christopher chiappa: high fructose corn syrup stools

'high fructose corn syrup'

moss and kate werble gallery, new york
moss gallery: april 1- april 10
kate werble gallery: march 5- april 10
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/9649/christopher-chiappa-high-fructose-corn-syrup-stools.html
 

FinCube: a portable vacation home?

Berlin-based Studio Aisslinger has devised and prototyped the FinCube, "a vision of temporary living."  http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/fincube_a_portable_vacation_home_16284.asp

Nouvel’s Desert Rose

By Mason Currey for Metropolis
The Qatar Musuems Authority’s insanely ambitious plans for Doha’s cultural infrastructure crept a little closer toward reality yesterday with the unveiling of Jean Nouvel’s design for the National Museum of Qatar. http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20100325/nouvels-desert-rose

An Auteurist History of Film

MoMA
September 9, 2009–Ongoing
This two-year screening cycle is intended to serve as both an exploration of the richness of the Museum’s film collection and a basic introduction to the emergence of cinema as the predominant art form of the twentieth century. http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/989

Klip House

The Klip House by Texan architects Interloop is a project dating back to 1997-2001. The architects describe it as "a delivery system that provides the physical and operational infrastructure for trade corporations to participate in the production, delivery, and servicing of housing." http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/

Celebrate Southern Folk Art

High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Permanent Collection
The High is dedicated to supporting and collecting works by Southern artists, and is distinguished as the only major museum in North America to have a full-time curator specifically devoted to the field of folk and self-taught art.
http://www.high.org/main.taf?p=2,1,6

Eva Zeisel Prints With Wings

By Julie Scelfo
When David Reid, left, and James Klein, the Long Island City ceramicists behind the KleinReid studio, were given the opportunity to meet one of their design idols, Eva Zeisel, center, they had no idea the encounter would lead to a lasting relationship.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/garden/18art.html?ref=garden

AIA Phoenix Metro Canstruction to Stamp Out Hunger

Competing teams, led by architects, engineers, and contactors, showcased their talents by designing and building life-sized structures made entirely out of canned foods.
http://www.interiordesign.net/article/CA6722955.html?nid=2068

Glamour Factory by Studio Job

Dutch artists Studio Job designed the scenography for the Fall/Winter 2010 collection by fashion designers Viktor & Rolf, premiered earlier this month in Paris.
http://www.dezeen.com/2010/03/15/glamour-factory-by-studio-job-and-viktor-rolf/#more-69735

Virtusphere

Virtusphere is a new virtual reality system that utilizes a large rotating sphere to allow users to walk

around in virtual environments. http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/16/view/9471/virtusphere.html

Karim Rashid Unveils Water-Filtering “Bobble” Bottle

With Americans alone buying over $17 billion dollars worth of bottled water every year and using 1.5 million barrels of oil to make those water bottles, a good alternative is desperately needed. The Bobble is perfect for your, “I drink bottled water because I know it is clean,” friends. The carbon filter on the Bobble is guaranteed to provide 150 liters of impurity-free water — which equates to about 250 bottles of water. Stick that in your Bobble and drink it. http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/12/karim-rashid-unveils-water-filtering-bobble-bottle/#more-94093

Liberty of London for Target

Mark McMenamin and Meghan Edwards, Edited by Annie Block -- Interior Design

Thomas O'Brien designed a collection that was strictly for the home. So did Victoria Hagan. Liberty of London for Target, launching March 14, is the mega-retailer's most comprehensive Design for All series to date.
http://www.interiordesign.net/article/CA6719842.html?nid=2068

Thermopower Waves: MIT Scientists Discover New Way to Produce Electricity

By Yuka Yoneda

We’ve written about the possibilities that carbon nanotubes can unlock before, and now, an intrepid team of MIT scientists have discovered a never before known phenomenon using the tubes, which are essentially rolled up sheets of graphene. http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/08/thermopower-wavesmit-scientists-discover-new-way-to-produce-electricity/#more-92528

Gear Shift Lever by Thonet

From German furniture brand Thonet, automotive design in the form of a gear shift lever for the new Volvo C70. The gear shift lever will be presented at the Geneva International Motor Show which is on now. http://mocoloco.com/archives/014668.php

Refreshing Times Square

By Mason Currey

Attention, New York artists and designers: the city’s Department of Transportation just announced that it is soliciting conceptual designs to refresh the new pedestrian plazas at Times Square.
http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20100303/refreshing-times-square

Clare Rojas Exhibition: "Through the Woods"

ACA Gallery of SCAD, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta

Feb. 19, 2010 - Apr. 02, 2010
 
"Through the Woods" showcases Rojas distinct iconography, inspired by folk art, street art, quilting and cartoons, that evocatively connects themes of history, community, feminism and ecology in an unforgettable folklore entirely contemporary and unique. http://www.scad.edu/news/2010/clare-rojas.cfm

Donate a BOGO Solar Flashlight for Haiti

By, Emily Pilloton

BOGO is produced by SunNight Solar, and their latest initiative is a partnership with the Light Haiti Project, in which they're donating the BOGOs directly to those who are without basic needs after the recent earthquake. http://www.interiordesign.net/blog/1860000586/post/1320052532.html?nid=2068

Frat House Design

Amazing House Built From 6 Million Beer Bottles
Yuka Yoneda,

If you read Inhabitat, chances are you’re a pretty avid recycler – but we’re pretty sure that you’re no match for Tito Ingenieri, who takes his recycling a bit further than your average sorting between paper, glass and plastic. http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/04/amazing-house-built-from-6-million-beer-bottles/

Sketch Artists

By Mason Currey

If you’ve ever wished you could take a peek at some of your favorite designers’ off-the-cuff sketches and exploratory doodles, you’ll soon have your chance. At this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile, in Milan, the Italian National Trust and Moleskine will present an exhibition of 462 drawings by 150 international designers.  http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20100225/sketch-artists