VIDEO: A house that records ambience, let’s you remix it and then play it back? Joel Sanders gives a Postopolis! demonstration on his latest creation that does just that. Domestic DJs never had it so good.
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City, Ecology, Mobility – With Mitch Joachim
via CultureVIDEO: Mitchell Joachim’s insists that his plans are not futuristic. As the Executive Director for philanthropic design collective Terreform, he’s responsible for progressive solutions for current problems… the fact this involves squishy cars makes it all the better.
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Contemporary Dance on the Fringe
via CultureVIDEO: A short documentary about Art of Movement, an international contemporary dance festival in Russia that took place in 2006. It includes interviews with American dancers who performed and taught there: Valda Setterfield, Judith Howard, Olivier Besson and Gulgun Kaym.
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DO CONVERGENCES CONVERGE? with Lawrence Weschler
via CultureVIDEO: What do Che Guavara’s death, the Lamentation of Christ and Rembrandt’s Anatomy Lesson have to do with each other? Is there a really a relationship between “ethnic cleansing” and the rise of cosmopolitanism? And are “History” and “Life” the same, or two very different things?
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POSTOPOLIS: SUSTAINABILITY
via CultureVIDEO: Jill Fehrenbacher of inhabitat.com, Susan S. Szenasy of Metropolis Magazine, Allan Chochinov of Core77.com and Graham Hill of TreeHugger.com discuss sustainable design and architecture.
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Postopolis: LOT-EK
via CultureVideo: Are buildings developed using repurposed shipping containers “recycled”? Does it even matter?
LOT-EK founders Giuseppe Lignano and Ada Tolla discuss whether or not their work should be thought of as environmental in this presentation at Postopolis in New York. -
Luxxury – Sweet and Vicious Music Video
via CultureVideo: We shot this video in London while on tour in september 2006. my friend Roderick is a big shot advertising director in the UK who had just shot a Mentos spot in Russia that involved a guy dressed like a giant bear.
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Reclaiming Design
via Culture, SMACVideo: Tejo Remy of droog fame, along with NY designers Carlos Salgado and Matt Gagnon, and Dwell Editor in Chief Sam Grawe, take a critical look at design processes and the application and implications of reclaimed materials. Moderated and presented by Jill Fehrenbacher and Emily Pilloton of Inhabitat.com
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All in the Family
via CultureArticle: ScribeMedia’s Peter Cervieri deliberates on facial hair, moms and girlfriends… not that these particular moms and girlfriends have facial hair.
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Sustainable Design with Tom Dixon
via CultureVIDEO: Maverick designer Tom Dixon discusses sustainable design, his work with Artek, new rules for product distribution and why designers can give their product away for free. Tom has a long history of engagement with recycling and sustainability that is equally, if not more, noteworthy. His green efforts include the Eco Ware tableware line, made from biodegradable plastic and bamboo, his EcoPolo for Lacoste, and the publication of a great book called ReThink that highlights the use of re-used and re-purposed objects in design (the theme of our Reclaiming Design panel!), as well as his new sustainable venture with Artek in bamboo furniture
