WEEK 3 - DAY3
1. SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY
Ancient Greek Music - Paean and Processional
2. PLACES TO KNOW
Images source: video
The Parthenon - The secrets of Parthenon - documentary: a must watch!
Com legendas em português, aqui.
Com legendas em português, aqui.
" A design that tricks the eye" - from the doc.
"The Golden ratio - a mathematic formula for beauty"
"Man is the measure of all things"
Pitagoras
For 25 centuries the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its sculptures, and disfigured by catastrophic renovations. To save it from collapse, the modern restoration team must uncover the secrets of how the ancient Greeks built this icon of western civilization in less than nine years without anything resembling an architectural plan.
Co-produced with NOVA, Studio Internationale, and ARTE/FrancePremiere Airdate: January 29, 2008 on NOVA/PBSFor more information visit our website: providencepictures.com
"We recognize the artist plastic by extrusion... this is the place and time that the engineer is deleted, and the sculpture goes into action".
3. PEOPLE TO DISCOVER
Arne Jacobson - As a designer, Jacobsen made prototypes for furniture, textiles, wallpaper, silverware etc. Among his most famous designs are The Ant™, Series 7™, The Egg™ and The Swan™ , and the tableware Cylinda-Line. Check The Egg chair created for the lobby and reception areas in the Royal Hotel, in Copenhagen.
4. QUESTION OF THE DAY
5. INSPIRATION
The Golden ratio - article
More on the Golden ratio
Automatic for the people - Phiculator - or this Math is fun - or do the Golden spiral.
Le Modulor: a proportional system specially devised for designers and architects to work on those universal elements that could, once combined, create structures for the use of all people. Le Corbusier was so much into finding the “universal” system that could beapplied to any given (human based) space. His Modulor evolved from mathematical and geometrical concepts such as the Fibonacci series and the golden ratio.
Instant-book - Whoami’s diary room. Whoami is an online design communitywas called Whoami.
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier felt that “all men have the same needs,” and that a house should be “a machine for living.” His favorite building was the Parthenon, the ancient Greek temple that combined the standardized elements of classical architecture – columns, pediment, metopes, etc. – to create an ideal structure, timeless in its beauty, perfect in its proportions. Le Corbusier wanted to set standards for contemporary architecture, to find universal elements that could be combined to create structures for the use of all people. Source
3. PEOPLE TO DISCOVER
Arne Jacobson - As a designer, Jacobsen made prototypes for furniture, textiles, wallpaper, silverware etc. Among his most famous designs are The Ant™, Series 7™, The Egg™ and The Swan™ , and the tableware Cylinda-Line. Check The Egg chair created for the lobby and reception areas in the Royal Hotel, in Copenhagen.
The primary factor is proportions
Arne Jacobson
Leonardo Fibonnaci - all about it in this site
The Fibonnaci series
The Fibonnaci series and the Golden numbers - It's more friendly than Wikipedia entry!
Pericles - The so-called golden age of Athenian culture flourished under the leadership of Pericles (495-429 B.C.), a brilliant general, orator, patron of the arts and politician.
5. INSPIRATION
The Golden ratio - article
More on the Golden ratio
Automatic for the people - Phiculator - or this Math is fun - or do the Golden spiral.
Le Modulor: a proportional system specially devised for designers and architects to work on those universal elements that could, once combined, create structures for the use of all people. Le Corbusier was so much into finding the “universal” system that could beapplied to any given (human based) space. His Modulor evolved from mathematical and geometrical concepts such as the Fibonacci series and the golden ratio.
The Modulor man - It's a stylised human figure, standing proudly and square-shouldered, sometimes with one arm raised: this is Modulor Man, the mascot of Le Corbusier's system for re-ordering the universe.
“Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft.”
"Creation is a patient search."
Le Corbusier
"We do not imitate, but are a model to others."
Pericles
Pericles
Instant-book - Whoami’s diary room. Whoami is an online design communitywas called Whoami.
Vitruvian Man - Leonardo da Vinci
Photo by Luc Viatour
6. Hands on!
Today I made a notebook according to the golden proportions. This means that the ratio between my notebook’s short and long side is of 1.618. Today it's all about the Golden ratio!
For those who understand Portuguese this is a small but great TV show - Isto é matemática. We must not forget that maths is univeral language, it's culture. This kind of TV show are very useful specially because many of us, I am included, dislike numbers!
A proporção divina 1
A proporção divina 2
Two things I like. And I also like to keep it close. Coffee and chocolate, black chocolate. I did this notebook using the saddle stitch technique and scraps of white paper. The cover is made from the chocolate box cover. Another thing I try to do daily is to recycle. This is a short notebook for keeping short notes.
Today I made a notebook according to the golden proportions. This means that the ratio between my notebook’s short and long side is of 1.618. Today it's all about the Golden ratio!
Take a look at the video!
A proporção divina 1
A proporção divina 2
Two things I like. And I also like to keep it close. Coffee and chocolate, black chocolate. I did this notebook using the saddle stitch technique and scraps of white paper. The cover is made from the chocolate box cover. Another thing I try to do daily is to recycle. This is a short notebook for keeping short notes.
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