Aqui está. Aquilo por que todos esperavam. A minha lista de coisas que desejo. Coisas. Seria mais feliz com elas? Não sei. Mas que não me importava de as ter.. isso não. E agora que o meu aniversário se aproxima... Vamos povo, toca a abrir as carteiras.

Here it is. That which all have been waiting for. A list with my products of desire. Stuff. Would I be happier with them? I don't know. But I wouldn't mind having them. And now that my birthday is coming, it's a hint for everybody to open up your wallets.. Haha!

É uma chave abre caricas da Suck UK Design. Lindo.

Uns Koss PortaPro. Os melhores phones de sempre.

Bell & Ross Phantom. Este é o relogio mais à patrão de sempre.

Saquinhos Freitag!

Skagen Titanium. Design Dinamarquês.

Não parece grande coisa. Mas a Lensbaby tem das objectivas e acessórios mais brutais.
Esta é a tilt lens Control Freak.

As clássicas Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66 da Asics.

Uns chinelinhos da Muji.

Bule Tse & Tse Mirza. É perfeito.

Prateleira para livros Lili Lite. Para pôr perdo da cama. A luz apaga-se quando se pousa o livro.

E por ultimo um mini bar da alCarts. É feito pela mesma empresa que faz os trolley de cabine para empresas de aviação como a SAS por exemplo. São completamente costumizaveis e custam um minimo de $800. Ahaha.. Ir ao site e carregar em My alcarts.

Visto em [a barriga de um arquitecto]. Peço perdão pelo re-post mas o filme fez-me sorrir.
As seen in [a barriga de um arquitecto]. I'm sorry for the re-post but the film made me smile.

The Ten Legal Commandments of Photography

I. Anyone in a public place can take pictures of anything they want. Public places include parks, sidewalks, malls, etc. Malls? Yeah. Even though it’s technically private property, being open to the public makes it public space.

II. If you are on public property, you can take pictures of private property. If a building, for example, is visible from the sidewalk, it’s fair game.

III. If you are on private property and are asked not to take pictures, you are obligated to honor that request. This includes posted signs.

IV. Sensitive government buildings (military bases, nuclear facilities) can prohibit photography if it is deemed a threat to national security.

V. People can be photographed if they are in public (without their consent) unless they have secluded themselves and can expect a reasonable degree of privacy. Kids swimming in a fountain? Okay. Somebody entering their PIN at the ATM? Not okay.

VI. The following can almost always be photographed from public places, despite popular opinion:

* accident & fire scenes, criminal activities
* bridges & other infrastructure, transportation facilities (i.e. airports)
* industrial facilities, Superfund sites
* public utilities, residential & commercial buildings
* children, celebrities, law enforcement officers
* UFOs, the Loch Ness Monster, Chuck Norris

VII. Although “security” is often given as the reason somebody doesn’t want you to take photos, it’s rarely valid. Taking a photo of a publicly visible subject does not constitute terrorism, nor does it infringe on a company’s trade secrets.

VIII. If you are challenged, you do not have to explain why you are taking pictures, nor to you have to disclose your identity (except in some cases when questioned by a law enforcement officer.)

IX. Private parties have very limited rights to detain you against your will, and can be subject to legal action if they harass you.

X. If someone tries to confiscate your camera and/or film, you don’t have to give it to them. If they take it by force or threaten you, they can be liable for things like theft and coercion. Even law enforcement officers need a court order.
What To Do If You’re Confronted

* Be respectful and polite. Use good judgement and don’t escalate the situation.
* If the person becomes combative or difficult, think about calling the police.
* Threats, detention, and taking your camera are all grounds for legal or civil actions on your part. Be sure to get the person’s name, employer, and what legal grounds they claim for their actions.
* If you don’t want to involve the authorities, go above the person’s head to their supervisor or their company’s public relations department.
* Call your local TV and radio stations and see if they want to do a story about your civil liberties.
* Put the story on the web yourself if need be.


