tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499498457165608542024-03-13T03:07:08.050+01:00JvH design<center>This blog showcases some of my creations while discussing aspects of interior design<br> and some interesting artistic movements including: Czech Cubism and Italian Futurism.</center>John van Houtenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734586244574160942noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649949845716560854.post-62514707877399871872015-01-08T05:18:00.001+01:002015-01-08T05:19:40.549+01:00Je Suis Charlie Hedbo!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />John van Houtenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734586244574160942noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649949845716560854.post-82620956909811019742012-08-24T04:33:00.003+02:002012-08-24T04:38:50.919+02:00Pussy RiotPussy Riot as the Madonna.<br />
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They are fighting the good fight for political plurality, just elections, freedom of speech and freedom of expression. Putin, the Russian orthodox religious establishment and the entire Russian justice system go to hell!
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Google Inc. honored Spanish cubist Juan Gris today on their search homepage on the 125th anniversary of his birth.
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<i>Jan Gris's influential 1912 portrait of Pablo Picasso</i>
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How would the <a href="http://peppersprayingcop.tumblr.com/">Pepper Spraying Cop</a> react at Guernica after it was bombed by the fascists during the Spanish civil war?John van Houtenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734586244574160942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649949845716560854.post-27646471675767554432011-10-27T04:15:00.001+02:002011-10-27T05:27:36.244+02:00The Wynwood Building<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Wynwood Building is a refurbished warehouse in the middle of, what was once downtown Miami's warehouse district. This district became rundown and derelict until about 10 years ago when local artists and designers began to take advantage of the large interesting spaces available at low rental in a lively, but ramshackle, neighborhood.<br />
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In the past 15 years this area has changed from "no-go zone" into the hub of a stimulating and vibrant scene. So far the district has managed to pull this off without becoming gentrified, touristy or kitsch. The neighborhood still has a rough edge and a connection with it roots and the surrounding areas.<br />
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For me the Wynwood Building represents a striking and welcome return to the Cubist motif's that were first developed by artists such as Otakar Kubín during Cubism's heyday in Europe before World War I.<br />
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The viewer's attention is initially drawn to the central living area, but then begins to wander and explore, the fireplace, the kitchen, dining area, even an external deck and outdoor garden invites us toward it. The floor, furnishings, walls and all the contours of the ceiling faces are folded open but without loosing any dimention or becoming flat. Light pours through the skylights and exterior opening illuminating the main living area with bright vibrant colours.<br />
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A Hockney exhibition of Yorkshire landscapes opens at the at the Royal Academy of Arts in London next year. The exhibition runs from 21 January to 9 April, to coincide with the London 2012 Festival, for the Cultural Olympiad.John van Houtenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734586244574160942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649949845716560854.post-28621573235194354212011-05-27T12:35:00.010+02:002011-05-27T14:17:37.235+02:00Animaris Rhinoceros TransportAnimaris Rhinoceros Transport is a moving sculpture by Dutch artist <a href="http://www.strandbeest.com/">Theo Jansen.</a><br />
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The sculpture is made from steel tubing with a polyester fiberglass skin. It stands just under meters 5 tall and weighs about 2 tons, yet it glides effortlessly across the ground powerd only by a gentle breeze.<br />
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His newest creatures walk without assistance on the beaches of Holland, powered by wind, captured by gossamer wings that flap and pump air into old lemonade bottles that in turn power the creatures' many plastic spindly legs. The walking sculptures look alive as they move, each leg articulating in such a way that the body is steady and level. They even incorporate primitive logic gates that are used to reverse the machine's direction if it senses dangerous water or loose sand where it might get stuck. - Ted.com</i><br />
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The BBC reports today the Punk Rock icon Poly Styrene, of X Ray Spex, has died today after a battle with cancer of the spine.<br />
