A Brilliant Idea: The LED Story
A beautiful short film, illustrating why LED bulbs are the future, saving the planet energy and CO2, and saving you money.
Posted by: Sophie 22.02.2012
The Sands Of Time: Abandoned Monuments in The Former Yugoslavia
From 2006 to 2009, the photographer Kempenaers used a 1975 map of memorials to tour the ex-Yugoslavia region, now Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc. to record these striking monuments. I'm sure you will agree they are certainly striking even though their original meaning is being lost to the dads of time.
Posted by: Sophie 21.02.2012
Interior of an icon- redesigning the Airstream
Here at SkinFlint we are big fans of the Airstream, here are some lovely and unusual creative solutions for the interiors of this iconic caravan.
Posted by: Sophie 13.02.2012
Monumental Light: James Turrell's Skyspaces
James Turrell is an artist whose palette is the planet we live on. He makes light monumental and encourages his audience to look 'beyond', to see the extraordinary in the every day.
Posted by: Sophie 31.01.2012
Subversive Photography: Bernt and Hilla Becher's Water Towers
Architectural photography has never been so subversive as the life works of two of my favorite artists Bernd and Hilla Becher. Here is a small selection of their Water Towers series.
Posted by: Sophie 19.01.2012
Running up a hill in the dark wearing a suit of lights?
Ground breaking art collective NVA have plans afoot for a new piece. Taking place in August 2012 and entitled Speed Of Light it's an intriguing collision of the worlds of Art and Sport and will take place over three weeks bringing Edinburgh's iconic mountain Arthurs Seat to life.
Posted by: Sophie 11.12.2011
Caravantastic- an off grid 'micro-home'
Glen Grassi is a theatre designer who has just made his first foray into micro home construction, this is the result....
Posted by: Sophie 27.11.2011
Cosmic Communist Constructions in the former Soviet Union
'Cosmic Communist Constructions' by Frederic Chaubin, published by Taschen, is a photographic record of ninety buildings from the fourteen former Soviet Republics. We have selected a few of our favourite images for you here.
Posted by: Sophie 19.11.2011
Eames: The Architect and The Painter
We can't wait for this fascinating portrait of Charles and Ray Eames to be released in the UK. As we can't see the full film, here's a little preview.
Posted by: Sophie 15.11.2011
Night Clouds on Anglesea
The amazing natural phenomenon of 'Noctilucent' clouds.
Posted by: Sophie 10.11.2011
Murmuration of starlings on the River Shannon
This surprise murmeration of starlings was caught on film by Sophie Windsor-Clive and Liberty Smith as they rowed across the Shannon river in Ireland.
Posted by: sophie 09.11.2011
Lovely tree Houses
As it's autumn and the leaves are falling it feels like a good time to be reliving my childhood dreams of fantastic arboreal homes
Posted by: Sophie 02.11.2011
'Holophane' a short History Of Prismatic Lighting
Holophane began to manufacture prismatic shades pretty much at the birth of electricity. Prismatic shades break up and spread the beam of light into a myriad of beams using prisms, making a lower voltage bulb a more effective light source.
Posted by: Sophie 29.10.2011
Lighting in Bathrooms IP Ratings made simple
We are often asked about bathroom lighting. The fact of the matter is that it's not as straightforward as I Like that light, I'll buy it for my bathroom. Something called an IP rating is rather important in a bath or wet-room. But just because you have fallen for a light that is not IP rated it does not mean you can't use it in your bathroom.....
Posted by: Sophie 20.10.2011
In love with light- an architecture of colour
I have been rather in love with Luminaria since visiting one at Somerset House in the early noughties. The Architects of Air tour the world with their five structures allowing visitors from across the globe to experience light and colour as they never have before.
Posted by: Sophie 20.10.2011