A Thread for Fine Design
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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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@thomthom said:
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.
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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!
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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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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.
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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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Also Alessi
I thought this was an interesting use of Metaphor
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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.
But the designer thought...
or maybe...
But when I saw this I thought "Fan Cage" (for better or worse)
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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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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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Into recycling? Then Scraphacker is for you http://scraphacker.com
No, not trying to get your visa number, just inspire.
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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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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. -
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!
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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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Too true. But then some European countries have much stricter rules about tree harvesting and forest management. Usually replacements are planted, unlike here.
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Apologies to Dale: A thread for fine design and criticism. I dunno, like some may have thought, using a giant round to extract a beautiful veneer seems very wasteful. He's a turner, so he turns. A chemist might use plastic. I'd prefer a shade of wood be made more conservatively, or if not more 'appropriately', not at all. A shade made of veneer would have a seam and be weaker, until plasticized, but 30 could be made rather than one, and perhaps something nice could be made of the seam (e.g., fingers).
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Re the lampshade, here's what the video description says:
@unknownuser said:
!!! Please before you write a negative comment about the waste of wood, please realize , this is fast growing pine, it had already been cut down to be used as firewood, the centre of the log is sap wood and is very poor quality, and all the wood chips are reused in another way, for heating, or in the garden. We appreciate your care for nature, and assure you that we too have the same regard for what our planet gives to us.
I think its a great use for what would otherwise just be firewood.
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