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X Ray Spex's unique sound blended traditional punk fuzzbox guitar with the less traditional saxophone and the wailing vocal skills of Poly Styrene. The experiment was short-lived. Like many of the best Punk bands of their time they released just one album, Germ Free Adolescents, in 1978. Their music influenced and inspired a generation and is as powerful and poignant today as it was 34 years ago.John van Houtenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734586244574160942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649949845716560854.post-41007061656396092472011-04-19T10:06:00.011+02:002012-06-08T22:51:07.093+02:00Big DogAs the Table #1 prototype's assembly continues it begins to take on a startling resemblance to <a href="http://www.bostondynamics.com/robot_bigdog.html">Boston Dynamics' "Big Dog" robot.</a><br />
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Table #1's frame, in context, awaits the arrival of the glass top and fixing screws.<br />
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Below, Big Dog in action...<br />
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Update: This project was completed in April 2011 and has been installed at a location in Titirangi, New Zealand. For more details <a href="http://www.jvhdesign.blogspot.com/p/table-1.html">click here</a>.John van Houtenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734586244574160942noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649949845716560854.post-35459048831306494592011-04-05T14:13:00.020+02:002011-04-19T08:10:12.082+02:00London 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhENBO38PQJUM38b2OExo2owvfNil7hkFgTBwYSyLwDDCAuYpAHLdcZnUrvAfMvO3syLE-5Rfy2H2oOa_ZJYfV0f9otdi6x8O_QcYgOf_pgCoQN4y5zA7U819PJrzNf1zXNGyWK3MwGDms/s1600/2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhENBO38PQJUM38b2OExo2owvfNil7hkFgTBwYSyLwDDCAuYpAHLdcZnUrvAfMvO3syLE-5Rfy2H2oOa_ZJYfV0f9otdi6x8O_QcYgOf_pgCoQN4y5zA7U819PJrzNf1zXNGyWK3MwGDms/s320/2012.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br />
<b>London 1912</b><br />
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Vorticism was a radical literary and artistic movement which entered the London scene around 1912. It was the London art scene's avant-garde reply to Cubism and the Italian Futurists, acknowledging the machine age and Britain as the first industrialized nation.<br />
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The Vorticists attempted to shock English society out of its polite acceptance of timid aesthetics... <i> </i><br />
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<i>BLAST years 1837 to 1900 Curse abysmal inexcusable middle-class (also Aristocracy and Proletariat)...WE WHISPER IN YOUR EAR A GREAT SECRET. LONDON IS NOT A PROVINCIAL TOWN. We will allow Wonder Zoos. But we do not want the GLOOMY VICTORIAN CIRCUS in Piccadilly Circus.</i><br />
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...wrote Wyndham Lewis in the Vorticist magazine, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLAST_%28journal%29">BLAST (1914).</a><br />
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<i>In a Vorticist painting modern life is shown as an array of bold lines and harsh colors drawing the viewer's eye into the center of the canvas. The Vorticists wanted to place the machine age at the very center of their work. BLAST proposed that they fill their art with ‘the forms of machinery, factories, new and vaster buildings, bridges and works’.</i> Richard Cork (Oxford University Press)<br />
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Vorticism, as a coherent movement, was cut short by the arrival of World War 1. But its influence in art and literature was far reaching and long lasting. It affected many, from literary giants such as T.S. Elliot to the anti-establishment revolution of Punk Rock.<br />
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2012 marks roughly 100 years since the beginning of London's Vorticism art movement. The logo, to represent the London games, is a jagged emblem based on the date 2012. It was designed by the Wolff Olins agency of London. Instantly controversial and despised by Joe public it is undoubtedly bold, modern and vibrant. A connection to the Vorticist ideals and imagery of 100 years ago seem clear and, in my mind, appropriate.<br />
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I am not sure if the London 2012 Olympic committee would be comfortable being associated with the radical Vorticists of 100 years ago any more than the Vorticists would be happy with Vorticist imagery being used to promote Olympic sports...<br />
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On the other hand, Ezra Pound also declared in BLAST that ‘the vortex is the point of maximum energy. It represents, in mechanics, the greatest efficiency. This is perhaps something that sits more comfortably with the modern Olympic movement.<br />
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The 2012 logo has been instantly criticized from all quarters, from the press to the politically correct. The first victim to fall to the PC Nazis was the logo's utterly brilliant introductory video, with everyone from the concerned parents brigade to mayor Ken Livingstone claiming it would cause epileptic seizures and must be scrapped, and so it was. Judge for yourself below...<br />
