Design
Making a Grand Entrance
I've been wanting to post this photo of Olafur Eliasson's latest work and although I've been enjoying it, it's finally time to move it from my desktop to this space. Take Your Time is meant to literally bring the viewer or as Eliasson says, "the user," into the creative, interactive experience. It was on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney Australia. The premise of Eliasson's work is to involve the user — beyond just gaining admiration for the piece and the artist' ability — but that goes without saying here. Ending this post this week with a wonderful unrelated picture that I saw in the newspaper. Just…
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Eco Friendly Furniture
Every now and then, I’m struck by something different when doing an everyday activity. I discovered PIE Studio through one of my Linkedin groups’ discussions, where we were all introducing ourselves. I clicked on the link and was pleasantly taken by surprise. It happened to be Earth Day, so the index to PIE’s (Product Import Export) site was very appropriate and I thought clever, and even humorous. This persuaded me to peruse their site. I was intrigued by what I found. Some of their furniture made from waterhyacynth, rattan, lian, bamboo, synthetic, aluminum, steel and even vinyl got my attention. Bannavis Andrew Sribyatta is the brainchild behind the designs. He’s…
Some Healing in Haiti
The earthquake in Haiti rocked everyone. It was so tragic and still is because there has not been much relief for this already poor and downtrodden country. The process for recovery is so slow. However, when I saw this story about art helping business in Haiti it brought a little bright spot of hope for some progression. The Haitian people are familiar with these brightly painted buses and to see them back again signals some sign of recovery with the business of painting buses, as small and as mundane as that seems in comparison to other dire necessities needed. Since Easter is about rebirth, I see a little bit of…
