Welcome to Billionaires’ Row

Anna Mikhailova

The Candy brothers’ One Hyde Park was London’s ultimate super-prime project — but now it has an equally swanky rival. We get a sneak preview. http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/style/homes_and_gardens/Move/article320378.ece

Records abound at NYC Polaroid photo auction

Ula Ilnytzky, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- A historic sale of works by some of the biggest names in 20th-century photography set records during a two-day auction of iconic images from the Polaroid corporate collection that concluded Tuesday. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Records-abound-at-NYC-apf-3720854537.html?x=0

Private House in Amsterdam by i29

A single-family apartment for four people situated in a stately building in southern Amsterdam is the latest project by i29. The project makes use of laser cut panels in the kitchen and other areas of the apartment for a dynamic mix of open and closed areas. http://mocoloco.com/archives/017095.php

Katherine Mialkowski- Artist

"Regeneration and the cycles of life have always interested me but I became truly inspired while pregnant with my daughter. Coupled with my love of nature I began drawing and painting a series of cocoons ‘glowing’ with life." Katherine Mialkowski http://www.katherinemialkowski.com/

North Georgia House by D.O.C. Unlimited

http://mocoloco.com/fresh2/2010/06/05/north-georgia-house-by-doc-unlimited.php?fbc_channel=1

Welcome to the Jungle by My Own Super Studio

Portuguese designer Rui Alves of My Own Super Studio presented this herd of benches at last week’s DMY Berlin. http://www.dezeen.com/2010/06/20/welcome-to-the-jungle-by-my-own-super-studio/

Twenty Years of Design History.

High Museum of Art, Atlanta June 5- August 29

John Angelo Benson (British, b. 1971)

Naked Confort lounge chair, 2003
Made by John Angelo Benson
Hay bales and existing Petite Confort frame, 29-7/8 x 29-7/8 x 27-5/8 inches, collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, The Ballard Fund. Photo © John Angelo Benson. http://www.high.org/main.taf?p=3,1,1,20,2

Shepard Fairey

By Iggy Pop

Photography Grant Delin

During the last presidential election, artist Shepard Fairey’s poster of Barack Obama—a graphic, vaguely Russian-propagandist-looking portrait of the then candidate with the word HOPE drawn in big, bold letters underneath—achieved the rare feat of becoming a visual emblem of a moment in American history. http://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/shepard-fairey/

Taking a New Look at Old Testament Architecture

By Kristi Cameron
Each year as summer gives way to chill, the Jewish faithful erect sukkahs, or temporary outdoor structures in which to eat meals. At first glance, the rules dictating the sukkah seem arcane to the point of amusement: http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20100610/taking-a-new-look-at-old-testament-architecture
http://www.sukkahcity.com/

How to Run a Design Firm for Social Change

By Ernest Beck
Catapult Design offers one model, but is it workable over the long run? http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=13938

Lichtenstein, After the Funny Papers

Karen Rosenberg
Roy Lichtenstein: Still Lifes” The Gagosian Gallery show, including “Cape Cod Still Life II,” left, and “Still Life With Lobster,” focuses on works from the 1970s and ’80s. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/arts/design/11lichtenstein.html?ref=arts

Forget Me Not by inFLUX Laboratories

From inFLUX laboratories, a strip of detached wallpaper modified to hold keys, phones, pens, everyday items. http://mocoloco.com/fresh2/2010/06/10/forget-me-not-by-scott-irvine.php

Urban Interiories

A project by: Virginia Melnyk Architecture, Interior

http://www.architizer.com/en_us/projects/view/urban-interiories/9110/

The Next Generation of the Automobile

By Avinash Rajagopal

As part of its excellent Cars, Culture and the City exhibit, the Museum of the City of New York brought together some of the keenest minds in automobile design last week to envision “The Next Generation of the Automobile.” http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20100603/the-next-generation-of-the-automobile

Rematerial: From Waste to Architecture

Alejandro Bahamón, Maria Camila Sanjinés


Earlier this spring we featured The Art of Solid Waste, a public art project at a solid waste transfer station in Phoenix, Arizona, by photographer Paho Mann, that illuminates the nature of what we throw away.

http://places.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=13838

Trash Me lamps by Victor Vetterlein

American designer Victor Vetterlein has made a lamp out of egg boxes. http://www.dezeen.com/2010/06/02/trash-me-lamps-by-victor-vetterlein/

VOTE NOW On Inhabitat’s 2010 Spring Greening Finalists!

-Jill Fehrenbacher
And now the moment that you’ve all been waiting for! After weeks of deliberation on an incredible array of creative reuse projects we’re thrilled to announce the finalists of our 2010 Spring Greening Design Competition…. http://inhabitat.com/2010/05/25/vote-now-on-inhabitats-2010-spring-greening-finalists/

Lalanne: The Cat’s Meow?

François-Xavier Lalanne’s 1968 Chat Polymorph, to be offered at Christie’s New York design auction on June 17, 2010, with a presale estimate of $500,000-$700,000 http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/mason/design-onscreen5-27-10.asp

Henri Cartier-Bresson The Modern Century

Through June 28 at MoMA

"It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time we discover the world around us"

-Henri Carier-Bresson, 1952
http://moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/henricartierbresson/#/

Infectious Ideas...

Hospital room with sani-station and touch-point hardware: grab bar, faucet, and light switch.
Alice Ro writes on behalf of Pensa, where she is director of research and strategy. http://www.core77.com/blog/featured_items/infectious_ideas_using_antimicrobial_copper_alloys_in_hospitals_by_alice_ro__16508.asp

Domestic Detox: Extreme Home Cleaning

By Penelope Green

A New York “building biology” consultant can evaluate apartments for environmental hazards, checking everything from scented candles to shower heads. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/garden/27clean.html?ref=style