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Tag: Sydney
These items have all been tagged with the tag "Sydney", You can see other tags in the Tag Cloud| Casey Brown Architecture – James-Robertson House |
| 2008-04-16 16:37:22 |
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The design brief for the James-Robertson House set upon a steep slope at Great Mackerel Beach overlooking the bay was to provide the owners with a permanent residence that separates living, sleeping and guest spaces in three pavilion-like glass, steel and copper structures. The Sydney-based team of Casey Brown Architecture abides by principles of lying built form atop of the natural environment, and their house perched above the blue waters of the bay is no exception to the practice. For the James-Robertson House, the architects, who also live on the hillside, employed their local knowledge of climate and topography in the relationship between the natural and the tectonic. After crossing the bay by ferry, visitors and the very few local residents arrive at Great Mackerel Beach via a pier that jets out from the shore. The homes on the hillside sit at the edge of the Ku-ring-gai National Park – a vast expansive protected area just north of Sydney – and no road access means no cars at all – the dream of many urbanists worldwide. The structure of the house is comprised of three double-storey pavilions that are anchored down into the rock formations yet seem to hang off the steep hill. The climate-sensitive design allows the vast open areas to capture sea breezes from the South Pacific Ocean just out beyond the Bay. Sunlight is effortlessly filtered through folding hoods, mechanical blinds and eaves and long overhangs. The entire steel structure was painted black, which helps the house fade into its natural environment. Along with the structural materials, the architects placed a copper roof above and used local timber and stone. The two pavilions below house a guest room and bathroom on the lower level, while the main kitchen, dining and living areas are accessed via an exterior stone stairway. The upper pavilion sits 165 feet above the lower, and can only be accessed by riding aboard a very steep inclinator. The pavilion contains the laundry area below, and the master bedroom and bathroom were placed on the highest point for the most expansive views of the surrounding landscape. By Andrew J Wiener |
| CoLab - Inspired Eyewear |
| 2007-06-26 21:11:02 |
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Consider it an antidote to the mass-produced “designer” fashions of Target and Wal-Mart. CoLab, an eyewear accessory collaboration, hand selects talented “street artists” from all over the world to become CoLab professors. These wisemen of design infuse their artistic aesthetic into the humble sunglass frame, creating a tantalizingly unique summer accessory. CoLab is a brand-new venture out of Australia with the aim of creating matchless art disguised as fashion. For the Spring/Summer 2007 season, CoLab invited Perks and Mini (PAM) of Australia, EBoy of Germany, Geoff McFetridge of the US, Rockin’ Jellybean of Japan, and Neasden Control Center of the UK into their “Colaboratory” to create inspired eyewear. Each pair will be sold as a limited edition, with no more than 1000 pairs of each design sold. Come next season, CoLab will select an entirely different slew of artists. Each artist has contributed anywhere from three to five designs, culminating in a CoLab portfolio of 20 sunglass designs. Despite the commerciality of fashioning art into sunglasses, the project is inherently appealing to the underground artist as CoLab dictates: “There is no constraint, no rules to follow, no target market to appease.” The designs intimately reflect this freedom, from blue goggle-shaped “Eyes” frames by PAM, to decal-ridden EBoy shades, to vintage inspired oglers by Rockin’ Jellybean. The tragically hip lenses can be found through worldwide stockists, most notably, Paris’s Colette, which became CoLab’s first global stockist in January of this year. In its distinctive pursuit, CoLab has created a brand without a brand – a welcome respite to those beleagured by the choice: Ray-Bans or absurdly-priced “designer” shades. By L. Harper |
| Digital Origami |
| 2007-06-19 15:02:20 |
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The beauty of the art of Origami has always been the tradition of which its based on. The digital masters program at Sydney's University of Technology has appropriated the very tradition with it's digital origami. By asking students to study trends in parametric modeling, digital fabrication and material science, the team created an amazing display which reflects on the beauty and tradition of the Japanese art but delivers its aesthetics in a modern and current practice. The digital Origami exhibition is a progressive display of re inventing ancient traditions in digital parameters. Using 3500 recycled cardboard molecules, University of Technology design students, under the guidance of lecturer Chris Bosse, examined various aspects of architectural foundations through small elements of design. The result is a cool installation which examines space and the elements of design including arches, walls tunnels and traditional structures. The room full of Geometric paper shapes, placed on top of one another and adhered to ceilings and walls are brilliantly illuminated by expressive neon lighting which further emphasizes the angular structure of the work itself. Bosse cites the aim of the project as " testing the fitness of a particular module, copied from nature, to generate architectural space, with the assumption that the intelligence of the smallest unit dictates the intelligence of the overall system. By Andy G. See also WALL ART |
| Will & Toby's Taylor Square - Sydney |
| 2007-05-15 04:36:17 |
