This New Year’s Day, Marina Bay Sands was chosen as the venue to the largest BASE jumping attempt in Singapore. Seven professional BASE jumpers, participated in this adrenaline pumping display to welcome the New Year.
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The Euro Zone's Bridges from Nowhere
(Photograph by Ilse Leenders for Bloomberg Businessweek)
“Those bridges on the back of euro notes were conceptual—until a rebellious Dutch designer got to work.” (Businessweek) Great crazy idea.
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The Guest by Jaime Hayón for Lladró
I have never been a fan of the traditional porcelain figurines produced by Lladró but this collaboration with Jaime Hayón seems to open the door to a new, more modern, family of figurines. More at Dezeen.
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A Swiss Village, Laboratory for Contemporary Art
(“Street Painting #5″ by Lang/Baumann, Verocin, Switzerland, 2010. Photograph by Robert Hofer)
Every summer the small Swiss town of Vercorin offers up its public spaces and buildings to artists to make do with them what they will. R&Art, the association behind the initiative, commissions contemporary works that seek to engage the village as a whole in an effort to reconcile Vercorin’s history and traditions with contemporary culture. Lang/Baumann‘s “Street Painting #5″ is a stunning testament to the strength of the villagers’ goal to create “spaces for dialogues in synch with our times.” (Architizer)
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Nature as Infrastructure
Turenscape’s founder Kongjian Yu demonstrates how nature can be a cost-free service provider in an urban context. Ecology is a synonym of economy. An architecture report from Haerbin City by Ethel Baraona Pohl. (Domus)
5 days ago
Into the Heart of Lightness
Doug Wheeler’s installation “DW 68 VEN MCASD 11” (1968-2011), in San Diego. Photo by Doug Gates/Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
The artist Doug Wheeler tells two stories, both having to do with light, that go a long way toward explaining why he is so revered by many fellow artists — as a visionary and a relentlessly stubborn perfectionist — and also why his work has been seen by so few American artgoers over the last few decades, particularly those in New York. (New York Times)
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Luis Urculo lecture in Chicago, Jan 25.
We are excited to present the lecture by Madrid-based architect Luis Urculo in partnership with the Graham Foundation.
Luis Urculo’s work is characterized by an unusual portrayal of architecture in the form of illustrations, animations, installations, and interiors. He studied at the ETSAM Madrid, at the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago and at the Institute of Design and has collaborated with Alberto Campo Baeza, Mansilla-Tuñon and Izaskun Chinchilla. In 2006, he opened his own studio developing ephemeral architecture projects, stage designs and video-installations for Conde Nást, Philippe Starck and Sybilla, among others. His work has been exhibited at the XI Bienale di Architettura di Venezia, Montevideo Bienial, COAM Foundation and other locations. He also works as a teacher with Jaime Hayón for Master of European Design Labs at Instituto Europeo di Design, Madrid.
Lecture is free but RSVP is required.
The lecture will take place on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 6 pm at the Graham Foundation (4 West Burton Place, Chicago).
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Hell
By Olly Moss
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Happy Birthday, Muhammad Ali: 70 Iconic Images for 70 Years
Muhammad Ali vs. Cleveland Williams at the Astrodome, Houston, 1966. (Photograph by Neil Leifer—Sports Illustrated)
Fantastic collection of images and quotes from Time magazine to celebrate the 70th birthday of Muhammad Ali.
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“Marea alta” by Ricardo Mendialdua. Beautiful video of my hometown.
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