via: designboom The danish artist Olafur Eliasson‘s longstanding interest the connection between natural phenomena and industrial technology is reflected in his discourse with the BMW H2R racing car. Eliasson was commissioned by BMW to develop the ’16th BMW art car‘ back in 2005 and he has been closely collaborating with architects and scientists since then […]

I talked about the minor side of things in my Islands post. Office for Metropolitan Architecture have completed the master plan for Waterfront City, a new city proposed for Dubai. The 140,000,000 square metre development, set on an artificial square island, will be built by Dubai-based developer Nakheel.

via: [ Kyle Cherry ] Canvas is a computer for the 21-centuery designer. Incorporating both modern and traditional design techniques into a computer that will increase the quality and productivity of the designers work. Canvas well allow an artist or designer to use the PC with little to no training By making the PC experience […]

Terry Pawson Architects [ link ] Twin Houses, Kingston upon Thames wins approval The new development is sited on the plot of an existing private house dating from the 1950s. Two new interlocking houses, each with its own central courtyard, have been sited around a number of mature trees already on the site, creating a […]

Kris’ art can also be seen in a number of international art magazines, book covers and theatrical posters. Kris’ art is featured in both public and private collections in the United States, Europe, and Australia. [ link ]

Tokujin Yoshioka designs exterior for SWAROVSKI named “Crystal Forest“, the exterior is covered in stainless-steel pieces reflecting fragmented views of the street. As the key elements of the shop, the facade is covered with stainless-steel mirror reliefs. It reflects the various scenes from the different angles and sparkles brightly like a “Crystal Forest”.

Tomer Sapir Israeli designer Tomer Sapir has launched his new website, including images of his Prosthesis lights which incorporate illuminated fallen leaves.

via: link Cape Town architects MMA have started work on a pilot project of ten affordable houses built using a sand-bag construction system. The house is the first of 100 experimental, low-cost homes for former shack dwellers that will be built at Freedom Park on the outskirts of Cape Town. The houses each have a […]

Translation Marketing Steve Stoute, left, and Jay-Z are opening Translation Advertising in New York to help marketers reach multicultural consumers. “There are people who don’t understand the culture,” Jay-Z said. JAY-Z is a Grammy-winning rapper, a club owner, a clothier, a fledgling hotelier, the part-owner of a basketball team and the former president of a […]

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via: AS|D Moscow’s rapidly growing skyline will soon feature an eye-popping new addition: Crystal Island, which will be the world’s biggest building when completed. Sir Norman Foster’s enormous 27 million square foot structure will be a city within a building and will cost $4 billion dollars to build. It is scheduled to be built within […]