Nothing is as it seems in the world of Marie Denis. For Marie Denis, a piece of artwork always starts with a context and its interaction with the observer. What interests her most are the fleeting moments of meaning in a work − whether it be a tree, fruit, or architecture − and the observer’s [...]

Villa Vals project represents the perfect example of environmental design/architecture. The dutch house was designed by Bjarne Mastenbroek and Christian Müller, respectively of the architectural offices SeARCH and CMA. Thumbs up for these guys!

Buamai is an image bookmarking website where the curators post interesting images they have found from various sources online. Buamai is currently a closed collective of artists, graphic designers, programmers, architects and fashion designers based in various cities around the world. They typically post images based around these same professions but also feature other strange [...]

Michael Chichi is a designer and an artist whose love for beautiful has resulted in a creative journey titled Synaptic Stimuli. We present his latest post, a video whose simplicity and deepness is simply amazing! A dialog from one human to another, about a subject we all tend to ignore: wisdom and what it means. [...]

Shiotsuka’s “weekend house” completed just near the end of 2008 is absolutely fantastic: everything is so….transparent! I love the materials used, the shades and especially..the design. I would call it minimalistic. Japanese style!

The New Zealand Yellow Pages is conducting a marketing promotion to show that no matter what your project is, the Yellow Pages can help you complete it. To prove it, they’re building a restaurant 10 metres up a redwood tree, and the idea is to source all products and services through Yellow Pages listings. The [...]

Marco Hemmerling’s Cityscape is an urban kaleidoscope the architect built in Cologne, Germany. Cityscape is a light installation that reflects fragmented views on the city and creates a 3D image of the surrounding facades. The final shape relates to the site of the Cityscope and reacts to the height of the surroundings.

When opening his new prêt-à-porter Tokyo shop, Neil Barrett decided to go for Zaha Hadid Architects for the shop’s design. As these images show, his decision couldn’t be better: the two blocks of white corrian give a beautiful flow and dynamic line supporting the shop’s theme.

Surface Architects team made a great job with Birkbeck’s University of London film department. Their project won the Riba 2008 Award. Just take a look at all those colours and angles the team played with…

Eggs, Jell-O, cookware, poker chips and dices, biscuits or circuit boards, these are just few examples of objects used by artists like Liu Jianhua, Liz Hickok, Zhan Wang , Song Dong, Gayle Chong Kwan, Jacob Dahlgren, Enoki Chu and many others to create amazing cityscapes. Delicious!

A possible top of 10 Green Architecture Projects 2008: 1. Amazing Green Roof Art School in Singapore. More about this project on Nanyang University 2. Retreat to an Ewok Eco Sphere in the Trees. More about this project on Inhabitat.com 3. Ziggurat: Dubai’s Carbon Neutral Pyramid will House 1 Million: More about this project on [...]