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Many people simply considered it to be ugly, others joked that it depicted the act of fellatio. One of the more absurd claims came from Iranian Olympic officials that the logo was a secret depiction of the word "ZION" and threatened to boycott the games if it was not changed.<br />
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I consider all of these objections as vindication that the London 2012 logo was, finally, an inspired and courageous choice.<br />
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<ul><li>Il Vorticismo (Londra 1912-15), Storia dell'avanguardia antagonista del Futurismo - by Raffaella Picello</li>
<li>BLAST, Review of the Great English Vortex, (1914) Wyndham Lewis & all</li>
<li><a href="http://vorticism.co.uk/">Vorticism.co.uk</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorticism">Wikipedia: Vorticism </a></li>
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Desk #1 is an office desk that is designed to wrap around whoever is sitting behind it. It is divided into two main parts: a massive steel frame and a wooden top. It is a contradictory design which is simultaneously minimal and over engineered.<br />
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It is minimal in the sense that the top has very clean lines and appears to be floating, as if suspended just inches from the massive steel frame that supports it. The legs of the frame are built from large diameter steel tubing. These support hidden struts that bolt to the horizontal steel frame which supports the wooden top. This is what gives the illusion of a floating top.<br />
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The top was constructed by heat-bending strips of wood around a former and laminating them together. The shape of the top radiates outward from whoever is seated at the desk. The original setting for this desk was a fan-shaped office room which also radiated outwards towards a window space with panoramic views.<br />
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First design sketches for desk #1 were completed not long after September 11, 2001. In the original design the steel legs were shaped as a tribute to the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York. The two legs on the right were positioned close together and extended up high above the surface of the desk. The legs on the left were to be formed using the same steel tubing but in a twisted and distorted shape.<br />
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During construction I found that this design had to be modified. The two tall legs on the right were imposing, making the desk feel claustrophobic, so these were trimmed down. The twisted curves were too time consuming to construct. Instead I opted to use uneven sized legs on the left, one leg not even reaching the bottom of the desk, the second leg protruding through a hole in the top left corner. The shorter leg was later adapted to carry a mini computer case (as shown in the photos).<br />
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Desk #1 can be disassembled using a few simple tools, carried by one person and transported flat inside a small hatchback car.John van Houtenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734586244574160942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649949845716560854.post-79544873707856570972011-02-12T03:50:00.002+01:002011-02-12T03:52:39.779+01:00Table #1 - Final VersionThe <a href="http://jvhdesign.blogspot.com/search/label/Table%20%231">Table #1 - Taraire</a> design has is finalized, detailed and is currently under construction.<br />
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Other than detailing, then main change over the initial concept is the addition of a strut across the two under hanging frame apexes. This was unavoidable in the interest of structural rigidity.<br />
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The mess of gadgets pictured above is a functional prototype of what will eventually become a modern visual interpretation of Luigi Russolo's mighty <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHvcdAvORFw&feature=related">Intonarumori</a>.<br />
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I will update this blog periodically as the design for Audio Center #2 takes shape. In the mean time you may enjoy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen">Karheinz Stockhausen's</a> wonderfully avant garde "Kontakte" by clicking below...<br />
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<object height="400" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/aNt6a5xFOnE?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/aNt6a5xFOnE?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="400"></embed></object>John van Houtenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734586244574160942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649949845716560854.post-12545985778744628412011-01-16T10:59:00.001+01:002011-01-16T11:10:24.811+01:00Table #1 - Taraire Variation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPZPiWnaJqJujOOcyBLK16y4oj5GEeV2Y5h2MIRI3E60935zWOqzVbrQdfQ5LYgNcOKtNxLk_wbg4BFvQrhDQI0kkb-Nq3zaD-j09Uf0kFMBHTyijWHwWLInc6vCEopB5tjNOTcFcJyc/s1600/Table+%25231+-+Taraire+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPZPiWnaJqJujOOcyBLK16y4oj5GEeV2Y5h2MIRI3E60935zWOqzVbrQdfQ5LYgNcOKtNxLk_wbg4BFvQrhDQI0kkb-Nq3zaD-j09Uf0kFMBHTyijWHwWLInc6vCEopB5tjNOTcFcJyc/s400/Table+%25231+-+Taraire+01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
