Miscellaneous & Mischevious Musings

And If They Told You to Jump Off A Bridge, Would You Do That Too?

Russian hobbyists take a controlled leap off a bridge, executing a brilliantly balanced play of technical safety, and irrational exhilaration. Welcome to re:speak, it will be like this from here.

9 Dec, 2009 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: bridges, etc, respeak

Caitlin Masley: The Tel Aviv Series

Living and Working out of Brooklyn, New York, the subject of Caitlin Masley's latest series of works is Tel Aviv, following a body of work committed to studying urban spatiality.

16 Dec, 2009 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: art, etc, portfolio

Printed Matter from Crafty Kasikov

A new hand-made Book from Evelin Kasikov, 'Printed Matter' explores four themes at the crossroads of Type and Embriodery.

17 Dec, 2009 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: book, craft, design

Skarbakka Backbreaker

Check out American artist Kerry Skarbakka's performative photographs, inspired by dare-devil stunts and tragic slips.

19 Dec, 2009 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: art, etc, portfolio

NZ Blog Feature: Diffusive Architectures

The first in a series of posts recognising design & architecture related Blogs emerging from the Long White Cloud. Written out of Auckland by Carl Douglas, Lecturer of Spatial Design at AUT, its refreshing to get a glimpse into academia and other worlds from an experienced and enthusiastic voice.

20 Dec, 2009 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: architecture, blog, university

Make Your Own Monster! Finally.

From the crafty workshop of Donna Wilson comes this clever little bundle of Monster bits, for the aspiring Frankenstein, just in time for Christmas...

22 Dec, 2009 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: animals, craft, object

Her Theory of Everything

Fresh from graduation, Swedish Illustrator Karin Rönmark's 'Theory of Everything' is currently on show at Designhuis, a part-drawn, partly constructed story of Everything.

29 Dec, 2009 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: art, drawing, portfolio

Moderne Text

This concept typography from Borja Bonaque is simple, massive and über-International Style, and is oddly familiar on film...

5 Jan, 2010 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: architecture, film, type

NZ Blog Feature: The Russian Frost Farmers

Keeping tabs on this collective is a time-consuming but rewarding commitment, with an energetic and productive working-thinking ethos, the RFF supplement prolific exhibition-making with sharp, succinct and witty blogging.

18 Jan, 2010 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: art, blog, installation

Daniel Levya's Pretty Place for Friday

Graphic, Video and Web-Designer Daniel Levya shows off some pixel-craft at his personal homepage, worth the drifting adventure on a grim-looking Friday.

22 Jan, 2010 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: blog, neurotic, website

A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter

Caleb Larson is the artist responsible for A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter, an institution-cracking piece of work which continually sells itself on eBay.

27 Jan, 2010 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: art, ideas, neurotic

Feeling Significant?

A new model of the Known Universe from the American Museum of Natural History adds some bewildering data to the Eames' famous Powers of Ten. Take the tour..

2 Feb, 2010 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: digital, space, video

This Too Shall (be Sur)Pass(ed)

Yet another completely unexpected music video from Ok Go takes the Goldberg machine to a new level, while others enliven the classical arts...

4 Mar, 2010 By byron comment icon [0] Tags: art, neurotic, video

Unhappy Hipsters

Clipped and captioned from the glossy magazines of our industry, Unhappy Hipsters hits a hilarious nerve. It is afterall, lonely, but funny in the modern world.

15 Mar, 2010 By Byron comment icon [1] Tags: architecture, website

d3 Natural Systems Competition 2010 Announced

d3 invites architects, designers, engineers and students to collectively explore the potential of nature-based influences in architecture, design and industry.

31 Mar, 2010 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: architecture, competition, sustainable

Archigram Archive Project might enliven Architectural speculation.

Recently, a spectacular archive of Archigram material was published online, making a staggering amount of material available for the first time.

29 Apr, 2010 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: architecture, drawing, ideas

When the Going Gets Weird...

...The weird turn pro. Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson has a point, as I consider some new music video's which offer new realms of post-human reality and then some.

3 May, 2010 By Byron comment icon [1] Tags: animals, ideas, video

Is there more space in things than things in space?

While we're on the interior theme, check out the work of Swedish artist Michael Johansson, whose elaborate installations densify and mystify the objects of the everyday.

25 May, 2010 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: ideas, installation, portfolio

Shanghai World Expo Images

The Boston Globe has published some incredible photographs of Expo 2010, drawing out the theme of "Better City, Better Life".

28 May, 2010 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: architecture, exhibition

The Geotaggers' World Atlas

If you haven't already, check out this must-see series of city maps by Eric Fischer, representing 100 of the most photographed cities in the world.

1 Jun, 2010 By Byron comment icon [0] Tags: digital, drawing, urban
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