Switch chair + music box DJ table
4 AprKouichi Okamoto: switch pola museum annex, Tokyo, Japan April 27th – June 3rd, 2012
In an exhibition curated by hexa project for show at the pola museum annex, japanese designer kouichi okamoto of kyouei design created two installation works, both focusing on the idea of the switch’. both works were created with the assistance of pola orbis holdings, and after its exhibition at the pola museum annex, the show will travel to london.
‘Lighting chair’ features two chairs: one whose seat and back plates are dotted with light switches. Electrical cords run from the back of these switches towards the second chair, which is composed of numerous electrical plugs into which the cords run. each plug/switch combination powers a single light out of the many suspended from a T-shaped platform, each encircled by a mesh fabric shade.
‘Musical table’ involves the installation of 504 volume knobs and 504 music box movements, each of which plays a single sound. The boxes play at random, with their tempo determined by its corresponding volume knob on the table.
Sunbeam type
30 Mar
“Khasanov, based in ekaterinburg, russia,has developed an entirely sunlight-formed typeface, shaped through the dispersion of light. this phenomenon is most commonly observed in the occurrence
of a rainbow, displaying the spatial separation of white light into the differing wavelengths– resulting in a notable variation in color. In order to harness this light effect, khasanov first experimented with glass and mirrors as he added water to these reflective media in an effort to create the glittered, rainbow alphabet. in the initial ‘sunbeamtype’ explorations, the designer achieved interesting effects, although he realized he had not quite tapped into the potential for what he had envisioned as a radiant, sunbeam typeface. khasanov tells designboom, ‘I thought of the light dispersion phenomenon (the splitting of the white light into a rainbow). all I needed was to deflect the light by transparent refracting mediums. I’ve used gel by dabbing on a glass and then I draw the letters on with a clean brush. all I had to do was to bring that glass to the sunbeam and to reflect letters by a lens on the background.’ by re-determining the angle and a distance from which the digital camera was positioned to the piece of glass with gel-scrawled type, the designer was able to achieve a fascinating trick of light. It was due to this subtle shift in materials and method that the designer was able to document his sun-formed font”.
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ART CRUSH : ADAM OEHLERS
29 Mar
ADAM OEHLERS The UK-based illustrator and sculptor describes his work as “all part of a world that is not so different from ours, a grim, cobbled place that is trapped in its own time, with some little elements of odd magic which creep in at the edges.”
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John Crawford Photography
28 Mar
Auckland-based photographer John Crawford has combined both nude and aerial photography for a compelling series titled ‘Aerial Nudes’.
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Edible’ Cookbook
28 Mar
German design agency Korefe has created the first cookbook you can read, cook and eat.
Called ‘The Real Cookbook’, the cook-able and edible cookbook is made of 100% fresh pasta, and gives you the recipe on how to make a classic lasagne at the same time.
Other than instructions, The Real Cookbook plays an essential part as one of the main ingredients in making the lasagne—pasta pages are used as sheets in a lasagne.
Once baked, the book becomes good enough to eat.
100 Milktooth Projects
27 Mar
‘100 milkteeth’ is a performance project to create, record and release 100 songs in 100 days from March 1 – June 8, 2012. Each song is paired with an original video. http://www.100milkteeth.com The project is directed by heidisabertooth – a Bushwick, Brooklyn-based singer, multi-instrumentalist and electronic producer/musician. In addition to creating solo works, heidisabertooth is featuring special guest collaborators from the nyc underground music and art community, including members of DubknowDub, MNMLKTCHN, ChatLogs, Body Building, LeSphinxx, as well as various video art contributors.
Each song is released daily on the following websites:
www.100milkteeth.com
www.youtube.com/heidisabertooth
www.facebook.com/100milkteeth
www.twitter.com/heidisabertooth
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