This variation of my <a href="http://jvhdesign.blogspot.com/search/label/Table%20%231">Table #1</a> design is currently under construction for an installation in Auckland, New Zealand.<br />
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A glass top was chosen to emphasize the angular, triangulated construction of the legs. These will be polished and colored to match the exposed rafters in the apartment's ceiling space.<br />
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The table will be located in a fairly tight space, so using a glass top also helps to prevent the table from overfilling its space.John van Houtenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734586244574160942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649949845716560854.post-18012204310445265462010-12-04T16:41:00.004+01:002010-12-04T18:46:01.340+01:00Ajetoglass<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPasEn5hTuzxBmhJkE4R5iq4M4TrxBiJ1FlgrUS47pcDKFxmxYj0nqGCXGtoo60I_Qe8PS3ybccxQ3CBXuDbuWbcrGPDrUxgpIs2lDZjlRAf_PfQSMDmtZeN3Xea9VrepD4eP_u8n4Wg/s1600/kdtonc_photo-main2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPasEn5hTuzxBmhJkE4R5iq4M4TrxBiJ1FlgrUS47pcDKFxmxYj0nqGCXGtoo60I_Qe8PS3ybccxQ3CBXuDbuWbcrGPDrUxgpIs2lDZjlRAf_PfQSMDmtZeN3Xea9VrepD4eP_u8n4Wg/s400/kdtonc_photo-main2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Light shades for the prototype of my <a href="http://jvhdesign.blogspot.com/search/label/Ceiling%20Lamp%20%231">Ceiling Lamp #1</a> design were recently completed at <a href="http://www.ajetoglass.com/en/ajeto/">Ajeto Glassworks</a> in North Bohemia, Czech Republic. I submitted design drawings to Ajeto a few months back and the samples were ready for me to pick up when I got to Prague last week. An early winter snow storm delayed that journey but, last Friday I braved the winter snows, drove to the town of Lindava and picked up the first six examples. I am very happy with the results.<br />
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Each shade was hand made by master glassblowers. First blowing a layer of clear glass, into a wooden mold made from my drawings, followed by a layer of white glass, then the top and bottom edges are cut and ground flat.<br />
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The next step in production of the prototype will be to create the light shade holder structure. This will require machining of oversize blanks that can be used to create the necessary molds. These structural parts will all be cast in brass, then CNC machined for a precision fit.John van Houtenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734586244574160942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649949845716560854.post-43564448322978594712010-12-02T18:49:00.006+01:002010-12-12T19:25:20.655+01:00Fire in My BellyThis video installation was recently removed from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. It was part of an exhibit by a group of gay & lesbian artists called <a href="http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/hideseek/index.html">"Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture"</a>.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0fC3sUDtR7U?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0fC3sUDtR7U?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Apple Computers, in its wisdom, has also censored <br />
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The work, a video called "A Fire in My Belly" by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wojnarowicz">David Wojnarowicz</a>, features a brief depiction of ants crawling over a crucifix. Wojnarowicz, who died in 1992, created the film which features vocal accompaniment by <a href="http://www.diamandagalas.com/">Diamanda Galás</a>. <br />
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The video was removed after an organized campaign of complaints from the Catholic League (U.S.) and U.S. Republican House Minority Leader, John "bastard" Boehner. Politics and religion must never be allowed to dictate artistic expression.John van Houtenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734586244574160942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649949845716560854.post-34526240718628526552010-11-27T00:18:00.006+01:002010-11-27T12:38:09.129+01:00Platonic Forms (1): Lidded Box<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUSXT-azG2v7YZKwqmtmrET-7hAm2c9yt2WZO4O5tggBUZowfTQXVS7cdpTAB9RmDaX5cPTJ34gwQ3xu0JYT98lhVdTLQQk5ukXXxOFbKo30D8iGITU0tkcdSAPGoKEG_B0h0z3OI-8bs/s1600/sm+Janak+Box+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUSXT-azG2v7YZKwqmtmrET-7hAm2c9yt2WZO4O5tggBUZowfTQXVS7cdpTAB9RmDaX5cPTJ34gwQ3xu0JYT98lhVdTLQQk5ukXXxOFbKo30D8iGITU0tkcdSAPGoKEG_B0h0z3OI-8bs/s400/sm+Janak+Box+5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pavel Janák's </i><i>Lidded Box (1911)</i></div><br />
Plato's Forms are the set of archetypes representing the essential "thingness" of each kind of object in the real world. The various day to day objects in real life are mere shadows of the perfect Platonic Form that they represent. Each rabbit, human, fish, chair or box is defective in some way, either in design or execution. The greater the defect, the further the object is from its perfect Platonic Form.<br />
