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chris newton’s new track bike

By Andy | Published: January 19, 2010

new frame for Chris Newton made by Akio Tanabe of Kalavinka, Tokyo; for Condor Cycles, London. looks amazing! can’t wait to see it winning races!

chris newton kalavinka condor track bike

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House for Sale, Somewhere Near Barstow on the Edge of the Desert…

By Chungaiz | Published: January 13, 2010

Sited upon small volcanic cone in the high desert midway between Las Vegas & Los Angeles, this 60-acre retreat seems to cap the mountain top with its dome-like roof: Concrete and truss beams form its dome allowing the interior to embrace 360 degrees of stark, strong almost lunar landscape. Main house of two bedrooms, 2 baths and open entertaining areas. Guest house of one bedroom and bath, lake, and ultimate privacy.

Vard Wallace, who built a business selling drafting machines and airplane parts to Lockheed Corp and other aircraft companies during World War II, had the high desert retreat constructed for himself as a getaway, according to Los Angeles Times archives. The home sits about midway between Las Vegas and Los Angeles. It was completed in 1968 and designed by Harold Bissner Jr.

Currently owned by PBS commentator Huell Howser – producer and host of California’s Gold a 17 year running PBS travel program that explores the numerous natural, cultural and historical wonders of the Golden State - the property is for sale, listing the 60-acre Newberry Springs compound with its dome-shaped home at $750,000.

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Martin Margiela White Objects

By Chungaiz | Published: January 12, 2010

Anyone know how I can get hold of these White Objects by Maison Martin Margiela? Or better still, how I can recreate them myself? Brilliant industrial anonymity. A kind of celebration of form and design, but with the texture and decay tempered by cloth coverings and false fronts. Deconstructionism.

I particularly love the “doors” and “rugs”, but the bottles are very interesting too. I’d love to get a closer look at both.

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QR Code Building

By Chungaiz | Published: January 11, 2010

N Building from Alexander Reeder on Vimeo.

If the future is giant barcodes on the side of buildings, not only will I likely be out of a job, but it would be a shame for the whole creative marketing industry… but of course with every closed door a new one opens. With that in mind, being positive, the above augmented reality video looks at how buidlings can communicate with passers by. Going one step beyond Bluetoothe’d messages, or a remote website, this building sends its comms to those who passing by that are intrigued by the goings on within. Tweets from shoppers inside, discounts and offers from concessions, and more. Read more at DesignBoom

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The Fun Theory

By Chungaiz | Published: January 8, 2010

The easiest way to change behaviour is to make it more fun to do.

You might have seen the piano staircase video before, but now it seems that The Fun Theory (the guys behind the “guerrilla” piece of interactive media) was in fact part of a bigger Volkswagen initiative.

Some very good, original and no doubt successful work emerging there… but then there’s the question about originality, ownership and more.

It’s Nice That writes:

I loved the work VW produced in it’s fun theory initiative, it reminded me of Miranda July’s LTLYM project in a lot of ways… VW’s world’s deepest bin and the musical stairs had all the things I like about interactive work – invisible tech, no learning curve and something that brightened up your day… then I remembered Fabrica’s project Tuned Stairway in 2006 and Tom Hanks in Big and Sony’s stairwell in Tokyo and all the debate around creative ownership that have raged the past year came flooding back… for me there’s a place for all these things but may the debate continue…

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Fuct – New Direction

By Chungaiz | Published: January 5, 2010

Fuct - the fashion brand that came, conquered, went and came back again – has directed their first short film, part one of which can be seen above, and on their website. Nice to see the originators of street fashion (a/k/a “streetwear”, ahem) can still shake things up, push creative boundaries and not be afraid to try something new, original and compelling.

Certianly, the internet has much to answer for in killing off brands like Fuct, but it’s equally thanks to the internet that brands like Fuct have new avenues to pursue and market their products. Keep an eye on their “Love Awareness Program” blog for psychedelia, motorbikes, deserts and of course, new product.

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Pan Am’s Helvetica Worlds

By Chungaiz | Published: January 5, 2010

Eye Magazine has a great article on PanAm’s advertising and design – albeit only one chapter, as found at the ‘Here Is Every. Four Decades of Contemporary Art’ exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Really modern approach to advertising, graphics and generating that sense of wonder that travel companies seem to forget in this day and age. Read more, but more importantly, see more here!

There’s another article the Eye Magazine archives about Ivan Chermayeff, the designer of these posters, here

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Massive Attack

By Chungaiz | Published: January 5, 2010

Rarely seen, very early promotional video for Massive Attack. New album, Heligoland is out February.

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The Slow Home

By Chungaiz | Published: January 4, 2010

The Slow Home is an online lecture series that brings to life principles of good residential design and how to apply them in a variety of real world situations. It provides the basic knowledge and skills necessary for people to become more informed residential consumers and empower them to make smarter choices about where and how they live.

Using the principles of SIMPLE (i.e: useable, practical), LIGHT (small environmental impact, local ammenities, upgradeable) and OPEN (daylight and ventilation, but also the right size for your needs without wasted space), architect and lecturer John Brown, dicusses homes in terms of layout, design and structure to help improve your living space.

From The Times:

The Slow Homes movement has been a long time coming. Its foodie forbear began in Rome in 1986, as a furious reaction against the opening of a McDonald’s by the Spanish Steps. The ethos turned out to have an appeal far beyond gastronomy, and Slowness spread across the globe, expanding into areas of activity from travel to child-rearing, and sex (oh, yes). It was only in the latter half of this decade that Slowness began to filter into areas such as residential architecture (theslowhome.com), urban design (slowlab.net) and eco-design (fuad-luke.com). And now is the perfect time for all of us to go Slow — we’re skint and no longer pimping our homes to ensnare buyers.