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Simple: Conquering the Crisis of Complexity
Words // James Thorne Cool Hunting
Designers are more than floor lamps and logos—first and…
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Jordan Brand: #Rise Above Limits
In Jordan Brand’s first installment of their Rise Above campaign, we were introduced to Layla, an Iraqi girl rising above the stereotypes that female athletes are challenged with everyday in her country. Here, the second edition of the Rise Above series titled Limits, an amputee basketball player expresses his passion for the game and how he started AMP1, a basketball initiative that brings amputee players from across the country together to face other competitors, as he states “We’re not disabled athletes, we’re athletes right?”. Check out Jordan Brand’s new video in #Rise Above Limits.
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ESPN: The Body Issue 2012
ESPN’s annual showcasing of the world’s most revered, successful and chiseled athletic bodies in the sporting world returns for ESPN The Magazine’s The Body Issue. The featured pictorial playfully and artistically photographs the athlete’s sculpted form capturing them all in the bare nude. The list of athletes includes Daniela Hantuchova, Candace Parker, Carlos Bocanegra, Tyson Chandler, Maya Gabeira, Brad Richards, Maurice Jones-Drew, Ronda Rousey, Rob Gronkowski, Abby Wambach, and the USA Women’s Volleyball squad. Pick up a copy of ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue at newsstands on Friday (7/12) and check out the online preview here.
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DJ House by [i]da arquitectos
Portuguese firm [i]da arquitectos has created a new residential building titled ‘DJ House’ located in Carcavelos, Portugal. A rectilinear and subtle elevated shape covered in white plaster presents the front of the address, inside, a minimalistic, contemporary design aesthetic comprehensively highlights the inhabitant.
The interior structure consists of four stories of living space that encompass a central patio. The living space ranges from the subterranean level to the roof terrace. An open air courtyard sits in the center of the quarters which connects rooms with outdoor stairways residing in the vista. Planted along the western border on the lowest level, a horizontal space holds the kitchen and dining area and positioned in the east rests the living room. Shades of white and gray emerges balancing with large panes of glass to fortify the sense of enclosure between the outdoor quarters while natural light flows into the furthest extent of the basement grounds.
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Stoically Inspired.
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The Dark Knight Rises: 13-Minute Special
“Sometimes a man rises from the darkness”, spoken from Bruce Wayne’s steward/sage Alfred. Last we heard about the Dark Knight, Batman has assumed the responsibility for the death of Gotham City savior D.A. Harvey Dent (Two-Face) and has been buried away in exile ever since. Concluding director Christopher Nolan’s DC Comic’s trilogy The Dark Knight Rises, the caped crusader hidden away for 8 years resurrects from the ashes and sets forth to stop the injustices that plague Gotham City.
Set to release in theaters and IMAX July 20th, Warner Bros. Pictures has released a 13-minute TV special presenting a behind-scenes look at one of the most anticipated films of 2012. The special takes us into an in depth look at the actors, their characters, the film’s plot and how the director’s vision comes full circle to finalize the Dark Knight series. The action thriller stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Morgan Freeman.
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The Basket Tree by A/LTA
Design team A/LTA architects have created ‘Arbre à Basket’ or basket tree built in front of the Maison Des Hommes et des Techniques in Nantes, France. The installation of the tree inspired basketball platform provides a new type of sports equipment that can be used by anybody and used simultaneously by many people. The structure provides different basket heights allowing play for multiple teams of varying age brackets. ‘The Tree Basket’ not only allows for the play of traditional basketball, but also presents the possibility for new creative ways on how the game could be played.
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Lego Bridge by MEGX
German Artist Martin Heuwold or better known as MEGX, has revamped a train overpass in Wuppertal, Germany by painting the bridge to resemble a construction of LEGO blocks. The job took nearly 4 weeks to finish, a full construction team was onsite to supervise the development of the project, unfortunately no Lego men were present at the time.
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Designing James Bond
Double “O” 7, the world’s most renowned secret agent James Bond will be featured in an exhibition in London. Teaming with EON Productions Barbican in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Ian Flemings’ iconic M16 character. Presented are two mini films titled Designing 007, showcasing the vital designs that encompass the British Intelligence agent which includes cars, weapons and suits. In the video, production designer and Aston Martin’s Head of Design Sir Ken Adam highlights the design elements and how these aesthetics bring the secret agent to life. Also, award winning costume designer Lindy Hemming goes in depth about the various bespoke suits that exemplify the style that Bond is always revered for. The exhibition opens July 6th through September 5th, 2012, a must see for any Bond enthusiast. Check out Designing Bond’s World above and Designing Bond’s Style here.
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Where Freedom Reigns.
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Star Wars x Iconic Images
Part of David Eger’s year-long photo series 365 Days of Clones, the Canadian art teacher recreates famous photographs and paintings using Star Wars figures as the main subject. The scenes shot in real life rather than producing them with photoshop is a follow through to Eger’s New Year’s resolution on pursuing more photographic endeavors. Each piece was photographed on the exact date of the original work: the anniversary of the date the photograph was taken or the dates of birth or death of the artist. Check out more of Eger’s use of the force here.
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Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
Regarded as the most heralded inventor of our time and spoken in the likes of Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison and Walt Disney, the late Steve Jobs left an everlasting foot print revolutionizing how we experience beautiful design with innovative technology. With his passing in fall of 2011, what was believed to be lost is an interview recorded in 1995 with former Apple employee Robert X. Cringley. Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview (available through iTunes), a full VHS copy recovered from a TV director’s garage is a hour-plus long, unedited documentary insightfully covering the beginning days of Apple, the transition to NeXT, Pixar and the future of computers. An engaging film on the thought process of Steve Jobs and how it would eventually lead him to become one of the world’s cultural icons.
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One cool dude.
Photographed by Doug Inglish
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“Imagine.Believe.Make.”
