Architecture
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
I <3 3Form
My 3Form samples were delivered yesterday. I’m looking forward to using this material on an upcoming project.
Monday, September 28, 2009
1553 Fairfax
I was in Los Angeles for the weekend and I spotted these beautiful and cleverly-designed address numbers—which appear to be fabricated from bent strips of bar stock, painted, and pin-mounted to the facade—an excellent example of creating elegant typography with simple, inexpensive fabrication techniques.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Somethin’ New From Chemistry
Invented by Finnish designer and architect Samuli Naamanka, Graphic Concrete is a process with which textures, patterns, typography, images, or works of art can be “printed” on concrete surfaces, producing subtle and dramatic results. Currently, Graphic Concrete is being used mostly in Europe, but hopefully I’ll get a chance to add a project to the Google map.
Sunday, September 06, 2009
Shoutout To All My Eichler Homies
Most Eichler homes are located in northern California, but you can find a few in the southland. People restore and renovate their Eichlers (I love the spice rack and the master bathroom), write magazine articles, newspaper stories, and books about them, and take lots of photos of them. Even Mr. Incredible owned an Eichler. But owning an Eichler is not for everyone. Want to buy an Eichler? Join the Eichler Network, tour an open house, and start saving for a down payment!
Posted by matthew on 09/06 at 03:27 PM
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Monday, August 31, 2009
Brick House
James May built his own house with Lego™ bricks.
Posted by matthew on 08/31 at 12:34 PM
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
A Fair To Remember
Vintage Seattle’s Erecting The Needle is a photo essay featuring concept proposals for the Space Needle, its construction (1, 2, 3, 4), and a picture of the rarely-seen gas-flame beacon in action. More design sketches and images, from the University of Washington’s image database. In 2008, crews from Kärcher GmbH & Co. cleaned the Space Needle for the first time, and this morning, the Space Needle was briefly for sale!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Vintage Signage Image Linkage
Here’s a Flickr group for photos of old motel signs.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Cottage Industry
Dirk Dieter, an industrial and exhibit designer, paid $101,000 in 1999 for a 250-square-foot house built on a triangular lot at the end of a dead-end street in Pacifica. Built in 1954, the little house was probably a warming shed for local fishermen, but Dieter’s modest yet dramatic renovation has transformed the house into a marvel of space-saving design and inspired him to formulate strategies and design furniture for streamlined living. Less than eight years after Dieter bought and renovated it, the little house was appraised at $375,000.
Posted by matthew on 05/29 at 09:48 AM
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