tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452093673591694975Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:34:01 +0000The official blog for the Urbantine Projecthttp://urbantineproject.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Urbantine Project)Blogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452093673591694975.post-3898374635298433260Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:55:00 +00002008-04-30T18:38:32.849+01:00Milan5.5 DesignersCloningDigital Prototyping<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_osurOVetm3Q/SBiuHwccH9I/AAAAAAAAACk/ZWqcMP2ZH74/s1600-h/web-sizecloning-gamme.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_osurOVetm3Q/SBiuHwccH9I/AAAAAAAAACk/ZWqcMP2ZH74/s320/web-sizecloning-gamme.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195093618458370002" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="texte">5.5 Designers present 'Cloning', a range</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="texte"> of objects derived from people's physical characteristics. The Paris-based collective set up a laboratory in Milan to collect people's data and integrate these in the design process. The results: eyeball-shaped lamps tinte</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="texte">d according to the donor's iris colour or a vase modeled on you own vital statistics.</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="texte">This form of fabrication utilises the flexibility of digital prototype creation mixed with the skills of artisans who quite literally personalise each object.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_osurOVetm3Q/SBiuMQccH-I/AAAAAAAAACs/K16gGUjKK44/s1600-h/web-sizecloning-auroremonnais.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_osurOVetm3Q/SBiuMQccH-I/AAAAAAAAACs/K16gGUjKK44/s200/web-sizecloning-auroremonnais.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195093695767781346" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="texte">The process is intended to counter the increasing difficulties of creating a lasting bond with the objects in our lives – A clothing rack that is a replicated on your own skeleton or a teacup handle formed by the impress of your thumbprint would ensure greater i</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="texte">dentification with the product.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_osurOVetm3Q/SBiuSAccH_I/AAAAAAAAAC0/XBPsGg1mFq4/s1600-h/web-sizecloning-miseensituation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_osurOVetm3Q/SBiuSAccH_I/AAAAAAAAAC0/XBPsGg1mFq4/s200/web-sizecloning-miseensituation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195093794552029170" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span class="texte" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.cinqcinqdesigners.com/">www.cinqcinqdesigners.com</a></span></span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6452093673591694975-3898374635298433260?l=urbantineproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>http://urbantineproject.blogspot.com/2008/04/5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Urbantine Project)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452093673591694975.post-6529260811843246867Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:01:00 +00002008-04-13T23:18:51.670+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_osurOVetm3Q/SAKDqGAw10I/AAAAAAAAAAk/MqWFplFh89I/s1600-h/Seasons+Through+the+Looking+Glass.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_osurOVetm3Q/SAKDqGAw10I/AAAAAAAAAAk/MqWFplFh89I/s320/Seasons+Through+the+Looking+Glass.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188854479875790658" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A secret garden that is blossoming in the underground tunnel at the V&amp;A as part of an installation entitled 'Seasons Through the Looking Glass' by CJ Lim/Studio 8 Architects. Visit regularly and you will be able to watch the rose trees wilt. What is particularly elegant though is the transformation of the cardboard<br /><br />Open until 29 March 2009<br />http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/contemporary/looking_glass/index.html<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6452093673591694975-6529260811843246867?l=urbantineproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>http://urbantineproject.blogspot.com/2008/04/seasons-through-looking-glass.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Urbantine Project)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452093673591694975.post-6572689994991019503Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:43:00 +00002008-04-13T22:55:12.909+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_osurOVetm3Q/SAJ-umAw1yI/AAAAAAAAAAU/6IAr9UOsHWA/s1600-h/Magnetic+Curtain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_osurOVetm3Q/SAJ-umAw1yI/AAAAAAAAAAU/6IAr9UOsHWA/s320/Magnetic+Curtain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188849059627063074" border="0" /></a><br />An origami curtain which you can be crumpled and then holds its form, thanks to magnets within the pleats . <br />The simplicity of Florian Krautli's design is stunning.<br /><br />www.kraeutli.com<br /><br />(via http://proteinos.com/)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6452093673591694975-6572689994991019503?l=urbantineproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>http://urbantineproject.blogspot.com/2008/04/origami-curtain-which-you-can-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Urbantine Project)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452093673591694975.post-501914666286665382Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:50:00 +00002008-04-13T22:27:10.643+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_osurOVetm3Q/SAJ27GAw1xI/AAAAAAAAAAM/16hQDIME8MM/s1600-h/Stephen+Walter,+London+Etching.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_osurOVetm3Q/SAJ27GAw1xI/AAAAAAAAAAM/16hQDIME8MM/s320/Stephen+Walter,+London+Etching.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188840478282405650" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Obsessively detailed etchings of London rendered in pencil on a white background, Stephen Walters maps document our shared experience of the city and the private life of the artist.<br /><br />www.stephenwalter.co.uk<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6452093673591694975-501914666286665382?l=urbantineproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>http://urbantineproject.blogspot.com/2008/04/psychogeography.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Urbantine Project)0