Lasting Values

But, see above: the durability of natural stone always makes the investment worth the while. And, as far as return on investment is concerned, natural stone shows yet another positive effect: it brings good fortune.
A beautiful home with lasting values is one, in which dwellers are happy and proud to have treated themselves to the added value.http://www.stone-ideas.com/2014/02/28/securing-wealth-and-good-fortune-for-your-home-with-natural-stone/

Shifting Architecture

The Paradox of Shifting Architecture is a thesis project by Ahmed Shokir which explores the process of developing an architecture which responds to a site that is rapidly moving. Through a design feedback loop that negotiates between changing physical site conditions, computational representations of material behavior simulations, and fabricated prototypes, the result manifested is a particular architectural-material to operate on shifting terrain.

http://www.evolo.us/architecture/the-paradox-of-shifting-architecture/

Dubai Days

Art and design events like Design Days Dubai have helped bring about a dramatic change in the city, which has of late acquired a more cultured and nurturing approach to design...http://www.australiandesignreview.com/news/39899-design-days-dubai

Honolulu Art

More than 100 invited artists converged on Honolulu for this year’s POW! WOW! Hawai‘i 2014—a weeklong event celebrating street art with gallery shows, lectures, mural projects, concerts and even schools for art and music. On Saturday, Feb. 8, a reception for the event’s opening exhibition, POW! WOW!: Exploring the New Contemporary Art Movement—curated by Andrew Hosner of California’s Thinkspace Gallery—was held at the Honolulu Museum of Art School

http://blog.honoluluacademy.org/hanasaurusrex/

to Architect a Dress

The Verlan dress is 3d printed by MarkerBot, now commercially available machine. The dress is the final result of the three-week digital fashion workshop held by fashion designer Fransis Bitonti, in New York. The theme of the project was not to design a piece of clothes but to design a method of making form using computers.http://www.evolo.us/architecture/3d-printed-dresses-a-new-fashion-trend/