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    • mitcorbM Offline
      mitcorb
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      Hi, Dale:
      The preceding series is exquisite, and I appreciate greatly your posting them here. Inspiring stuff. Like you, I do appreciate the minimalist expressions. I think sometimes it takes great restraint not to overstate an idea.

      I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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      • daleD Offline
        dale
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        @mitcorb said:

        Hi, Dale:
        The preceding series is exquisite, and I appreciate greatly your posting them here. Inspiring stuff. Like you, I do appreciate the minimalist expressions. I think sometimes it takes great restraint not to overstate an idea.

        Thanks Tim. I am very impressed at the way many of today's designers hone in on the "idea", and then work through it to come up with such elegant solutions, and as a consequence such functionally beautiful objects.

        Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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        • simon le bonS Offline
          simon le bon
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          Dear Dale,
          Your Thread is for me a nice (about) daily "rendez-vous" (I must admit with also Some Funny Pics. 😆 )

          Today, my contribution:
          (see the link for more in this series)
          http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/04/ridiculously-imaginative-playgrounds-by-monstrum/

          http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/monstrum-1-640x480.jpg

          http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/monstrum-2-640x427.jpg

          http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/monstrum-3-640x427.jpg

          ++ *s

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          • simon le bonS Offline
            simon le bon
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            And also this ☀

            favicon

            (www.designboom.com)

            http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/leigha/monumenta 2012/4.jpg

            http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/leigha/monumenta 2012/2.jpg

            *!$ù99ç^^*s

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            • daleD Offline
              dale
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              Simon
              Your posts (in themselves always interesting) always lead me down "link lane" to more amazing things.
              Thanks!
              http://www.shaas.no/kurs/

              These are small Run of River style power generation stations each capable of 30 GW power generation (enough power for about 1600 residences)
              Where I live, these are common, but are usually strange looking small dams, and 1000's of meters of obtrusive pipe.
              Good on the Norwegians.
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              Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
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                favicon

                (www.choishine.com)

                http://www.choishine.com/port_projects/landsnet/sshot-1-jin's.jpg

                http://www.choishine.com/port_projects/landsnet/Pylon-Backdrop---Kjolur-Highlands-ts-2.jpg

                Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                • HieruH Offline
                  Hieru
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                  @thomthom said:

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                  favicon

                  (www.choishine.com)

                  That's a really good reminder that enriching one's aesthetic experiences is an important function that should influence the form of a design. All too often designers are concerned with function, function, function and forget that form is itself a function.

                  www.davidhier.co.uk

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                  • thomthomT Offline
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                    They where in the news here in Norway last year when we where having a big debate about new planned power lines going across the country. Most people are oppose to them because they are so brutal - this suggestion for an Icelandic competition came up and I thought it was really great! I'd be perfectly happy with powerlines with this design. I mean - they are huge and you cannot get away from that - so why not make something out of it. They will be seen - so let them look good!

                    Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                    • daleD Offline
                      dale
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                      I think I have already hinted at it, and as the examples in this thread show, I think there is something extraordinary going on in Norwegian architecture and design.
                      I have a friend who is a sculptor, and he lives on the prairies, because he says that in the mountains, artistically, "everything has already been done".
                      He goes on to say that on the prairies, if you erect a grain elevator, its shape and volume have such a presence, simply because of the lack of such on the prairie landscape.
                      From what I am seeing, Norway has recognized what it takes to create (sometimes in the most mundane structures, such as, power stations, power line towers, truck inspection stations, tourist lookouts) buildings etc, that really enhance the landscape, but also make you take notice.

                      Truck inspection station http://www.jva.no/ + Jarmund/Vigsnæs Arkitekter
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                      Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                      • brookefoxB Offline
                        brookefox
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                        Some friendly push-back on the decorative power lines... Amusing images, meant to make one smile. Is the form so different from the original or really of the same general impact with a bit of whimsy, to be paid for dearly? And to become stale? I'd prefer the 'purely' functional, and elegant in its direct simplicity and reductive nature. 'Sleek', minimal, efficient, less expensive, un-staling, engineered beauty. We are admittedly tired of the 'big electric cats', but I don't see big electric fe/male shapes to be any kind of viable alternative.

