iukbox presents Better View blinds by Finnish designer Elina Aalto. The series of perforated black out roller blinds allow light to seep in through cutouts, creating images of the city by night. Four city patterns (limited editions of 1000 each) are available currently: Paris, Tokyo, Helsinki and Stockholm. This fall, iukbox and Aalto plan to… Continue reading A Room with a View
Category: Design
ARM: Avant Garde Architecture in Melbourne
From top: MTC facade corner at twilight; MTC foyer level, MTC Sumner Theatre, MRC & MTC facade, MRC foyer main stairs, MRC Elisabeth Murdoch Hall balcony **All photographs by John Gollings; Images courtesy of ARM Australian design consultancy ARM continues to push the envelope down-under. Their latest projects, the Melbourne Recital Centre and  neighboring MTC… Continue reading ARM: Avant Garde Architecture in Melbourne
Tsunami Glassworks
Above: images from the TUBES series by Tsunami Glassworks, courtesy of the artists. Founded in 2005 by Ontario-based husband and wife team Kriston Gene and Eva Milinkovic, Tsunami Glassworks designs and produces vibrant blown glass objects. Tsunami’s TUBES series is a study of scale through multiples. Each TUBE can be shown individually or in clusters.… Continue reading Tsunami Glassworks
Daniel Arsham: Master of (Creative) Manipulation
Yesterday I had the pleasure of a studio visit with sculptor Daniel Arsham. Arsham describes his work as “architectural interventions,” often playing upon existing structures to create unexpected yet organic sculptures – a knot at the corner of two walls, or a chair emerging from within a wall, and so on. I first came across Arsham… Continue reading Daniel Arsham: Master of (Creative) Manipulation
Signs of Life: The Art of Judith Eloise Hooper
“Hot” by Judith Eloise Hooper. In this demonstration of the American Sign Language symbol for the word ‘hot,’ the figure appears to be soothing his singed fingertips with a cooling breath. Measuring 7″ long, 4″ wide and 2″ deep, “Hot” is made of grog-infused terra cotta-look clay. When asked as a child what she wanted… Continue reading Signs of Life: The Art of Judith Eloise Hooper