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Showing posts with label Creative Life. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Turning The Art World Inside Out (HD, with subs)
This is one of the most inspiring and motivating films that I have seen in a very long time. The struggle between creativity and mental illness is very real for so many people.
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Printsource: Art: Paul Jenkins
Printsource: Art: Paul Jenkins:
Paul Jenkins was an artist originally associated with abstract expressionism and his work looks more relevant and inspiring today than ...
Monday, October 10, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
More Recycled Paper Furniture
Recycled Paper Furniture that is also truly inspirational modular design!
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| http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/03/02/molo-design-paper-softseating-recycled-paper-furniture/ |
Beautifully described:
"softseating uses honeycomb structure and fans open into stools, benches, and loungers. Each piece of softseating has magnetic end panels, allowing an element to connect to itself, forming a cylindrical stool or low table, or to connect to other elements of the same size in series, creating long winding benches and endless possibilities for seating topographies. The beauty of these pieces is that they are sculpturally abstract forms, each made from a single material, that can be used creatively and interchangeably as seating or low tables."
The idea of playing with furniture and space simultaneously seems like infinite fun!
DIY Magazine Stool & Recycled Paper Furniture
...wondering if it would also work with Yellow Pages with the sides painted, and straps made from elastic or discarded bag straps...the base is probably more tricky to source and perhaps needs some carpentry skills...
With all the paper waste that life generates, be it at work or at home, it seems a good/sustainable idea to find new and innovative ways to create raw material through recycling waste paper, use it for furnishing, thus effectively creating new product life-cycles without using up more virgin wood resources...
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| http://www.econesting.com/2011/08/10/diy-magazine-stool/ |
With all the paper waste that life generates, be it at work or at home, it seems a good/sustainable idea to find new and innovative ways to create raw material through recycling waste paper, use it for furnishing, thus effectively creating new product life-cycles without using up more virgin wood resources...
Perhaps the challenge is in durability and long-term functionality in view of daily wear/tear. Paper is still seen as disposable and/or not as strong as conventional furnishing materials such as wood/plastic/leather/etc. We have to rethink the concept of sustainability in our furnishings when considering waste paper as a new raw material.
Below: an inflatable paper sofa from http://www.e-side.co.uk/product/58
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| http://inhabitat.com/take-a-break-on-the-blow-sofa-a-seating-option-made-from-recycled-paper/ |
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
BETWEEN THE FOLDS - Origami mania!
Possibly the most inspiring film I have ever seen...something to add to the DVD library, for sure. Plus it's multiple-award-winning, and one can see why. Now to hunt it down...
THIS was what began my papercraft craze.
And then, as if this inspiration tsunami is not enough...we see the return of Issey Miyake himself!
What a marvellous revival of handmade artforms, now turbo-boosted by technology to morph a relatively simple idea into an amazing object of beauty.
(Sidenote: Miyake could be considered the original master of modern and completely functional 2D-to-3D-to-2D origami garments. As an example, PLEATS PLEASE products are still cult and coveted, even considered timeless classics now. And that was...2 decades ago! Now was he also a true eco-futurist, considering his preference for infinitely recyclable, mouldable, sculptable polyester? Anti-synthetic fibre advocates will disagree, and, despite its potential for cradle to cradle manufacturing, polyester is still perceived as uncomfortable and unsafe. Food for thought, and for further research and development.)
Issey Miyake's new 132 5 collection, developed with Reality Lab, is created from 1 piece of cloth and transforms from 3D to 2D, and can be worn various ways (I am guessing...5?). How many boxes have been ticked off here? A zero-waste approach, utilising recycled PET polyester, which is also recyclable, multifunctional transformer-garments with an incredible heritage and story, therefore greatly desirable...a lot of eco-design ground seems to have been covered here!
The Google Translate version of the exhibition review, which isn't perfect English, but you'll get the gist of it.
So here's a success formula already out-to-market, now all we have to look into is labour, ethics, garment care, water-use, carbon footprint, social and cultural responsibility, supply chain, and of course, the cost...*grunt* let me just fold this bit of paper for now...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Influencers
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Currently reading: Cradle to Cradle
Finally got my paws on this book!
from: http://www.mcdonough.com/cradle_to_cradle.htm
Or get it from Amazon:
As described in Professor McDonough's personal website:
"William McDonough's book, written with his colleague, the German chemist Michael Braungart, is a manifesto calling for the transformation of human industry through ecologically intelligent design.
