Calling all creatives!! I want you! To write for Design Tavern

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I WANT YOU..

TO WRITE FOR DESIGN TAVERN.COM

I have mentioned this before in passing – but I would like to formally announce that I am now actively looking for writers for Design Tavern –

I’m looking for people who can write a post once a week –

ANY of the following will make you an excellent candidate:

-A blog of your own

– Some writing experience
though this certainly doesn’t have to be on a professional level

– Time to write one post per week
they can take only a few minutes

– A love of Design
remember ‘Design’ is a broad term – there are many different creative fields!

– Something to share with the Design Tavern Community

All guest bloggers will receive :
– a ‘contributors bio’ on the about page
– A link to their own blog/site
– Full credit for their written work
+ any other misc. promotion available.

If you are interested – simply vist the contact page or email me admin@designtavern.com

Image by Chris Owens

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The Best Stop-Start animation ever?

I found this over at designverb.com (I’d mentioned the good stuff going on at DV in an post;  ‘staying up to date with the latest design’)

This is ‘Muto’ –  a wall painted animation by Blu more simply put the best stop-start animation I’ve ever seen. The Blu team take you on journey through suburban Bueons Aires through the medium of street art — in this evolving tale — You really just have to watch it!

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Interview with Jeff Kovel – The architect of the Cullen House (Hoke House) from twilight.

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When I wrote the original Cullen House article I never imagined it would gain the popularity it did. As promised, I have been in contact with Jeff Kovel from Skylab Architecture and have prepared the following interview/bio along with a few more images for all the mad fans!

“I am in architecture, development, and rock and roll.”

– Jeff Kovel

Jeff Kovel grew up just outside of New York City and lived there until he attended Cornell University’s Architecture school. Since then he has made his way to the West Coast and in 1996 he finally settled down in Portland, Oregon. However, it was while growing up in New York that Jeff realised he wished to become an architect. His family had begun work on a new home and a young Jeff thus developed a new fascination for both building and design.
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Tomas Schats

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Tomas Schats

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Carry the sky around in your pocket with ‘Box Of Clouds’

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Grey skies above getting you down? Then perhaps you need to invest in your own ‘Box of Clouds’ –

Photographer Kim Laughton has created his own little slice of cloudy heaven and captured it in a tin.

A photo viewer keyring dismembered and put in a tin. In this case I took off the backlight, making the LCD transparent. The button in the middle turns it on and off. Hold it up to a light source to see the clouds!

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Less is MORE vs. Less is BORE

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Less is More… Vs. Les is Bore…

Mies van der Rohe & Robert Venturi – Chalk and Cheese

Mies Van Der Rohe & Robert Venturi, both amazing, accomplished and recognised designers – but you could find a more different pair.

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I’d like to show you Petar Pavlov’s visual interpretation of the two master designers via these portraits he produced for exhibition in Florence organized by the president of Accademia Italiana, Dr. Vincenzo Giubba.- I spoke with him earlier this week to find out the inspiration behind each compelling, completely opposite portraits.

The subject of the exhibition was “Less is more / Less is a bore”. These are very popular quotes in the design world. The first one is quoted by Mies van der Rohe, a radical minimalist, and the second belongs to Robert Venturi who has a more humanistic approach to the design process.

In order to capture this debate, I created two posters with their portraits. The Rohe’s portrait was a very minimal one, almost like a constructivist drawing. On the other hand, Robert Venturi’s portrait had more of a human touch. The posters were placed as if they are looking at each other and still trying to decide which one is right

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Bride&Wolfe chic timber silhouettes

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I’m particularly excited to bring to the pages of Design Tavern a Melbourne based company ‘Bride&Wolfe’, creating intricately stunning timber silhouettes for your home.

 

The silhouettes can be hung from walls, doorways, ceilings or window frames. People have purchased Bride&Wolfe pieces for weddings, housewarmings and baby welcome presents. Of course, many people buy them to enjoy in their own home.

 

 

 

Bride&Wolfe’s timber silhouettes evoke fairytales, forests and the magic of childhood. Designed to hang from walls, doorways, ceilings or window frames, each piece is a charming and sophisticated example of contemporary folk art.

It is Melbourne based Miranda Moreira who founded Bride&Wolfe in 2005 — Her inspiration came from a Hansel and Gretel silhouette that she found in a store whilst living in Paris — She was so transfixed that on her return to Melbourne, Miranda began her crafting her own silhouettes from timber — inspired by her home town’s keen, fresh spirit as much as the easy ooze of Parisian chic.

 

Bride&Wolfe pieces are inspired by Chinese papercutting, fossicked embroidery and fabrics, European folklore, and vintage Disney films. These influences are the touchstones for modern, resonant designs that evoke fairytales, forests and the magic of childhood. The intricate creations are produced in Melbourne in small runs and hand-finished in Miranda’s garden studio.

 

Also, Bride&Wolfe can boast that all products are Melbourne made and designed The silhouettes can be hung from walls, doorways, ceilings or window frames. People have purchased Bride&Wolfe pieces for weddings, housewarmings and baby welcome presents. Of course, many people buy them to enjoy in their own home. What’s more, Bride&Wolfe are extremely flexible with their designs- you can get in touch with the crew to discuss changes such as colour and material if you so wish.

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Obamicon yourself!

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I’ve been playing around with Obamicon for the past hour or so, and this is the end result! It’s really quite effective.

Simply upload your own photo to Obamicon enter a caption ‘hope’ in my case (keeping it traditional) and it will do A lot of the hard work for you.

You can then choose to print your obamicon on the likes of T-shirts, Mugs and other souvineers.

For my results above, You may need to play around in photoshop (no skill really needed, just the brush tool) for a few touch ups here and there, and the blue lines

I’d love to see how everyone else goes! Once uploaded you will be provided a link – Feel free to share it in the comments below.

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