‘Screw You’ launched at Dutch Design Week 2013 is a series of 3D printed shapes that allow PET bottles to be screwed into place, creating new functional and/or decorative designs.
The Layers series (founded by Haarlem-based Studio David Graas) includes six designs ranging from €29 to €269.
The ‘vase-maker’ above is €129, excluding bottles and flowers. Superb value, you’ll no doubt agree.
We have TWO (yes, two) tickets to see Malcolm Gladwell – the social scientist with the amazing dancing hair – Live in Dublin
The ‘Blink’ and ‘Tipping Point’ author comes to Dublin on November 1 to launch ‘Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants‘ with Le Cool Dublin as the visit’s media partner. Get them
Malcolm’s buke asks the central question of our age: Penis beakers: yes or no? How do the weak outsmart the strong?
All we ask is this: Can you complete this sentence?
My greatest David Vs Goliath story Involved me taking on [Insert institution/bully, etc] and winning.
Best underdog wins the tickets.
Lines close at 3.15pm
Purchase tickets here (discounts for quoting Le Cool)
“Mara Clarke [above] of Abortion Support Network, an England-based charity that provides emergency funding to women who need to travel out of the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland to obtain an abortion in a private clinic, says those she has helped have ranged from women raped by family members to girls as young as fourteen and middle-aged women who already have more children than they can look after. “I once got a call from a father whose 19-year-old daughter had been raped and was nine weeks pregnant. He had three other children, his wife had died and he had been on disability living allowance for five years. He was desperate for help. The public has no idea what’s going on. It’s 2013 and we hear from women who’ve drunk bleach and downed packets of birth control pills with gin.”
When will abortion become legal for women in Northern Ireland? (New Statesman)
Previously: Illegal Abortion In Ireland
Pic: Mara Clarke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz7opiAtG14&feature=c4-overview&list=UUntKl1elmzoL8hdML3hMjBw
President of the National University of Ireland Maynooth Music Society, Alan Costello, writes:
“As today is World Mental Health Day we decided to get involved and use what we know, music. We created a project called InstruMENTAL Health, and this video is the result. Music has long been known to have a therapeutic and restorative effect to a person’s mental and even physical health, and we’re encouraging everyone to get involved, we’re asking everyone to Tweet and Facebook with #InstruMENTALHealth with their experiences with music. Thanks for watching. :)”
Thanks Alan
The statistical office of the European Union, Eurostat has released new figures this morning showing the annual and quarterly increases/decreases of house prices across Europe in the second quarter of 2013.
Ireland’s annual house prices increased by 1.2%. The second quarter of 2013, compared with that of 2012, saw house prices rise by 2.3%.
In comparison, annual house prices fell by 2.2% in the Euro area and, in the second quarter of 2013, compared with that of 2012, rose by 0.3% in the Euro area.
Full study here
Anyone know what I should do with this fella? Just found him wandering around near Dublin Castle? pic.twitter.com/gXef9Hzk3k
— Colm O’Gorman (@Colmogorman) October 9, 2013
Previously: Careful Now
Sean by Donal Moloney.
Donal sez:
Amateur Boxing in Ireland is huge and the people involved are as interesting as the sport. I spent a few days at Donore Boxing Club in the Liberties [Dublin] and met some wonderful people. Their commitment to the kids within the community is inspirational. The individual in the shot is Sean, a bricklayer by day and a coach to the kids during most of his spare time.
We’re a bit late late with this. Apologies.
The fuming audience gent from last friday’s Late Late Show.
Sinead had just suggested the week’s holiday prize should be given to poor people.
Thanks Don Reilly
RT @Ryanair Feeling bored? Fancy having a go at redesigning our plane? We'll RT the best ones! << here you go :) pic.twitter.com/DBK92ZI8kv
— Tent101 (@Tent101) October 9, 2013
Ah here.
Thanks Jimmy Chin
What you may need to know.
1. Yes, this is a real trailer. For an actual film. Made by grown-ups.
2. From the producers of Underworld (2003) – five words that evoke fear in the heart of any punter.
3. Aaron Eckhart is a great actor who’s been in a lot of bad movies.
4. Bill Nighy is getting paid. Handsomely, we hope.
5. Wait… Wasn’t Frankenstein the guy who MADE the monster?
Release Date: January
