torsdag den 7. april 2011

Grøn skole

Et flot og meget innovativt tiltag fra BIG architecture, hvor de her kommer med et forslag til Vilhelmsro Folkeskole. Temaet er naturen og holdbarheden i at vælge dette.





















A beautiful and very innovative approach from BIG architecture, and here they show how to make Vilhelmsro Primary School. The theme is nature and sustainability. 


DIY: Bogstavslampe

Da jeg faldt over en DIY om, hvordan man laver en lampe med bogstaver ville jeg lige dele den.


Materials
  • printed letter
  • 3/16 foam core board
  • ruler
  • X-Acto knife
  • cutting mat
  • tape
  • pencil
  • a nickel
  • string of c7 LED lights
  • white mat board (should be white on both sides and have a white core)
  • hot glue
  • white glue or tacky glue
Instructions
1. Choose a font that you like for your letter. It should be bold. Enlarge it as big as you can while still fitting on one piece of printer paper. You can print it in gray so you don’t use a lot of ink.
2. Have the letter enlarged at a copy store. You can do it on a copy machine, or they can do it for you. The finished letter should be about 21 inches. If you are doing multiple letters, just make sure they are the same height.
3. Use a couple of pieces of tape to secure the enlarged letter to the sheet of foam core. Using the X-Acto knife and the cutting mat, follow the lines to cut the letter out of the foam core, using the ruler to help with straight lines. Try to keep the blade of the knife as perpendicular to the cutting mat as you can (this helps the side pieces go on smoothly).
4. Use the ruler to help mark the spots for your lights. Start at the points where the lights will intersect (such as where the leg of the E meets the back of the E). Space the lights as evenly as you can, keeping them about 2 inches apart. Just make sure you have enough bulbs on the string of lights for the number of holes in the letter.
5. With the X-Acto knife, cut out about a half-inch hole for each light and enlarge it by using a marker or wide pen. Use a nickel to press down the top layer of foam core and round out the hole to take the shape of the base of the light bulb.
6. If you are using regular bulbs, hold the socket to the back and screw the light bulb into the socket from the front. There must be a big enough opening for the bulb or it won’t screw in properly. If you are using LED bulbs, pull off the outer shell and snap it back on after inserting the LED light into the hole.
7. Insert the bulbs around the entire letter, tucking the cord as you go. End the plug of your cord in a convenient place to plug in your letter.
8. With the X-Acto knife, ruler and cutting mat, cut several long strips of the white mat board 3 inches wide.
9. Place the letter face down on a flat surface. All of the lights should be touching the flat surface. The light bulbs act as spacers, allowing the side panels to be applied uniformly.
10. Cut a strip of mat board to fit each side of the letter. Measure carefully and consider where the pieces will join and whether you will need an eighth of an inch extra to overlap at a corner to form a clean seam.
11. For the curved areas of letters, gently bend the mat board to take the curve of the letter you are working with and press the mat board against the edge of the letter to measure for the length needed.
12. To glue the side panels on, put a small bead of hot glue on the side of the foam core. With the edge of the 3-inch strip of mat board on the flat surface, press it against the edge of the foam core creating a 90-degree angle — remember, the bulbs act as spacers to get the panels on uniformly.
13. Work around the letter, applying the edging panels to all sides.
14. If you’d like, you can cut a small hole for the cord to pop through, but otherwise, you are done!



Bogstaver

Jeg er helt forelsket i bogstaver og ville ønske jeg havde en lejlighed stor nok til at huse alle dem på de næste par billeder!





















I love letters and I would wish for someday to have an appartment big enough to fit all of the letters on the next few pictures!

Hvil hovedet på en sommerfugl

Hvil hovedet på en sommerfugl

Hvil hovedet på en sommerfugl

Sy søde bløde sommerfuglepuder af stofrester fra gemmerne. Du bestemmer selv størrelsen...

Du skal bruge: To slags stof, tråd, saks, blyant, symaskine og fyldevat (bl.a. fra Panduro Hobby).
Vælg to forskellige dejlige stoffer, der giver kontrast til hinanden.


