Import Export Architecten designed a new type of ‘small scale’ urban camping. The mobile UC can be implanted in any city centre that likes to experiment with this new type of camping. UC is a place where adventurous city wanderers can stay overnight, meet other campers and find a safe shelter with basic designed practical facilities.
Bompas & Parr make jelly. I think they are fab!
Sheep + LED lights = hilarity.
If your point is to help people reconnect - break down some formal social barriers - then game playing is a wonderful thing to do... It seems we *really* need new and interesting ways of connecting ....
"Students learned that getting busy people to participate in a public game can be challenging. How can you make something exciting, inviting - easy to try, and rewarding to play over time? Large-scale gaming is inviting, the students agreed"
Twistori lists mentions of the words love, hate, think, believe, feel and wish. It is really interesting use of new technology to aggregate expressions of thought on the internet.
"Ever see a sweet bike on the street and wish there was a way to tell that person how much you love their bike?.... perfect for hanging on the handle bars of all my favorite bikes in town.
Just carry a few in your pocket everywhere you go so you'll always be ready to leave a note to share some bike love."From: Etsy
Thriving Too blog has been given as part of an assignment for Art III students. Welcome to the blog... and hope you find some fun stuff! Please share with us if you can...
I can't help myself, I love the new Little Chef make over. Pink tables, red chairs, sky on the ceiling. It still feels marvellously dated somehow... only more fun!
Here's hoping that tons of attention is being given to their food and energy sourcing policies and waste systems too ....
Via: Eat Me Daily
This is just a bit of fun to start the year!
You vote for your favourite design here.
I like the one below. The reassuring tape comes in the nice can.
I just discovered my favourite blog!
Geek Dads is a blog by Chris Anderson (Long Tail, Editor in Chief of Wired). It includes posts on making Wall - E out of lego, actresses from geeky movies, and lots and lots of stuff about playing stuff with your kids.
Who can resist. Why even try?
Bruno Taylor has a few good ideas about reclaiming public space for play. He writes:
71% of adults used to play on the streets when they were young. 21% of children do so now. Are we designing children and play out of the public realm?
Play equipment, as we commonly think of it, dictates the user - playgrounds full of bright colors and thick plastic are for children, not adults, and this unspoken rule is a maxim we adults don't frequently break. But should public space - the places where we all gather, and where so much social interaction happens - be devoid of play? Bruno thought not, and took direct action.
Above: Bruno Taylor's installation of a swing in a London bus stop. Photo source.
He has just completed a Masters in Industrial Design at Central Saint Martin, and has designed both the swing set above, and a rocking bench for the reclamation of public space for play. You can find more pictures and details at Pixelsumo.
We do because we can? Two projects that while bonkers, also seem rather charming.
Above is Knitta. They knit jumpers for poles... or in their own words . . . "bombing the inner city with vibrant, stitched works of art, wrapped around everything from beer bottles on easy nights to public monuments and utility poles on more ambitious outings."
Below is Telamegaphone. Telemegaphone Dale stands seven metres tall on top of the Bergskletten mountain overlooking the idyllic Dalsfjord in Western Norway. When you dial the Telemegaphone’s phone number the sound of your voice is projected out across the fjord, the valley and the village of Dale below.
Via: Doors of Perception
The Romance of a British Seaside Holiday..
Have a go by clicking here :)
Ok, so what do you call someone who finds herself taking photo's of cool cereal boxes (because they are green and fun) in Waitrose, with her iphone . . . . so that she can blog about them. 21st Century Woman? Nuts?
BTW - One box is about turning the box into your own puppets, the other about transporting an egg at least 3 metres.. as least!
As part of the London Festival of Architecture, Bohn & Viljoen Architects and their team of architects, community gardeners, designers and food enthusiasts explore this question in a day-long event ... The Continuous Picnic on the 8th July.
For one day, a designated area in one of the most beautiful parts of central London will transform into a continuous picnic of infinite personal encounters and fresh food events. Located on Montague Place (closed for traffic on that day) and Russell Square, this is a free outdoor event for everybody to celebrate good food and company.
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