re New the Prison

 

The key issue of this diploma thesis is the prison system. The aim of this thesis is to propose a new scheme that includes and redefines the terms Nature, Education and Work within the design, three concepts that are to be used as tools that aid the correction and synergy needed for a smoother reintegration of inmates back into society.

Source: www.greekarchitects.gr
 

Tobias Eckardt of the Swiss Natural Stone Trade Organization (NVS)

 

Euroroc, the umbrella organization of the European natural stone trade organizations voted for Tobias Eckardt of the Swiss Natural Stone Trade Organization (NVS) as its president for the next two years at Marmomacc. He is CEO of Eckardt Natursteine AG with headquarters in Volkeswil-Hegnau near Zurich. Peter Becker of Stone-Ideas.com interviewed him.

Source: www.stone-ideas.com
 

Max Zorn interview on Design Boom

 

MZ: I make art with packing tape, the same kind you might use on boxes when you’re sending a package in the mail or moving home. it may sound weird to start my resume with a sentence like that, but that’s what I do for a living. yet, it was a coincidence that I ended up as an artist at all. it all started with the idea to use street lamps as an urban gallery for street art. I played around with different materials and detected the luminescent qualities of brown packing tape, but it was rather accidentally. when I saw the sepia glow of the first artwork made of tape on a street lamp in amsterdam, that’s when I knew that this technique could work and had a lot of potential for experimentation...
Source: http://mydesignstories.com
 

The urban landscape for man "in flight."

 

In a first reading, we can understand the relationship developed by the user and the urban landscape. According to Takis Zenetos, the relationship of the user with the landscape can be described through three modern versions of the body. The 'hunched' man, the 'upright' man, the 'in-flight' man. The designs of the paving, the lines on the surface of the earth, the narrow paths and terraces can be read and experienced with eyes turned towards the earth.

Source: www.greekarchitects.gr
 

Stone is the most sustainable building material

 

Stone in all its various forms – sandstone, limestone, marble, granite, travertine, slate and the rest – is the low carbon footprint material of choice for so much construction, conservation, interior design, hard landscaping, roofing, memorialisation, and public and private art.

Source: www.naturalstonespecialist.com