Helmet and Concept art from the short film MOMENTUM. Kickstarter found at http://kck.st/WERZC5

mydarkenedeyes:

Kader Attia - Ghost (Aluminium foil, 2007)

evolutionists:

9 Hours by Fumie Shibata.

The Nine Hours capsule hotel, designed by Fumie Shibata, is a hotel experience like none other. For approximately $55 a night, one can stay at this Kyoto, Japan hotel that can only be described as out of the ordinary.

The layout is efficient, with a mostly white interior, contrasting minimalistic signage, and fiber-reinforced plastic sleeping pods. That’s right, sleeping pods. After watching a quick video of the interior by Monocle, I’m very tempted to stay here.

There are a total of 125 capsules made of plastic and fitted with custom lighting. The pods look like they came straight out of a sci-fi movie. They have organic curves, built-in electronics, and a very moderna esthetic. The name, 9 hours, was conceived from the time it takes to shower (1hr), sleep (7hr), and relax (1hr).

thekhooll:

The Tower Studio

The ‘Tower Studio’ is dramatically situated on a stretch of rocky coastline in Shoal Bay, Newfoundland, where no roads guide your way and which is only reached by hiking. Being part of an architectural series by Saunders Architecture on Fogo Island and part of the Fogo Island Arts Corporation the studio’s sculptural silhouette leans both forward and backward as it twists upward. 

vanished:

Nendo

Japanese design firm Nendo constructed a wall at the Illoiha fitness center suited for a monarch AND a rock climber.

Nendo’s climbing wall reflects the idea of “becoming beautiful through movement” by fusing the strenuous sport of rock climbing with the elegance of the Omotesando’s reputation in fashion. The wall uses unusual elements like baroque picture frames, mirrors, deer heads, birdcages, and flower vases as grappling fixtures which forces fitness to juxtapose with style in this Alice In Wonderland-inspired installation.

vanished:

The T-shirt Issue

Taking wearable art to a whole new level, Berlin-based Mashallah Design & Linda Kostowski created this 3-D sweatshirt by scanning human bodies and using the data to create sewing patterns. The human form is turned into 3D patterns of polygons, which are then turned into 2D files and used to laser cut fabric.

“Making a clothes pattern in this way changes the aesthetics of the garment fundamentally, because in contrary to ordinary pattern construction methods unfolding does not matter about orientations like center front or the shape of a armhole, which frees the designers imagination in a way that feels fresh and liberate. As fabric we used sweatshirt jersey as a reference to the common cliche that Berlin is the city which fashionable output lies in making and painting on t-shirts.”

vanished:

Philippe Ramette