The Toaster Project is a really interesting project and commentary…
I’ve always been interested in reading stories/articles etc. tracing how and where our things are made, especially given that our possessions are so far removed from us in terms of their production process.
As somebody who highly values the tactile experience of handling and working on actual material objects, watching things being pressed out of moulds in distant anonymous factories off the telly is just kind of an alien(nating) experience.
This guy is taking the idea of D.I.Y. much further by engaging himself in each phase of the production of a toaster on an independent level at a scale of 1. How far down the production chain will you go? Smelt any ore today?
found via we make money not art where they also offer a picture pictures of the final product
This looks so adorable, but I don’t think I could bear to stick plants into them even if I Did have some broken cameras lying around… Maybe some Tillandsia (no water, no soil).
Found on Photojojo.
Filed under: books | Tags: architecture, lisa heschong, thermal delight in architecture
I needed to balance all my rather dry research readings (Hullo Olgyay) with some rather more poetic readings. This one offers an interesting perspective on the issue of thermal comfort , something that every living creature has to contend with.
Rather than follow the notion that the ideal situation is to achieve a constant and stable ‘optimum’ temperature within buildings, Heschong’s book suggests that the thermal quality of buildings has been too often neglected as a sensual delight, and deserves attention and thought to its provision rather than a blanket solution (attention that is commonly given to the rather more glamorous quality of light).
In this compact volume, she documents many traditional thermal experiences (Japanese Onsen, Persian gardens etc.) and offers a case for sensitive passive design with a greater consciousness of nature. This is very much related to my other readings, but at the same time much more of a pleasure to read.
I bought paper cupcake liners and worked without a muffin tin (because they were completely sold out! woot!) and made me some cupcakes! I’ve been eating these for breakfast too…
