Eu já postei algo brevemente sobre o Lego Architecture aqui no blog, quando vi que haviam lançado um Lego da Fallingwater, projeto clássico de Frank Lloyd Wright.

Pois não é que vasculhando a Amazon hoje, atrás de livros de arquitetura, descobri que existe uma coleção inteira de Lego Architecture. Quase caí de cadeira de desejo de ter um!

E o preço é bem "ok", apesar do frete salgar um pouco as coisas!

Na minha wish list eterna, até conseguir ter todos!!!

Totaly in love por estas luminárias!


Via Designboom


'etree'


according to dutch designer coen hoogstraten, technology often serves as a sub function in the product, put away behind closed housings. in his lighting design 'etree', hoogstraten gets technology out of this functional role and in the forefront of the design. coens first presented these lighting  leaves in real trees, and then translated these installations into an interior object. the result is a  cropped version of the tree; the base, branches and leaves represent its key elements.



bendable branches allow the leaf lights to be readjusted


electroluminescent materials (EL) used by 'etree' produces light when they are put under an electric current. the wires that power the leaves are strengthened into bendable branches which change the appearance of the lamp.



'etree' in switched off mode


a small series production of 'etree' will start in the summer of 2010, with availability for purchase beginning from september.



'etree' illuminated in the dark









'etree' lights embedded in the branches of real trees



coen hoogstraten installing his 'etree' lights

Finalmente o meu está chegando!

"Yes is more is a popular and easily accessible manifesto for architecture as one of the most relevant aggregates of the 21st century in which we may epitomise and answer many of the global agenda-setting questions. In the exhibition and in the book, B.I.G. shows how they conceptualise the polymorphous demands, complex rules and highly specialised knowledge of society, creating tangible solutions through artistic processes; solutions which time and again attract the interest of the population at large as well as the respect of global aficionados. Yes is more is a communication created in this very spirit - combing elite and popular elements - allowing the sublime to shone through in the commonplace. Thus audiences are invited into B.I.G.'s processes, methods and results using the most approachable and populist means of communication available - the cartoon. -Kent Martinussen, Architect, CEO, Danish Architecture Centre"