Brad Cloepfil's Clyfford Still Museum Breaks Ground

By: Nicholas Tamarin

Residents of the Mile High City can walk even taller now that ground has been broken on the highly anticipated Clyfford Still Museum.

Located in Denver's arts district and scheduled to open in 2011, the museum is designed by Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works Architecture, the firm behind several major museum projects, including the Museum of Arts & Design in New York. Cloepfil's design calls for a two-story, 30,000-square-foot cantilevered building of textured concrete with a series of open, light-filled spaces designed to accommodate a rotating exhibition program of the abstract expressionist's work.

http://www.interiordesign.net/article/CA6712796.html?nid=2068

Mini by Designerette

Design studio Designerette of London and Amsterdam have created a scaled-up version of a doll’s house tea service. Called Mini, the full-size teapot, cups and saucers are made of porcelain and retain the shape of the tiny originals.
http://www.dezeen.com/2009/12/23/mini-by-designerette/#more-57979

nimbl wheelchair

The nimbl is a wheelchair concept by edmonton, canada based designer lawrence kwok. the design wascreated specifically for use in the home. kwok wanted to create a wheelchair that could navigate inside a home without the need for renovating or retrofitting a home for wheelchair use. http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/8582/nimbl-wheelchair.html

Inventables' Number 1 Material for 2009

Inventables.com garnered nearly a million hits in 2009 from designers searching for new materials and technologies. The most viewed material, with roughly 167,000 hits: Temperature-sensitive glass, seen above in tile form. http://www.core77.com/

Patrick's Sticks

In April, when you visit the NCMA’s new restaurant, you won’t have to take a break from the art—instead, you’ll be dining amongst it. Artist Patrick Dougherty is creating an installation specifically for the restaurant that brings the outdoors in with unique sculptural forms created from young tree saplings. Using branches and boughs from surrounding areas, Dougherty coaxes, bends, and gently prods them into amazing oversize forms. http://ncartmuseum.org/untitled/2009/12/patricks-sticks/

Special Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art

NYC-Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156–1868October 21, 2009–January 10, 2010The Tisch Galleries, 2nd floor

This is the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to the arts of the samurai. Arms and armor is the principal focus, bringing together the finest examples of armor, swords and sword mountings, archery equipment and firearms, equestrian equipment, banners, surcoats, and related accessories of rank such as fans and batons. Drawn entirely from public and private collections in Japan, the majority of objects date from the rise of the samurai in the late Heian period, ca. 1156, through the early modern Edo period, ending in 1868, when samurai culture was abolished. http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={F8E9ACA7-5B17-471F-9394-D298E7E53159}&HomePageLink=special_c2b

Singapore’s Largest Garden Project Unveiled

by Mike Chino

Designs have just been released for Bay South, an incredible botanical preserve topped with super-tall solar trees that is set to be Singapore’s largest garden project. Conceived by Grant Associates, the 101-hectare expanse of lush green space will be situated right next to the Marina Bay resort and will feature two botanical biospheres and a series of towering tree structures that double as vertical gardens.



http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/12/21/singapores-largest-garden-project-unveiled/#more-76956