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For me, Czech Cubist designer and architect, Pavel Janák's <i>Lidded Box</i> (1911), is the closest thing to a Platonic Cubist lidded box. Any attempt to improve on this design seems futile, it simply <i>is the</i> Cubist Lidded Box.<br />
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Consisting of equilateral pyramids on a cuboid base, the box is white with black lines along each edge. This is reminiscent of a crystal, a motif that was popular at the beginning of the 20th century.<br />
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Janák's Lidded Box is produced by changing the natural horizontal and vertical surfaces into oblique ones. In this sense it represented the "abstraction of matter". Janák deliberately avoided verticals and horizontals which he associated with artists of the previous era.<br />
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Quality reproductions of Janák's Lidded Box can be purchased from the <a href="http://www.modernista.cz/english/cc001.html">Modernista </a>design store in Prague, Czech Republic.John van Houtenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734586244574160942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649949845716560854.post-5042366552731875012010-11-22T19:48:00.002+01:002015-01-08T05:48:40.222+01:00Gloomy SundayThe way it was always meant to be sung. By <a href="http://www.diamandagalas.com/">Diamanda Galás</a>.<br />
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John van Houtenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734586244574160942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649949845716560854.post-82841779299000505982010-11-20T19:29:00.004+01:002010-11-20T20:11:56.240+01:00Table #1Computer renderings of my dining table design "Table #1" are presented below... <br />
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The supporting frame extends the angular cubist shape of the legs into an interconnected web which simultaneously underlines the profile of the table top (below).<br />
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The table top, in turn, follows an angular cubist layout which is designed to wrap slightly around each seated person.<br />
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Table #1 was inspired by the Czech painter Antonìn Procházka's Cubist armchair of 1919. Design studies of Procházka's armchair are shown below.<br />
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Recently the <a href="http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/lhc/lhc-en.html">(CERN) Large Hadron Collider</a> experiment, near Geneva, published results of an experiment where lead (Pb) atoms were smashed together at such high energies that they simulated conditions in the early universe. How early? Less than one second after the universe (as we know it) began. The so called "Big Bang".<br />
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The subsequent image produced by the enormous ALICE detector was stunning. It reminded me somehow of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Balla">Giacomo Balla's</a> wonderful futurist painting: <i>Lampada ad Arco (1911)</i>. This inspired me to combine the image produced at CERN with my study for a ceiling lamp called <a href="http://jvhdesign.blogspot.com/search/label/Octacontagon">Octacontagon</a>.<br />
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<b>We Will Kill the Moonlight!</b><br />
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Balla's painting can be seen below. The date shown on the top left corner (1909) refers to the date of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Tommaso_Marinetti">Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's</a> declaration <i>Uccidiamo il chiaro di luna!</i> which inspired this painting.<br />
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Marinetti published <i>Uccidiamo il chiaro di luna!</i> as a declaration of war against 'old Europe' who, at the time, were critical of the Futurist movement.John van Houtenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734586244574160942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649949845716560854.post-35848031887342391112010-11-10T13:53:00.003+01:002010-11-20T20:48:44.986+01:00Update: Ceiling Light #1Below are some new renderings of my <a href="http://jvhdesign.blogspot.com/2010/09/ceiling-light-1.html">Ceiling Light #1</a> design...<br />
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I have modified the design slightly. The mounting plate is more elaborate and fits better with view of the lights when looking up from beneath.<br />
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The cap screws that attach the shade mounts are smaller and use the same material as the shade mounts. This de-emphasizes the mounting screws whereas the previous design highlighted them.<br />
