Design
Post-it Note Murals
After posting on David Guinn’s digital murals that we saw in Philadelphia, I thought about these Post-it Note Murals, also made up of colored square components. They remind me of a modern Seurat. I like their colors and how clever they are. All photos are from Buzzfeed. Sorry for the late post, btw. Monday seemed to come and go unnoticed while I’m working on a deadline. Because I’m operating a day behind, I’ll post Thursday’s post on Friday and we should be back up to speed next week.
- Decor, Design, Functional Art, Kick-Start the Weekend, Music, Slipcovers for Your Walls (casart blog)
A Little Floor Fun
Keeping with the floor design concept of the last post, here are some other ideas to really mix up your decor while thinking of the floor as a decorative element. This is a great, out of the box idea playing up on concentric circles from DeWorld. I just saw this one over the weekend at the Washington DC Design Center in their Design House, which is closing this week. This floor is by Kelley Proxmire. It’s based on a David Hicks design. It’s painted, eco-friendly bamboo flooring, which has some cushion to it. I absolutely love it. Click here to read more on casartblog regarding a post about the Interior…
- Architecture, Creative Process, Culture, Design, Education, Everyday, Kick-Start the Weekend, Music, New Orleans, Performance, Uncategorized
Guédelon
I became completely curious when I first learned of this fascinating endeavor to build a new Medieval Guédelon Castle in the town of Treigny, in Burgundy, France. The work was to simulate original Medieval construction methods. Even the workers must wear Medieval clothes to closely mimic how the labor was affected by all the details. The work was conceived in 1996 and began in 1998, when a French landowner, Michel Guyot , who happens to own a real St. Fargeau castle, wondered what if a new Medieval castle could be build from scratch the way castles were originally constructed. The project holds academic weight to give insight into Medieval Times.…
