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core.awareness: William Katavolos interview (p1-4)
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A few months ago core.form-ula sat down with distinguished Professor of William Katavolos for several hrs and discussed everything from his organic manifesto and the origins of his work to the history of Pratt and the future of the profession. These have now been compiled into a 12 part profile that is available in both audio and video formats. Enjoy>>> read more
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Jan 24, 20100
Interview- EASTON+COMBS: Lux Nova
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On Fri the 22nd of 2010 we had an opportunity to sit down w/ EASTON + COMBS and discuss their entry into this years MOMA P.S. 1 Young Architects Program.
CF: What was the initial design approach?
E+C: In our project entry for the 2010 YAP we began by conceptualizing this year’s shift in the theme to include some consideration of sustainable design issues. One of the critical questions we have been investigating is the role of innovation within architecture’s response to sustainability, and we saw the PS1 project as an extension of this research. Innovation and the defining concerns of budget and the schedule, were therefore our primary points of departure, which quickly intersected through questions of material research, fabrication and efficient assembly methodologies. We felt very strongly that a successful design proposal must raise the bar simultaneously in the aesthetic character of the courtyard and in terms of a truly innovative agenda regarding sustainable design. Given the new criteria set forth by the MoMA and PS1 committee we also saw the commission as an opportunity for the MoMA to play an active role in addressing the larger question of sustainability in design culture in the 21st century.
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Apr 6, 20090
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec:Growing a Chair
(1,289 views)Vegetal Chair from Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec on Vimeo.
The initial intuition was that of a chair which would sprout up like a plant. A vegetal chair, its branches gently curving to form the seat and back. It comes from this fascination we have for various types of old furniture, which is plant-inspired. Garden chairs of English origin, structured in boughs of cast iron, for example; various items formed using real branches; or even those armchairs designed in the United States during the first half of the last century, using bushes whose growth had been restricted until they took on the form of a chair.
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Mar 16, 20090
The hyper-realist anatomy of Valerio Carrubba
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Valerio Carrubba is a hyper realist painter. His images are anatomically accurate, showing his peaceful patients with their internal organs exposed. Shocking, realistic and at the same time extremely surreal. Valerio uses a double painting technique and overlapping brush strokes to create these extremely vivid, super surreal images. Thank you to Guillermo Bernal for the heads up on this one. read more
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