                        Please keep it up, and thanks, Dale.

                        ~ Brooke

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                        • daleD Offline
                          dale
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                          Brookefox
                          I appreciate any and all feedback, as this thread is just meant to stimulate, it is always in the realm of possibilities that it will stimulate negative as well as positive, (and some just for fun)

                          http://www.ilbagnoalessi.com
                          The Elegant "Tuna"

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                          Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                          • daleD Offline
                            dale
                            last edited by

                            Also Alessi
                            I thought this was an interesting use of Metaphor
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                            Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                            • daleD Offline
                              dale
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                              Playing follow the links....
                              http://www.paulinedeltour.com
                              Part of Pauline Deltours collection for Alessi.
                              What I found interesting is when I saw these, I immediately thought Waste Paper Basket.
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                              But the designer thought...
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                              or maybe...
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                              But when I saw this I thought "Fan Cage" (for better or worse) 😄
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                              Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                              • daleD Offline
                                dale
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                                Designed to take advantage of the fact you don't need a building permit for a building under 98 sq ft in this area of Finland, this came in at 96 sq ft.
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                                Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                                • daleD Offline
                                  dale
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                                  At $69.99 it might come in handy. 8mm toy digital movie and still camera
                                  (Available here).http://www.audiocubes.com
                                  The manufacturer here (mostly in Japanese)http://www.fuuvi.com
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                                  Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                                  • daleD Offline
                                    dale
                                    last edited by

                                    Into recycling? Then Scraphacker is for you http://scraphacker.com
                                    No, not trying to get your visa number, just inspire.

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                                    Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                                    • stefanqS Offline
                                      stefanq
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                                      [flash=500,405:1aj5m34o]http://www.youtube.com/v/LgsDWb0orSQ[/flash:1aj5m34o]

                                      Sören Berger, who lives in New Zealand, has been a woodturning artist for 33 years.

                                      He is very well known throughout the world as a teacher, demonstrator and exhibitor, with his art pieces featured in many journals, publications and books.

                                      Each year Sören is invited to America to demonstrate woodturning at big national symposiums, top art and craft schools and woodturning clubs.

                                      In 33 years of full time studio woodturning, traveling and teaching Sören has come to see that woodturners are experiencing a rediscovery of a very ancient art.

                                      The experience that Sören Berger has gained in his travels throughout the USA, Sweden and NZ over the last 17 years has given him a clearer understanding of many of the common problems people encounter while learning to turn.

                                      Modern woodturning has some new materials, tools and technologies which make the processes quicker and more pleasant.

                                      Sören’s interest over the last 4 years has been focused on developing tools that enables everybody to create beautiful objects with ease of use.

                                      This dedicated development has resulted in a range of innovative and outstanding products enjoyed by woodturners worldwide.

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                                      • daleD Offline
                                        dale
                                        last edited by

                                        I can see Sören Berger is quite an innovator after doing a little follow up on him. I had not heard of him, and appreciate the post.
                                        It is really nice to see a person with his talent spending his time teaching.
                                        I have to say I am surprised that the shade in the video is stable enough not to split with the heat of the light, but that is why he is the teacher.

                                        Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                                        • david_hD Offline
                                          david_h
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                                          Those are beautiful lamp shades, but it seemed a of wood ended up on the shop floor!

                                          I wonder if he's ever cut section out of a giant redwood and hollowed himself out a garage for his car! 😄

                                          If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                                          • pbacotP Offline
                                            pbacot
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                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            Those are beautiful lamp shades, but it seemed a of wood ended up on the shop floor!

                                            I wonder if he's ever cut section out of a giant redwood and hollowed himself out a garage for his car! 😄

                                            Well I imagine that piece was firewood otherwise, probably grown in a plantation as they do for much lumber down there (if it's pine especially).

                                            But just last night I was barbecuing with cedar wraps. They are cedar sheets like paper. I was holding it up to the light and imagining a lamp shade (this one square) with cedar panes. But I was also noting how the sheets looked like prime lumber, in that case, to be cooked with my salmon--another resource I should probably leave for posterity 😒

                                            and now this today. Interesting.

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