SpaceInvading
15.000 Pencils become a Fair Stand
Designer: Johannes Albert and Helmut Stabe
Location: Leipzig, Germany
The Fair Stand of the Mitteldeutscher Verlag Publishers by Helmut Stabe und Johannes Albert at the Leipzig Book Fair 2010
Interior Architect Johannes Albert and Book Designer Helmut Stabe have designed and realised a concept for the Mitteldeutscher Verlag Publishers, which plays with the pencil as give-away, that fundamentally shapes the look of the stand.
Visitors can now decide between the taking a pencil and dismanteling the stand.
The simple but versatile writing utensil is turned into a three dimensional pattern that becomes a shelve and the lettering.
Some of the 15.000 pencils are even used as constructional components: 315 pencils keep eight perforated boards in position.
For the years to come, the perforated grid now offers the possibility to re-position the pencils and books in a new way.
→ archinect.com
Posted: 03/26/2010
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HLYWD
Designer: Jeffrey Inaba and Darien Williams
Location: Los Angeles, CA
As part of the forthcoming UNPLANNED exhibition here in Los Angeles, opening March 25, Jeffrey Inaba and Darien Williams have produced "HLYWD," a series of images in which the individual letters of the Hollywood sign break off, rearrange themselves, and appear here and there around the city.
→ bldgblog.blogspot.com
Posted: 03/26/2010
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SCOLARI’S SHADOWS
Designer: Massimo Scolari
Location: n/a
Image Credits: Massimo Scolari
I was preparing a post on Massimo Scolari’s ink drawings, particularly those lingering at the edge of darkness, when word of Raimund Abraham’s death reached me. I post the drawings now without further comment.
→ lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com
Posted: 03/26/2010
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Raumstation Irnharting
Designer: x architekten
Location: Gunskirchen / Austria
The Vienna and Linz based x architekten realised this cantilevered single family house in December 2008. ‘Raumstation’ (engl.: space station) – indeed, within this setting the building lives up to its name.
→ www.dailytonic.com
Posted: 03/26/2010
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House K
Designer: Sekkei-sha
Location: Hokkaido, Japan
Image Credits: Seiya Miyamoto
The Japanese architectural practice Sekkei-sha, founded by Yoshichika Takagi, designed this broad single family residence on Hokkaido, the northern Japanese island. The interior is special for its village-like central space – the living area and kitchen – which seems to be surrounded by other residential houses.
→ www.dailytonic.com
Posted: 03/26/2010
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