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Mar 28, 2008
Peace & Love, Music Promo
This is an animated promo for Quasi (domino records) for their track 'peace and love'. It was directed and produced by Big Red Button. Illustrated by Trevor White, and animated by a swarm of us. Check out their channel here..
Mar 26, 2008
Kochi Architects Studio
kochi architects studio is a tokyo based firm which works on a variety of architectural projects from residences
to stores, as well as furniture and lighting products. the studio sent us some images of two of their project's,
'house kn' and 'atelier for a calligrapher'.
'house kn' is located in the suburban prefecture of kanagawa, japan. it's design began with a box that was sliced
to create a large void, allowing the garden to be enveloped by the house. an outdoor patio on the second floor is
also strategically placed to make use of this unique slice.
'atelier for a calligrapher' is a studio and residence for a calligrapher in ymareshi, japan. it is situated on a hill
overlooking rice fields below. the slopped design of the building was inspired by a ship's hull. it also allows the
client to look down on the view of the rice fields and serves as an awning for the entrance.
22STUDIO
經過幾番波折，studio22要參加五月份在紐約的designboom mart了！
距離上次去東京已經快要半年了，從東京回來到目前都在忙著將水泥戒指推銷出去，在戒指的品質上面也有些許的提昇，這次去紐約目標是在把我們的戒指介紹給更多的洋人們，並且感受一下以參展設計師的身份去紐約的感覺，很期待很開心。
在新的設計方面，新款戒指目前還沒有生出來，因為我們希望新款戒指能夠在製造或是概念上能夠更上一層樓，跟之前的設計比要有進步的感覺，所以我們一直在避免新款戒指只在造型上做改變，希望至少去紐約前可以有一款新的戒指。
另外我們最近也在著手設計戒指外的產品，目前自己看起來是相當有趣的設計，也希望去紐約前能夠曝光。
最近真的覺得作設計是一條很奇怪的路，因為以我自己為例常常都是idea來找我，不是我找到idea，真的要我針對一個題目在一星期內交出草圖我還真的不是很行，所以我也一直覺得目前的我很幸運，碰巧想到的水泥戒指還蠻受歡迎的，拜它之賜我還可以找到名目作個自由設計師，不用每天加班，也可以藉機出國旅遊增廣見聞。
加油加油！！上次去東京的時候遇到很多台灣的同胞跟我們加油打氣，感覺很溫馨，希望五月剛好有要去紐約旅遊的台灣同胞，別忘了去icff看看我們阿～～跟我說國語或台語就是最大的鼓勵！！
Mar 23, 2008
Mar 22, 2008
EXPLODING CARS
The idea of bringing beauty to something as horrific as a car crash seems impossible. Artist Cai Guo-Qiang has achieved the impossible. His installation Inopportune, featured at MASS MoCA in Massachusetts presents a virtual ballet of individual cars as they twist, revolve and flip in sequence making their way through the motions of a car crash. Long transparent rods radiate from the car, pulsing with dazzling multi coloured light as the vehicles appear in stop motion. Suspended from the ceiling with transparent cables the vehicles takes us through the contorted journey of an experience we would otherwise not want. Described as as "an explosive momentum expanded in time and space as if in a dream Cai Guo-Qiang's work is dramatic, severe and frighteningly beautiful.
To see more, log onto www.caiguoqiang.com
Mar 21, 2008
World's best-known protest symbol turns 50
BBC News
It started life as the emblem of the British anti-nuclear movement but it has become an international sign for peace、and arguably the most widely used protest symbol in the world. It has also been adapted、attacked and commercialised.
It had its first public outing 50 years ago on a chilly Good Friday as thousands of British anti-nuclear campaigners set off from London's Trafalgar Square on a 50-mile march to the weapons factory at Aldermaston.
The demonstration had been organised by the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War (DAC) and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) joined in.
I drew myself: the representative of an individual in despair、with hands palm outstretched outwards and downwards in the manner of Goya's peasant before the firing squad
Gerald Holtom
Gerald Holtom、a designer and former World War II conscientious objector from West London、persuaded DAC that their aims would have greater impact if they were conveyed in a visual image. The "Ban the Bomb" symbol was born.
He considered using a Christian cross motif but、instead、settled on using letters from the semaphore - or flag-signalling - alphabet、super-imposing N (uclear) on D (isarmament) and placing them within a circle symbolising Earth.
The sign was quickly adopted by CND.
Holtom later explained that the design was "to mean a human being in despair" with arms outstretched downwards.
