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Entries from January 2009

lego does the impossible

January 30th, 2009 No Comments

looks like lego was able to realize this real-world build m.c.escher castle…

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The Places We Live

January 28th, 2009 No Comments

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The places we live‘ by Jona Bendiksen is this really well-done interactive photo and sound documentary about  households in slums around the world. I spent half an afternoon looking at it, here is the link.

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Dumpster

January 27th, 2009 No Comments

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Oliver Bishop-Young has created a series of ‘guerilla’-dumpster use such as a pool, a ping-pong table and many more to see on his homepage. enjoy!

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supersurveillance

January 24th, 2009 No Comments

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‘henchmanshelper’ set up this supersurveillance center with web cam stream, a jewell for every web spy. check it out here

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antwerpen ski jump

January 22nd, 2009 No Comments

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While I was still comparing Zara Hadids latest competition-winning project in Antwerpen to the look of a ski jump (she did one, too), the below project by Julian de Smetd has been released on dezeen.com

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NY Roof Scapes

January 20th, 2009 No Comments

In 1969, Rudolph de Harak designed and the sculptor William Tarr built, a a full-size model of a WWI Sopwith Camel on top of 77 Water Street, a 26 story building, in New York.

It’s sole purpose is…

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Rooftop Playgrounds – anno 1957

January 14th, 2009 No Comments

In 1957, the magazine ‘Mechanix Illustrated’ publiches this urban concept of rooftop playgrounds with the aim to get kids off the street and escape the gang wars.

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Fieldrecordings Cologne

January 11th, 2009 No Comments

konkretourist.com has this wonderful remix/soundcollage of cologne. get the entire free album on their site!

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