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31 in 31: #26
This is a series for August 2010 which documents my on-the-ground — and on-the-webs — research for my guidebook to contemporary NYC architecture (to be released next year by W. W. Norton). Archives can be found at the bottom of the post and via the 31 in 31 label.
Double glass doors cut into an otherwise blank brick wall barely hint at the stunning space for Longchamps on Spring Street in SoHo. Designed by Heatherwick Studio and completed in 2006, a “landscape stair” is the defining element that ties the ground floor with larger second floor above. Longchamps makes handbags, among other things, so appropriately the continuous treads appear to be made of leather (they are rubber on steel plate). Black posts and handrails are the only other major visual element occupying the space (beside the goods); the glass guardrails–fabricated the same way as car windshields–disappear at certain angles and create blurry reflections at other angles. All is skylit, like a luxury stairway to heaven. It is one of the best retail environments in Manhattan, because it finds inspiration in the product and fuses its expression with its function as an armature for displaying merchandise.
Previously:
#1 – Phyto Universe
#2 – One Bryant Park
#3 – Pier 62 Carousel
#4 – Bronx River Art Center
#5 – The Pencil Factory
#6 – Westbeth Artists’ Housing
#7 – 23 Beekman Place
#8 – Metal Shutter Houses
#9 – Bronx Box
#10 – American Academy of Arts and Letters
#11 – FDR Four Freedoms Park
#12 – One Madison Park
#13 – Pio Pio Restaurant
#14 – Queens West (Stage II)
#15 – 785 Eighth Avenue
#16 – Big Bambú
#17 – Event Horizon
#18 – Murano
#19 – William Lescaze House
#20 – Morgan Library and Museum
#21 – MTA Flood Mitigation
#22 – Wilf Hall
#23 – Yohji Yamamoto
#24 – NYU Center for Academic and Spiritual Life
#25 – Nehemiah Spring Creek
Laurie Lipton’s “Machine Punk” Series
Motoring
In a new series titled Machine Punk, artist Laurie Lipton (previously on Coilhouse, with a cameo appearance by Caryn Drexl) skillfully renders a series of cumbersome, beautifully sprawling machines whose tangled wires and polluted textures conspire to create a sense of unease. Lipton states that the series was inspired by steampunk, but notes that the machines in her images run on “madness and electricity” rather than steam. “I was vacuuming one day, and noticed the amount of plugs and cables on the floor… a veritable wasp’s nest of wires and sockets connecting a hoard of gadgets and doo-dads intertwining around the house and my life. I was trapped like a fly in an electrical web. What had happened? Were these things making my life easier or more complex?” The resulting series features contraptions ranging from rickety flying machines to torturous exercise equipment, and critiques – among other things – CCTV surveillance, a broken recycling system, and the empty thought-calories of spending too much time online. Most of the images in this series are best enjoyed at a larger size, so click here to see them all.
Machine Punk will be on display at La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles from November 5 – 28th in Gallery 1, side-by-side with artist and Coilhouse collaborator Jessica Joslin in Gallery 2. Also, if you’re a fan of Laurie Lipton’s ghostly older work, it’s worth mentioning that she recently collaborated with clothing company AllSaints to produce a line of t-shirts featuring the wraiths and skeletons of her previous work, and that some of these shirts are now on sale. [Many thanks to the awesome Coilhouse reader who sent this in - I received your submission a while ago, but can't find it now to credit you! Was it via Twitter?]
The Fates
Read the rest of Laurie Lipton’s “Machine Punk” Series
Post tags: Art, Horror, Industrial, Sci-fi, Steampunk, Technology, Ye Olde
New iPad case will offer hard shell, built-in keyboard
A recent FCC filing has revealed an upcoming iPad case with a built-in Bluetooth keyboard. With an iPad installed, it’ll look and behave more like a traditional laptop, for better or worse.
Since this case includes a wireless keyboard, it must meet with FCC approval, and that’s how it was discovered. Though it’s less fun that this homemade version in my opinion, the case features a built-in keyboard and angled mount for the iPad itself. AppleInsider says that the keyboard is expected to get 100 days of standby time, and a theoretical working time of 90 hours, though real-world performance will probably differ. The battery will be charged via a standard dock connector-to-USB cable.
GearZap has it listed for £59.95, though it isn't currently available. It looks pretty cool and should offer nice protection when closed. If you use the iPad primarily for writing, keep an eye open for when this goes on sale.
[Via AppleInsider]
TUAWNew iPad case will offer hard shell, built-in keyboard originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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