Sådan gør du:
1.
Print og forstør tegningen nedenfor til ønsket størrelse, og overfør dem til vrangsiden af stofferne. Klip 2 stk. krop, 2 stk. store cirkler, 2 stk. små cirkler og 1 stk. ‘stang’ til kroppen.

2.
Placer cirkler og ‘stang’ på den ene krops retside, og zigzag dem fast med store sting.

3.
2 stk. krop ret mod ret, og sy dem sammen med 1 cm’s sømrum, men lad en lille åbning stå. Vend stoffet, fyld bamsefyld i betrækket, og sy åbningen til i hånden.

(Gyngestolen er Eames’ Rar stol, der bl.a. fås hos Casanova Møbler. Resten er privateje.)



[Bolig Liv - Foto: Mette Wotkjær]

Louise Campbell

Den meget talentfulde designer, Louise Campbell, bliver her vist i et interview hvor hun fortæller om sit samarbejde med hhv. Louis Poulsen, Kulturministeriet og Royal Copenhagen.

Hun har stået bag en stor række design succeser og er bestemt en kreativ sjæl der er værd at følge. Derfor synes jeg også dette interview er en spændende indsigt ind i hendes arbejde og arbejdsprocesser.


The very talented designer, Louise Campbell, is telling about her cooperation with the danish companies Louis Poulsen and Royal Copenhagen and finally the Ministery of Culture.


She has created a long line of design successes and is most definitely a creative soul that is worth keeping an eye out for. That is why I think this interview is a very interesting look into her work and work processes. 

Ferm Living

Nyheder fra Ferm Livings hjemmeside, som er værd at kigge nærmere på. Hvis I har lyst til det kan I gøre her.







tirsdag den 5. april 2011

Gør klar til påske

Bolig Magasinet er i Go' Morgen Danmark og det sidste klip kan du se her.

The Cube

Et vildt og innovativt tiltag fra Electrolux og Park Associati, hvor en restaurant vil bevæge sig rundt i Europa og lade heldige gæster opleve en kulinarisk og visuel oplevelse med hhv. internationale kokke der søger for smagsløgene og det smukke udsigt der søger for det visuelle.

Konceptet går ud på at besøge udvalgte byer i Europa, heri blandt Brussels, Rusland, Schweiz og Sverige. Restauranten vil kun være i 4-12 uger hvert sted og vil derefter flytte videre til en ny by.

Restauranten er en smuk strømlinet og futuriske stykke arkitektur på 140 kvadratmeter. Der er kig til køkkenet og store dele af restauranten er transparent og ikke mindst med store vinduespartier der giver seeren mulighed for at opleve de smukke omgivelser. Derudover er der en 50 kvadratmeter stor terasse der giver endnu større mulighed for at indsuge udsigten.

Med kun et langt bord kan restauranten have 18 gæster ad gangen, så der vil helt sikkert være kamp om pladserne. Bordet kan hejses op i loftet for dermed at gøre plads til et lounge inspireret miljø til efter middagen.

Derudover er restauranten øko-venlig og kører på lav energi ressourcer. Det er let at tage ned og ideen er at det skal virke som et udstillingslokale.










A very wild and innovative approach from Electrolux and Park Associati where a restaurant will travel around Europe and let lucky guests get a culinary and visuel experience. International chefs will make sure that the guests are pleased and the beautiful view will make sure that the visual aspect is covered.

The concept is that the restaurant will visit selected cities in Europe - Brussels, Russia, Schwitzerland and Sweden. The restaurant will only 4-12 weeks each place and will move to another city afterwards. 

The restaurant is a beautiful, clean and futuristic piece of architecture covering 140 sq metres. There is an open view to the kitchen and a great deal of the restaurant is transparent. There is also big windows to make sure that the guests will enjoy the beautiful sourroundings. There is also a 50 sq metres terrace that gives the guests an even bigger possibility to enjoy the view.

With only one long table the restaurant can only have 18 guests at the time, which means that only a select group of guests will enjoy this experience. The table can be raised into the ceiling to make an lounge inspired environment. 

Not only is the restaurant eco-friendly and running on low energy, but is also easy to move around and the idea is that it should work as an exhibition.