellence by A Friend of Mine.

The VCE Season of Excellence, by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA), is a series of events and exhibitions celebrating a selection of A+ grade work produced by VCE students in an array of creative fields.

via Hip Street

A Huge Loss

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly sat­is­fied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep look­ing. Don't set­tle. As with all mat­ters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great rela­tion­ship, it just gets bet­ter and bet­ter as the years roll on." — Steve Jobs

Well said, Steve. Thank-you for chang­ing the world — you will be greatly missed.

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London Aquatics Centre 2012 by Zaha Hadid photographed by Hufton + Crow

Here are some more photographs of Zaha Hadid's recently completed aquatics centre for the London 2012 Olympic Games, taken by UK photographers Hufton + Crow.

Six curved concrete diving boards stick out like tongues across one pool at the end of the main hall, beneath an undulating wave-like roof.

The competition pool is also located in this hall, which will seat 17,500 spectators during the games.

five copies of China Granite Project II by Max Lamb to be won

Competition: we've teamed up with London designer Max Lamb to give readers the chance to win one of five signed copies of his new book China Granite Project II.

The 112-page book documents the making of his second collection of furniture that's cut from granite in a Chinese quarry.

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China Granite Project II

This book documents the making of China Granite Project II – a collection of furniture by Max Lamb realised in October 2010 using an igneous granite known as Sesame Black native to Fujian Province, China.

A book published by Everyday Life Books by Apartamento Magazine launched during Design Miami/Basel in June 2011 to accompany Max's solo exhibition with Johnson Trading Gallery.

Small-Space Survivalist Lives in 8-Square-Meter NYC Condo

So you want to live in New York City just off Central Park? Prepare to cough up a few thousand dollars a month … or find a fabulous little 12-by-7-foot hole in the wall for just seven hundred dollars and learn to live a little differently, as this industrious writer has done.

In this video, we get a sneak-peak tour of life with Felice Cohen in a place where storage is sacrosanct … but bonking a head on the ceiling when waking is a real risk, and going to the bathroom requires wedging oneself onto the seat sideways.

Building up is critical and as she points out (only half joking) most New Yorkers use the stove as a supplementary closet anyway – conventional cooking is out of the question, so a hot pot and cold eats are standard fare. Still, there is some separation of activities – a work chair versus a desk chair, for instance.

A little refrigerator has to be sufficient, fewer clothes can be owned and book choices become precious decisions when both professional and personal space are in limited supply. This is just a work in progress, though, and a learning process – perhaps the basis for some future writings as well.

3-Legged Folding Stool Combines Gravity, Strength & Style

This tripod seat has more than one clever twist – beyond looking solid then sliding up into a compact, flat-packed form, it uses the sitter's weight to its advantage, growing more stable as additional pressure is added from above.

While it is neat and creative, this is more than just another shock-and-awe object – it would work in multiple materials with the same shape and functionality, stores well, uses standard fasteners and is constructed in a durable fashion to boot.

This graduate student design byJack Smith could theoretically hold more than a few people – though fitting them on there is obviously a bit of a trick.

DIY Sod Sofas: Recline in Real Green-Grass Lawn Loungers

On a hot summer day, there is nothing like taking off your shoes or using sandals to expose your toes for a walk through a low garden or lawn. Taking it (literally) to the next level, sod-upholstered couches are a great way to cool down with a book in the backyard.

In Black Rock City, Nevada, this author even saw (and sat in) a grass couch set up in the middle of the desert – perhaps not the most sustainable design solution, but it sure was comfortable (and on very hot and dry days: even better when freshly watered).

Note: for most arid climates, it might be a bit more eco-friendly to just use something of the astroturf variety (though it sounds a little scratchy, to be honest). Still, it saves that pesky problem of trying to mow in difficult corners or up vertical green surfaces.

Best of all, though, anyone can build a sod sofa for themselves right at home – and perhaps an ottoman, coffee or side table to go with it. Build a pair of benches and you could make the perfect above-but-on-the-ground picnic spot.

Rocking Horse Rocker

The 'Rocker' rocking horse designed by Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien is a great addition to the new collection of children's furniture from Richard Lampert.

This plastic hourglass-shaped body rests simply on two wooden runners, providing hours of rocking fun, and, at the same time, producing a wonderful design object.

Many things of interest to young children are not figurative but simply everyday objects that are not intended for play! Children find their own imaginative purpose for any object already in the home. This observation prompted Doshi Levien to create a 'Rocker' that is like a found object, an improvised ride.

Doshi Levien is a London based design office, established in 2000.

"Italian Lights" at BSL Gallery in Paris

Galerie BSL is exhibiting part of its outstanding collection of vintage Italian lights with a selection conceived around Gino Sarfatti.

