FIELD TRIP

Design, drawings, pine trees. You know, etc.

[inkskinned]

concept: me, sharing a milkshake with the one i love on a park bench. our two dogs are at our feet. we both have jobs we enjoy and find purpose in. my dress is very pretty and soon we will go to a rooftop party where there will be fairy lights and friendship. i murdered donald trump in the summer of 2016 and was never caught. everything is good.

[mypubliclands]

Happy first day of spring!  #getoutdoors and enjoy your public lands.

[dezeen]

This renovated studio flat in Budapest features a pegboard storage wall and a bed that integrate doors and cupboards »

[ofcharacter]

Middelheim Museum Artist Entrance - John Körmeling 

[architectural-review]

A House for Medusa, Matthew Bohne

[jillpaschalyoga-deactivated2016]

Those who establish even a minimal home practice are quick to discover the rewards yoga has to offer. Practicing even just a few asanas (poses) at home on a regular basis, will reinforce what is taught in a yoga class, and best prepare you for class when you’re ready. Students who have a home practice find themselves not only becoming progressively more flexible and strong, but more resilient and calm in the face of life’s inevitable ups and downs. As a practitioner of Ashtanga Yoga, I love the self-led class of a Mysore practice within a group environment. But, it is not possible for me to always attend a shala setting consistently, so here are 5 tips that have helped me in my home practice of Ashtanga Yoga: 1.  Set aside a minimum of 15 minutes every day, if you find this difficult to fit into your schedule, begin by making a commitment to do at least Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutations) each day. Some days, which may be all your time will allows don’t get discouraged, keep going! But on those days when more time is available, extend your time into a longer practice. Allowing yourself the time to do yoga is often a bigger challenge than the yoga itself! 2.  Find a place in your home for your practice, and clear the space so you can easily put your mat down when the time arrives. Decide which direction you will face on your mat, and place a candle or make a small alter at the front. Depending on the amount of space you have, you may decide to keep this space sacred and make your dedication to yoga part of your permanent living space. For me, I have created a space uncluttered so that I can be easily convert it to a yoga space when I practice. 3.  Note the times of day that are ideal for your home yoga practice. Maybe it’s first thing in the morning or maybe it’s after work. Whenever it is, try to commit to practicing at that time and make it a priority. 4.  Wear loose, comfortable clothing –don’t worry if you don’t have that Lululemon yoga outfit, perhaps you have a comfy pair of sweats or even your pajamas! Wear clothing that’s comfortable for you; you wouldn’t want tight body-hugging outfits coming in the way of doing some wide stretches! 5.  Respect your body and do yoga poses gently with a smile. Doing them fast or going beyond what your body can take will not bring faster results. It will only make the practice more difficult and painful. Let go of perfection and fear of failure. The beauty of your home yoga practice is that you listen to your body and find the teacher within. Remember, distractions happen. Dogs come and lay on your mat, your cat curls up on your lap when you meditate, the kids show up to watch, or your partner decides it is a good time to talk. This is the practice of yoga. It is learning to be present and receive the gifts of your life. It is letting go of expectations and goals, it’s returning to your breath and being mindful of your response to the distractions. This is yoga, this is life. Take a breath and start!

[plusarchitekt]

Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown in Las Vegas, Nevada, c. 1966 via Andreas Angelidakis + Paperny

We’ve been very careful to say “you should not translate a theory into a building — you’ll get a very dry building.” We have this oscillation between looking, and researching, and writing, and working things out in our heads, and designing, and working things out with our hands. And these always go together. The postmodernism that was taken up by Philip Johnson and used in a very gross way is nothing of what we are concerned with. But there was a postmodernism that was a social movement, theological movement, literary movement, which talked about the end of innocence with the Holocaust, about multiculturalism, about reserving judgment, about being skeptical even about your own best ideas — that we very much agree with. I’ve traced influences on me that come out from Africa and through Europe where I studied in the 50s to America of the 60s. Out of that we derived a certain postmodernism but certainly not the architectural one that we find specious. If it’s our child it’s an illegitimate child. 

[fuckyeahbrutalism]

IBM Aerospace Headquarters, Los Angeles, California, 1964

(Eliot Noyes & Associates)

[avtavr]

Architecture by Charles Correa Photographer: Jawahar Kala Kendra

[plansofarchitecture]

Olafur Eliasson, Contact, Fondation Louis Vuitton, 2015, Paris, France

[germanpostwarmodern]

Administration of “Stahlbauwerk Gustav Müller” (1958-61) in Offenburg, Germany, by Egon Eiermann

[dezeen]

This tiny terraced house in south London is just two metres wide »

[plusarchitekt]

Rentsch House in Wengen, Switzerland - Richard Neutra via Iwan Baan

Built on the outskirts of Wengen with an impressive view of the Eiger-Monch-Jungfrau mountain massif. Originally designed with a flat roof, Neutra was forced by planning officials to add a gabled roof, lending the building a unique position in his oeuvre.

[plusarchitekt]

Sines Center for the Arts in Sines, Portugal - Aires Mateus e Associados via ArchDaily

The building is situated at the start of the main street linking the town to the sea and marking the traditional entrance to the historic nucleus. The Centre subsumes diverse activities capable of generating an exceptional building: exhibition rooms, a library, cinema-cum-theatre and a documentation centre. The wide-raging program calls for the whole plot to be occupied, enveloping the street below mean ground level and adapting its exterior volumetry to the monumental scale of the castle walls. The four modules are set out on the upper floors in parallel bands intercalated with patios. The decks were hung from a bridge-like structure supported on the perimetral walls alone. This system allows a spatial configuration on the basement level that is adapted to the dimensions of the common areas; at street level it guarantees an unbroken view right across the inside of the building, including the activity of the Centre in the daily life of the town.

[99percentinvisible]

Louis Jacinto’s Photographs Of Floating Signage

[shefeld]

blocked up basement flats, gleadless valley, sheffield feb 2015

[thedsgnblog]

Packaging and visual identity for ili_ili lamps by Šesnić&Turković

"Ili_ili is a system of modular lights which gives the user the freedom to assemble a lamp of unique shape and color. Our colleagues and friends from Grupa Products asked us to create a visual identity and packaging for the lamps. The design process was challenging and complex, as we wanted simple and efficient packaging for thousands of different combinations.”

Šesnić&Turković studio was founded in 2006, and has been working in the field of graphic design and visual communications ever since. They approach every project with the same fundamental mission – find the best creative solution, which will give it its communicative strength, longevity, and set it apart from the competition. They apply that approach in all fields of work: visual identities, signage, exhibition designs, stand designs, designs of publications, advertisements and promo materials, designs for gift shops etc.

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