Author Archives: Niall Murphy
No Mere Wall
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It’s the façade of an old carpenter’s workshop in London, rehabilitated and converted by architect Jack Woolley, who sez:
The original workshop is set behind an old wall that links two 19th century terraces, forming a gap that frames a borrowed landscape of tree canopies. the aim of the design was to double the inhabitable volume without compromising the integrity of wall or landscape.
We’re huge fans of Skerries own illustrator and animator Eoin Ryan. Anything that increases the frequency of his output is a good thing.
By Jonah B, as part of the current C&H rewrite contest.
‘Beauty and The Geek’ pants. No really, that’s what they’re called. Pants with fully integrated keyboard, mouse and speakers.
Designer Erik de Nijs of Nieuwe Heren tells WebProNews:
“The idea was that you could log in to your computer and control it without sitting in a closed environment behind your desk.” It’s a pretty futurist concept and, if any of you have ever seen any videos of people at work inside the Googleplex or Facebook’s offices, you’ve probably noticed that employees are constantly moving around or using their computers while standing up.