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Thursday, September 24, 2009
WOODEN HOUSE BY WIM GOES
Located on the outskirts of Gent, Belgium’s third-largest city, is this stunning private sanctuary.
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Noma Bar: Negative Space
To provoke a second glance, Noma Bar expertly uses negative space: his illustrations are formed of both a single image and a series of themed elements that give the final piece its shape.
The Big Squeeze: piece for an article on the oil gains to be made from Iraq
Gun Crime illustration
Fat Cat: for a piece on how CEOs invest their personal wealth
This is The End illustration
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The Big Squeeze: piece for an article on the oil gains to be made from Iraq
Gun Crime illustration
Fat Cat: for a piece on how CEOs invest their personal wealth
This is The End illustration
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Photo of Sydney Today
Dust storm - cool! I was caught in one in Israel once. Hard to imagine how it can be raining sand so hard that you can't see anything at all. No flights, no driving, just engulfed in the redness.
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Keith Haring Domino
Crack is Wack! I remember driving by that wall along the FDR so many times. Keith was an NYC artistic period piece embodied in one man. Loved by the likes of Warhol, grew up with Madonna, worshiped by art lovers around the world - he was such an integral piece in the NYC puzzle at the time. Christina Clausen's - Universe of Haring was an amazing documentary I enjoyed at the Tribeca Film Festival.
PS Going back to Costa Tuesday!
PS Going back to Costa Tuesday!
Algae Buildings
Are living green buildings just around the corner? A report recently released by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers suggests that sealed containers of algae photobioreactors could be integrated into the sides of buildings to produce biofuels and sequester carbon, adding a whole new meaning to the term ‘green building’. As the algae grows it sucks up CO2 from the surrounding air which can then be stored.
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Diving the Great Wall of China
Adventure provides great memories.
Introducing Diving the Great Wall, the first-ever organized tour of the submerged portions of the Great Wall, running missions now.
This portion of the wall has been under a lake since the 1980s, but unless you planned on ferrying a few hundred pounds of diving equipment across the border, you couldn't take it on until now. Your scuba-sherpas will suit you up, bring you to the exact spot where the wall dips underwater and guide you to its most dive-worthy parts. Once submerged, you'll stumble across a few Ming-era stone carvings, some intricate tunnels and a tight-squeeze guard tower that will require every last ounce of your Bond-like scuba ability. (Wearing your backup tux is advised.)
Over the course of the trip, you'll get two scuba-assisted dives into the Atlantis-style ruins (feel free to keep the dress semi-formal for the second) before you start the earthbound portion of the voyage, which includes a guided tour of the unrestored parts of the Forbidden City, usually off-limits to tourists.
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Thank you to our friends at Urbane Nomads for another great one!
Introducing Diving the Great Wall, the first-ever organized tour of the submerged portions of the Great Wall, running missions now.
This portion of the wall has been under a lake since the 1980s, but unless you planned on ferrying a few hundred pounds of diving equipment across the border, you couldn't take it on until now. Your scuba-sherpas will suit you up, bring you to the exact spot where the wall dips underwater and guide you to its most dive-worthy parts. Once submerged, you'll stumble across a few Ming-era stone carvings, some intricate tunnels and a tight-squeeze guard tower that will require every last ounce of your Bond-like scuba ability. (Wearing your backup tux is advised.)
Over the course of the trip, you'll get two scuba-assisted dives into the Atlantis-style ruins (feel free to keep the dress semi-formal for the second) before you start the earthbound portion of the voyage, which includes a guided tour of the unrestored parts of the Forbidden City, usually off-limits to tourists.
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Thank you to our friends at Urbane Nomads for another great one!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Jotabequ x Gold's Gym Costa Rica
I met with JBQ not to long ago - they have some real talent. A division of Grey Group (brilliant marketing, branding, PR Agency that Google and many others employ). This campaign for Gold's Gym Costa Rica is hilarious.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Villa O in Cap de Ferrat
Beautiful home in one of the classiest locales on the Côte d'Azur. Unbelievable little town that's always been known to have a special charm and prestige.
Love the Scarface bed! Ju know what a hazer is Frank?
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Love the Scarface bed! Ju know what a hazer is Frank?
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Onitsuka Tiger 60th Annivesary
Ridiculously awesome. Look at the hand sown binding and the laser cut stencil! Damn thats nice.