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Meanwhile a mold has been made for the glass shades, I am hoping to have four copies ready to start building a prototype within the next few weeks.John van Houtenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734586244574160942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649949845716560854.post-9176601344254930942010-10-26T14:07:00.007+02:002010-11-21T00:59:22.549+01:00senzafissadimora<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCZ5bSuXxVvFGKuKgKZa9WDOyFoYeFGz_p11YYC1D_4pydEHLBkk1T-vF97tpcXsets16F_2X8liBk-Ks4JRAX52ZmYnnBE47XDfsIRk90_VH-sN6js7qKZMzdcaWtlL3K3m-44cDhFw/s1600/senzafissadimora+Stefania1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCZ5bSuXxVvFGKuKgKZa9WDOyFoYeFGz_p11YYC1D_4pydEHLBkk1T-vF97tpcXsets16F_2X8liBk-Ks4JRAX52ZmYnnBE47XDfsIRk90_VH-sN6js7qKZMzdcaWtlL3K3m-44cDhFw/s400/senzafissadimora+Stefania1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Stefania Ugolini - senzafissadimora (2010)</i></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Nonostante la base da cui una persona parte la sua vita sarà incentrata<br />
sul movimento, trovandosi a volte in posti sconosciuti o non scelti,<br />
destinata a percorrere strade e spazi che la porteranno a volte lontano,<br />
a volte vicino a quella "casa" che resterà comunque il suo rifugio per sempre.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Così anche l'opera, apparentemente stabile, è destinata a viaggiare<br />
trasformandosi da porta (casa) a "portale".<br />
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L'inutilità nell'opera sta proprio nella sua capacità di muoversi<br />
senza essere spostata materialmente.<br />
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Può essere vista e conservata anche senza essere acquistata,<br />
tramite il QR Code può essere scaricata in uno smartphone<br />
e condivisa con un numero imprecisato di persone.<br />
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</div>John van Houtenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734586244574160942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649949845716560854.post-38228670870344851782010-10-19T23:29:00.019+02:002010-10-20T00:32:24.918+02:00Collapsing New BuildingsLa Musica Futurista (the Music of Futurism) began with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEIe4JuTMvU&feature=related">Francesco Balilla Pratella</a>'s publication of Futurist Musician's Manifesto (Manifesto dei Musicisti Futuristi) in 1910. Pratella, and other futurists wrote music that promoted disharmony and free rhythm in a deliberate attempt to overthrow the established composers of the time such as Puccini and Umberto Giordano.<br />
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In 1913, Pratella's new composition, "Inno all Vita" (Hymn of Life), had its Baptism of fire at the Costanzi theatre in Rome. The performance was met with such hostility that it sparked off riotous rampages.<br />
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A leap forward in the development of Musica Futurista occurred with the arrival of the painter and musician, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHvcdAvORFw&feature=related">Luigi Russolo</a>.<br />
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Russolo introduced new sounds with the intent of brushing aside all before him from Beethoven to Wagner. Instead of using traditional instruments, with their pure sounds, Russolo applied sounds from the new, mechanized world the Futurists so revered: moving trams, the internal combustion engine, wild screaming, etc. Russolo, however did not reproduce the actual noises of the industrialized world, instead he invented a series of machines that could reproduce analogues of those sounds.<br />
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Large boxes (called <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbbmPD7NuDY&feature=related">Intonarumori</a>) were constructed, each containing a device that produced a specific sound, by rotating a handle or pushing a plunger. A megaphone was attached to each box to project the sound. So was born the experimental, heavy industrial soundscape that has paved the way for a wide spectrum of musicians ever since from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen">Stockhausen</a> to <a href="http://www.nin.com/">NIN</a> (Nine Inch Nails).<br />
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Russolo's intonarumori composition was performed at the theatre dal Verme in Milan in 1914. The performance was ruined by constant interruptions from the audience. The entire episode eventually erupted into a fist fight which was followed by legal action and court proceedings.<br />
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The intonarumori later found a better reception in London and Paris. Unfortunately, all were destroyed in World War II during the bombings on Paris.<br />
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Recently I discovered this utterly brilliant video by the Berlin-based avant-garde group <a href="http://www.neubauten.org/">Einsturzende Neubauten</a>. The perfect epilogue to Russolo and his intonarumori.<br />
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Sources: <br />
"Futurismo, L'avantguarda delle avantguardie", Claudia Slaris - Giunti press.<br />
Jana Haŝková: Thanks for the YouTube link to the Einsturzende Neubauten video.John van Houtenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734586244574160942noreply@blogger.com0