structure house

the beauty of lies on the structure. It took emsamble studio a year to engineer but only seven days to build the structure. this project is seriously taking prefabrication to another new level.

hemeroscopium house

fashion in the wonderland

i am seriously liking this shoot by annie leibovitz. drawing inspiration from alice in the wonderland + collaborating with all the top designers in the world! john galliano, viktor and rolf and jean paul and etc each designed a piece for the shoot and pose as characters from the cartoon!


john galliano as the queen
viktor and rolf as tweedledum & tweedledee
jean paul as the cheshire cat

"portée" wall furniture

i am loving the simplicity of this new collection of wall furniturese by Joachim Jirou-Najou

where the wild things are

where the wild things are is an upcoming film adaptation of the famous children book by maurice sendak. can't wait for it to be up on the big screen

yamamoto y x salvatore

can't wait for these to hit our sunny island by yohji and salvatore

if karl lagerfeld is a bear

this is how karl lagerfeld would look like if he is a bear! saw this stunning steiff karl's bear in millennium walk. priced at SGD $2540 and only 2 pieces available in singapore, 2000 pieces worldwide. wonder if it comes with karl's accent?

actioncity x medicom

happen to be in plaza sing over the weekend and to my surprise i found these three bearbrick specially created by medicom for actioncity bear bear at only 10 bucks each!

house for cars

loving the cold and empty kinda feel to this house. very suitable as a house for machines. loving the simplicity of this project and the relationship between the cantilevered with the sloping site.

ar new look

unbelievable, the architectural review is getting a brand new look. getting rid of the old serious image and moving into a more contemporary and relax kinda image is the way to be now! great job alexander boxill

taipei performing arts centre by NL

OMA won the competition, however i though this is quite a impressive piece of architecture by NL Architects. Loving the simple concept with all the various punctuation of spaces and cantilevering. Seriously loving the exposed elevator, although i am not sure how its going to work in real life. It be interesting to see how gets build actually if they won the competition instead of OMA.

crying light

This is the highly anticipated full-length follow-up to "I Am a Bird Now". Here, Antony shifts the thematic focus and explores his relationship with the natural world. The intimacy of the Johnsons' sound is enveloped by avant-classical composer Nico Muhly's symphonic arrangements.

source: http://www.antonyandthejohnsons.com/

burberry prorsum

loving what christopher bailey did this season. bringing the good old checkered back to the runway.

raf simon fall 2009

loving the new silhouette by raf simon fall 2009. as usual interesting and radical sleeve we got here.

puma for YSL

yves saint laurent presents an interesting high top sneaker as part of its spring/summer 2009 collection. The toe box looks similar to a moccasin or clark wallabee, while the rest of the sneaker looks like a classic premium high top sneaker. puma for YSL

source: www.highsnobiety.com

come in

just some random images that i took in the exhibition of come in - interior design as a contemporary art medium in germany

come in - interior design as a contemporary art medium in germany

was caught in the rain after visiting christian lacroix and decided to go ahead and sketch my vision for interior design as a contemporary art medium in singapore. i chose a piece among all the others simply because i think its rather impossible for us singaporeans to live in a box with so little openings and ventilations. therefore,i decided to pick that piece as my starting point and added some tropical architecture elements into it and call it BREATH! i stronly believe that it's our responsibility as a designer to help save the earth and to produce more energy efficient architecture. we should be more sensitive with our enviornment and not by just simply adding a air conditioning to every spce we design.

christian lacroix the costumier

was really impressed by the way he does his sketches and how he actually execute his sketches into exact pieces. great exhibition with heaps to see and learn from. too bad i can't sew if not i would be sewing myself a costume for this year hallowen party.

marina barrage

i finally made it to the marina barrage after months :) was a little disappointed by it though was half expecting something more dramatic than that!

republic poly landscape

just some random pictures i took in republic poly landscape area.

republic poly by maki

went to republic poly by fumihiko maki last wednesday with my fellow colleagues for a site visit. anyway, i was really impressed by what he has done for our poly. one of the more remarkable building here in singapore for sure. his sense of proportion and use of material is world class.

