red sky at night shepherds delight.

photos by celina joyce

if the saying is true then tomorrow will be a good day! 

liverpool

the liverpool area has been on my mind alot recently..... (work is taking over my life)lol! but last month i visited Liverpool to explore a few exhibitions, the weather was lovely and staying in a hotel by the docks enabled me to enjoy a few days strolling along the river.


photos by celina joyce

V&A Small Spaces

Terunobu Fujimori

Tokyo, Japan
Beetle's House
MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE ROOM 64B, LEVEL 2

Terunobu Fujimori insists that his buildings should by-pass any architectural style that has developed since the Bronze Age. The charred pine exterior of this elevated teahouse resembles the tough, blackened shell of a beetle. It expresses an avant-garde attitude to architecture that somehow aspires to a primitive state.

The dramatic process of burning the timber panels provides a textured and tactile surface - an extreme materiality. It also preserves the wood and extends the lifetime of the building.

Fujimori sees the structure as a site for a quintessentially 'English' version of the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. Teahouses often act like pieces of clothing. They are compact spaces that wrap around us like extensions of our bodies. Visitors enter the structure by climbing a ladder barefoot and squeezing through a narrow hatch - a profoundly physical process that momentarily distracts us from our surroundings.

Many of Fujimori's teahouses are designed to re-configure our views of the surrounding landscape. Similarly, 'Beetle's House' offers visitors a unique perspective on this day-lit gallery.

my map reading skills were put to the test finding these structures in the V&A but thankfully i managed it. 

The Beetle house proved a favorite, although i will admit i did not explore inside, as a feared once in the house, i would not able to venture back down the ladders to get me out. 

http://www.dezeen.com/2010/07/13/half-real-by-point-supreme-architects/

some one mentioning no names reminded me that all good things come in small packages this is a point i think is proven well here 


Greek firm Point Supreme Architects have completed an installation for a gallery in Athens that is a half-size replica of the room in which it sits.

no only does this remind me of my not so recent alice in wonderland inspiration but it also reminds me of the recent exhibition at the v&a i visited only a week ago

shedding the old wool

photos by celina joyce

its good up north......

sometimes......ill admit i feel out of the hustle and bustle of the design scene while im tucked away in newcastle..... but seeing this has proved that i just need to get out there and find it....this little place is the fave haunt of friends alike and im happy to see that it has won the independent bar/club award.
well done!

theCUT, NEWCASTLE
Lead designer // Julian Taylor Design Associates
Category // Independent bar or club

 New york taxi

photo by celina joyce

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.  ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe