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Exhibition: Yuichi Higashionna at Calm & Punk
Calm and Punk Gallery is proud to present refract!—a new exhibition from Yuichi Higashionna. Yuichi Higashionna is an artist who works with a variety of subjects, using different materials and media, all of which play with our optical experience. His work in painting, film and installlation is unconstrained by form or method. Through his art, Higashionna questions our experience of seeing and what we have seen.
Exhibition, Japan, by Yuichi Higashionn, for Calm and Punk Gallery
Rent Frank Sinatra’s house in Palm Springs
Designed in 1947 by Stewart Williams for Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy Barbato, Twin Palms is a spectacular example of mid-century contemporary architecture in the heart of Palm Springs’ Movie Colony community. Features include exquisite period furnishings and infamous piano-shaped swimming pool. Located just around the corner from residences once owned by Al Jolson, Jack Benny and Cary Grant, this vacation rental estate boasts both luxury and historical significance.
Frank Sinatra house rental, $2,600/night, from Beau Monde Villas
via: materialicious
Icon: A Behrens Fan
An oldie but a goodie.
Fan (model GB1). c. 1908, for Allgemeine Elektricitæts Gesellschaft (A.E.G.), Germany, by Peter Behrens
New Tradition in Martha’s Vineyard
A fresh take on traditional siding.
House Martha’s Vineyard, by Architecture Research Office
via: Below the Clouds
Interiors: Virgin Atlantic
A ground breaking new business class seat for Virgin Atlantic’s Upper Class service. A unique seating layout and mechanism creates a new sense of shared experience and allows the seat back to fold forward to create a completely flat bed. For the first time, a simple and uncomplicated design aesthetic has subdued the typically complex expression of aircraft seating. The functional and visual expression of the ‘chair’ has been separated from the myriad of functions that traditionally layer the visual quality of aircraft seating.
Virgin Atlantic’s Upper Class service, by Pearson Lloyd
Shower IV
This is a new concept for a shower gel dispenser, similar to your trusty old IV
Dispenser, by Bortolani & Righi, for Agape
Maya Lin in California
Showcasing Artist Maya Lin’s latest drawings, sculptures and installations.
Exhibition: ”Maya Lin: Systemic Landscapes,”, for Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
via: Los Angeles Times
Villa NM by UNStudio
An elegant solution for a sloping site, this single family home hits all the right notes.
Villa NM, Upstate New York, USA, by UNStudio
Polypropylene links
LINK is a new product designed by PearsonLloyd, which was developed in response to a commission by ARPRO to investigate potential new uses of expanded polypropylene within the contract furniture and interiors market. EPP is a lightweight high performance material traditionally used in the packaging and automotive industries.
LINK, by PearsonLloyd
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