Through historical sketches on the roots of the industrial revolution; commentary on science, nature and society; descriptions of key design principles; and compelling examples of innovative products and business strategies already reshaping the marketplace, McDonough and Braungart make the case that an industrial system that "takes, makes and wastes" can become a creator of goods and services that generate ecological, social and economic value.
In Cradle to Cradle, McDonough and Braungart argue that the conflict between industry and the environment is not an indictment of commerce but an outgrowth of purely opportunistic design.
The design of products and manufacturing systems growing out of the Industrial Revolution reflected the spirit of the day-and yielded a host of unintended yet tragic consequences.
Today, with our growing knowledge of the living earth, design can reflect a new spirit. In fact, the authors write, when designers employ the intelligence of natural systems—the effectiveness of nutrient cycling, the abundance of the sun's energy—they can create products, industrial systems, buildings, even regional plans that allow nature and commerce to fruitfully co-exist.
Cradle to Cradle maps the lineaments of McDonough and Braungart's new design paradigm, offering practical steps on how to innovate within today's economic environment.
Part social history, part green business primer, part design manual, the book makes plain that the re-invention of human industry is not only within our grasp, it is our best hope for a future of sustaining prosperity.
In addition to describing the hopeful, nature-inspired design principles that are making industry both prosperous and sustainable, the book itself is a physical symbol of the changes to come. It is printed on a synthetic 'paper,' made from plastic resins and inorganic fillers, designed to look and feel like top quality paper while also being waterproof and rugged.
And the book can be easily recycled in localities with systems to collect polypropylene, like that in yogurt containers. This 'treeless' book points the way toward the day when synthetic books, like many other products, can be used, recycled, and used again without losing any material quality—in cradle to cradle cycles."
...hmmm, will post thoughts upon finishing the book...
from: http://www.mcdonough.com/cradle_to_cradle.htm
Or get it from Amazon:
As described in Professor McDonough's personal website:
"William McDonough's book, written with his colleague, the German chemist Michael Braungart, is a manifesto calling for the transformation of human industry through ecologically intelligent design.
Through historical sketches on the roots of the industrial revolution; commentary on science, nature and society; descriptions of key design principles; and compelling examples of innovative products and business strategies already reshaping the marketplace, McDonough and Braungart make the case that an industrial system that "takes, makes and wastes" can become a creator of goods and services that generate ecological, social and economic value.
In Cradle to Cradle, McDonough and Braungart argue that the conflict between industry and the environment is not an indictment of commerce but an outgrowth of purely opportunistic design.
The design of products and manufacturing systems growing out of the Industrial Revolution reflected the spirit of the day-and yielded a host of unintended yet tragic consequences.
Today, with our growing knowledge of the living earth, design can reflect a new spirit. In fact, the authors write, when designers employ the intelligence of natural systems—the effectiveness of nutrient cycling, the abundance of the sun's energy—they can create products, industrial systems, buildings, even regional plans that allow nature and commerce to fruitfully co-exist.
Cradle to Cradle maps the lineaments of McDonough and Braungart's new design paradigm, offering practical steps on how to innovate within today's economic environment.
Part social history, part green business primer, part design manual, the book makes plain that the re-invention of human industry is not only within our grasp, it is our best hope for a future of sustaining prosperity.
In addition to describing the hopeful, nature-inspired design principles that are making industry both prosperous and sustainable, the book itself is a physical symbol of the changes to come. It is printed on a synthetic 'paper,' made from plastic resins and inorganic fillers, designed to look and feel like top quality paper while also being waterproof and rugged.
And the book can be easily recycled in localities with systems to collect polypropylene, like that in yogurt containers. This 'treeless' book points the way toward the day when synthetic books, like many other products, can be used, recycled, and used again without losing any material quality—in cradle to cradle cycles."
...hmmm, will post thoughts upon finishing the book...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The definition of "edge"
What does it take to be both sustainable and conceptually avant garde?
Ideally, concept drives design strategy and is a continuously morphing/evolving process that is not confined by seasons, trends, or other external forces. It forms an integral part of the brand identity and working practices, and, if well-executed, should never incur unreasonable costs.
The big question: How much emphasis do you place on concept? Or is it all bullshit that gets lost in the marketing typhoon?
Yes, that sober truth at the cash register: whatever sells helps you survive. And you need to achieve critical volume to receive profit, and volume means mass production, and mass production more or less means monotonous replication of similarity.
Embedded in this confusion are questions of worth, value, and profit, albeit tied in with emotional, monetary, ethical/sustainability and intellectual issues.
How do we measure the worth of conceptual development and how much (or how little) value it adds to the final product?
In the context of mass production, does 'concept' simply become a futile pursuit?
Does the end-user even want to know or care, anyway?
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