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Every city craves what it ain’t got. In Sydney, where much salt-crusted fun can be had during the day, the nightlife is a little wanting. Met a Sydney-sider lately? Yeah, we’re sure you’ve heard the lament. Sure there are clubs. And pubs. But as far as sophisticated establishments go, where one will happily pay handsomely for a drink in the knowledge that a percentage of said drink goes toward paying for the ambiance and the privilege of flattering lighting, well the options are thin on the ground. So no big surprise that the latest drinking hole to hit the Emerald City has attracted A-list buzz. Will and Toby's Talor Square on the notorious Oxford Street strip can be best described as a gentleman’s club, very much derivative of the bars in London’s Mayfair and New York’s Upper East Side…and the late night venues that Melbourne does so well. The interior is positively dapper – parquetry floors, black chesterfields that extend for five metres (!), art-deco flourishes and a spectacular baroque-esque fresco in the stairwell. Fittingly, the first floor - The Supper Club – is a late-night jazz and cabaret venue that can seat 250 guests, run by Sydney jazz stalwart Paul Misbrener. Upstairs is the Club Lounge – the kind of place that makes you want to drink your Martini’s very very dry. It features luxe leather couches and perfect lighting, and a cute smokers balcony, overlooking Taylor Square. It’s also one of the few places in town where a corporate type in good suiting can get something to eat after 10pm at night. Oysters, club sandwiches etc are available until 1am. This establishment is a very long time coming. Brothers Will and Toby Osmond – who pushed Sydney’s rather conservative dining and drinking parameters several years ago when they launched their original late-night bar/eatery up the road – have been working on the project for four years. Sydney, however, has been waiting forever for a grown-up place where you can actually dress-up in finery, get a feed at an unconventional hour and not feel like you’re the oldest person in the room because you just want to be able to go out for once without sitting in a beer-drenched couch. By Sarah W via TCH Australia |
| STREET STALKER - Cator Sparks, New York |
| 2007-02-27 13:11:46 |
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Cator Sparks. Age: 30 Lives: Harlem, NYC What do you do? Freelance writer, dandy about town - www.catorsparks.com What are you loving right now? My new home office! I painted it red with matching curtains and a leopard rug. I wanted to re-create Diana Vreeland’s office when she was at Vogue. It is very stimulating. Who or what inspires you? Life inspires me. I am very fortunate to know amazingly talented people and I travel loads for work and pleasure which is a gateway to inspiration. Being a freelance writer I am always looking for the new so my antenna is always up and alert (ooh that sounds saucy!) Are you reading any books at the moment? Just finished the autobiography of Oleg Cassini. It was really top drawer. What a life he lead. I also just finished Dorian Grey and am about to start on a friends book- Girls who like boys who like boys. Do you read magazines/newspapers, if so, which? I read a lot to keep up on what is going on and to find fresh angles for stories. My top newspapers are the New York Times, New York Observer and The Daily News. Magazines include Vogue, Butt, Swindle, Clear, Gatsby, Departures, GQ, Vanity Fair and W to name a few. Any websites you read on a regular basis? Gawker.com is like my morning coffee. Secretly I read Perezhilton.com once a day. I also love the BBC.com because they report on news that the US never gets too (like the rest of the world events!). I also enjoy my daily Thrillist.com, The Sartorialist, Facehunter and Fashion Week Daily. What TV shows do you watch? Hardly any. I don’t watch much TV. But someone did give me the last two seasons of Lost and I have been glued. Who are you listening to on your iPod? Ray Charles new remastered album and Nina Simone’s new remixes. Loving Dolly Parton’s Stairway to Heaven and a little Free bird to go back to my southern roots. Say something totally random about yourself? I’m obsessed with colorful socks. What was the last thing you paid for with a credit card? Booze! What 3 places are a must for those visiting New York? The Cloisters, The Frick, Beatrice Inn If you could fill your wardrobe with the collection of any fashion designer in the world, who would it be? Vivienne Westwood bar none. In your opinion what are the powerful brands in the world right now? Streetwear brands are going for global domination. Stussy, G Star, Opening Ceremony and American Apparel are what every luxury label is looking at to see how they sell and who buys the clothes. I think we live in an interesting time when finally the youth are making a market move. I guess it happened in the 60’s but I think it is a whole other animal today with blogs, internet, Blackberrys... What’s the most interesting place you've visited in the last 12 months? Egypt If you had someone play you in a film, who would it be? Gael Garcia Bernal would be my dream come true. He is sexy but I think very intelligent and witty too. Your on a plane which has engine failure and is about to crash. You have time for a quick text. Who do you send it to and what does it say? My mother and father- Love You, give my clothes to the Met! What question should we ask the next person? What has been your most interesting shopping experience? HIS FASHION STYLE: (pic by Yvan Rodic, The Face Hunter) Coat: Portabello Vest: Brooks brothers Jeans: Earnest Sewn Shirt: Etro Tie: Westwood Hat: Rod Keenan Pocket watch: Great Grandfathers Belt: Hermes |
| STREET STALKER - Marti Keefer, Sydney |
| 2007-02-09 13:58:07 |
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| STREET STALKER - Juan Gonzalez, Colombia |
| 2007-02-09 12:32:49 |
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| STREET STALKER - Charlie Huveneers, Sydney |
| 2007-02-07 00:05:41 |
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