SolidSmack has an interesting article about the “Chrysalis Project” on Kickstarter, an effort by architect/programming experimenter Chris Chalmers. To summarize the article, Chris is developing an export function from Rhino’s Grasshopper add-on, to allow designers to export parametric models — and their … Continue reading chrysalis project
Windscreen was a temporary installation at MIT by Howeler+Yoon Architects from Boston. Straight from their site: “Windscreen creates an exterior screeen composed of an array of small-scale, vertical axis wind turbines. The spinning of these turbines self-powers their integral lighting, providing … Continue reading windscreen
Via Inhabitat, here is an interesting design thesis concept from Meidad Marzan, who proposes a solar shading system consisting of servo-controlled rotating panels with photovoltaic panels on one side and OLED panels on the other. They charge during the day, … Continue reading student concept: urban tiles
I love this street-front entrance to the below-grade Sephora store at the Rue de Rivoli in Paris. The pendants are made out of translucent red plastic with a frosted texture. Coupled with the cool white luminous walls, it totally looks … Continue reading sephora’s laser blasters
At the Quai Branly Museum in Paris (itself in a very cool building by Jean Nouvel), I saw this awesome luminous wall in the temporary Maori exhibit. It is a simple design, a stick-framed box faced with 1/4″ MDF panels that were … Continue reading quai branly museum — maori exhibition lighting wall
Even though Microsoft goes and kills off the one product that actually looked like something from the future, at least they keep releasing awesome concept videos from their “Future Vision” series, offering a peak at what “technology may look like in 5-10 … Continue reading microsoft’s awesome vision of the future…again
Via Cool Hunter, I stumbled across Ango, a small company in Thailand that uses unique materials to great effect, including raw silk cocoons, rattan, hand soldered wire cages, and hand built-up polymer substrates. Sounds labor intensive, but the end results … Continue reading ango
Check out this stylish glowing acrylic chair. Sexy design…LEDs concealed in the outer bezel firing back into etched acrylic. From the UK design company Rosseau. via TrendHunter Continue reading glowing bubble chair
I found these very cool ’80s retro style graphics with lots of luminosity from a Russian artist called Hypnosky: via trendhunter Continue reading lighting inspiration: hypnosky
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