Ice Cube Celebrates The Eames
January 26, 2012 at 1:51 pm | Posted in architecture, events, film, furniture | Leave a commentTags: charles and ray eames, eames, ice cube, pacific standard time
This video was doing the rounds back in December but I still want to share it with you. Created to promote the Eames exhibitions and events in the Pacific Standard Time Cultural Festival.
Interestingly before his rap career Ice Cube studied architectural drafting. In the video he describes the Los Angeles he knows and gives props to Charles and Ray Eames.
Love the line: “They was doing mashups before mashups even existed.” – Ice Cube
via archdaily
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Rammed Earth
December 26, 2011 at 1:46 pm | Posted in my design fix, my work, photography | Leave a commentTags: architecture, my photography, photography, rammed earth
Photo: Aidan Taylor 2011
So… It has been well over a year since my last post.
A combination of being busy with work, spending an average of over 4 hours per researched entry and being frustrated that My Design Fix had turned into something that mainly documented the creative pursuits of others while neglecting my own led to the blog taking a serious back seat for a while.
But I’m back – and hopefully with a vengeance. The photo above is a sneak peak of one of the architectural projects that has been keeping me busy on the construction site for much of the past year.
So stay tuned – I’ll be back with more after this short commercial break… 
Aidan
Outré Gallery’s Mid-Century Soirée at the Robin Boyd House
September 11, 2010 at 1:28 am | Posted in art, events | 1 CommentTags: Outré Gallery, robin boyd house, Shag, walsh street house
Before it becomes a distant memory I want to put up some photos from the ‘Mid-Century Soirée’ that I attended last month. Held at the famous Walsh Street House in South Yarra, the cocktail party was organised by Outré Gallery to coincide with US artist Shag’s ‘Inscrutable Mystery Guide’ exhibition.
The Walsh Street House was designed in 1958 by the architect Robin Boyd and is featured in two of Shag’s paintings, one of which was the centrepiece for the evening.
Shag and his painting ‘Dickie Bird’ at the Walsh Street House Photo: John Raptis
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Shag Exhibition – Inscrutable Mystery Guide
August 31, 2010 at 1:25 am | Posted in art, events | Leave a commentTags: Exhibition, Josh Agle, Outré Gallery, Shag
Shag currently has an exhibition touring Australia titled ‘Inscrutable Mystery Guide’. The Melbourne opening night was held at Outré Gallery on Friday, August 14 with a cocktail party at the Walsh Street House by Robin Boyd on the Saturday night. With Shag also flying over from Los Angeles for the exhibition it seemed like the perfect excuse to fly over to Melbourne for the weekend. Below are some photo’s I took at the exhibition:
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Letterpress Birth Announcement – Mattson Creative
August 8, 2010 at 2:59 pm | Posted in graphic design | Leave a commentTags: graphic design, letterpress
This is a really cool letterpress project designed and illustrated by Ty Mattson of Mattson Creative to mark the announcement of the birth of his son. The letterpress printing was done by Studio on Fire onto 220lb. Lettra paper. I really love the type, simple colours and attention to detail.
- mattsoncreative.com
- beastpieces.com (blog of Studio on Fire)
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C is for Castiglioni
July 27, 2010 at 12:28 am | Posted in objects | Leave a commentTags: arco, castiglioni, lamp
This is the third post in a series of 26 on modern design icons (inspired by the Alphabet of Design Classics Poster by Blue Ant Studios.)
Italian brothers Achille (1918-2002) (pictured right) and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni (1913-1968) are considered one of the great innovative design partnerships in modern industrial design. Both studied architecture at Milan Polytechnic but due to the lack of architecture commissions in Italy immediately after WWII focused much of their attention to industrial design.
Arco Floor Lamp (1962)
The “Arco” is an iconic floor lamp designed in 1962 by Achille and Peir Giacomo and can be found in many a modern lounge room throughout the world. Linking the qualities of both a floor lamp and a hanging lamp, the “Arco” satisfies the need for direct light on a table without having to be fixed to the ceiling.
