Inversion

A demolished installation by sculptors Dan Havel and Dean Ruck called Inversion in Houston, Texas. Very inspiring but its a shame that it got demolished... I always wonder why would certain temporary exhibits are not kept permanently especially if they were as wonderful as this... could it be a marketing strategy to increase the work's popularity because people never really know the value of what they have until they loose it... or is it kept temporarily simply so that people won't loose interest and get sick of it no matter how fascinating it is?

Another later post by archidose touched on an interesting point... one of the comments said "... the blogosphere is just one huge echo chamber..." which is exactly what I am doing here... this blog is just a way to jot down interesting things I found on the net so that I can find them easily when I need them.

Urban Cactus

Designed by the Dutch UCX Architects, this is a funky residential tower in Rotterdam, Netherlands... I am not a fan of weird and irregularly shaped towers... but there is perfect logic behind this insanity... there are big terraces, double height spaces, loads of natural light in... I don't know a lot about it but from the looks of it it should have some sustainable systems achieving low carbon footprint.

More info here

Lego

Lego is something that every kid must have spent part of his childhood playing with... most people grow up to be accountants or lawyers and leave that phase behind... few people however remain in that phase... and get paid handsomely for it.

Nathan Sawaya was a lawyer who did Lego sculpture in his free time... after realizing that his passion lies in his art and he is making more money from it... he decided to quit the lawyer thing and concentrate on his sculptures. The picture above is of some of his work for The Art of the Brick museum in the US.

More info here and here

Another artist (not as good though.. his work is more 2D)

Candletime

Designed by Jim Termeer, this candle is the perfect coffee table game for "a circumstance to waste time"... for example when there is a blackout its a good way to keep track of time and manipulate it as well. Its "a a set of cardholders (made of thin gold or silver sheets) that, depending on which candles are lit, can also display numbers..."

My favorite website

I have to say that my favorite website is inhabitat... most of the stuff I find out about is after seeing them on their site... here is an April fools joke they've done...



Check out this post about a church in the middle of the forest.