today and tomorrow

“Lake of Shimmer” is the title of this installation at the Swarovski stand at Baselworld 2009, the largest watch fair in the world. Tokujin Yoshioka designed a wall, measuring 9 by 8 meters, with 16000 octagon shaped mirrors. A computer can control the angle of each of those mirrors, so it was possible to display simple animations resembling the reflections on a lake.
If you like this one, you might want to have a look at Daniel Rozin’s Mirrors Mirror.

Update 24/06/2009 16:30:
The Tokujin Yoshioka office and I had some different opinions before, but that’s all settled now.
Enjoy watching this video.

“Lake of Shimmer” - Swarovski stand at Basel World 2009
Concept Design: Tokujin Yoshioka
Construction:  Expomobilia

This house isn’t architecture anymore … it’s a sculpture. The Dancing Living House was designed by Junichi Sampei and offers enough space for a small family and a dance studio. You can even park a car under it.
I can’t wait to see some interior shots! What We Do Is Secret just posted some interior shots here and here.

found at what we do is secret

Encastrable is French collective which does guerrilla interventions at gardening and DIY megastores in the Paris area. They just use the materials available in the stores for their temporary installations and sculptures. They didn’t ask for permission so it was only a matter of time till the employees cleaned up behind them.

found at WMMNA

Boompjes is a bas-relief made with reclaimed timber by Ron van der Ende. I just love his work.

Blind Dragster by Espen Dietrichson.

found at T h e _ S t r a y ________ V o l t a g e

Billy Rennekamp made this Google Streetview highway clover intersection video. Endless!

found at vvork

“A Car Full Of Gas” is the latest installation by Ariel Schlesinger. He placed 2 large tanks filled with cooking gas in an old Mini Cooper and drilled a small hole in the passengers window. Then he opened those tanks and lit the gas escaping through a small tube in that drilled hole. Crazy.
If you liked this one, you should also see his Similar But Fundamentally Different installation.

found at datenform

In 1949, LIFE photographer Gjon Mili visited Picasso in Vallauris, France. He showed Pablo some photographs of ice skaters with tiny lights affixed to their skates jumping in the dark. Picasso was immediately inspired, these photos were the result. You can see more of these in this LIFE gallery.

Drawings by Linn Meyers.

I like polygons and the graduation collection of Irina Shaposhnikova called ‘Crystallographica’ is full of it. These photos were taken by Sonny Vandevelde, backstage during the Show 2009 of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.