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Florian Dussopt, co-curator of Design Exquis, told me something of the origins of the idea, which is taken from a game played by the Surrealists, amongst others. Here are some notes from Wiki:
"Exquisite corpse, also known as exquisite cadaver (from the original French term cadavre exquis) or rotating corpse, is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled. Each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence, either by following a rule (e.g. "The adjective noun adverb verb the adjective noun") or by being allowed to see the end of what the previous person contributed."
Design Exquis adapts the idea (www.designequis.org). The first "exercise in random design" was during last year's London Design Festival, and there will be another one this September..
A designer is given an object, and has one month to make a design inspired
by that object.
Then he has to pass his object on to the next designer, but does not reveal
his identity. Nor may he reveal any details about the design - what it
represents, how it has been made etc, all must remain secret.
Designer number two has one month to create his response.
Then he passes that on to the next designer.
In this exercise, for Clerkenwell Design Week, there were four designers. I
spoke to three of them, and I have to confess that without their
explanations, I would have been mystified.
Dominic Wilcox received James Plant's Breathe lamp, but was unable to fathom its meaning. So he decided to challenge the simply assumption that only lightfittings can be fitted into ceiling lamp holders.
He created Sound bulbs, which adapt a vintage radio to plug into a ceiling socket, and a ghetto blaster to plug into a table lamp.
I did not talk to the third designer, but in some strange way he had been inspired by Dominic's creations, to create a confection of softly glowing goose feathers.
This was passed to Matthew. He had no idea what it was, so being one of the most true children of the digital age that I know, scanned its image into Google "search by image" to see what else it would come up with. "One was a woman modelling a body-wrap garment for a shopping site."
Then Matthew designed a programme which "starting with a plain box shape, and exposing it to thousands of random transformations, created a 3D form resembling the female image in form and colour." This was 3D printed...the final result resembling a pre-historic Venus. I don't really understand the bit about the programming, though...
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Saw these light fittings while having dinner on our final evening at the Mercure Beaune Centre Hotel. M7 Restaurant.
The Cathedral of Cartagena in Colombia, officially the Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (Spanish: Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Santa Catalina de Alejandría), is located in the historic centre of Cartagena. It is the episcopal see of the Archbishop of Cartagena de Indias, one of the oldest episcopal sees in the Americas. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria.
The cathedral was designed by master builder Simón González, modelled after basilicas in Andalusia and the Canary Islands. The present tower was designed by French architect Gastón Lelarge, the result of remodelling in the early twentieth century. Construction began in 1577, replacing a humble cathedral of straw and reeds. In 1586, while the church was still under construction, it was attacked by the English privateer Francis Drake, which caused severe damage and delayed its completion. The building was finished in 1612.
The cathedral has a fine doorway and a simply decorated interior. It contains an 18th-century gilded altar, a Carrara marble pulpit and elegant arcades sustaining the central nave
Yesterday was never going to be a brilliant day for celebration, and so today we went out for an afternoon tea for Matt's birthday.
We went to the Art School restaurant, which although it's high end fine dining they price the afternoon tea pretty sensibly!
It was first rate, but the thing that caught my eye was the light fitting. Certainly a good way to raise a glass!
I felt inspired the other day to photograph some of my favourite objects, some new acquisitions and birthday presents, some are old faithfuls...
Its Autumn here and the colours are lovely brick-reds and steely grey-blues...
Blue-glazed ceramic sculptural vessel by the amazing Hermie Cornelisse, an old tin roof vent ornament and two of three ceramic ceiling light pulleys, with some hawthorn berries hanging in the foreground.
Sadly Hermie is no longer making ceramics and so my treasured collection of her cups, vessels, bowls and containers is probably going to end up being hidden as my 'best china'!
I was standing outside one of the lifts in work today and noticed that the light fitting seemed to have lost its diffuser, giving me a great flying saucer to look at.
Looking into it was a bit silly though - it was very bright!
I realise now that I've posted a similar picture before. This one is a ceiling fitting though, not a wall one!
The Silver Vestibule outside the Old Banqueting Hall has the main display of the Company's silver (the Bradbury Collection - the world's finest collection of Sheffield-made silver with at least one piece for every year the Sheffield Assay Office, founded in 1773, has existed), arranged in chronological order from the 1770s. The first case however has examples of Old Sheffield Plate. The vestibules are hung with chandeliers and lined with maple panelling, all salvaged from the White Star liner Olympic - sister ship of the Titanic - when she was scrapped in 1936.
Exploring Cutler's Hall in Sheffield on the Heritage Open Day, 10th September 2016.
Cutlers' Hall is a Grade II* listed building on Church Street in Sheffield that is the headquarters of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire. It was built in 1832 by Samuel Worth and Benjamin Broomhead Taylor at a cost of £6,500. It was extended in 1865–7 by Flockton & Abbott, and again in 1888 by J. B. Mitchel-Withers. It is Sheffield's third Cutlers' Hall, the previous buildings, which were built in the same location, were constructed in 1638 and 1725.
A lamp fitting created from an old bicycle wheel and tin mugs seen hanging in a popular function venue where the decor is all creatively and artfully made out of recycled items.
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It has been a while since I last visited this place, which sits in the middle of nowhere, or more specifically a widely unknown section of the (in)famous Lygon Street.
