From Notcot
Posted on May 19th 2013, 06:42 PM
On booths that make you feel from afar like you’re quick approaching the enthralled crowd around a mind blowing street performer as you come down the aisle… Oswalds Mill Audio’s ICFF booth had that effect. Only as you approach, you realize the group of (mostly guys) are clustered and staring at the beauty and silently listening to the sounds of their impressive speakers! While their loudspeakers, amps, record players, and more are all stunning, the OMA Mini’s beauty was burned into my memory ~ so naturally i had to share that with you first!Their speakers use a beautiful proprietary conical horn, “designed for the neodymium compression driver selected to achieve optimal performance, and cast in aluminum by a foundry in Pennsylvania,” and it’s perched on the woofer enclosures (either birch of bamboo), all designed by David D’Imperio, on a solid carbon steel stand! You can also pair the set up with a Mini Sub, whose face feels slightly hannibal mask like. As for the technical audio details, “The Mini is a very high efficiency speaker, at approx. 95db/1w/1m, and is 8ohm. This means you can use just about any amplifier with the Mini, from very low powered single ended triode amps (SETs) to high powered solid state amps, as the Minis uses professional drivers, not HiFi drivers, which distort at lower levels. These types of professional drivers offer far greater performance, and bullet proof reliability.They do not extend to the first octave, as hifi drivers do,...
From Notcot
Posted on May 19th 2013, 06:20 PM
Here’s the latest from London-based editor and resident zoologist, Justine Aw!While over at New York Design Week they have the Progetto Barrique (with the swing we loved here) with designers repurposing reclaimed casks… here in London, there’s a similar project upcycling beer barrels! This is one of my favorite projects from May Design Series, “The end of the Big Beer Barrel” from Switzerland-based Yask. The project’s premise is the retirement on 50 litre (11 gallon) stainless steel beer barrels in favor of a new smaller model. The iconic larger sized beer barrels will suddenly be retired from use and candidates for recycling or upcycling. The studio explored how these barrels might be used in variety of contexts. Take a peek on the next page!
TO PAGE 2 of "The End of the Big Beer Barrel"! ----->
(Want more visual goodness? See NOTCOT.com + NOTCOT.org)From Notcot
Posted on May 19th 2013, 06:05 PM
Here’s the latest from London-based editor and resident zoologist, Justine Aw!It’s also a great week for design here in London with Clerkenwell Design Week just around the corner and the first ever May Design Series in London. I headed down to ExCel this morning for the first morning of the May Design Series, which brings together kbb LDN, The ARC Show, INTERIORS LDN and DX all under one roof. Some of our show highlights on the next page!
TO PAGE 2 of "Highlights from London’s May Design Series"! ----->
(Want more visual goodness? See NOTCOT.com + NOTCOT.org)From Materialicious
Posted on May 19th 2013, 04:32 PM
From Dailyicon
Posted on May 19th 2013, 04:30 PM
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding atmosphere brings it to life – the light and the air which vary continually. For me, it is only the surrounding atmosphere which gives subjects their true value.” Claude Monet.
The project for this house emerged from a very simple premise, to build on a very steep piece of land with a gradient of almost 100%, boasting wonderful views and on a tight budget. It was this highly complicated plot of land, surrounded by pine trees, that defined a good part of this project. The land, and its perspectives, constantly changing as the hours pass, the colour of the trees, the movement of sun and shadows…
On the one hand, the reduced dimensions of the plot and its complex orography, and on the other the desire to leave the minimum imprint on the land led us to seek out a floorplan which, matching the trees that surround it, emerges from a trunk well anchored to the land and opens up in braches on each floor, in such a way that each branch becomes the terrace of the upper level at the same time as it becomes the porch of the lower one. All this helps create a very formal building, with huge cantilevers facing out to emptiness, the woods and the sea which lie before it. A structure which opens up to these views and the sun, and which thanks to the terraces and the porches confuse the interior with the exterior.
A building which is equally formal in both its volume...
From Enroute.aircanada
Posted on May 19th 2013, 04:02 PM
Every visitor to the Bagno Vignoni in southern Siena falls for the benefits of its thermal waters.
Point de chute: les visiteurs de Bagno Vignoni profitent des vertus curatives des sources thermales qui arrosent ce petit village au sud de Sienne.Photo by / par Aya Brackett.
See more from our May 2013 issue.
Découvrez le reste de notre numéro de Mai 2013.From Designboom
Posted on May 19th 2013, 04:00 PM
a narrow plot was resolved with a home made entirely into a system of floating shelves, with each floor acting as a network of hovering stages interwoven with views, apertures and minimalist circulation.
The post hiroyuki shinozaki architects: house T, tokyo appeared first on designboom.
Posted on May 19th 2013, 04:00 PM
© Diego Opazo
Arquitecto: Victor García Martínez
Ubicación: Rafelbunyol, Valencia
Arquitecto A Cargo: Victor García Martínez
Equipo De Diseño: Daniel Martin Fuentes, Marta Sinisterra Olavarrieta, Cristina Tudela
Area: 1430.0 m2
Año: 2009
Fotógrafo: Diego Opazo
© Diego Opazo
El proyecto de la Guardería de Rafelbunyol tiene como objetivo principal responder adecuadamente a las necesidades básicas de un centro docente, cuidando al máximo el diseño y disposición de las piezas más...
From Complex
Posted on May 19th 2013, 03:57 PM
The natural environment offers more than we realize.
From Arthitectural
Posted on May 19th 2013, 03:09 PM
The project, developed in collaboration with Vanke, is located in Yantian District, Shengzhen, strategically situated along Dapeng Bay waterfront, opposite to the new tourist port currently under construction, pivot point and first phase of big future mixed use development including residential and commercial medium and high-rise.
© Courtesy of Kokaistudios
The building, 2300 sqm of new construction on four floors, initially hosts Vanke sales office for the promotion of the new development, and...
Posted on May 19th 2013, 03:00 PM
Cortesía de Wikivisual
“Ya no vivimos más en la naturaleza – ponemos cajas a su alrededor. Pero ahora realmente podemos diseñar la naturaleza para sostener nuestras necesidades. Todo lo que tenemos que hacer es diseñar el código y que se auto-cree. Nuestras visiones hoy – si se pueden encapsular en una semilla – [Se] crecerá para cumplir esa visión en la realidad”. – Andrew Hessel en una reciente entrevista en ArchDaily.
“La naturaleza de Ingeniería para sostener nuestras...
From Complex
Posted on May 19th 2013, 02:57 PM
Are these the people who inspired these artworks?
From Arthitectural
Posted on May 19th 2013, 02:32 PM
“SUITCASE” floating along the fashion stream. The well-defined positioning of the Female Multi-Brand Concept (MT) will pull together a large customer base for all brands and enhance the image of each brand, creating synergy for all.
© AS Design Service Limited
© AS Design Service Limited
© AS Design Service Limited
© AS Design Service Limited
Hong Kong AS design service ltd Creative Director Four Lau and Art Director Sam Sum are imagining fashion represent sea.
© AS Design Service Limited...
From Complex
Posted on May 19th 2013, 02:27 PM
Enter James Franco.
From Lecontainer
Posted on May 19th 2013, 02:04 PM
