February 2012
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Valencia (Spain) walking within museums and...
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Breakfast
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Colors calling spring
Acid yellow
acid purple
acid green
soft blue
fire orange
soft mauve
fresh green
Iitala window shop, Berlin
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Winter sun
Sunrise, the day after the storm.
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A botanical jewel: drosera capensis
Despite its beauty, it is a carnivorous plant.
January 2012
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Winter tulipmania! Den Haag (NL)
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pret-a-porter potager? better DIY
This is from a visti to a nursery last weekend. In principal, I suport the idea of having the possibility to make your own potager even in a very small space if you do not have a garden, is a revolution! but I cannot accept is the price you have to pay for it, at least in this nursery. Is it becoming something so fancy or stylish that you have to pay so much for soething so easy to do? I find...
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"English Wikipedia anti-SOPA blackout"
Tomorrow Wikipedia in English, will have a blackout as a protest to SOPA bill in the US.
More reasons to become involved in supporting free and open internet.
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout
statement from WIkipedia Foundation:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/English_Wikipedia_to_go_dark
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125 anniversary: vintage Coca-cola bottle
From an exhibition at the Design Museum Gent, image of a coca-cola bottle with a very primitive design yet; but nevertheless, showing lines towards the final design, the exhibit is Coca-cola: 125 years of design
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Houseboats, Leiden (NL)
Floating architecture in Leiden (NL)
December 2011
8 posts
Almost at the end of the year, best wishes
These are days for revisit the year almost past, but looking for many projects ahead, wishes of luck and happiness, and many touches of greenliving.
I leave you wuth what would be my favourite of Xmas’11 window displays. Happy new year 2012!!
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Season's greetings!!!
“I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas: It brings people together...”
– Rachel Cohn, Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares (via modernhepburn)
A break during the work
At Fondation Verbeke,
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The Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum launched
Just launched the Valentino Garavani archives and virtual museum!
The Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum is an unprecedented digital fashion experience showcasing five decades of fashion history.
There is a quick start link at the botom of page with instructions of use and navigation, but to watch images you would have to download an application and then launch it.
After downloading the...
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To a pleasant fall weekend!
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November 2011
9 posts
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Urban farming in a museum
I am currently working on documenting a “green construction” of a building conceived as a work of art to be settled in the outdoor space of an art center (will post about it soon) and when doing some reasearch on the topic, I came across the exhibit named Public Farm 1 in P.S.1, that opened in mid 2008.
The concept designed by WORK Architecture was about :
Public Farm 1 will...
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spring in november??
Is this end of November weather?
Maremagnum mall, port of Barcelona on Saturday
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V & A museum, London video channel
It is becoming more usual that museums open their own news pages via a video channel in their website. A good example is the V&A Museum, London
http://www.vam.ac.uk/channel
Roof-garden in fall colors
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Documenting at Verbeke Foundation
And on Wednesday, me documenting at Verbeke Foundation
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Colors in the forest, the weekend
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urban nature: roof garden
Act for culture in Europe and sign the we are more... →
Culture in Europe needs not only the sector’s attention, but also everyone’s action. Please read this manifesto, vote and share with others so that we can colect all the signatures needed to make possible the goal ofthe campaign. Thank you.
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urban findings
New cafe in Brussels, relaxed atmosphere, good coffee and bagels!
October 2011
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country kitchen for a sunny weekend
I wish you enjoy the sunday!
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Umeda, japanese dancer
Hiroaki Umeda danced in Brussels his solo piece “Holistic Strata”
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Architecture and urban intervention
Documentation for a collaboration for The rise of performance architecture, event last week in Brussels as part of TodaysArt festival: more info HERE
… In the last decade, ephemeral architecture practices of numerous architects and artists collectives have been developing as a critical answer to the results of growing mobility in the recent
more info HERE
Some images:
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Apps from Musee des Instruments (Brussels)
The Musée des Instruments de Musique (MIM) in Brussels offer an opportunity to hear music outside of the building in an installation about musical chairs, a site located just in front of the main entrance of the museum and that needs the use of application for smartphones. The signal between the chair explains how to activate the application and listen to “the instrument of the...
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Urban nature: Mobile mini-herbs-garden
I found some ad-hoc mini-urban-gardens in the last weeks in the streets. They send a message that creativity does not have to be expensive, this one, for herbs, is made from recycled pallets.
September 2011
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This blog is back to work!
After a long hiatus, this blog is back to work with renewed energies! The image below is from a weekely local market in Bunyola (Mallorca) last summer.
I am very happy that local markets, farm markets, organic marets, etc., are flourishing everywhere. This is my contribution to promote helping local communities’ economies by buying locally produced food, and it taste much better!
August 2011
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Alcudia (Mallorca), from the roman wall
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In the orchard: the walk to Cala Deia ( Mallorca)
Perfect symbiosis of nature and human design!
July 2011
7 posts
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Contemporary architecture Mallorca
When traditions meet avant-garde in architecture
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Local architecture in Mallorca
Some samples of balconies and façades of Mallorcan traditional rural architecture revisited.
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An inviting image from Mallorca
To a wonderful Friday evening!
Greetings form the beautiful Mallorca!
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Savouring the summer, the potager!
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Classics
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Summer in the forest: alfresco parties
These are the days to enjoy some alfresco dinners!
June 2011
7 posts
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Rooftop projects
I like rooftop projects, and this one by http://www.graftworks.net sounds interesting and in the movie from their website it is explained the overall concept.
I am not sure if that is why I would have in my rooftop, because I believe what is needed is more greeen areas, but new ideas and solutions are always welcome, in the end is research and cleverness what will bring good ideas.
Bakery for the weekend
One of my favorites hobbies is take pictures of kitchen activites. We have guests today and we have prepared some treats for dessert: apple and raisins curstards and chocolate custards, a recent innovation in the recipe. So delicious!!
There are many recipes, but in general all are about te same ingredients:
milk, eggs, sugar (home made caramel heating it) lemon skin, cinnamon. Then add a...
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Happy summer!!
From my own terrace, they are delicious for breakfast!
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Another expo about Cristobal Balenciaga
There is another expo about the work of Spanish couturier Cristobal Balenciaga, in San Francisco’s De Young Museum. all info in Balencianga and Spain. Unfortunately, in this occasion there are no images in the website.