US peace symbol
American pacifist Ken Kolsbun、who corresponded with Mr Holtom until his death in 1985、says the designer came to regret the connotation of despair and had wanted the sign inverted.
Anti-Vietnam protesters at a rally in New York
"He thought peace was something that should be celebrated," says Mr Kolsbun、who has spent decades documenting the use of the sign. "In fact、the semaphore sign for U in 'unilateral' depicts flags pointing upwards. Mr Holtom was all for unilateral disarmament."
In a book to commemorate the symbol's 50th birthday、Mr Kolsbun charts how it was transported across the Atlantic and took on additional meanings for the Civil Rights movement、the counter-culture of the 1960s and 70s including the anti-Vietnam protests、and the environmental、women's and gay rights movements.
He also argues that groups opposed to those tendencies tried to use the symbol against them by distorting its message.
How the sign migrated to the US is explained in various ways. Some say it was brought back from the Aldermaston protest by civil rights activist Bayard Rustin、a black pacifist who had studied Gandhi's techniques of non-violence.
Vietnam
In Peace: The biography of a symbol、Mr Kolsbun describes how in just over a decade、the sign had been carried by civil rights "freedom" marchers、painted on psychedelic Volkswagens in San Francisco、and on the helmets of US soldiers on the ground in Vietnam.
The peace sign was adopted by the counter-culture movement
"The sign really got going over here during the 1960s and 70s、when it became associated with anti-Vietnam protests," he told the BBC News website.
As the combat escalated、he says、so did the anti-war protests and the presence of the symbol.
"This、of course、led some people to condemn it as a communist sign," says Mr Kolsbun. "There has always been a lot of misconception and disinformation about it."
As the sign became a badge of the burgeoning hippie movement of the late 1960s、the hippies' critics scornfully compared it to a chicken footprint、and drew parallels with the runic letter indicating death.
In 1970、the conservative John Birch Society published pamphlets likening the sign to a Satanic symbol of an upside-down、"broken" cross.
While it remained a key symbol of the counter-culture movement throughout the 1970s、it returned to its origins in the 1980s、when it became the banner of the international grassroots anti-nuclear movement.
Power
The real power of the sign、its supporters say、is the reaction that it provokes - both from fans and from detractors.
In the UK、the sign is still associated with the Ban the Bomb movement
The South African government、for one、tried to ban its use by opponents of apartheid in 1973.
And、in 2006、a couple in suburban Denver found themselves embroiled in a dispute over their use of a giant peace sign as a Christmas wreath. The homeowners' association threatened them with a daily fine if they didn't remove it.
The association eventually backed down because of public pressure、but a member told a local newspaper it was clearly an "anti-Christ sign" with "a lot of negativity associated with it.".
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A US soldier patrols a village outside Baghdad
CND has never registered the sign as a trademark、arguing that "a symbol of freedom、it is free for all". It has now appeared on millions of mugs、T-shirts、rings and nose-studs. Bizarrely、it has also made an appearance on packets of Lucky Strike cigarettes.
A decade ago、the sign was chosen during a public vote to appear on a US commemorative postage stamp saluting the 1960s.
The symbol that helped define a generation of baby boomers may not be as widely used today as in the past. It is in danger of becoming to many people a retro fashion item、although the Iraq war has seen it re-emerge with something like its original purpose.
"It is still the dominant peace sign," argues Lawrence Wittner、an expert on peace movements at the University at Albany in New York.
"Part of that is down to its simplicity. It can be used as a shorthand for many causes because it can be reproduced really quickly - on walls on floors、which is important、in say、repressive societies."
And can its success be measured? Fifty years on、wars have continued to be waged and the list of nuclear-armed states has steadily lengthened.
But the cup is half-full as well as half empty.
"There are many ways in which nuclear war has been prevented," says Mr Wittner. "The hawks say that the reason nuclear weapons have not been used is because of the deterrent. But I believe popular pressure has restrained powers from using them and helped curbed the arms race.
And the symbol of and inspiration for that popular pressure、says Mr Wittner、is Mr Holtom's graphic.
NOTE:
The peace sign is actually a Hopi Indian sign for unification between tribes、derived from the footprint of a crane、the Bird of Heaven. Here in the San Luis Valley 、where I live the Cranes migrate every spring in March.
Christine Chandler、Crestone Colorado
The logo was in use long before 1958 - as an SS regimental symbol、for instance.
John、London
What a nice story. Unfortunately the sign was in use rather earlier、notably on the graves of SS soldiers in WW2. Presumably Holton was not a very aware designer.
