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This is the rhythm of the light – Meet the crowdfunded Brightly Light Toolkit

Design Wanted

A modular, interactive and project-ready fixture collection, the Brightly Light Toolkit is made for casual light lovers and industry pros. You might think creating light installations is hard, and sure, if you want to illuminate a stadium it’s going to take a little work. Inside the Light Collection are 0.5

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Customers exchange urine for soap at Het Nieuwe Instituut pop-up shop

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offers patrons the opportunity to trade their urine for a piece of P**s Soap and encourages them to place their phones on specially designed fixtures to provide lighting for the venue once the sun goes down. Instead of offering a straightforward exchange of wares for money, New Store 1.0

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Playlist – January 2022

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Here, the artist incorporates unusual instruments and styles, including nature sounds, flutes, percussion, stringed instruments from around the world, and various sound healing instruments. With its shamanic components, the music is deeply spiritual, artistically creative, and worth exploring for anyone seeking healing and deep, inner peace.

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Alex Cochrane Architects designs shops to "embrace the elegant proportions" of National Portrait Gallery

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"We repeated the shape of these soaring arches around the room creating a rhythm so all the arches, both old and new, became of a singular and familiar language," Cochrane said. Similarly, an original lantern light in the roof, which had been boarded up for many years, now takes centre stage, amplifying the impressiveness of the space.

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Co.arch Studio creates show kitchen for candied fruit specialist Cesarin

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The meeting space sits directly beneath the roof trusses "The wooden volume highlights the height of the ceiling, defining the rhythm of the spaces with plays of solids and voids, and creating unprecedented internal views," said the architects. The plywood is made from okumè, a timber with a similar appearance to cherry.

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Pillow potential: 6 unique ways to tackle cushion design

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Cushion covers are as the Greeks and Romans intended them to be, offering artists and designers a blank canvas on which to highlight their works. It was developed by a team from TU Delft and is aimed at those struggling to fall asleep by helping to induce a slow, regular rhythm of breathing. More cushions-innovation: the Alpha 2.0

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Forte Forte's first US store features golden changing rooms and balancing stones

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Light fixtures inspired by James Turrell artworks, balancing stones, and a circular golden changing room feature in the interiors of fashion brand Forte Forte 's Los Angeles boutique. Back-lit, circular openings throw light on the boutique, which, according to the designer, also take cues from an existing artist.

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