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At one small seed we believe in the power of unique ideas and novel concepts. Ranging from technology, design, art and music, we’ve compiled a collection of crazy, fascinating, funny and bizarre findings that we think would be of interest to you. Here are some of our favourite finds this past week. Stay tuned for...
#FYI: Skate guitars and other cool shit…
At one small seed we believe in the power of unique ideas and novel concepts. Ranging from technology, design, art and music, we’ve compiled a collection of crazy, fascinating, funny and bizarre findings that we think would be of interest to you. Here are some of our favourite finds this past week. Stay tuned for...
Pritzker Conceptual, Toyo Ito
Seeking to concurrently direct the physical and virtual worlds within his work, Toyo Ito has always been at the forefront of architectural development. Just awarded the Pritzker Award, Ito once again assures and restores the urge to push the bridges of architecture. The Seoul-born mastermind relocated with his family to Tokyo at age two, and...
WELCOME TO THE FOBE HOUSE | A SPELLBINDING SILENT TALE | PART II
‘Architecture exists, like cinema, in the dimension of time and movement. One conceives and reads a building in terms of sequences. To erect a building is to predict and seek effects of contrast and linkage through which one passes (…). In the continuous shot/sequence that a building is, the architect works with cuts and edits,...
WELCOME TO THE FOBE HOUSE | A SPELLBINDING SILENT TALE | PART I
‘I call architecture frozen music…; the influence that flows upon us from architecture is like that from music,’ are Goethe’s words and a concept that seems to be beautifully understood by French architect Guilhem Eustache. He has designed the majestically modest Fobe House in Marrakech, Morocco for Belgian producer/director Dimitri de Clercq. When we spoke...
In Rainbows with Michael Elion
A glimpse of spring hit Cape Town last week on Friday 7th September, and dancing on a rainbow seemed the perfect way to celebrate! one small seed caught up with Michael Elion artist / architect who mainly works on large scale public artworks. On behalf of Creative Week Cape Town he created a man-made rainbow,...
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WATCH: one small seed magazine’s issue 25 preview
one small seed magazine issue 25 – “The Bigger Picture” – out now! Check out our content preview and keep posted to onesmallseed.com for full interviews, videos and much more coming this week… Length 02:18 one small seed’s 25th issue Content Preview from one small seed on Vimeo.
‘el B': new architecture from Spain
Spain – a country that already hosts a number of famous buildings, like the Guggenheim in Central Bilbao on the waterfront and The City of Art and Sciences in Valencia, now has a new addition to her diverse architecture oeuvre. The recently completed auditorium and performing centre, known as the ‘el B’ , is a...
The water cathedral
The Water Cathedral is the selected project by Gun Arq for the 2011 YaP installation in Santiago, Chile. MoMA PS1 is one of the oldest and largest non-profit contemporary art institutions in the United States, while MoMA is an exhibition space hosting some of the most experimental art in the world.
Mies is More
Yesterday marked the 126th birthday of the great German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Mies is most famously associated with his role in the establishing of what we now would refer to as modern architecture.
Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre: “The Ruins of Detroit”
The Ruins of Detroit is a five-year collaboration between French photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre. Together they have documented Detroit’s abandoned buildings, bringing to light the current state of ‘Motor City’ through a cinematic series of starkly beautiful photographs.
Copenhagen paints itself Red
Superkilen, a multicultural section of Copenhagen in the northwest part of the city has recently finished its new Red Square; a park and playground that is actually painted in various tones of red. To reflect the many cultures in the community, the park is furnished with elements such as benches, trees, signage, and other furnishings...
HWKN wins the 2012 Young Architects Program at MoMA PS1 in New York
Announced by The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, the New Tork-based office HWKN (HollwichKushner) has been placed as the winner of the 13th edition of the annual Young Architects Program (YAP) in NY.
