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Modern Upholstered Armchairs by KMP

Ty Batirbek-Wenzel — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:52:42 +0000

Perfectly on trend for 2012, these modern upholstered armchairs by Miami-based furniture company KMP are transforming a simple seat into a veritable objet d’art with their vibrant colors and exotic patterns. The One of a Kind collection takes popular modern armchair silhouettes – like the Abracci, Apollo, Ecko, Evita, Grand, Remi and Malia chairs – and turns them on their heads with splashy custom upholstery. The quality and attention to detail is impeccable – and no two chairs are alike, making them a real art piece. While the One of a Kind upholstered armchair collection look with draw you in, it’s their comfort that will keep you coming back for more. Prices are available on request. For more information, visit KMP.

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Outdoor Furniture City-Camp by Dedon

Ty Batirbek-Wenzel — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:49:49 +0000

Outdoor furniture firm Dedon has achieved the perfect balance between “cool” and “casual” with its City-Camp collection. Austrian-born designer Annette Hinterwirth ventures into the great outdoors with this laid-back line, inspired by the base camps of ancient explorers with a modern-chic twist. The collection includes the Daybed With Roof, offering a shady reprieve from the hot summer sun, swathed in billowing fabric for a touch of the exotic to your garden, deck or patio; the Tatami mats are a perfect complement to the Daybed or added to your existing loungers; and the Garden Swing, a roofed, curtained seat to sway in the cool breeze. Available in Chalk and Taupe finishes, and complementary deco cushions in a full range of hot hues and patterns, this line lets you express your style, however subdued or splashy. Casual, contemporary and luxurious, the City-Camp outdoor furniture collection will transform any alfresco environment into your favorite "room." For details are available by visiting Dedon.

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Cool Wall Hooks by Thelermont Hupton

Ty Batirbek-Wenzel — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:45:09 +0000

We were instantly “hooked” by these cool wall hooks by Thelermont Hupton. Each featuring a different hand gesture, this line of hand-shaped hooks says “thumbs up,” “hello,” with a wave, “shake,” “okay,” “up yours,” point, “peace” and “rock on,” all without saying a word! The hooks come in a range of hot hues including black, pink, orange, red or white, cast in composite materials with luscious lacquered finish. Mounted to your walls, these cool hand hooks are a fab functional element and they also make a great artistic addition to a plain wall. Retail price is £90.

If the hand gestures don’t get your message across, throw some kitchen utensils across the room – or just try these utensil-shaped hooks that resemble a saucepan, knife and rolling pin, stuck in the wall in the heat of the moment! Choose from red, black or white. The Saucepan hook retails for £25, the Knife hook is £22 and the Rolling Pin hook is £22.

Additional information is available by visiting Thelermont Hupton.

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Graticule House by David Jameson Architect

Ty Batirbek-Wenzel — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:23:04 +0000

Architect David Jameson designed the Graticule House in Great Falls, Virginia.

Description from the architect:

Situated on a hillside site, the Graticule House is conceived to be a trace, or reference datum, allowing a reading of the relationship between the building and nature. Fundamental to the conception of the house is the notion of cadence, where repetitious vertical and horizontal markers of the building’s tectonics are juxtaposed with the particularity of the forest and ground plane. Light and space are modulated by meshing ribbons of glass and wall planes that form a tessellation of solid and void

Visit the David Jameson Architect website – here.

Photography by Nic Lehou

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Autumn

Ty Wenzel — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:16:09 +0000

I am always devastated by the end of summer... But at least the colors of autumn have cheered me up.

Occupy T-Shirts Inspired by #OWS

Ty Wenzel — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:52:13 +0000

So sorry that I haven't been around much lately. I've been spending a lot of time at Zuccotti Park before helping start the Occupy The Hamptons group, which has been a very fulfilling new direction in my life. It has given me a lot of hope for the first time in my life for the future of the country and environment. I decided to start wearing Occupy Wall Street gear, but didn't like a lot of the styles or t-shirts on the market at the moment, so I made my own. I have kept the price at cafepress as low as it goes, so if you would like a generic OCCUPY tshirt or mug or whatever, do consider my design!

Twisted Table by Erwin Zwiers

Ty Batirbek-Wenzel — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:36:11 +0000

Dutch designer Erwin Zwiers has created the Twisted Table.

Visit Erwin Zwiers’ website – here.

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Hampden Lane House by Robert Gurney Architect

Ty Batirbek-Wenzel — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:35:56 +0000

Robert Gurney Architect designed the Hampden Lane house in Bethesda, Maryland.

Edgemoore is an affluent neighbourhood in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb bordering northwest Washington, DC. Mature trees and gardens line the streets of this neighbourhood, within walking distance of downtown Bethesda.

Too often lately, many of the perfectly scaled houses inhabiting this neighborhood are being torn down and replaced with Craftsman-style houses on steroids and pseudo-colonials far too large for their lots. Most of these new houses are built to the maximum size allowed by the zoning ordinances with little regard for the scale of adjacent structures. Sites are rendered treeless, leaving little or no green space. These houses seem egregious, insensitive and irresponsible.

The client for this project was a young, forward thinking entrepreneur with no desire for a nostalgic or revivalist style house. He desired a house that was efficient with a minimal footprint, leaving the majority of the lot unoccupied by building and hardscape. The close proximity to a more urban downtown Bethesda warranted a house designed with closer ties to an urban area than to the rural countryside that once informed the design of houses built in Edgemoore.

After much deliberation, it was decided to remove an existing, inefficient structure and replace it with a new one. The new house occupies one third less area than the original structure and is sited to maximise green area on the property. Designed as a cube, the new house is approximately 2,200 sq ft with no unused or underutilised spaces. The flat roof provides an additional 1,100 sq ft of outdoor living space with views of treetops and the downtown Bethesda skyline.

Fenestration in the ground faced block walls, composed of varying sized rectangular and square openings, is arranged to optimise views to the green spaces while minimising views of adjacent houses in close proximity. A series of landscape walls orchestrate the relationship between the street, required parking court and house. Interior spaces are open and light filled with crisp detailing. Walnut flooring provides a rich base for white walls and millwork, designed in juxtaposition to the charcoal gray exterior walls.

This house represents a deliberate departure in both the thought process and the realisation of current building trends in the neighbourhood. Instead of building a large house with pretentious ties to the rural past, this new house is smaller with a stronger relationship to the modern, urban area that Bethesda has become. The house is intended to be more site sensitive, environmentally conscious, and to provide comfortable, efficient living spaces.

Visit the website of Robert Gurney Architect – here.

Photography by Maxwell MacKenzie

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OLED Installation by labme

Ty Batirbek-Wenzel — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:35:07 +0000

labme, an open source design platform for the creative usage of OLEDs (organic light-emitting diodes), created the world’s largest OLED installation with 1400 OLEDs provided by OSRAM.

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Ronald Stoops Fashion Photography

Ty Batirbek-Wenzel — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:23:22 +0000

Ronald Stoops studied photography in Antwerpen, and quickly became the photographer readily associated with fashion productions by Antwerpen Six: Walter Von Beirdonck, Martin Margiela, Dries Van Noten, Dirk Van Saene, Dirk Birkkembergs & Marine Yee. Working with the world’s most unique, talented and original fashion designers is a sure bet to give you stunning images. Proof below!

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Lighting Techniques for Fashion and Glamour Photography Stephen A Dantzig

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Model Composites Zed Card Templates Backgrounds Fashion Photography Seniors

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AMAAN Magazine Fashion And Photography French Magazine In English

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4 Photography Books by Robert Farber Professional Fashion Photograhpy and