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| Lionel Stitchie: Lyrics Embroidered on Discarded Furniture Posted: 18 Jan 2014 08:00 AM PST
Furniture destined for the dumpster, abandoned curbside when it’s stained or saggy or thoroughly out of style, gets a new life with a fun project from fiber artist Molly Evans. Lionel Ritchie lyrics are embroidered in foot-tall script using braided yellow yarn and a tag gun in the pre-dawn hours, giving passersby and garbage collectors a fun surprise after sunrise.
Evans finds the furniture on the streets of Milwaukee for her ‘Lionel Stitchie’ project. “These bulky discards were the remains of university graduates moving on to new chapters, of families starting over with fresh styles, and of people letting go of emotional attachments to tired possessions. I identified with this process of reestablishment and sought to call attention to this important narrative in progress all around the city.”
Evans wanted to give the discarded furniture a voice – specifically, Lionel Ritchie’s voice. “I double dog dare you not to smile when you listen to that man croon,” she says.
One particularly fun iteration of the project included a couch embroidered with the world ‘Hello?’ Nearby, lodged between two trees, a missing cushion from that very couch reads ‘Is it me you’re looking for?’ Keep Going - Check Out These Great Related Dornob Articles: |
| Case House: Wooden Lofts Seem to Multiply Space Posted: 17 Jan 2014 02:00 PM PST
A series of wooden lofts connected to the ground floor with playful, winding staircases seem to make a rectilinear home in Sapporo, Japan much larger than it really is. Clever use of the interior space, including large scale built-ins and cut-outs in the walls, give the home an airy, open feel.
While small, the wooden lofts take advantage of generous vertical space – a compromise for the small footprint of the residence. The stairs add architectural interest, swirling like sculptures in the center of the main room.
A large built-in bookcase extends all the way up to the base of one of the lofts for plenty of storage and another visual focal point. The lofts add an extra 30 square meters of living space without breaking up the multi-level interior. Openings in the walls offer glimpses of these highlights from the kitchen, bedrooms and other spaces inside the home.
‘Case House’ measures just 81 square meters on a small, sloped suburban site. While the newly built home currently looks like little more than a stack of concrete blocks, Jun Igarashi Architects has attached a series of stainless steel wires that extend from the roofline down to the ground. Plants will eventually grow up the wires to create a screen protecting and sheltering the home from the street. Keep Going - Check Out These Great Related Dornob Articles: |
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