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Really Fun!

2012-02-03T18:11:45Z

A ingenious smoke alarm!

: Can you believe that this is a helmet?

Editor@ Large did a piece today about new products picked by bloggers that debuted at the NY International Gift Fair this week..two really stood out as being fun, useful and creative. The first was recommended by Coolhunting and was a smoke detector shaped like a bird that tweets a warning which gets progressively louder. Another stunning product was found by The Daily Grommet and made so much sense…a line of incredibly beautiful painted helmets for bikers or skateboarders made by bellehelmets. Really fun!

The Historic Salem Country Club Loosens Up

2012-02-01T19:35:23Z

This historic Salem Country Club in Peabody, Massachusetts, has undergone several additions and alterations over the course of its 100 plus years of existence. Recently the members felt that the club had grown too formal and it was not comfortable or up-to-date for younger club members. Bottom line is the club needed to loosen up a little! The Club’s board asked TMS Architects to design a renovation and expansion to the club’s existing Grille Room and Ross Dining Room.

The architects faced the challenge of balancing the desired more casual atmosphere with the wonderful traditional clubhouse architecture. TMS accomplished this by separating the dining areas into a variety of flexible seating arrangements, each providing a unique view of the golf course. The result is a dining room that honors the history of the club while incorporating newer technologies such as wide screen TV’s and a flexible floor plan.

TMS Architects has extensive experience with all types of hospitality architecture. We’d love to help you with your country club, hotel or restaurant renovation or new construction. Visit our website to learn more.

Just for Fun – Paper Architecture

2012-01-26T15:59:18Z

Amsterdam based artist Ingrid Siliakis has taking the art of paper cutting to the extreme with her amazing paper architecture. These three dimensional pieces are reminiscent of pop-up books and in fact many of them can actually fold down flat.

Ingrid creates her works of art from a single piece of paper. She says that she works on 20 to 30 prototypes before she finalized a design. The art work requires extensive architectural knowledge to create the two dimensional design. Incredible dexterity and patience are then called upon to execute her vision by folding and cutting the paper.

“‘…Working with paper forces me to be humble, since this medium has a character of its own that asks for cooperation. It is a challenge to find this cooperation with each separate paper brand I work with. Working with paper the way I do, namely by means of cutting and folding creating paper sculptures, asks of me to work with meditative precision. Paper architecture does not bare haste, it is its enemy; one moment of loss of concentration, can lead to failure of a piece…’ ‘…I experience an ultimate satisfaction at the critic moment when the paper, with a silenced sigh, surrenders and becomes a blade-sharp crease. The sound of the paper, which guides this surrendering, to me is incomparable…”

- Artist Ingrid Siliakis

All images Ingrid Siliakis via Design Boom

Aren’t these amazing?