On fun packaging that has recently shown up ~ how awesome is this Made Of Japan (TAB Exclusive Boxed Edition) by Onitsuka Tiger ~ the packaging is stunning with a laser cut tiger motif on the cardboard sleeve that i’m just itching to spray paint as a stencil to see how it would look… From the TAB site: “Exclusive to TAB: the book comes in a box with a laser-cut Tiger sleeve. Limited to 250 boxes! Onitsuka Tiger is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year - an event of major significance in Japan. Made of Japan is the beautiful result of a journey into taste: 260 pages presenting the brands’ original sports heritage, its vision and evolution, and its influence as a style icon amongst fashion leaders, artists, athletes and sports fans around the world.” Take a peek on the next page of the awesome packaging (the sleeve and box are gorgeous ~ and the binding style as well!) + some of my favorite pics from within! Continue reading...
On fun packaging that has recently shown up ~ how awesome is this Made Of Japan (TAB Exclusive Boxed Edition) by Onitsuka Tiger ~ the packaging is stunning with a laser cut tiger motif on the cardboard sleeve that i’m just itching to spray paint as a stencil to see how it would look… From the TAB site: “Exclusive to TAB: the book comes in a box with a laser-cut Tiger sleeve. Limited to 250 boxes! Onitsuka Tiger is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year - an event of major significance in Japan. Made of Japan is the beautiful result of a journey into taste: 260 pages presenting the brands’ original sports heritage, its vision and evolution, and its influence as a style icon amongst fashion leaders, artists, athletes and sports fans around the world.” Take a peek on the next page of the awesome packaging (the sleeve and box are gorgeous ~ and the binding style as well!) + some of my favorite pics from within! Continue reading...
Monday, September 14, 2009
Quoteskin kills it!
Friday, September 11, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Tree Top Luxury in the Amazon
Does it get any better? You know how I feel about tree houses, let alone a tree house and a luxury adventure travel experience.
You may not remember, but with the right equipment, a tree house can be pretty sweet. A tall tree's a good start—just far enough away that you've got the space to yourself—but then you'll want to bring in the chairs, the binoculars... and maybe a few drinks. Welcome to the Canopy Tree House, a bar- and butler-equipped luxury suite resting 90 feet off the ground in the middle of the Peruvian Amazon, open now.
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Does it get any better? You know how I feel about tree houses, let alone a tree house and a luxury adventure travel experience.
You may not remember, but with the right equipment, a tree house can be pretty sweet. A tall tree's a good start—just far enough away that you've got the space to yourself—but then you'll want to bring in the chairs, the binoculars... and maybe a few drinks. Welcome to the Canopy Tree House, a bar- and butler-equipped luxury suite resting 90 feet off the ground in the middle of the Peruvian Amazon, open now.
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Grand! Sustainable and beautiful.
Internationally acclaimed designer Michael Jantzen continues to wow us with his architectural and renewable energy wonders. His newest brainchild, the Sun Rays Pavilion, consists of 12 massive columns that rise out of the earth like giant crystals reaching for the sun. Appropriate, because the acutely slanted building relies on the sun’s rays alone for power. Jantzen has many other designs for renewable energy pavilions, like his Wind Shaped Kinetic Pavilion or his Solar Wind Pavilion. This latest design is outfitted with photovoltaic film to generate electricity in order to power the pavilion and sell any excess to the grid. Continue reading at Inhabitat...
Internationally acclaimed designer Michael Jantzen continues to wow us with his architectural and renewable energy wonders. His newest brainchild, the Sun Rays Pavilion, consists of 12 massive columns that rise out of the earth like giant crystals reaching for the sun. Appropriate, because the acutely slanted building relies on the sun’s rays alone for power. Jantzen has many other designs for renewable energy pavilions, like his Wind Shaped Kinetic Pavilion or his Solar Wind Pavilion. This latest design is outfitted with photovoltaic film to generate electricity in order to power the pavilion and sell any excess to the grid. Continue reading at Inhabitat...
LAPP: Light Art Performance Photography
One photo - no computer enhancement!
The fantastic spectacles of colour - which are the latest trend in street art - are as impressive as fireworks. A host of light sources, from flash lights and bike lights to blinking LED lights, are used to 'paint' a picture straight onto the camera lens.
Also known as light drawing or light painting, these arresting images are created with long exposure cameras in the dark. Sometimes the exposures run on for longer than an hour.These images are made by Jan Wöllert and Jörg Miedza, the brains behind Light Art Performance Photography. The pair from Bremen, Germany, have been working together since 2007 but neither are full-time photographers.
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One photo - no computer enhancement!
The fantastic spectacles of colour - which are the latest trend in street art - are as impressive as fireworks. A host of light sources, from flash lights and bike lights to blinking LED lights, are used to 'paint' a picture straight onto the camera lens.
Also known as light drawing or light painting, these arresting images are created with long exposure cameras in the dark. Sometimes the exposures run on for longer than an hour.These images are made by Jan Wöllert and Jörg Miedza, the brains behind Light Art Performance Photography. The pair from Bremen, Germany, have been working together since 2007 but neither are full-time photographers.
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