Imagin8ion

 Imagin8ion project.

Produced by Ron Howard and directed by his daughter Bryce Dallas Howard, the short film "When You Find Me"  is inspired by a photo contest submission.  Winning photos represent parts of the film: setting, time, character, mood, relationship, goal, obstacle, and the unknown.

The trailer is intriguing but the premise of the project is a mixed bag of emotions for me.  On one hand I think it is absolutely sweet to see daughter and father work together on a project but that's the family girl inside of me talking.  And while I do appreciate seeing random photogs gain hollywood fame, I can't help but feel the whole project capitalizes on other people's talent.  I suppose that's the point?  Give away your intellectual property for free and gain a little recognition now instead of spending most of your career waiting to get noticed.

In any case, the cinematography is quite enchanting.

I will have to follow and watch the full short film!


My favorite photo by Kelly Shipp.

 Watch the trailer.

Ona

So in love with Ona.

Especially The Venice shoulder bag in camel.

I really hate liking expensive items.

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Estes Twombly

One of my most adored firms thus far.

Though my personal aesthetic is modern, my work at George Penniman Architects has more than influenced me in the New England tradition ranging from the shingle style to early colonial styles.

Based in Newport, RI, Estes Twombly's work is a most happy marriage of my two diverging aesthetics. Like yin and yang they balance each other and create absolute harmony in the landscape. The firm tends to use the simple vernacular roof forms and materials of New England- gable roofs, exposed rafters, and wood shingles or clapboards along with more modern details- minimalistic windows, flat stock trim at eaves and rakes, and stainless steel hardware and connections.

Add to this duo a good dose of sustainability and you can say this is how I would practice architecture.

What great inspiration.

The Wind and the Sun

The Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger. Suddenly they saw a traveller coming down the road, and the Sun said: "I see a way to decide our dispute. Whichever of us can cause that traveller to take off his cloak shall be regarded as the stronger. You begin." So the Sun retired behind a cloud, and the Wind began to blow as hard as it could upon the traveller. But the harder he blew the more closely did the traveller wrap his cloak round him, till at last the Wind had to give up in despair. Then the Sun came out and shone in all his glory upon the traveller, who soon found it too hot to walk with his cloak on.

Kindness effects more than severity.


Aesop's Fables

Jim Denevan, Urnatur, and PE Guerin

Found out about The Anthropologist by Anthropologie via DesignMom

My favorites:

Jim Denevan

The golden ratio on nine square miles of ice on a Siberian lake

Urnatur

Swedish eco lodge hermitage, check out the green roofs and stone piers!

PE Guerin

Fabrication process

Haystack Rock

Last weekend we watched The Goonies and we had this debate over whether or not the beach in the movie was a matte painting or a real location. Sure enough with a bit of googling I found the film location of the very surreal beachscape of One Eyed Willy- Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach, Oregon. I keep seeing images everywhere of these beautiful beaches surrounded by lush evergreens and monolithic coastal features and for some reason it always seems to be Oregon. For years now I've been infatuated with Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy hmmmmm...

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