Archive for the 'design' Category

28
Apr
12

Ryoji Ikeda : ‘data.anatomy [civic]‘ – (Audiovisual Installation)

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‘data.anatomy [civic]‘ is a new audiovisual installation by Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda, arising from a unique collaboration with Mitsuru Kariya, the development leader of the new Honda Civic car. Exhibited as a 3-screen video projection, the work immerses the viewer in an intricate yet vast audiovisual composition derived from the entire data set of the car. ~ [MUMA (Kraftwerk) Berlin on April 19th 2012]

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data.anatomy [civic] : website

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23
Apr
12

Azurebumble : ‘AI : Series’ (Photography Book)

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Recently, I’ve curated a number of image series by photographers from ‘Flickr’ on my blog ‘Aesthetic Investigations’. Subsequently, I thought it would be interesting to document these works in a book. Therefore, i’ve arranged a collection of ’39′ abstract and minimal photographic series by these ’32′ artists. A selection of pages from the book can be viewed below, a full book preview can be seen: HERE

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Thank you to everyone who contributed their images to this project.

All graphic content and curations by : Alan Wilson ( azurebumble )

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Book Cover
Front & Back Pages
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Introductory Pages
Copyright & Contents
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Introductory Pages
Tags, Artists & Series Thumbnails
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Photography Series
Gianni Galassi
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Photography Series
Teresa (Colourful Life) & roB_meL
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Photography Series
Camilo Todemann & Olli Kekäläinen
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Photography Series
Brancolina & Barbara Stumm
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Photography Series
Françoise Lucas & Leonie Polah
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Photography Series
Julian Gomez & Tom Mclaughlan
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Artists

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Alec Cheer……………………Annemie Hiele……………………..Azurebumble……………………Barbara Stumm

Brancolina………………….Camilo Todemann…………………..Daniel Molina…………………….Fernandoprats

Françoise Lucas…………….Gianni Galassi…………………….James Withey……………….John Kosmopoulos

Julian Gomez……………Krystina Stimakovits…………………Leonie Polah………………………….Lillykeeper

Lord Jezzer…………………..Lucie Bourassa…………………..Mark Valentine…………………..Olli Kekäläinen

Peter Moons…………………..Phédia Mazuc……………………..Rita Vita Finzi…………………………….roB_meL

Shari Baker……………………Steffen Tuck………………..Teresa (Colourful life)…………..Tom McLaughlan

Visualisarium…………………..Wilma Eras……………………Wouter Hogendorp……………………….Zel Nunes

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VIEW FULL BOOK PREVIEW AND PURCHASE HERE

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14
Apr
12

Borja Bonaque : Graphic Design Series

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‘Structure 3′
Borja Bonaque
Illustration
2009
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‘Circle’
2 inks screen print
Borja Bonaque
2011
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‘Structure 2′
Borja Bonaque
Illustration
2009
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‘Square’
2 inks screen print
Borja Bonaque
2011
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‘Structure 1′
Borja Bonaque
Illustration
2009
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‘Triangle’
2 inks screen print
Borja Bonaque
2011
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‘Structure 4′
Borja Bonaque
Illustration
2009
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Spanish artist Borja Bonaque has developed a personal and remarkable body of work. Looking to create projects with some kind of visual atmosphere, he is inspired by pure lines and geometric shapes. Always motivated to get the best possible results. He has produced artwork for companies such us Elwood, Financial Times, Wallpaper, Zoo York, New Scientist, Rioja Wines, Bancaja and Wired Magazine.

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Borja Bonaque : Website

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25
Feb
12

Alexander Daxböck : Drawings (Architecture)

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New Design for the National Library of the Czech Republic in Prague

Position and Role of the Library in todays digital Information age

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‘main view’
architectural drawing
ex libris
2009
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‘longitudinalsection’
architectural drawing
ex libris
2009
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‘main core’
architectural drawing
ex libris
2009
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‘entrance level floorplan’
architectural drawing
ex libris
2009
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‘main core II’
architectural drawing
ex libris
2009
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‘crosssection
architectural drawing
ex libris
2009
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‘rear view’
architectural drawing
ex libris
2009
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Topic of this work is the position and role of libraries in todays technical, short-living society. Followed by the question if its still necessary to build libraries in a digital (re)production age, how to handle and filter the amount of information nowadays and how it has to be presented, printed or visualized in words and graphics. Next to this the theoretical part is focused on the history and development of libraries, its building typologies, the question how to handle and store items and is a kind of dictionary that tries to explain common expressions, trends and ‘fashion words` next to the ordinary text.

For the design part a competition program mainly focused on storage and reading facilities was taken as a functional base. As a result of the research done on building typologies and its urban situation it was modified and extended by additional facilities and rooms. Main idea was to separate the functions of national archive (NA) and national library (NL) according to its needs. The northern part because of the less of natural light is occupied by the NA and its sensitive items with special storage conditions. The southern part hosts next to reading-/ study-/ seminar-rooms of the NL also the main reading hall, orientated to the city of Prague to catch the panoramic view.

In addition to this an idea of classifying rooms and functions was picked up – fixed and changeable rooms. Multi-functionality by keeping the main function of a room. To guarantee this the changeable rooms like atriums, exhibition, media rooms and archives were located around the main rooms and allow an extension of the building by ensuring the main purposes. The library more than a place to store and preserve knowledge, a public building that has to become public again for everyone, every age. An urban defined multilevel area for different medias with different activities and kinds of quality, adjusted along external (guidelines, limits, site, etc) and internal (functions, efficiency, light, view, etc) parameters. An ‘interface’ between built environment and nature between ‘user’ and information. – Ext

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Alexander Daxböck : More Works

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12
Feb
12

Maxim Zhestkov : ‘Toca Me’ (Motion Graphics)

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Sci-fi / Noir open titles sequence for TOCA ME design conference.
Design / Animation: Maxim Zhestkov
Music: Marcelo Baldin

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Maxim Zhestkov : Vimeo

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03
Feb
12

Richard Sweeney : ‘Paper Sculptures’

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‘Bone’
Paper & adhesive
Richard Sweeney
2009
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‘Homosapiens’
Paper & adhesive
Richard Sweeney
2009
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‘Surface (maquette)’
Paper & adhesive
Richard Sweeney
2007
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‘Tetrahedron’
Paper & adhesive
Richard Sweeney
2006
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’03M (Partial Shell)’
Watercolour paper
Richard Sweeney
2010
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‘Beta II’
hand-pleated paper
Richard Sweeney
2009
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‘Surface (maquette, variation II)’
Paper & adhesive
Richard Sweeney
2007
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Richard’s practice combines the disciplines of design, photography, craft and sculpture, resulting in a varied output of work including graphic design and public sculpture commissions. Combining hand-craft with computer aided design and CNC manufacturing techniques. He seeks to maintain an experimental approach, utilising the unique properties of mundane materials to discover unique sculptural forms. Bio

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Richard Sweeney : Website

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New : Photography Book

aesthetic investiga...
By Azurebumble

Puddle thinking

Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, “This is an interesting world I find myself in, an interesting hole I find myself in, fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!”

This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, it's still frantically hanging on to the notion that everything’s going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise.

I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for.

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