De-Addiction Taking a Hike

De-addiction taking a hike im back to blogging.
So for all the dimwits who just stared at the last notcot post, the little pictures are there as links to the sites that give you nice useful information. Seriously.

PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINKS TO BE DIRECTED TO RESPECTIVE SITES.

heh, moving on......

Arboreal bus stop- now thats a concept! We all talk of going green, sustainability, recycling-The Green Way! But we never really get around to doing much. Just adding a bamboo interface or covering rooftops with trees is not the solution! An Arboreal Bus stop, now thats something to think about. Sure this guy is messing with nature to sculpt trees but we dont really need sculpted trees for a bus-stop, just plant one here and one there and add a climber here and there and voila! theres your Green Bus-stop!



Digitally altered photos! theres a story! a successful one can actually publish lies! imagine the power of one digitally altered photo- imagine a digitally altered keanu reeves with george bush's wife- room for gossip there eh? and who can blame her! its keanu reeves!




Blu-Dot, check out their section on good design. An excerpt- the dog cone- "yes it prevents wound licking. But the best part is that it proves we're smarter than them. And that just feels good." download the clock- nice piece to add to the desktop. (btw i think the site has been recently hacked so just cancel when it pops up with username and password details, you dont need those to access the site)



I love the name of this one- www.extremetoysforboys.com


I saw this piece of furniture in an advertorial and found it quite amusing! okay its 4500 dollars hehehehehe and apparently very wobbly. Its one of those things that if you ever buy you would never sit on . Patrick Jouin has been experimenting a lot with materials and i still have to figure out the deal with Materialise and MGX- whats the deal with them! The whole process seems a little confusing, i will surely write another post on this.

Imagine- BOXES. Lots of them. Now stack them together. Noow make it into a building. Put people in them. Make it an Office. heh! This is just that with a slight difference. Its not an office, its a museum. New York Museum. The building is pure white with a facard of stacked boxes and just one very apposite 'hell yes' written in multicolours. Check it out!


Later!


Post-Scriptum : One of the most interesting things i've come across i must say! http://www.materialise.com/materialise/view/en/114835-About+.MGX.html#ppt_1510436

The Yin and The Yang

Worth a Share-

The study of ancient Chinese characters reveals that “yin” and “yang” were once used to indicate geographical locations. “Yin” referred to the colder northern side of a hill and “yang” referred to the warmer side facing south. Over the course of many centuries, yin and yang became symbols with multiple meanings denoting two opposing forces within a harmonious whole. How yin and yang can be reconciled to embody harmony is a key theme in Chinese philosophy.

My own Little Version of Notcot

Photographic Arts

I am still deciding whether to make this into a tag or an entry coz this guy's work is quite - Intriguing!

Chris Jordan - Best known for his work depicting consumerism in the United States, looks at little plastic things and electronic goodies used in everyday life that we cannot possibly recycle to the fullest in un-uttered numbers and depicts it through his photographic skills. Throwing vanity away to the streets here is an image depicting 32,000 Barbies, equal to the number of 'elective breast augmentation surgeries' performed monthly in the US in 2006.




Depicts 200,000 packs of cigarettes, equal to the number of Americans who die from cigarette smoking every six months.


We need people like him to get us back to ground reality!

Cupid's Pointed Quill

Now for people who know me know my love for digital storage. So ofcourse you can imagine my flat out self over this-



The Iomega ego drive
1 terabyte storage
1000 gigabytes........

Im too much in love and adoration to write more. All i can plaster over the wall is - IWANT!

270 dollars.. hmm.. Does China know of this?

Recycling at its Naive Best!

I was planning to write this article on how the best way people can think of recycling anything is to turn millions of those pieces into a lamp! Really has there been a dearth of innovative thinking of late or are inspirations running away?!

Putting that thought to a rest ...'lo and behold




Abstract /Edited- Guardian, U.K.

The organisers of the London Olympics are planning to pass on more than just the Olympic flag to the next host city when the games end in September 2012. The hot target for the next being Chicago, London's deal with Chicago has struck a possibility as both cities have decided to build main stadiums with small numbers of permanent seats while erecting giant seating scaffolds for the two weeks of competition. Talks have focused on how London's stadium might be bolted rather than welded together, ensuring the materials used allow it to function properly in another country and climate, and how sections might fit on a cargo ship.

HOK Sport, architects of London's Olympic stadium, have deliberately designed the arena as a kit in part. A permanent concrete bowl of 25,000 seats will remain in place for athletics, lower league football and rugby, but every other component could be sold on.

A good start, whatsay?