Cool Hunting
Wide World of Web
This week on the Wide World of Web: London’s Hidden Architecture A community creation BLOOM The Rose Parade’s arty cousin A Fairy swing for the little sprites in your life… And while you are in the backyard, why nap in a hammock when you could sleep in a sphere Globejotting in Burma (Myanmar) a country … Continue reading
Rainbow Nest
As humans, we become connoisseurs of whatever is important to us at the time. As a teenager I was a 7-11 connoisseur. I was extremely picky about the consistency of my slurpees (I might still be pretty picky about that). In my 20s there was a period when I would only draw with a specific type … Continue reading
Golden Moon
When I was working as the technical director at a high school we did a play called Windshook. In the play the actors reference the moon, so we needed to have something for them to point at. Now, most productions probably just bought a moon gobo, pointed a light at the cyc and called it … Continue reading
170,000 Pink Spheres
meanwhile in Montreal… Claude Cormier and his team installed thousands and thousands of pink balls over a pedestrian street this summer. There were three different sizes and five shades of pink in the installation that was 1.2km long. It reminds me of these great street installations from earlier this summer. It looks so cheerful and … Continue reading
Chandelier
Growing up we had a multi-tiered crystal chandelier hanging over the dining room table. It was a huge production to clean it in November so that it would sparkle through the holidays. Rather, it seemed a huge production to me at the time, but it was probably only the work of a half hour. Funny … Continue reading
Beatbox
In July, I had a moment of insanity where I was more than halfway serious about going to the Olympics. I looked at plane tickets and then looked at event tickets and hotel rooms and and and… I got really excited for a while. My reasoning was that the British know how to put on … Continue reading
Rainbow Streets
Recently two awesome art installations caught my eye for their great use of the “fifth wall” (the ceiling). This umbrella installation was in Águeda, Portugal and is a part of an art festival called Agitagueda. It just feels so happy and summery. Then on the other side of the globe in Sydney, Australia, Nike Savvas … Continue reading
Synchronized Swimming from a New Perspective
One of the reasons that I love looking at ceilings is the shift in perspective. We spend so much time looking down, only a little time looking forward or around and almost no time looking up. It expands the mind when you force it to see the same room from a new angle. Some person … Continue reading
Buttons
My grandmother had a jar full of buttons, and I loved playing with it. It was not so much a jar as a fancy lidded serving dish that she had separated from the china and kept on top of her dresser. I would pour them out on the floor and start by separating them into … Continue reading
Awesome Water Toys
I love the water. I love swimming in it, looking at it, and especially playing in and around it. When I was a teenager I thought I had lost the ability to frolic in the water. I thought that swim training as hard as I did somehow sucked the fun out of being in the … Continue reading
