today and tomorrow

‘Chromointerference Mécanique’, a light installation by Carlos Cruz-Díez.
Photos by Hanneorla.

found at FFFFOUND!

Vicki DaSilva does light graffiti. Her style is quite different than the other ones, no funny characters but huge geometrical shapes.

I really like styrofoam as a material, well actually it is Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Foam. This lamp called Flake was designed by Anne Boenisch.
This lamp is part of the DMY Asia Exhibition Tour 2008. So if you are in Taiwan, Taipei, Tokyo or Seoul in the coming weeks, you should go and see the work of 18 Berlin based designers.

‘Don’t Think Twice II’ by Doug Aitken. Make sure to watch this video of this installation.

found at FFFFOUND!

‘Cluster’, a hand-blown table light by Lindsey Adelman.

found at hoping for happy accidents

Last weekend was TodaysArt Festival in The Hague (The Netherlands). The festival is all about creativity and audiovisual experiences. Pablo Valbuena was one of the artists who presented his work, he is known for his video projections on 3D objects. In The Hague he showed this projection called ‘Augmented Space’ on the city hall. As always the visual experience is amazing, just watch these 2 videos.

both video by Ri Ra Robbie

photos by Wilbert Baan

‘La Placette‘ is a showcase in Lausane, Switzerland. Each month an artist is invited to do something based on the previous work displayed. I really like this concept to present art.

found at manystuff.org

Philips de Pury & Company is holding a design auction next week. Here is my wish list:

Left: Prototype ‘Sketch Chair’, by Front Design, ESTIMATE £20,000-30,000.
Right: Prototype ‘Light Frame’ ceiling light, Stephen Burks, ESTIMATE £2,000-3,000.

Left: Unique ‘Fractal Cloud’ ceiling light, by Arik Levy, ESTIMATE £5,000-8,000.
Right: ‘Talpo’ ceiling light, by Paolo Venini, ESTIMATE £4,000-6,000.

Left: Early and rare ‘Barcelona’ stool, c. 1929, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, ESTIMATE £7,000-10,000.
Right: ‘Infinito in Scatola’ or ‘Conversazione ‘Aleph’ table lamp, Xavier David in collaboration with Dante Bandini, ESTIMATE £5,000-7,000.

‘Polygon Playground‘ is an interactive video installation / lounge object, developed by the WHITEvoid.

The “Polygon Playground” is a large scale interactive lounge object. It offers room for up to 40 persons at a time to walk, sit and explore its multifaceted surfaces. Gradient ramps guide to the top plateau or offer space to sit and rest. The installation features a software aided 3D surface projection system to cover the object with a seamless 360 degree projection mapping. An additional sensory system detects peoples positions and proximity.

The visual appearance of the “Polygon Playground” changes continously with the presence, movements and touches of its visitors. The object detects the positions and directions of people and reacts with evolving visual moods and graphic styles.

If you like this, you’ll probably also want to see Pablo Valbuena’s work, without the interactive part though.
found at MAKE Blog

These 2 table lamps were designed by Greta Magnusson Grossman, almost 60 years ago. I would take both right away. You can see more of her designs here.

found at hoping for happy accidents