The still cozy interior yields a sense of community, as can be seen at the large table by the window for some communal loving.
Once I'd ordered a medium steak for a quick lunch and out came a piece of charcoal. However the waitress was kind enough to agree with me so they had promptly cooked the real deal. My friend had a similar experience on a different occasion so we hypothesised that perhaps apprentices work during lunchtime.
The pizzas were however more AMAZING than those from most places in Carlton part of Lygon Street, made with (relatively) fresh ingredients for the health concious.
Better even that you will not have to fight for parking on any given night.
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Poor Mr Fox had a another 'accident' today - Mrs PB says he needs to be more careful!
It all began when Mrs PB began playing with the light switch (again) - flicking the thing incessantly for over 5 minutes. It was hardly a surprise, to everyone except Mrs PB that is, that the bulb eventually lost its will to live. Mrs PB was far from impressed though - she hadn't factored into her fun that the light bulb might give up on her.
Although Mr Fox didn't really want to encourage this new activity, he didn't really want the land of the bed to remain in darkness for the rest of time either... and so began the ill fated mission. They got out the ladder and set to work. Mrs PB was stationed at the base, tasked with holding it steady. It did cross Mr Fox's mind that this might be asking for trouble but lets just say he was feeling lucky!
Everything was going hunky dory, until Mrs PB had a temporary lapse of concentration. When asked by a passer by if they could borrow her ladder she accidentally said yes! As a result poor Mr Fox was left stranded, dangling in mid-air! By the time Mrs PB had realised the full implications of her rather rash decision the ladder was out of sight. All she could do was watch in horror as the incident unfurled!
Mr Fox first realised something was wrong when he heard a familiar 'whoops" from far below, a sound he did not find altogether reassuring. He managed to hold on for a minute or two, but realising that no one, not even Bat Fox, was going to save him decided to jump and hope for the best.
Mrs PB closed her eyes and was petrified to open them after hearing a foxy thud. What was she expecting though!? Mr Fox is an Acrofox after all, so of course he was going to be fine - ready to fox another day!
Day 9 Silver
All the bulbs in my kitchen light blew at once, luckily I had some spares and that they were silver..
Heading up Via Pantaneto in Siena.
flags and light fittings - The Horned Lion District (Leocorno)
Leocorno is situated to the east of the Piazza del Campo. Traditionally, its residents were goldsmiths.
Leocorno's symbol is a unicorn, rampant, with the motto "Humberti regio gratia" ("A kingdom by the grace of Umberto"). Its colours are orange and white, bordered with blue.
Leocorno won the Palio of August 16, 2007
After a quick look in the Orto dei Pecci, we went up to the Piazza del Mercato in Siena. Was the last square we had a look around before heading back to the starting point.
light fitting - The Flag-ship of the Wave District (Capitana dell'Onda)
Onda runs south from the Piazza del Campo in the centre of the city. Traditionally, its residents were carpenters.
Onda's symbol is a dolphin. Its colours are white and sky blue and the contrada describes itself as "The colour of Heaven, the force of the sea"
Onda has the title of contrada capitana (captain contrada) because in the past its soldiers mounted guard at the Palazzo Pubblico. The famous members of Onda was the sculptor Giovanni Duprè, after whom the main street in Onda is named, and Mitchell Reiman, the human embodiment of The Wave. Onda's adversary is Torre.
Onda won the Palio of July 2, 2012 and August 16, 2013 and 2017.
Seen near Via Porta Giustizia. Looks like a fish more than a dolphin!
Well, I assume it's brass, it's a chandelier in Cirencester's parish church, the St John the Baptist
The epitome of Art Deco chic; an elegant electric chandelier.
The chandelier is made of brass, chrome and Bakelite (circa 1928). The ceiling rose (circa 1926).
Private collection.
On our first lunchtime in Nottingham, we ended up in Bagel Nash.
It is on Wheeler Gate in Nottingham.
You can choose different bagels, with different fillings.
Drinks as well.
We headed upstairs to sit and eat.
light fitting with interesting looking light bulbs.
UGH, you can NOT believe what a *#%!* this was to install. LORD!
But, as you can see ~ it's worth it! ~ *wink*
I have to say that, because - I designed it, I sold it, and I had to deal with the problems it created.
THANK YOU to Nathan for saving my ass. I continue to owe him BIG TIME.
:)
There seem to be a lot of these about at the moment ... at least a couple in the house every day ... and leaving me with the 'let it live and face the potential consequences later', or just 'do the do' now dilemma ... and to be honest, it usually ends up in a 50:50 answer ...
The wasps had been congregating in a light fitting in our bathroom. Not really a good move for them. I need to watch out because of the possible fire risk.
The De La Warr Pavilion is a grade I listed building, located on the seafront at Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, on the south coast of England. The Art Deco and International Style building was designed by the architects Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff and constructed in 1935. Although sometimes claimed to be the first major Modernist public building in Britain, it was in fact preceded by some months by the Dutch-influenced Hornsey Town Hall.
There's not a lot to say about this although I expect I'll end up blarting some kind of trundle about nothing that intertwines with a conversation I'm having with somebody from 1987.
On reflection, what I've done here makes me look like a skull with some skin stretched over it, which of course it is, but you know what I mean.