The base of the lamp is carved from white marble and weighs approximately 65kg. Such a heavy base was required to achieve the 2.2m cantilever and marble was an economical choice at the time due to its abundance in Italy. A hole through the sides of the base serves two purposes – a fixing point for the stainless steel stem and a space to insert a long object such as a broomstick so the lamp can be easily moved.
The arched stem is made of three pieces of stainless steel which can telescope into one another, enabling the light to be set at three different heights and concealing the wiring.
The lamp’s reflector is made of two pieces of aluminium: a perforated fixed dome and a swivelling ring for adjusting the direction of light.
The Arco floor lamp has been manufactured by the Italian lighting company, Flos since its founding in 1962.
For more info on the Arco lamp and Achille Castiglioni visit:
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Camera Tattoo Filmed in Stop-Motion (Part 3)
July 11, 2010 at 4:50 pm | Posted in art, film, photography | Leave a commentTags: camera, stop-motion, tattoo
For those of you that have been following the progress of Dabe Alan’s camera tattoo sleeve things start to get a bit digital in Part 3…
“So for this video the main two things that you’ll see are my very own Canon 5d Mark ii, and my favorite mouse I’ve ever owned, the Logitech MX518 (I TOLD you this was gonna get nerdier). With the addition of the glowing mouse, all the green that was glowing on the other cameras makes sense. You’ll also notice the 35mm film turning into pixels as it gets higher. Oh but it’s not gonna stop just there…” – Dabe Alan
For more info on the tattoo and stop motion film check out Dabe Alan’s flickr page here. His website is also looking pretty cool these days – www.dabealan.com
For more great work and other impressive nerd sleeves check out Tony Touch’s flickr page here
If you haven’t seen the previous parts of this stop-motion film check out Part 1 here and Part 2 here
Happy Haus – Donovan Hill Architects
July 4, 2010 at 11:21 pm | Posted in architecture, houses | Leave a commentTags: architecture, australia, houses, modular, prefab
Queensland based architecture practice Donovan Hill have designed a series of prefabricated housing modules for designer pre-fab housing company Happy Haus.
Titled the DHAN series, it consists of base modules that include a fully fitted bathroom, kitchen, bedroom and living space as well as smaller expansion modules such as additional bedrooms or living areas. With over ten different modules to choose from, multiple configurations can be created to suit any family, lifestyle or site. This allows owners to extend or add freestanding modules when needed as well as having the flexibility to downsize over time.
Audrey Kawasaki
May 25, 2010 at 12:24 am | Posted in art | 2 CommentsTags: audrey kawasaki, painting, wood
Audrey Kawasaki is a painter and illustrator based in Los Angeles who works primarily with oil and graphite on wood panels. Each piece of timber is carefully selected and in some cases it almost looks as if the painting is dictating the wood grain itself.
“The themes in Audrey Kawasaki’s work are contradictions within themselves. Her work is both innocent and erotic. Each subject is attractive yet disturbing. Audrey’s precise technical style is at once influenced by both manga comics and Art Nouveau. Her sharp graphic imagery is combined with the natural grain of the wood panels she paints on, bringing an unexpected warmth to enigmatic subject matter.
The figures she paints are seductive and contain an air of melancholy. They exist in their own sensually esoteric realm, yet at the same time present a sense of accessibility that draws the observer to them. These mysterious young women captivate with the direct stare of their bedroom eyes.” audrey-kawasaki.com
Hit the jump below for more images and check out Audrey’s blog Okonomide for more photos of her process and close-ups of her latest work.
Eames Lounge Chair – Moving with the times
May 23, 2010 at 6:47 pm | Posted in furniture | Leave a commentTags: eames, lounge, vitra
Vitra recently presented new products at the Milan Furniture Fair including a new variation of the Eames Lounge Chair.
“Since the lounge chair went into production more than 50 years ago, the average height of the human body has increased by up to 10cm, depending on region. To continue providing the best possible comfort, Vitra has adapted the Lounge Chair’s dimensions, working in close cooperation with the Eames Office and the Eames family to do so.” Vitra Magazine
For further reading on the Eames Lounge Chair click here.
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