daily roundup

01. Harvest Green Project / Romses Architects “The ‘Harvest Green Project’ by Romses Architects was a winning entry in a recent competition held by the city of Vancouver: ‘The 2030 Challenge’ to address climate change plans and to guide greener and denser development,…

01. Selgas Cano Architecture Office “This is the office of the Selgas Cano architects in Madrid, I guess it’s not downtown Madrid.  They definitely have a different perspective on their surroundings. Photos by Iwan Baan.” (t&y) 02. Past works of Zaha Hadid to exhibit in Italy…

01. Here & There – A Horizonless Map of New York “Here & There is a project by S&W exploring speculative projections of dense cities. These maps of Manhattan look uptown from 3rd and 7th, and downtown from 3rd and 35th.”…

01. The Physical Value Of Sound – Yuri Suzuki “A train-style record player. Users connect the chipped pieces of records together to make new tracks. The records pieces are from cheap records bought at jumble sales or used record shops. This…

01. SELECTISM on Twitter #follow –  www.twitter.com/selectism 02. Newson Chair Sells for Design-Art Record 1.1 Million Pounds  “An aluminum “Lockheed Lounge” chair by Marc Newson, once used in a Madonna video, sold today in London for 1.1 million pounds ($1.6 million), an auction record…

01. The Car Launch series / pt.3: Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupé “I just spent 2 days in Tuscany for the launch of the new E-Class Coupé from Mercedes-Benz. There was a slight feeling of déja-vu, not from the car itself, but from the magnificent hilltop…

01. Established Sons Quilt Seating by the Bouroullec Brothers “At the 2009 Salone del Mobile furnishings show in Milan, designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have introduced the Quilt seating they have created for British manufacturer Established & Sons.” (porhomme) 02. Villa Moda by Marcel Wanders in Bahrain…

01. DIY Styrofoam Turntable (above) “The basic idea behind this project was to design and engineer a low-cost do-it-yourself Turntable kit made out of high density styrofoam (Think styrofoam MDF!).” (Teenage Engineering) 02. SIGG Lunchbox “If brown-baggin’ it at work…

01. Hipgnosis “Hipnosis was perhaps the design company of the early to mid ’70s. Comprising the flamboyant personalities of Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey Powell and latterly Peter Christopherson (Throbbing Gristle, Coil, etc), it formed in 1968 and disbanded in 1983. There’s a very…