my kaws n murakami

my beloved companion bear sitting on my lovely murakami mouse pad posing for a picture for my blog. anyway i wonder if murakami will ever produce a bear with medicom?

medici effect

another collaboration between jil sander for uniqlo. good to have you back jil! anyway, i wonder if her collection is going to be the opening collection for uniqlo singapore opening next month in the new tampines mall.

magic of cardboard

unbelievable a bar created solely on cardboard boxes and a hot glue gun! cardboard bar in london design festival, how exciting!!! this is so so exciting! i would gladly do this for free for anyone who wants to build a cardboard bar!!!

hare

lovely piece by james jean

loving it

i am loving mcqueen's latest collection! using coke cans as wig how ingenious with a powerful statement, GO GREEN! very typical mcqueen silhouette and material but the make up this season took my breath away. way to go mcqueen

chocolates

this is all it takes to take away my precious muji's life




source: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/10/pets/chocolate-chart-interactive

edamame growing set

i wan one of this!!!

paper architecture

i'm always fascinated with paper architecture ever since i was exposed to shigeru ban's paper house. it's great seeing fellow designers taking paper as a material more seiously and pushing the limit of the material.

compact hotels on style

yotel in amsterdam sciphol







Qbic hotel,
strawinskylaan 241, 1077 XX amsterdam









citizen m
amsterdam airport: jan plezierweg 2, 1118 bb schiphol

seriously loving citizen m rooms, great looking stand alone shower with great floor trap detail!

most innovative architecture firm

the world most innovative architecture firm!

1. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill: The world's tallest building, the world's greenest high-rise, and dozens of other superlatives make SOM a massive -- and dynamically creative -- commercial force.
2. Herzog & de Meuron: The Beijing Olympics made this firm's "Birds' Nest" stadium an instant icon; its "Hanging Gardens of Babylon" design for the Miami Art Museum shows range.
3. Zaha Hadid: A sexy little pop-up pavilion for Chanel. An ice-sculpture-like design for the Nordpark Cable Railway. A trippy design for the Guggenheim Hermitage in Vilnius. Hadid's work is consistently jaw-dropping.
4. Rem Koolhaas's OMA: You have to love a guy who can design both a giant headquarters building for China's CCTV and catwalks for Prada.
5. Steven Holl: His "Linked Hybrid" complex in Beijing, which opened last fall, shows genius and technological virtuosity. Even Holl's smaller projects -- say, Kansas City's Nelson Atkins Museum of Art -- can be breathtaking in their simple majesty.
6. Foster + Partners: A double-decker bus for London, an ethereal bridge in France, and the world's most advanced airport terminal in Beijing show the range and global fluency of this British stalwart.
7. Renzo Piano: The firm's plan for the California Academy of Sciences, with its undulating roof, is a triumph of green design. Another contribution: The New York Times' new headquarters, which the paper is hoping to mortgage for a $400 million spring debt payment.
8. Christian de Portzamparc: Little known in the U.S. outside architecture devotees, de Portzamparc is notable for the LVMH Tower in New York and the breathtaking concert hall for the Luxembourg Philharmonic. His design for the opera house in Rio de Janeiro will be an instant landmark.
9. KieranTimberlake: The firm's "Cellophane House" was the hit of MoMA's prefab home show last summer.
10. Olsen Sundberg Kundig Allen: This Seattle firm boasts a dossier of important public buildings, but what we love most: a skillful hand with -residences framing sub-lime natural vistas.

source: fastcompany.com

Companion bearbrick

taipei east area, invincible store that carries all original fake product. just happen to visit them a month ago and bought a couple of stuff from them. rather minimize and cool store. anyway, just some picture of people queuing for the kaws companion bear in taipei that i got from my bro-in-law who happen to stay in taipei.

thread architecture

always into the concept of architecture in a stroke. just found another good example of architecture in a stroke. the designer uses a line of steel to invades the yard and buildings to become a school playground and thread architecture. and the steel is painted in my favorite color too!








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