Been following the insane work of James Jean since seeing his work in the ill Fables series. In all of his work he has a unique use of color and surreal perspectives across many mediums. His work has developed leaps and bounds…
Still blows my mind…
Rift
Tiger
Tremble Blossom
LN-CC is a new London based retail concept consisting of an online platform and 5,000sq ft store space in East London.
Echos of the coridors from 2001:A Space Odyssey set designs
That said, i do like the DIY approach and the fine tuned additional rooms.
But i probably would not agree with the price tag on most the products.
More > LN-CC by Gary Card
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Latest issue of Wallpaper Magazine is Reborn India as part of a series also covering China and Brazil. The issue is still new and only been out 6 days.
Got a copy review coming soon…
> http://www.wallpaper.com/reborninindia
Articles
– Global View
– Guest Editors
A joint effort from the established Impresario Group and interiors by Burnside, a group of architects and industrial designers… Both based in Bombay.
Love the stark outline illustration on the walls.
Read more > Wejetset.com
Q310: MADE IN INDIA – ONCE WE WERE COOL
Awesome issue from Design Indaba covering
(BAD) NEWS
AIR INDIA: FLIGHTS OF FANCY
BANGALORE: THE WAY IT WAS
ECO-FRIENDLY: EVOLUTION EQUALS…
FILMI*
GOA: WISH YOU WERE HERE
IDEALISM (GONE IN 60 YEARS)
JAI HIND
LOOK: BEST QUALITY SINCE 1970
OPULENCE
PARADISE LOST
QUEENS
SARI: A MIGHTY FINE TRADITION
…Some great stuff to read through.
The project is called The Hill as that is the shape it will be – a landscaped structure rising out of a Thames-side garden and enclosing a series of large galleries linked by tunnels and caves. It has no generic name because it will be the first of its type anywhere in the world – a place of total immersion; a catalyst for the imagination; a permanent gallery of installations; a contemporary version of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens; ‘an urban ‘Eden’.
Our target position is Potters Fields, the last remaining vacant site in London’s South Bank cultural ‘string of pearls’ and right next to the world heritage sites of Tower Bridge and The Tower of London. The proposal meets all the planning criteria for the site as well as fulfilling the aspirations of the Olympic Cultural Committee for a legacy attraction.
More info > www.ahh.uk.com/index.php?thehill
The other day i was hung over and ended up enthralled in a 4hr documentary on Iran and the West.
Rather excellent show but i soon got distracted by the beautiful contemporary architecture in the background. Some of which looked like it came out of some desert planet in Star Wars.
Heres a few interesting pieces that i found over the web.
The tomb of Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyam now has a modern monument, here internally lit during an annual celebration. Not sure when it was built…
Azadi Tower (Freedom Tower) in Iran 1971
&
The Monument of the Martyrs ( Maquam E’ chahid ) in Algiers 1982
Drive-in Cinema, Tehran 1965 < i love this
Iran Senate House Dome 1960 < and this
Senate logo
Lotus Temple 1996 (Reminds me of the Sydney Opera House 1973)
Also : Lord Foster and Zaha Hadid ‘asked to redevelop Mecca’
