2012

Nice little slideshow highlighting the good and bad architecture in the 2012 Olympic Park. 

In search of lost time

Apparently this was doing the rounds a couple of years ago, I missed it and do not particularly like the interior. But...It is just very interesting to imagine how the clock faces affect the feel of the space. On one hand it must be like living a theatre set for some superhero story, but it also must be strangely quiet and eerie to look at the same time over and over. Can your hear the ghost of the inner workings, the once incessant noise. And also what about the emotion from outside? nobody is looking at the building anymore, its kind of lost its purpose, it is sad. Very emotionally complicated.

Studio Pepe Heykoop

A lot of stuff on Studio Pepe Heykoop site, and hugely varied too. The leather lampshades shown are the most accessible of the work, drawing on metal industrial shades as inspiration, but hand sewn in leather with help from the Tiny Miracles Foundation. More experimental and selfish work includes a soft oak chair, some (Martino) Gramperesque arrangements and the XXL lampshade.

The coolest place on Earth?

Silencio is about to open it's doors in Paris. It is devised and designed by David Lynch, inspired by one of his films 'Mullholland Drive', and will feature live stages, an art library, lounges, bars and a cinema. Apparently, this place is amazing, The curved walls are lined with wooden blocks covered in gold leaf and Lynch has even designed a new, ergonomic cinema seat to refine the experience. Over the top? of course, but totally valid and intriguing none the less.

Les Pas Perdus

This is the sort of project that I find truly humbling to see. Les Pas Perdus have turned an old mining village into a morphing surreal installation of goodness, culminating in an 8 metre high sweeping staircase constructed from used pallets. Oh Yes.

Jasper Morrison

I will be rounding up some bits from The London Design Festival over the next week or so. Starting with the brilliantly simple show at The Jasper Morrison Shop, 300 Years of Drinking Glasses. Promoting historical, contextual debate through seemingly the most basic of objects.

Marquetry Postcard

Hey Tim, thank you very much for the wooden postcard. Absolutely amazing. Thought you might find this musical bin of some interest too (Tim & I have dabbled in making musical furniture before).
Hope all is going super well and good in Japan. X

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