Category: SHELTER
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Joel Shapiro, Ai Weiwei, and Jeppe Hein’s large-format work @ ART COLOGNE 2014
48th ART COLOGNE (10 to 13 April) welcomed art lovers with spectacular large-format sculptures and installations. Outside of the entrance hall, three monumental bronze sculptures of the American artist Joel Shapiro catched the eye of the visitor. Shapiro, born 1941 in New York City, is considered one of the most important…
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The foundations of a sustainable future?
Nanoparticles have the potential to revolutionise the construction industry, but we need to tread carefully until the potential hazards of these “wonder materials” are fully understood
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$1,500 Google Glass Explorer Edition on sale for one day
Google Glass on sale for one day in the U.S. Targeting more early adopters, Google will give more people the opportunity to test its Google Glass computer when it will go on sale to the US public on 15 April. The one day sale is a sign that the tech giant is getting closer to…
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Maison Hermès en lumière: the Pantographe and Harnais lighting
French luxury maison Hermès lights up this year’s Salone del Mobile and 18th-century Milan’s Palazzo Serbelloni on Corso Venezia with Hermès en lumière, luxury house’s first lighting range designed in collaboration with Italian designer Michele de Lucchi and French visual artist and light scenographer Yann Kersalé. Michele de Lucchi’s two ranges of light…
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Salone del Mobile 2014: Versace Palazzo couch and a new Versace Home debut
Versace Palazzo bag, the new supple It-Bag of the luxury Italian Maison, inspired a new sofa brought by Donatella Versace at the recent Salone del Mobile 2014 along with the rich new Via Gesù range. The light grey nubuck couch with clean lines converging in a central V for Versace is the first…
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It’s time to green our cities. Earth Day 2014: Green Cities
The official theme of Earth Day 2014 is Green Cities. Humanity come to an important decision. Two futures stand before us. We can continue our current path where we rely on outdated electricity grids, inefficient buildings, and dirty power plants, or we can change. We can create greener cities where the solar panels and…