
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AfjHTU_6ZY
An historical montage of Vertical Take Off and Landing aircraft featuring all the major designs from the very successful traditional jet shaped Harrier to the very daft flying saucer-looking Avrocar.
A short documentary by Flora Lichtman and Katherine Wells about the off-grid ‘Earthship’ homes established by architect Michael Reynolds at Taos New Mexico in 1972 – a community that’s been evolving ever since.
The Vitrine Project by Dublin based creative agency In the Company of Huskies for ID2015. To wit:
For one day only, we placed everyday items and street furniture in museum-style vitrines around Dublin city centre, encouraging people to rethink what design is, and what impact it has on everyday life.
The Liminal exhibition runs at the ID2015 Design Hub, Dublin Castle from November 20th to December 30th, 2015.
(Thanks Tara Walsh)
Some imaginative responses to a challenge by designers Luka Or and Keren Tomer who invited their third year design students at Israel’s Holon Institute of Technology to give new sense and purpose to the humble pencil.
The newly opened Cirkelbroen Bridge across the Christianshavn canal in Copenhagen, Denmark designed by Olafur Eliasson.
With a nod to the city’s nautical history in the form of tall mast like structures, the five circular platforms of the structure are designed as a meeting place and viewing place as well as a crossing point.
(pics: studioolafureliasson)
Yikes.
Ted writes:
Some budget PhotoShop work on the Bray Air Display FlightDesk site. Are the planes on fire?
A late papal-flavoured poster for the next Euro 2016 football match against Poland.
Ciaran writes:
The latest in an ongoing Matchday Poster series by [sports website] Póg Mo Goal for Ireland’s Euro 2016 qualification campaign. The latest poster is by Dublin Based Design studio New Graphic. Previous efforts Vs Scotland; Vs Germany; Vs Gibraltar; Vs Georgia…