Showing posts with label natural. Show all posts
Showing posts with label natural. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Spider's Web: American Museum of natural history of the only existing fiber types is

Think about one thing, some things become care — black widows, forgotten attic close vision of Charlotte, a spider, her web. American Museum of natural history in New York to the tables brought new Association — non-woven in the form of spinning silk fabrics.

"Made from this very special materials, the only existing fiber that" says curator Ian Tattersall. "[That] is difficult to obtain and manipulate". Hard, really took it four years more than 70 people.

There are the end effect well worth the effort-the fiber in Grand Gallery, sitting beside the old Norse ship. Tapestry color saturated from California poppy Gold shines with incredible Madagascar golden orb spiders.

From the Highlands of the country known as Iamba Akotifahana based on the tradition of weaving, geometric patterns of birds and flowers.

Was reserved for Madagascar, art, copyright that begs the question — or in future spider silk clothes, luxury market. Unless "you'll have to devise new simple way get some" labor intensive widely (ever), fashion industry used in this article, see get spider silk is not very tricky and that is difficult, "says Tattersall

Is not a pleasant task to get it now — harvest was using the long sticks of silk cord. Is the next time consuming process.

"Tattersall is now says" "the fiber itself exists"


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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Jungle natural Raymond's new book celebrates

Courtesy of the Monacelli Press

Work based on what makes Miami landscape designer Raymond jungle distinction between wild and natural his whole-hearted to accept is. His natural colors) booking: Raymond (2008 published by the Monacelli Press,) at the invitation of the subtropical jungle gardens, jungle, Florida, around 24 to join an intimate tour of housing projects and his audience. Each is unique and masterful celebration of indigenous peoples, such as to create a sense of space, saw palmettos native spider Lily Garden, silver bromeliad plant that employs natural based aesthetic. Final effect jungle carefully conducted description landscape drawings, as well as zooms in for more beautiful panorama of pictures and graphics.


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Friday, February 4, 2011

Celebrating design's pie chart: organic furniture, natural materials and forms


Home of Miami won the award for performing of bamboo tables that define the space sitting in Hialeah his Studio, water hyacinth woven rattan chairs and his boyhood his mother made use, wallet-based designer and architect Bannavis Andrew Sribyatta recall Thailand. Bamboo, rattan, water hyacinth plant vine has been the building blocks of his world. Sustainable furniture design nowadays, decades later, his childhood natural, renewable resource company yen (project import / export) atelier of award winning definition elements.
Asian culture is very Zen-like rustic nature describes Sribyatta. "I very much had attaches to the grassy slopes knowing and caring without natural materials". Not realize until he playback quality in his gives a friend it is pointed out. However, devotion to the ecosystem are incorrect, environmentally friendly designer interiors and furnishings as well in his work to his life of Eastern and Western influences how great harmony both in exploration leads to.
Sribyatta, 35, United States of America moved from Bangkok to 13 he lived in Los Angeles, West Palm Beach and Miami-he attends) sunset high school in Miami, now exists is — and where he is studying at Pratt Institute, followed his master Colombia University building reception, New York City. Since then, the he has established the prolific architecture career on both coasts. Is the residence of the Casino he project-New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Los Angeles. Sribyatta yet vibrant architecture company management, but recently he world of eco-friendly furniture to explore and starting are.
"I furniture inspired by architectural and construction furniture inspired by creation," says Sribyatta. "" Play off each other is his furniture design-bulbs Ottoman linear armchair, organic and architecture. Sribyatta two mediums of artistic interaction won praise from prestigious design publications and organizations: outdoor design interior design magazine awarded circle Studio's best year in 2008, is the example of his work in the permanent collection of the Cooper-Hewitt in New York City National Building Museum Washington d. c. find
Sribyatta furniture design vision and meaning are organized hierarchically. Consisting of collected after Katrina, Wabi-Sabi, wood chip once shows as long as the art Chair imperfection of perfection. Space hog, fully recyclable fabrics, polyethylene film, Cocoon like perch recall the birth of his son, after that everyone and his company ? the. Provide a tongue piercing tongue stylish reinterpretation steel tongue Chair.
Approaching his work as both a sculptor and adjustment, Sribyatta, design create a prototype developed, complete, and it sometimes has spent years. Large run production prototype who sent to the Assembly of ???? in cooperative of artisans have personally received training Sribyatta and his sister.
Come to celebrate his Sribyatta joke about crappy rattan 80s those items we all too familiar, but try for true materials prejudiced the lot. Profess Sribyatta bold letters on the walls of the Studio one is one thing for his furniture, and proud: "??? no rattan Momma".

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