Gino Sarfatti "n°1063"

"...For many specialists, Gino Sarfatti, creator of hundreds of models, is 20th century's greatest lighting designer. "I have never been interested in form,"* he confesses, defining himself as an artisan. Everything starts with the bulb for this great chrome stand enthusiast who invented a lamp kit to change as you wish into nine different types of lighting, wall light, reflector, etc.

Gino Sarfatti "Moon"

Gino Sarfatti occupies a core place in this exhibition. The most spectacular piece and the most important: the large n°2068 ceiling light designed in 1952. With its thirty lights, it conjures up a modern castle, a church candelabra or the crown of candles worn by young girls in the procession during the Festival of Light in Nordic countries. Everything is sober, meticulous, but also ethereal with Sarfatti, who chooses to leave the wire apparent "because you have to be able to look at the reason for the lamp."* Amongst others is the extremely rare wall light n°194 (1950) in brass and lacquered metal, the audacious lamp n°1063 which totally changed the idea of domestic lighting (Compasso d'Oro in 1954, prestigious Italian design award), the table lamp n°604 called Moon (1969), with a scattering of micro-bulbs like lunar craters.

Ettore Sottsass "Asteroid"

For at the era of the conquest of space, tomorrow's light comes from outer space, following the example of the Asteroide (1968) table lamp, a very 'pop' creation by Ettore Sottsass, leader of the Memphis neo- baroque movement. Made of perspex, it reflects peninsula designers' taste for new materials adaptable to the craziest shapes. The Golden Gate by Nanda Vigo features amongst the exhibition's centrepieces, extensive refined architecture spanning two metres which won its designer, influenced by the silhouette of the eponymous bridge, the New York Prize for Industrial Design in 1971, or Rimorchiatore by Gae Aulenti (1969), an example of which appears in the Centre Pompidou collection. Also featuring are creations by the Italians Angelo Lelli - the Calder of lighting -, Studio A.R.D.I.T.I., Matteo Thun and Joe Colombo (honoured by a retrospective at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 2007).

Gae Aulenti "Rimorchiadore"

Without forgetting, for comparison, works by Français Michel Buffet in the vein of Serge Mouille and the German master Ingo Maurer. Finally to complete this vintage selection the Escargot (snail) lamp, created by Le Corbusier in 1954 for the Cité Radieuse in Marseille, produced for the first time in 2011 by Cassina with a limited edition of 150 numbered pieces. Text: Alexandre Crochet, journalist, art historian.

Michel Buffet floor lamp

Exhibition: 'Italian Lights'
From May 20 to July 23 2011
Galerie BSL
8 cité Véron
75018 Paris - France

Neutra and Eames house numbers from Heath Ceramics

Heath Ceramics and House Industries are launching Heath house numbers, three-dimensional clay tiles celebrating the legendary Neutra and Eames fonts.

The Heath artisans are uniquely qualified to create a three-dimensional ceramic representation of House Industries' two-dimensional typographic world. Each clay tile is glazed in a matte finish with a raised, unglazed number. As with all Heath tiles, Heath house numbers are pressed, hand-glazed, trimmed, and kiln-fired. They fuse simple, crisp lines, geometric forms and rich glazes in bold and classic colors. The two companies designed the tiles to be modular and easily integrated within a Heath tile installation, as well as to be displayed on their own with the use of a beautiful, modern track system—available in either salvaged teak or stainless steel.

"Bringing the Neutra and Eames-inspired fonts to life in clay form is so exciting to us," says Heath Ceramics Creative Director Catherine Bailey. "Forming these beautiful and refined type-shapes out of an imprecise material, like clay, creates a fantastic contrast. The finished piece becomes as interesting as what's likely to be housed inside the homes where the numbers preside."

Richard J. Neutra was a rare personality whose character combined an uncommon aesthetic ability with a profound sense of civic responsibility. His physio-psychic architecture linked living spaces to their surrounding landscapes, physically and intellectually enriching the entire being. Impressed with Neutra's design sensibilities, House Industries consulted with his son and partner, Dion, to produce Neutraface—an extensive font family based on the lettering that adorned many Neutra buildings. Since first releasing Neutraface in 2001, House Industries has continued to expand the family of typefaces with alternative, condensed and slab-serif styles.

Charles and Ray Eames are among the most important American designers of this century. House Industries worked closely with the Eames family for over ten years to gain access to some of the more obscure archive materials, to seek approval for the designs and to get a feel for what Charles and Ray would have wanted in a font family that bears their name. The Eames Century Roman family has eight different weights, from a distinctively delicate thin to a bombastic extra black. Corresponding italics are on double duty with their subtle nod to Ray Eames' handwriting style while also providing an accompaniment to the Roman styles. Keeping with the Eames philosophy of balancing form and function, House also developed a special stencil version of the heaviest weight of the text family.

The Neutra numbers (3x6 inches) are offered in museum black and mid-century white, while the more playful Eames numbers (4x4 inches) are available in bright yellow, paprika, and museum black.