1. 7 May


    Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel in Belle Vista, Arkansas.

    I’ve go here every time I’m at my grandparents house a few blocks away because it is so serene and quite amazing being surrounded by the structure and all the trees.

     

  2. 6 May


    (Source: chicquelo, via pharcydes)

     

  3. 6 May


    Lenticular clouds over Mount Fuji, Japan. These are stationary lens-shaped clouds that form at high altitudes, usually perpendicular to the direction of the wind.

    Lenticular clouds over Mount Fuji, Japan. These are stationary lens-shaped clouds that form at high altitudes, usually perpendicular to the direction of the wind.

    (Source: moorbay, via pharcydes)

     

  4. 6 May


    Old is New Again - buildings that have been refurbished and redesigned with a modern touch.

    (Source: architectura)

     

  5. 6 May


    This month, in our annual Photo Issue, The FADER is publishing a feature on the epidemic of youth violence in Chicago, photographed by Daniel Shea. It’s no exaggeration to say this has been one of the most fulfilling projects that Daniel and I have ever worked on. 

    The feature is live online today. Over the duration of the week four extended edits will be posted along with conversations between Daniel and I.

    This essay was a deviation from past photo issues. Instead of publishing preexisting work we decided to commission one large essay with ambitious goals. Our choice to shoot on the ground in Chicago stemmed from the idea that the violent rhetoric that permeates contemporary rap music has a human cost that is too often overlooked. The FADER and many other magazines covering new music feature musicians that propagate cultures of violence (like Chief Keef, who Daniel shot for The FADER’s cover less than a year ago). With the magazine’s audience of young people in mind, we wanted to face that head on. 

    What resulted is 16 pages of photographs and a Q&A with veteran Chicago reporter Alex Kotlowitz. We aimed to depict what life in the South Side is like for young people, through individuals affected by violence, those participating in it and the grassroots effort to curb the spread of retaliatory crime which seems to have no end.

    I would like to personally thank Daniel, my friend, for his incredible effort and determination working on this project, as well as the staff and publishers of The FADER for believing in it and to the men and women of CeaseFire who opened countless doors for us. Please spread the word and consider donating to their incredible effort.

    (Source: geordiewood, via novh)

     

  6. 4 May


    by Kidult

    by Kidult

     

  7. 29 Apr


    David Deatherage of Century Design Ltd. recently took a phone call from the Hamptons that he won’t soon forget: The person on the other line was inquiring about the price for a Mid-Century Paul McCobb desk that Deatherage had for sale. It turns out the caller was an assistant to Sir Paul McCartney, who was interested in purchasing the vintage desk for use in his London studio. Deatherage tells  that he received an email last week, saying that the desk reached its destination in tiptop shape. Coincidentally, the desk was featured on the cover of LN’s Fall 2012 Elegant Living edition, a copy of which is now apparently in Sir Paul’s possession (we’re told Deatherage snuck a copy of the magazine in the desk’s top drawer).

    David Deatherage of Century Design Ltd. recently took a phone call from the Hamptons that he won’t soon forget: The person on the other line was inquiring about the price for a Mid-Century Paul McCobb desk that Deatherage had for sale. It turns out the caller was an assistant to Sir Paul McCartney, who was interested in purchasing the vintage desk for use in his London studio. Deatherage tells  that he received an email last week, saying that the desk reached its destination in tiptop shape. Coincidentally, the desk was featured on the cover of LN’s Fall 2012 Elegant Living edition, a copy of which is now apparently in Sir Paul’s possession (we’re told Deatherage snuck a copy of the magazine in the desk’s top drawer).

     

  8. 28 Apr


    Nordahl Grieg High School by Link Arkitektur Located in Hordaland County municipality in Norway is the Nordahl Grieg high school by Norwegian architectural firm Link Arkitektur. This unique high school boasts a clean and contemporary design that is dominated by glass, giving the structure an open and expansive feel. The three-story structure’s rooms are divided by color — a nice visual cue for easy identification — and house both classrooms and extra-curricular facilities. The bright colors seen from the exterior are mirrored by the furniture and interior paint schemes to brighten up the space and inject some fun. Designed with multiple functions in mind, the interior layout is such that it can be quickly rearranged according to specific needs.

    Nordahl Grieg High School by Link Arkitektur

    Located in Hordaland County municipality in Norway is the Nordahl Grieg high school by Norwegian architectural firm Link Arkitektur. This unique high school boasts a clean and contemporary design that is dominated by glass, giving the structure an open and expansive feel. The three-story structure’s rooms are divided by color — a nice visual cue for easy identification — and house both classrooms and extra-curricular facilities. The bright colors seen from the exterior are mirrored by the furniture and interior paint schemes to brighten up the space and inject some fun. Designed with multiple functions in mind, the interior layout is such that it can be quickly rearranged according to specific needs.

     

  9. 28 Apr


    “It was probably inevitable that Rain Room was a sensation in London. When you live with as much damp as the British do, wishing for the clouds to part is primal—and in this installation, built by the British design studio rAndom International and opening at MoMA on May 12, visitors briefly gain godlike control over wet weather. It’s a high-ceilinged room, nearly 1,000 square feet, equipped with nozzles that pour down artificial rain—until you step in, whereupon a five-foot circle over your head abruptly dries up. “The installation recognizes the presence of the viewer,” explains rAndom International’s Hannes Koch. As you move through the room, your little ring respite stays with you, like a follow spot. You get to, as Donald Fagen once sang, walk between the raindrops. Koch won’t tell you how it works. “We’re being deliberately obscure about the details,” he says, citing a wish to preserve a sense of mystery. But he will say that the installation is full of 3-D cameras, feeding information to the controls in real time. (It can handle quite a few visitors at once, too: “If the room were to fill up with people,” he explains, “all the rain would be switched off.”) We say you should bring a date: When else do you get to reenact that kiss-in-the-pouring-rain movie moment without getting soaked?”

    “It was probably inevitable that Rain Room was a sensation in London. When you live with as much damp as the British do, wishing for the clouds to part is primal—and in this installation, built by the British design studio rAndom International and opening at MoMA on May 12, visitors briefly gain godlike control over wet weather. It’s a high-ceilinged room, nearly 1,000 square feet, equipped with nozzles that pour down artificial rain—until you step in, whereupon a five-foot circle over your head abruptly dries up. “The installation recognizes the presence of the viewer,” explains rAndom International’s Hannes Koch. As you move through the room, your little ring respite stays with you, like a follow spot. You get to, as Donald Fagen once sang, walk between the raindrops.

    Koch won’t tell you how it works. “We’re being deliberately obscure about the details,” he says, citing a wish to preserve a sense of mystery. But he will say that the installation is full of 3-D cameras, feeding information to the controls in real time. (It can handle quite a few visitors at once, too: “If the room were to fill up with people,” he explains, “all the rain would be switched off.”) We say you should bring a date: When else do you get to reenact that kiss-in-the-pouring-rain movie moment without getting soaked?”

    (Source: vulture.com)

     

  10. 28 Apr


    Motoi Yamamoto working on ‘Labyrinth’ Using only salt to to create this piece.

    Motoi Yamamoto working on ‘Labyrinth’ Using only salt to to create this piece.

    (Source: pikeys, via skyblueandgreen)