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STEVEN: I think I’d really like to be a city planner. Why limit myself to just one building, when I can design a whole city?

WYCK: Well, that’s a good point.

GEORGE: No, it’s not.

STEVEN: Well, isn’t an architect just an art school drop-out with a tilty desk, and a big ruler?

GEORGE: It’s called a T-square.

WYCK: You know, the stupidest guy in my fraternity became an architect - after he flunked out of dental school! Congratulations, young man.

Sem comentários, mesmo..

Victor Timofeev nasceu na Letónia. Vive e trabalha em NY. Gosta de desenhar coisas.
Depois de um acidente de skate usou o muito tempo livre para desenhar. É um homem de muitos talentos: art, musica, video e skate. Faz tudo a partir de nada...
As explosões de tinta interferem nos desenhos técnicos e mancham sem piedade o purismo das perspectivas. Alguns planos são distorcidos, outros soltos… O resultado são imagens densas, com tempos diferentes num mesmo desenho e jogos onde um elemento desestabiliza o outro.
São desenhos que exploram a natureza mutável do nosso ambiente, a dualidade da abstracção e perspectiva, assim como o caracter da cor para além das suas qualidades sensuais.

P.S. Quando me propus a montar este post decidi escolher os desenhos que eu mais gostei para dar uma amostra. Este processo, porém, depressa se mostrou dificil na medida em que os desenhos preferidos rapidamente se amontoaram. Assim, sinto que a amostra aqui presente não é claramente representativa. Recomendo por essa razão uma visita obrigatoria e demorada ao sitio do artista ou, no minimo, à secção Drawing Life. Foi-me estreamente gratificante observar todas as referências arquitectonicas de alguém que sabe olhar e que tem um olhar informado.

A MUJI (loja), marca desconhecida em Portugal, surgiu no Japão como resposta às marcas internacionais de productos para escritorio. Estabeleceu-se depois como uma das mais prestigiadas marcas de design produzindo muitas outras coisas.

MUJI AWARD 03, com o tema "Found MUJI", esteve aberto por dois meses de 26 de Maio a 31 de Julho de 2008. Foram recebidas 1986 entradas de 35 paises. AQUI poderão consultar os vencedores. Eis alguns exemplos:

MUJI AWARD 03, with its theme of "Found MUJI", was open to applicants for two months from May 26 to July 31, 2008. Some 1,986 entries from 35 countries were received. HERE you can see the winners. Some examples:

A precise stapler - Joonhyun Kim (South Korea)

Grandpa's nail hook - Masashi Watanabe (Japan)

Trash pack for outdoors - Ken Sugimoto/Eri Sugimoto (USA)

Oslo School of Architecture / JVA



"The new Oslo School of Architecture is based in an existing building from 1938, located by the Akerselva River in the eastern part of Oslo. The school is part of a larger effort to revitalise this former industrial area for education-related use. The long-term aim is a campus for arts education along the riverbank.[...]"


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"Existem mais de 17 milhões de contentores de carga em todo o mundo, a maioria dos quais sem qualquer uso". Foi com esta afirmação que o grupo nova-iorquino LOT-EK apresentou em 2004 a sua proposta para um sistema modular de habitações denominado CHS - Container Housing System. Neste sistema, o contentor de 12 metros é tornado não apenas a unidade modular e espacial como também a base de toda uma nova estética entendida no seu sentido mais amplo: forma e significado. Uma arquitectura nova.

"There are more than 17 million cargo containers all over the world, most of which is without any use". It was with this remark that the New York based group LOT-EK presented in 2004 it's proposal for a modular dwelling system called CHS- Container Housing System. In this system, the 12 m container becomes not only the modular and spacial unit but also the base of a new aesthetic understood in its wither sense: shape and meaning. A new Architecture..

visto e a ver mais em/ as seen in obvious - um olhar mais demorado