Pentagram Studios

Maarten Baas

Rubber Balls

Photo: Tony Cenicola/NYTimes

Clear glass balls dipped in red, green or white industrial rubber are $24 for a box of four at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum shop, 2 East 91st Street, (212) 849- 8355 or cooperhewitt.org.

Jim Isermann

Design for Kyle Brackett Memorial Quilt
Pencil on paper: 1994
The Names Project
Finished quilt panel is located in Block 3754

All but Ageless, Turtles Face Their Greatest Threat: Man
New York Times

Photos: Imke Lass for The New York Times, at the University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab

From top, a leopard tortoise, a South African land-based species and a common pet. Center, a New Guinea snakeneck turtle, a carnivorous species found in the river system in the southern part of the country. Above, a big-headed turtle, native to mountain streams in Southern China and related to North American snapping turtles.

nytimes.com/2006/12/12/s...e/12turt.html

December

Division Day

9900 Wilshire Boulevard

LOS ANGELES // RICHARD MEIER

Located on a prominent eight-acre site between Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards, the project constitutes the western entrance [of] the city of Beverly Hills.

9900 Wilshire is designed to achieve Gold LEED certification through environmentally sensitive architecture and building systems. The buildings are ultra-thin in support of a sustainable design concept to maximize daylight and natural ventilation. Each residence includes cantilevered terraces and balconies that shade the clear glass as well as create depth and scale at the building elevations.

Comprises 252 luxury condominium residences contained within two twelve-story buildings, two four-story loft buildings, and five townhouse units. Neighbors: the Hilton Beverly Hills Hotel and a golf course.

Thanks to http://www.outnext.com/on/

Pfeiffer State Beach, California, 22 November

Knoll

NYTimes:

Imago, Knoll Textiles’ name for its line of fabrics sandwiched between sheets of resin, has introduced three new designs: from left, Whisper, a lacy floral; Zen, squares with a ribbed surface; and the raffia-like Allure. The sheets can be used for room dividers, door panels, signs, ceiling panels and backsplashes. The material “allows privacy within a space while allowing light to come through,” said Dorothy Cosonas, the creative director for Knoll Textiles in Manhattan. “It can be die-cut, sawed and bent.” Whisper and Zen are available in black, white or red; Allure comes in nine colors. The patterns are sold in 4-by-8-foot sheets in six thicknesses ranging from one-sixteenth of an inch to half an inch, at $480 to $1,472 per sheet. Information: (866) 565-5858; knoll.com.

Maarten Baas

Photo: M van Houten

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/05/features/design6.php

Maarten Baas

Clay Series

Photo: M van Houten