Di、Bristol、England
In 1968、we painted a bright white in colour peace sign on a mountain in the Las Vegas valley. With a diameter of 110 feet is was visible from miles away. It is still visible (barely) when viewed on Google earth.
Glenn、Las Vegas USA
It is fascinating to know the meaning and history behind the symbol.
As a Vietnam veteran、I never wore it during the war、only afterwards、next to my badges and medals、a peace sign. Only a soldier knows the true cost of peace.
Every citizen of the world should live in peace. Every person in the world must play their part. In the words of the late、great John Lennon、"Give peace a chance"!
Conrad、Atlanta、Georgia - USA
Mar 17, 2008
Gucci Limited Edition for China Olympics 2008
The Gucci Limited Edition for the 2008 Olympics is called 8-8-2008.
give us your hands
Another simple and creative action using bags. The Dentsu, Beijing, China developed this policy for Greenpeace to promote human consciousness and that the ill-treatment to the animals and ultimately we can "give us your hands" and live in harmony with them!
Say Time Watch
"Say Time Watch", designed by Tao Ma, allows you to customise your own sentence at the scheduled time. For instance, you can write "Time to feed the baby" and set this line to be displayed at 7p.m. Each line can be added or edited via an usb cable connected to your computer. Nice.
Designer: Tao Ma
GOLD TOY LAMP
Gold Toy Lamp and Mirror Each sculpture is one of a kind and hand ceafted at my London Studio. Made of recycled Toys which are bonded toghther and then coated in a High Gloss polyurethane laquer. Made to order 6 weeks lead time.
Ryan McElhinney - Designer
Ryan Mc Elhinney is one of the design worlds new talent, now mainly concentrating on furniture, lighting and interiors. Ryan studied Animation at the European College of Animation in Dublin and after graduating in 1993 moved to Paris to work for Walt Disney. His career then took him across the Atlantic to work on a number of prestigious films at 20th Century Fox. It was in the States that Ryan was able to express his real passion for design by working on a number of high profile and award winning projects. These included the Pheonix Arts Council commissioned junk sculture highlighting Urban Decay and the interior for the DDK hair Studios. In 2000 he scooped three first prizes in the Arizona Designer of the Year Awards and a further two in 2001.
Moving to London in 2001 Ryan set about designing a number of interiors related projected including seating for the Channel Four series 'Shattered' and 'The Salon" and a light sculpture for the restaurant/bar Sketch. He also continued to receive critical acclaim and was a finalist in the British Design Awards and the FX International Design Awards as well as recieving a 'special development prize' at the Peugot Design Awards. Ryan has also been commissioned by the likes of Carrie Fischer (Star Wars) and Noel Gallagher.
Currently Ryan has just launched a baspoke range of Baroque floor and table lamps, and has also designed the "Ryan Mc Elhinney Home Entertainment System" in a modernist ‘60’s design for Intel, to showcase their new wireless digital entertainment network.
Jack's , Ryan's own new lounge and kitchen has just opened in Southwark. Ryan has turned what was once a former railway arch into a beautifuil lounge with exposed brick walls, bespoke lighting and a sumptuous mix of Antique and Modern furnishings. Jacks is a mix of old world New York style Cotton club meets Loft apartment.
Mar 14, 2008
Mar 2, 2008
TOYO ITO: GENERATIVE ORDER 「伊東豊雄：衍生的秩序」
伊東豊雄(1941-)是近年來頗受國際矚目的日本建築師，2001年完成的「仙台媒體館」（Sendai Mediatheque）被譽為新世紀建築的代表作，隨即在世界建築界掀起「伊東風潮」，2002年獲頒威 尼斯建築雙年展的金獅獎。伊東與台灣的建築因緣始於高雄世運會主會場的設計案((2005年)，緊接著又在 2005年的台中大都會歌劇院國際競圖中勝出，2007年更受邀設計臺灣大學社會科學院新館。
可以設想在不久的未來，隨著伊東豊雄三個建築實體的完成，勢必為本地前衛建築的討論注入新的動能。各界對於 這位國際級建築師即將在台灣實現的前衛建築，期待甚殷。本館與伊東豊雄建築事務所共同主辦推出「伊東豊雄： 衍生的秩序」，該展曾於2006至2007年間，在日本的東京、仙台、葉山三地巡迴展出，獲得相當大的迴響 。這次來台展出為國際巡迴展的第一站，並將首度完整呈現台灣的三個設計案。
此外，本展預計展出百餘件手稿、施工圖、圖像記錄以及影片，追溯伊東35年來從事建築創作的軌跡，堪稱伊東 建築生涯的總覽。
展期：
2008/3/8 - 2008/5/25
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