Like Photo | Outside the Lines 2011 by Benjamin Shuster - PX 680 Color Shade FF film

After I saw this beautiful photo at The Impossible Project

( part of a series by varied artists called Outside the Lines )

I became intrigued with what the PX 680 Color Shade FF film is.

Impossible Project Released the Film as a successor to Polaroid 600 color film. 

 The PX 680 film pack works in all Polaroid 600 and SX 70 (ND) 

cameras and is available for 18 EUR / $ 21.99 ( the press summary )

Here is What it Looks Like

THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT ONLINE SHOP HERE

For your amusement  - found this on flickr - with PX 680 - couldnt even see the Bride...(blind)

Like Event | New York City | 21 + 22 OCT | Design Like You Give a Damn : LIVE

" Architecture for Humanity is gearing up for our fall humanitarian design conference in New York City on Oct. 21st and Oct. 22nd. Don't miss this year's Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! - a practitioners' forum of innovative panel discussions and workshops.

The two-day event brings together designers, architects, philanthropists, media and business representatives under one roof to talk about the collective challenges, goals and lessons learned in humanitarian design and how to move the field forward. A Design Open Mic lets emerging and established designers and architects take the stage to present their projects to an audience hungry to soak up new ideas - the 7 minute presentation format for Design Open Mic keeps the pace rapid-fire and engaging. One-on-one workshops with community development experts ensures participants go away with real lessons learned. (via Dwell) "

Itinerary Here

If you dont have the book, I strongly recommend it. Check out a South African entry to generate fresh water -  ' Play Pump' ,  - featured in the book

( an INHABITAT article here)

Also Love this Pallet House by I Beam Design (1999) from the Book

(photo via flickr)

DESIGN LIKE YOU GIVE A DAMN @ AMAZON  /  R340 from KALAHARI

LIKE IDEA | THE UMBRELLAS - CHRISTO + JEANNE-CLAUSE - JAPAN/USE 1984-91

SOME INFO FROM WIKIPEDIA

Christo and Jeanne-Claude prepared for their next project, "The Umbrellas". The plan was to have yellow umbrellas set up in California and blue umbrellas in Japan at the same time. In December 1990, after much preparation, the first steel bases for the umbrellas were installed. At the bases 80 cm long anchors were fastened to the ground to withstand tensions of 1,500 kgf (15 kN). In September 1991 the umbrellas were brought to their places by 2,000 workers. In California, some of the bases were transported to the site by helicopter. The final cost of the project totaled $26 US million. By 7 September, 1,340 blue umbrellas in Ibaraki and 1,760 yellow umbrellas at the Tejon Ranch in southern California had been set up; the exhibition opened on 9 October 1991. In total, 3 million people saw the umbrellas, each measuring 6 meters in height and 8.66 meters in diameter. The umbrellas became a huge tourist attraction, finding use as everything from picnic spots to wedding altars. On 26 October 1991, one of the umbrellas in California was toppled by high winds, killing one woman and injuring several others. The exhibit was ordered closed immediately.^[11]

Like Idea | Circular Wall Cut - Outs

WALLPAPER ONLINE MAG JUST PUBLISHED THEIR

BEST BUSINESS HOTELS 2011?.

THIS SMALL LOBBY SPACE WITH WALL CUT OUTS

IS IN THE HOTEL AMERICANO, NEW YORK

 WOULDNT MIND LYING ON THIS

MATTRESS DREAMING OVER

THE SKYLINE OF NEW YORK EITHER