An Entrance

Sound Mirrors

"A forerunner of Radar, acoustic mirrors were built on the south and northeast coasts of England between about 1916 and the 1930s. The ‘listening ears’ were intended to provide early warning of incoming enemy aeroplanes and airships about to attack coastal towns. With the development of faster aircraft the sound mirrors became less useful, as an aircraft would be within sight by the time it had been located, and radar finally rendered the mirrors obsolete."

Andrew Grantham

Thanks to EEM for this find !

Source : Sound Mirrors

By The Bunker ...

BUNKER
Modern Monolith

"small-sized temples without religion, crypts that prefigure the Resurrection."
Paul Virilio

Inhabit The Utopia

Into The Graphic Web by Roxane Danset

Claude Parent, L’œuvre Construite, L’œuvre Graphique
Exhibition at ‘la cité de l’architecture’ in Paris
Until May 02, 2010
Exhibition design by Jean Nouvel

Inspiration - Chrysler Building

Inspiration - Adolf Loos

Adolf Loos
1870-1933

Good Living by Lotta Volkova

photo by Kim Holtermand
source : Behance

ACNE Furniture - Paris presentation

“furniture has always been my world and it is my history as a designer, where i began creatively. Sometimes i am asked what is Swedish design, and I always think of the Creative Collective – The NK Group – an incredibly influential collective of furniture designers, based in Stockholm during the 1920’s to the 1940’s. The NK Group is what Swedish design encapsulates for me – functionality, creativity, object and craftsmanship.
Carl Malmsten was one the most archetypal Swedish furniture designers from this group, and his work is extremely personal as i grew up surrounded by his pieces at my grandmother’s home. i began to research his work more in-depth and i came across the Nya Berlin (New Berlin) Sofa. The Nya Berlin was an archetypical piece of Malmsten’s design and was created for use in the Swedish consulate in Berlin. it has not been in production since 1949, so it was really inspiring to work with. with this sofa as a reference, i started to look at how we worked architecturally, instead of just treating say the upholstery. i decided as an alternative to objectify its form from a perspective play. as we do with fashion we played with proportion, lineage and structure – stretching, squashing and pulling the simplistic shape to create new sculptural forms. and why we chose to dress it in indigo? Denim is our heritage and i thought it was super interesting to treat the upholstery in the same way we approach our jeans – by washing bleaching and hand-dying the pieces to create very bespoke finishes. I just love how the fabric changes and grows with time. For me denim is always fashion.” Johnny Johansson / ACNE

ACNE furnitures at Paris presentation

Jed Root's Federica and the lovely Roxane Danset